JC's topic and ghost's comment on high school made me think of this.


The year was 1993. Kurt Cobain was still too high to die, the biggest scandal on Bill Clinton's mind was Watergate, and the Foolery brothers were riding to school together every day in the Silver Bullet.

Ten years ago, what were your tOp 10 favorite albums????

Back in '93, I was 11 years old.

1. Never mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols- Sex Pistols
2. The Story of the Clash Vol 1.- The Clash
3. The Red Album- The Beatles
4. Greatest Hits (1981 version)- Queen
5. The Blue Album- The Beatles
6. Back in Black- AC/DC
7. Thriller- Michael Jackson
8. Star Time (box set)- James Brown (my sister used to listen to it all the time)
9. Bad- Michael Jackson
10. Physical Graffitti- Led Zeppelin

Excellent topic, my dear YaDaDaDa. This is mostly accurate, I think. Off the top of my head, in no particular order:

Metallica—… And Justice for All
Pantera—Vulgar Display of Power
Faith No More—The Real Thing
Suicidal Tendencies—Lights, Camera... Revolution!
Pearl Jam—Vs.
Soundgarden—Badmotorfinger
Nirvana—Bleach
Mr. Bungle—S/T
Slayer—Seasons in the Abyss
Rage Against the Machine—S/T

Yeah, I'm proud.

Ah yes-- target audience.

yeah, i suppose (however one must remember before that this was prior to the marketing of "punk" as a phase that all teenagers go through, i merely stumbled upon this genre of music). while everyone else was listening to pearl jam, i was getting extremely hyper while listening to "no feelings". i guess that was a good year for me.

(Edited by ray davies at 10:23 am on Oct. 13, 2003)

when i was a sophomore in high school, i was into:

1) R.E.M. (prob. automatic, green, out of time and murmur)
2) pearl jam (ten, vs)
3) police boxed set / sting (ten summoners tales)
4) led zeppelin box set
5) the cure (prob. wish at that time)
6) dave matthews band (under the table and dreaming, remember two things)
7) nirvana (nevermind)
8) beastie boys (check your head)
9) beck (mellow gold)

If I remember correctly:

1. The Beatles- Abbey Road (some things never change)
2. The Pixies- Doolittle
3. The Dead Milkmen- Chaos Rules
4. U2- Achtung Baby
5. Led Zeppelin- Box Set
6. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
8. Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow
9. Rage Against the Machine- RATM
10. The Cure- Staring at the Sea

No Pantera!?!

er. i was five.

a lot of whitney houston.

What a great topic:

The Cars Greatest Hits
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Weird Al Yankovick - Off The Deep End
Nirvana - In Utero
Lemonheads - Come On Feel
Paul McCartney - Off The Ground
INXS - Welcome to Whereever you Are
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Beatles- White Album
Beatles - Revolver


Please ridicule any or all of these as you see fit.

I really can't add much to this topic, because I didn't own hardly any albums at the time. Here they are though, in cassette form:

En Vogue - Funky Divas (is that the right title?)
Genesis - (whichever album had "I Can't Dance" on it)
Ace of Base - (the first one)
Sheryl Crow - (the really popular one that made her famous)

This is the worst list by far. I listened to the radio a lot...Y107.

(Edited by richarddawson at 11:55 am on Oct. 13, 2003)

Great topic, indeed.

In 1993, I turned 13... Favorite CDs, as asked for:

Alice in Chains - Dirt (the first CD I ever bought)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Metallica - All of them
Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
Nirvana - Nevermind
Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
Pearl Jam - Ten
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

My favorite fashion statement was a black t-shirt, black jean cutoffs, and a red flannel shirt with black Chucks. I joined Columbia House and BMG and soon had 10,000 CDs for 1 cent. By the end of high school, I had sold most of those CDs. 1993 was the year I discovered college radio, and it seemed like the coolest thing ever. Since metal totally ruled the college radio airwaves then, I also discovered death metal. I am glad I never got into that, it did make me laugh though. I played many a game of Dungeons and Dragons at sleepovers at friends' houses. We stayed up late to watch the Headbangers Ball on MTV. Also, when I was 13, it seemed like no big deal to walk for an hour to get to a friend's house when I couldn't get a ride in a car.

What a great year.

I was listening to RichardDawson's list, with a lot of Huey Lewis and the News tossed in. I didn't start my CD collection until I was in 5th grade, and 10 years ago at this time, I was in 4th grade. My life was a grand adventure of starting my comic book collecting habit...man those were much better times.

My buddy and I were just talking about that exact same thing yesterday. I didn't have cable, so I always made an effort to be at a friend's house on saturday nights. Or was that friday nights?

I was in the middle of my comic book hey-day in 1993, which is probably why I wasn't much of a music fanatic. I only had time to devote to playing backyard games of baseball and football with the neighborhood kids, and spending money on countless comic books. Once I was in 7th grade though, I had dropped the comic collecting and I got my first CD player. It was on at that point. I think my first CDs were (1995, 96)...

