1993
Tears for Fears: Elemental
Now that's much more like it. After the misery of 1992, I fully expected to see it followed by another few years of bottom-of-the-barrel scraping, but there were some mighty fine albums in '93. The Cranberries were a refreshing delight when they debuted and I discovered Chris Isaak that year. My favorite Sting album was released, and though it took me a while to warm up to it, I ended up liking U2's Zooropa a lot.
My favorite though is also my favorite Tears for Fear album. Curt Smith's leaving the band (or however that went down) didn't affect my enjoyment of the music. It was always Roland Orzabal's voice that drew me to the band and that's on terrific display here. It's also the most rocking of their albums.
Runners Up:
The Cranberries: Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Chris Isaak: San Francisco Days
Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales
U2: Zooropa
Singles:
Collective Soul: "Shine"
Crash Test Dummies: "God Shuffled His Feet"
Celine Dion: "The Power of Love"*
Inner Circle: "Bad Boys"
James: "Laid"
Denis Leary: "Asshole"
The Proclaimers: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"**
Adam Sandler: "The Thanksgiving Song"
*And there goes my entire readership.
**Technically, this was a 1988 release, but I (and most of the rest of the country) didn't discover it until 1993 thanks to Benny and Joon.
1 comment:
OMG I love 'Tears For Fears' and especially Break It Down Again. When I taught in Yellowknife NWT they have a tradition of a huge hight school talent show and you don't bring ANYTHING but your A game and everyone is expected to audition for role in the show. Me and two of the music teachers did this song and rocked it. Its my greatest wanna be rock star experience so much more satifying than stupid Kareokie (sp) We just had the best harmony. Seeing that video got me all tingly again. Thanks for the time trip again.
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