1993 Music Review

Top 10 Albums of 1993

1. Depeche Mode -- Songs of Faith and Devotion

   

   Fave tracks: One Caress, In Your Room and Walking In My Shoes

2. Sheryl Crow -- Tuesday Night Music Club

   

   Fave tracks: What I Can Do For You, We Do What We Can and I Shall Believe

3. Smashing Pumpkins -- Siamese Dream

   

   Fave tracks: Silverfuck, Soma and Disarm

4. Counting Crows -- August and Everything After

   

   Fave tracks: Round Here, Anna Begins and A Murder of One

5. Björk -- Debut

   

   Fave tracks: Human Behaviour, Violently Happy and Big Time Sensuality

6. Pearl Jam -- Vs.

   

   Fave tracks: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Rearviewmirror and Indfference

7. Mariah Carey -- Music Box

   

   Fave tracks: Now That I Know, Music Box and Anytime You Need A Friend

8. Janet Jackson -- janet.

   

   Fave tracks: This Time, If and Again

9. Ace of Base -- The Sign

   

   Fave tracks: Don't Turn Around, Voulez-Vous Danser and Wheel of Fortune

10. Cranberries -- Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We?

    

    Fave tracks: Wanted, Not Sorry and How

1994 Music Review

Top 10 Albums of 1994

1. Tori Amos -- Under the Pink

   

   Fave tracks: Yes, Anastasia, Icicle and Pretty Good Year

2. Sarah McLachlan -- Fumbling Towards Ecstacy

   

   Fave tracks: Elsewhere, Wait and Ice

3. Live -- Throwing Copper

   

   Fave tracks: The Dam at Otter Creek, Shit Towne and Stage

4. Color Theory -- Sketches in Grey

   

   Fave tracks: Shadow in the Shade, Snowing and Never Realized

5. Portishead -- Dummy

   

   Fave tracks: Glory Box, Mysterons and Roads

6. Sophie B Hawkins -- Whaler

   

   Fave tracks: I Need Nothing Else, Don't Tell Me No and Did We Not Choose Each Other

7. Cranberries -- No Need To Argue

   

   Fave tracks: Disappointment, Daffodil Lament and Twenty One

8. Morrissey -- Vauxhall and I

   

   Fave tracks: Hold On To Your Friends, The Lazy Sunbathers and Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning

9. Jewel -- Pieces of You

   

   Fave tracks: Foolish Games, Amen and Daddy

10. Hole -- Live Through This

    

    Fave tracks: Rock Star, Violet and Miss World

1995 Music Review

Top 10 Albums of 1995

1. Björk -- Post

   

   Fave tracks: Hyper-Ballad, I Miss You and Enjoy

2. Garbage -- Self Titled

   

   Fave tracks: Supervixen, Fix Me Now and Vow

3. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories -- Tails

   

   Fave tracks: Hurricane, Sandalwood and Lisa Listen
4. Alanis Morissette -- Jagged Little Pill

   

   Fave tracks: Forgiven, You Learn and Perfect

5. Smashing Pumpkins -- Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness

   

   Fave tracks: Farewell and Goodnight, Bodies and Stumbleine

6. Annie Lennox -- Medusa

   

   Fave tracks: I Can't Get Next To You, Something So Right and No More "I Love You's"

7. Ace of Base -- The Bridge

   

   Fave tracks: Just An Image, Lucky Love and Whispers in Blindness

8. Jill Sobule -- Self Titled

   

   Fave tracks: Good Person Inside, Margaret and Karen By Night

9. Joan Osborne -- Relish

   

   Fave tracks: St Teresa, Right Hand Man and Ladder

10. No Doubt -- Tragic Kingdom

    

    Fave tracks: Sunday Morning, Excuse Me Mr. and Tragic Kingdom

1996 Music Review

Top 10 Albums of 1996

1. Tori Amos -- Boys For Pele

   

   Fave tracks: Putting the Damage On, Not The Red Baron and Horses

2. Fiona Apple -- Tidal

   

   Fave tracks: Slow Like Honey, The First Taste and Sleep To Dream

3. Emm Gryner -- The Original Leap Year

   

   Fave tracks: Doomsday, Big Day and Fetching Decay

4. Patty Griffin -- Living With Ghosts

   

   Fave tracks: Let Him Fly, Forgiveness and You Never Get What You Want

5. Tracy Bonham -- The Burdens of Being Upright

   

   Fave tracks: Sharks Can't Sleep, Bulldog and Navy Bean

6. Ani DiFranco -- Dilate

   

   Fave tracks: Going Down, Shameless and Done Wrong

7. Dar Williams -- Mortal City

   

   Fave tracks: The Christians and the Pagans, This Was Pompeii and Mortal City

8. Paula Cole -- This Fire

   

   Fave tracks:  Tiger, Throwing Stones and Hush, Hush, Hush

9. Cure -- Wild Mood Swings

   

   Fave tracks:  Want, Return and Strange Attraction

10. Shawn Colvin -- A Few Small Repairs

    

    Fave tracks: Trouble, New Thing Now and Sunny Came Home

1997 Music Review

Top 10 Albums of 1997

1. Third Eye Blind -- Self Titled

   

   Fave tracks: The Background, London and Losing A Whole Year

2. Björk -- Homogenic

   

   Fave tracks: Joga, 5 Years and Unravel

3. Portishead -- Self Titled

   

   Fave tracks: Half Day Closing, Seven Months and Only You

4. Lisa Loeb -- Firecracker

   

   Fave tracks: How, Firecracker and Wishing Heart

5. Sarah McLachlan -- Surfacing

   

   Fave tracks: Sweet Surrender, Black & White and Do What You Have To Do

6. Color Theory -- Tuesday Song

   

   Fave tracks: Just Who I Am, Unrehearsed and The Perfect Song

7. Chantal Kreviazuk -- Under These Rocks and Stones

   

   Fave tracks: Wayne, Green Apples and Imaginary Friend

8. Jonatha Brooke -- 10 Cent Wings

   

   Fave tracks: Glass Half Empty, Annie and Because I Told You So

9. Aqua -- Aquarium

   

   Fave tracks: Doctor Jones, Turn Back Time and Lollipop (candyman)

10. Mariah Carey -- Butterfly

    

    Fave tracks: The Roof, Breakdown and Honey