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 | Album: 1 of 11 Artist: Stan Tracey Octet Title: Portraits + Released: 1992-03-30 Tracks: 6 Duration: 58:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Newks Fluke (07:33) 2 Rocky Mount (07:57) 3 One for Gil (08:19) 4 ClinkScales (08:54) 5 Spectrum Nr. 2 (14:48) 6 Mainframe (11:18) |
 | Album: 2 of 11 Artist: East 17 Title: Walthamstow Released: 1992 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:06:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 House of Love (Pedigree mix) (04:41) 2 Deep (04:07) 3 Gold (04:21) 4 Love Is More Than a Feeling (04:02) 5 I Disagree (05:00) 6 Gotta Do Something (04:20) 7 Slow It Down (04:45) 8 I Want It (05:40) 9 It’s Alright (The Guvnor mix) (04:41) 10 Feel What U Can’t C (03:26) 11 West End Girls (Faces on Posters mix) (04:29) 12 Gold (Paws on the Floor) (07:04) 13 Deep (Dark mix) (04:45) 14 Slow It Down (Liverpool mix) (04:53) |
 | Album: 3 of 11 Artist: Gavin Bryars Title: Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet Released: 1993 Tracks: 6 Duration: 1:14:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra I (string quartet) (27:05) 2 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra II (low strings) (15:16) 3 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra III (no strings) (04:48) 4 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra IV (full strings) (06:06) 5 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp and Tom Waits With Full Orchestra (19:38) 6 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Coda: Tom Waits With High Strings (01:47) |
 | Album: 4 of 11 Artist: The Auteurs Title: New Wave Released: 1993-02-22 Tracks: 12 Duration: 43:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Show Girl (04:06) 2 Bailed Out (03:44) 3 American Guitars (03:31) 4 Junk Shop Clothes (02:42) 5 Don’t Trust the Stars (02:25) 6 Starstruck (02:59) 7 How Could I Be Wrong (03:53) 8 Housebreaker (02:57) 9 Valet Parking (02:55) 10 Idiot Brother (05:45) 11 Early Years (02:40) 12 Home Again / [silence] / They Can’t Find Him (05:59) |
 | Album: 5 of 11 Artist: Apache Indian Title: No Reservations Released: 1993-05-04 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:01:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Don Raja (Prelude) (00:23) 2 Chok There (04:24) 3 Feel It Fe Real (05:03) 4 Fix Up (04:25) 5 AIDS Warning (04:22) 6 Guru (03:49) 7 Wan Know Me (04:09) 8 Come Follow Me (04:43) 9 Dont Touch (04:06) 10 Arranged Marriage (04:32) 11 Drink Problems (04:27) 12 Movie Over India (04:13) 13 Magic Carpet (04:01) 14 Badd Indian (04:33) 15 Don Raja (04:21) |
 | Album: 6 of 11 Artist: New Order Title: Republic Released: 1993-04-27 Tracks: 11 Duration: 47:43 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Regret (04:08) 2 World (04:44) 3 Ruined in a Day (04:22) 4 Spooky (04:43) 5 Everyone Everywhere (04:24) 6 Young Offender (04:48) 7 Liar (04:21) 8 Chemical (04:10) 9 Times Change (03:52) 10 Special (04:51) 11 Avalanche (03:14) |
| Republic : Allmusic album Review : Pulling back slightly from the raw, dance-oriented Technique, New Order took a break for four years and then crafted another slice of prime guitar pop. In keeping with previous work, Republic simply borrows elements of contemporary innovations in club music to frame a set of effortlessly enjoyable alternative pop songs. As on Technique, the singles ("World," "Spooky") are the most danceable on the record, while lyrical concerns are among the most direct of the groups career, including "Ruined in a Day" and "Times Change," sure signs of the demise of Factory Records. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 11 Artist: PJ Harvey Title: Rid of Me Released: 1993-04-05 Tracks: 14 Duration: 48:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Rid of Me (04:29) 2 Missed (04:25) 3 Legs (03:40) 4 Rub ’til It Bleeds (05:03) 5 Hook (03:57) 6 Man‐Size Sextet (02:19) 7 Highway ’61 Revisited (02:57) 8 50ft Queenie (02:23) 9 Yuri‐G (03:28) 10 Man-Size (03:16) 11 Dry (03:23) 12 Me‐Jane (02:42) 13 Snake (01:36) 14 Ecstasy (04:27) |