Beatles Anthology I
Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (My dad's...)
Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table and Dreaming
Ace of Base - 2nd Album
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Beatles Anthology II
Weezer - Weezer

A bad list, yes, but definitely an improvement over the one from 93. We can't all be as cool as Ray Davies at age 11.

(Edited by richarddawson at 12:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2003)

My first CDs were Real McCoy's "Another Night," Bon Jovi's "Crossroads," and TLC's "CrazySexyCool." To be honest, I'm glad that I was a colossal music dork when I was younger. I'm glad that I know all the words to "Life is a Highway." I'm glad that whenever I hear "Mmhmm thasright," I automatically start singing "Never Gonna Get It." Remember "Wild Night" by John Mellencamp and Michelle Ngedoethellochello'ello? I loved that song. Des'ree, Shanice, it was all good. Now I'm much more...educated, but I'm glad that I have that history to make fun of now.

On the 'flip' side, I would trade in all of my comic knowledge just so I could learn it again. Comics were a lot more fun back in the day...so was school, I just wish I had realized it then.

We would have been best friends if we had been at the same school.

I was listening to a lot of classic rock. A lot of Tom Petty, Eagels, and Aerosmith.

1993. I was 14/15 and in 8th/9th grade. Playing basketball was pretty much my entire life back then, and year-round. I wouldn't start playing music for another year. I wouldn't meet my best friend for another year. In fact, I don't think I had any friends outside of Christ Presbyterian Academy. I wouldn't start experimenting with tobacco, drugs or alcohol for another year. I wouldn't go to my first concert for another year. Shit, I guess a lot of "firsts" happen when you turn 16! I was just starting to listen to what (in this forum) might be called "respectable" music. Here's a hypothetical top ten:

01 Vs. - Pearl Jam
02 Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
03 Achtung Baby - U2
04 Nevermind - Nirvana
05 Siamese Dream - the Smashing Pumpkins
06 Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
07 It's a Shame About Ray - the Lemonheads
08 Grave Dancers Union - Soul Asylum
09 Mystery Road - Drivin' n' Cryin'
10 Ring - the Connells

I owed most musical enlightenment to Clay Kelton, who had two older brothers who introduced us to many of the bands on that list. I also discovered WRVU in 1993, which introduced me to Dinosaur Jr, the Cure, Buffalo Tom, Paul Westerberg, Sugar, Big Head Todd, 10,000 Maniacs, Teenage Fanclub, Morissey, the Smithereens, and so much more. I was also pretty into rap music, especially Public Enemy, Ice Cube and Cypress Hill.

I went backpacking a lot. I was in love with a girl named Bianca Hooper. I hung out mostly in Cool Springs. The only show I watched was SNL. My most prized posession was my paintball gun.

In 1993, my top ten would have looked something like this. In no order:

Nirvana Nevermind
Nirvana Bleach
R.E.M. Automatic for the People
Pavement Slanted and Enchanted
Sebadoh Smash your Head on the Punk Rock
Sebadoh Bubble and Scrape
Superchunk Tossing Seeds
Unrest Imperial
The Lemonheads It’s A Shame About Ray
Sonic Youth Dirty

snow "12 inches of snow"
duran duran "decade"
the police "every breath you take:the singles"
sting "ten summoner's tales"
u2 "achtung baby"
dead milkmen "beelzebubba"
spandau ballet "singles collection"
the beatles "sgt. peppers"
an 80s compilation from an entertainment weekly subscription
red hot chili peppers "blood sugar sex magic"

i was 13/14 and in need of a lashing with a wet noodle.

I was 5, too. I hated music. I sucked!

But if I were 15 back then, I'd be rather obsessed with Nirvana. Like now, except for there wouldn't be all the TN bands to like. I guess I'd get into a lot of Sub Pop bands.

you know what's weird? i was thinking about what my top ten wouldve been just a year ago, and i didnt even have 10 albums i loved enough to make a list. that was only a year ago!

you probably would've had to count me as a friend, too. probably not a best friend though. i may have had a little too much flava for you guys. i was way into tlc. i had a scrapbook. i was left eye for halloween one year. that's right.

but, 10 years ago? i wouldn't even have a top 10 list yet. i liked singing along with my mom in the car to rod stewart songs.

i was too busy worrying that my period might come during school to think about music in 93.

for those of you who are curious: it didnt come for three more years, and i bought my first album that year- oasis, whast the story mornign glory? i also bought the space jam album and coreographed a dance to it with one of my friends for our school talent show. she and i wore blue leotards and had silver pon poms and were the talk of the school. it was 96. i was in seventh grade.

I didn't post my list.

Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 2: Back into Hell
Ace of Base - The Sign
Mr. Big - whatever album they released that year
Counting Crows - August and Everything After (in early 94)

There were others. I was just then starting to get into music at all, and so you can see where it started. I then got a CD player the next year and started listening to stuff recommended to me by my older brother...

