# Best Pazz & Jop Critics Poll Album 1993 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299 "2014-12-15T16:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/1 "2014-12-15T16:48:00Z")
Not a bad year - a good mix of genres, and a number of great albums. I wish yo La Tengo and Stereolab had made the top 15, and I think the Tribe Called Quest album was a more worthy candidate for the top 15 than P.M. Dawn, but these are minor quibbles. I’m going to go with PJ Harvey this year, with Bettie Serveert and Nirvana next in line. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/2 "2014-12-15T16:54:19Z")
I’ll join in the adulation of _Rid of Me_, with _Last Splash_ right behind. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/3 "2014-12-15T16:59:30Z")
There may be some subconscious homerism going on, but both the Smashing Pumpkins album and the Liz Phair are among my most-played records (I’d guess they’re both in my top 5), but I’ll give Smashing Pumpkins the nod here, with Ms. Phair very close behind, but they’re such different albums that it’s not really fair of me to rank one ahead of the other. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/4 "2014-12-15T17:00:33Z")
I’d vote for Billy Joel’s _River of Dreams_ if it was on the list. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/5 "2014-12-15T17:18:49Z")
Came down to Digable Planets vs. Nirvana. Went with the Planets. (Love me some jazz-aware hip hop.) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/6 "2014-12-15T17:23:37Z")
I voted for PJ Harvey last time, so that breaks my tie - Breeders it is. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/7 "2014-12-15T17:26:00Z")
I have to give Jimmy Dale Gilmore some love on this one. “Spinning Around the Sun” is an excellent album. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/8 "2014-12-15T22:44:45Z")
I like several of these, but no mood for an under dog such as the Breeders or Digable Planets. Decided to vote for a big name, already done with Nirvana and may do the Smashing Pumpkins in the subsequent polls, so Pearl Jam got my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/9 "2014-12-15T23:11:22Z")
Voted Nirvana, but the top three are perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-critics-poll-album-1993/707299/10 "2014-12-19T19:28:16Z")
I almost voted Nirvana, but the fact that a) I like this album as much as or more than I do _In Utero_, and b) I loathe both Stephen Malkmus and all hipsters, and that I will take any chance I get to wave both of my protruded middle fingers in the general direction of either, well … I chose _Siamese Dream_. Seriously, “Mayonaise” is one of the best rock songs ever recorded, full stop.