| Rid of Me : Allmusic album Review : Dry was shockingly frank in its subject and sound, as PJ Harvey delivered post-feminist manifestos with a punkish force. PJ Harveys second album, Rid of Me, finds the trio, and Harvey in particular, pushing themselves to extremes. This is partially due to producer Steve Albini, who gives the album a bloodless, abrasive edge with his exacting production; each dynamic is pushed to the limit, leaving absolutely no subtleties in the music. Harveys songs, in decided contrast to Albinis approach, are filled with gray areas and uncertainties, and are considerably more personal than those on Dry. Furthermore, they are lyrically and melodically superior to the songs on the debut, but their merits are obscured by Albinis black-and-white production, which is polarizing. It may be the aural embodiment of the tortured lyrics, and therefore a supremely effective piece of performance art, but it also makes Rid of Me a difficult record to meet halfway. But anyone willing to accept its sonic extremities will find Rid of Me to be a record of unusual power and purpose, one with few peers in its unsettling emotional honesty. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 11 Artist: Dina Carroll Title: So Close Released: 1993-01-18 Tracks: 12 Duration: 53:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Special Kind of Love (04:40) 2 Hold On (04:51) 3 This Time (05:22) 4 Falling (03:34) 5 So Close (04:54) 6 Aint No Man (03:53) 7 Express (04:36) 8 Heaven Sent (03:45) 9 Youll Never Know (05:57) 10 Don’t Be a Stranger (04:22) 11 Why Did I Let You Go? (03:30) 12 If I Knew You Then (04:17) |
 | Album: 9 of 11 Artist: Suede Title: Suede Released: 1993-03-29 Tracks: 13 Duration: 55:28 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia AlbumCover Mercury Prize *** WINNER *** 1993 | 1 So Young (03:38) 2 Animal Nitrate (03:27) 3 She’s Not Dead (04:33) 4 Moving (02:50) 5 Pantomime Horse (05:49) 6 The Drowners (04:10) 7 Sleeping Pills (03:50) 8 Breakdown (06:02) 9 Metal Mickey (03:27) 10 Animal Lover (04:17) 11 The Next Life (03:32) 12 He’s Dead (Rocking Horse demo) (04:11) 13 Where the Pigs Don’t Fly (05:35) |
 | Album: 10 of 11 Artist: Sting Title: Ten Summoner’s Tales Released: 1993-02-28 Tracks: 12 Duration: 52:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (04:31) 2 Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) (05:11) 3 Fields of Gold (03:40) 4 Heavy Cloud No Rain (03:47) 5 She’s Too Good for Me (02:30) 6 Seven Days (04:39) 7 Saint Augustine in Hell (05:17) 8 It’s Probably Me (05:09) 9 Everybody Laughed but You (03:53) 10 Shape of My Heart (04:38) 11 Something the Boy Said (05:28) 12 Epilogue (Nothing ’bout Me) (03:41) |
| Ten Summoner’s Tales : Allmusic album Review : After two albums of muted, mature jazz-inflected pop, the last being an explicit album about death, Sting created his first unapologetically pop album since the Police with Ten Summoners Tales. The title, a rather awkward pun on his given last name, is significant, since it emphasizes that this album is a collection of songs, without any musical conceits or lyrical concepts tying it together. And, frankly, thats a bit of a relief after the oppressively somber The Soul Cages and the hushed though lovely, Nothing Like the Sun. Sting even loosens up enough to crack jokes, both clever (the winking litany of celebrity pains of "Epilogue [Nothing Bout Me]") and condescending (the sneeringly catchy cowboy tale "Love Is Stronger Than Justice [The Munificent Seven]"), and the result is his best solo record. In places, its easily as pretentious as his earlier work, but thats undercut by writing that hasnt been this sharp and melodic since the Police, plus his most varied set of songs since Synchronicity. True, there isnt a preponderance of flat-out classics -- only the surging opener "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You," the understated swing of "Its Probably Me," and the peaceful ballad "Fields of Gold" rank as classics -- but, as an album, Ten Summoners Tales is more consistently satisfying than anything else in his catalog. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 11 Artist: Stereo MCs Title: Re-Connected Released: 2001 Tracks: 5 Duration: 22:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover Mercury Prize Nominee 1993 | 1 Deep Down and Dirty (Two Lone Swordsmen remix) (05:53) 2 Deliverance (03:25) 3 Connected (05:12) 4 Step It Up (05:01) 5 Elevate My Mind (03:19) |