This Week in The 90s

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Welcome to 1993

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Welcome to 1993

Revisiting a year of Bjork, dinosaurs, Bill Clinton, boybands, and more

Jan 5
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Welcome to 1993

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Greetings, Time Traveller! 👋

Over the course of 2023, we’re going to perform a week-by-week exploration of 1993. Scroll down to find a full list of all articles published so far. If you want to travel further back, you can find all of 1992 over here.

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Also also! There is a rolling Spotify playlist featuring all of the singles and albums mentioned in 1993. Here it is:

January 1993

  • “After All”, The Frank and Walters and Strictly 4 My N.*.*.*.*.Z, 2Pac

  • “Hope Of Deliverance”, Paul McCartney

  • “Mr. Wendal”, Arrested Development and The Juliet Letters, Elvis Costello

  • ”Ordinary World”, Duran Duran and This Leaden Pail, Half Man Half Biscuit

February 1993

  • ”No Limit”, 2 Unlimited and Star, Belly

  • “Love Song for a Vampire”, Annie Lennox and Where You Been, Dinosaur Jr

  • “Killing In The Name”, Rage Against The Machine and So Tough, Saint Etienne

  • “Oh Carolina”, Shaggy and Pablo Honey, Radiohead

March 1993

  • ‘Animal Nitrate’, Suede and New Wave, The Auteurs

  • ‘Screamager’, Therapy and Frank Black, Frank Black

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Kevin Alexander
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Jan 6

Just want to get on the record that before MC Shan featured on “Informer,” he dropped this absolute banger:

https://youtu.be/aE46vzXclN0

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