I didn't turn nine until September of 1993. I was listening to what my mom listened to, which, luckily for me, was pretty good stuff. I can't remember exact songs or albums, but it was lot of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Flyod, solo George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon (in that order), and lots of old blues and 60's r&b/pop. I had the Monkees Greatest Hits, and a 45 of "Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison, and that was pretty much it.

I didn't really start getting into music until I was in the 7th grade. My first "real" album was "Siamese Dream", and I've broken off in several different directions from there. In my heart, I suppose the biggest place will always be reserved for what I grew up listening to, and there is nothing wrong to knowing the words to "Life is a Highway."

(Edited by MissSeptember at 10:11 pm on Oct. 13, 2003)

Man, I struggled with whether to include that, along with Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" and Megadeth's "Countdown to Extinction". But really, those were my boyfriend (now husband)'s bands, foisted upon my delicate ears. So, as much I love them, they're kind of secondhand for me. I'm pretty sure Headbanger's Ball was on Saturdays because I think it started 1/2 hour before SNL?

In 1993, I was 9/10 years old. I didn't have a top ten album list, like many of us that age. But, I've loved The Monkees since I was tiny, so I guess they'd be on my list. Queen would probably be there, too. I'm pretty sure I had The Beatles Red Album by then, too. I don't think I got the Blue Album until the next year. Other than that, there's really not anything worth mentioning.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 8:57 am on Oct. 14, 2003)

This topic is overrated.

1) Led Zeppelin IV
2) Sgt. Peppers/Magical Mystery Tour/Abbey Road
3) Metallica Metallica
4) Nevermind
5) Girlfriend
6) Steve Miller's Greatest Hits
7) Full Moon Fever
8) Vs.
9) Harvest
10) Hotel California

1. the Kinks (mixed tape a friend gave me-- we'll say "Arthur", technically.)
2. "One from the Vault" -Grateful Dead
3. "Tupelo Honey"- Van Morrison
4. "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere"- Neil Young
5. "Revolver"- The Beatles
6. "New Morning"- Bob Dylan
7. "Filles de Kilimanjaro"- Miles Davis
8. "Ogden's Nutgone Flake"- Small Faces
9. "Old & In the Way"- Old & In the Way
10. "Köln Concerts"- Keith Jarrett

Wow. That takes me back.

in no order
lemonhead-ray
lemonheads-feel
rem-green
rem-automatic
arrested dev-five months... or whatever it was called
matt sweet-girlfriend
possum dixon-s/t*
u2-achtung
nirvana-nevermind
boyz ii men-cooleyhighharmony**

*to this day i'm yet to encounter another individual that respected or even really liked this band. anyone down with the pd?

**would someone please burn this for me?

does anybody remember automatic baby, the stipe, mills, clayton, mullen reinterpretation of "one" at clinton's rock the vote celebration? easily the highlight of my first and pretty much only pubescent year.

(Edited by thelawnwrangler at 12:54 am on Oct. 15, 2003)

Yes. I've got it on CD.

LW- I got your back on PD... I loved them. When I first heard the Features, Possum Dixon sprang to my mind.

I've been avoiding this topic for to long now.

Fall 93 I was the Alt Rock Director at the college radio station. Good times. My playlist for an afternoon drive show woulda looked like this.

The Fluid
Nirvana
Tripmaster Monkey
Jesus Lizard
Primus
Fishbone
Jane's Addiction
Smashing Pumpkins
Babes in Toyland
Pearl Jam
Kitchens of Distinction
Huge
Alice in Chains
White Zombie
Buzzcocks
Mudhoney
Possum Dixon
Melvins
Hootie and the Blowfish... right.
L7



just to name a few...

ah, everyone else's lists reminded me that i forgot about primus and the lemonheads (i'll never forget seeing "it's a shame about ray" video on 120 minutes)

Evan Dando played the Exit/In last week. He did a bunch of stuff from Ray and Feel. The crowd wasn't as big as it might have been ten years ago, but it was a great show.

Yes, I knew how far we were from 1995 when I saw the flyer with Evan Dando's name on it for a show at Exit/In. Back then, his following couldn't have fit there.

nirvana - incesticide
pearl jam - ten
violent feemes - self titled
dead milkmen - beelzebubba
No alternative
they might be giants - flood
stone temple pilots - core
mariah carey - dreamlover
soul asylum - grave dancer's union
sweet relief

oh, man i miss those days

Oh man, I forgot about those CDs. I loved them back then. I listened to all your others a lot too, except Mariah.

during the formative years of 8th nd 9th grade, i was probably listening to these......

the cure - kiss me kiss me kiss me
nine inchnails - broken
smashing pumpkins - anything and everything
the frogs - star job
veruca salt - eight arms to hold you
pink floyd - meddle/dark side of the moon
goldfinger - self titled
violent femmes - add it up
rancid - out come the wolves
nirvana - bleach
rem - eponymous

9th grade was the year i discovered sonic youth and my life was not the same afterwards.............