His Name is Alive "Mouth by Mouth"-- best album of 1993?

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Does anyone think this album is the best album of 1993, and one of the top 10 of the 90's? I've listened to this album more than any other from this time period in my collection. I also think the cover of Blue Moon is one of the best covers ever...

― Eric Wahl, Saturday, 28 May 2005 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I dunno if I'd call them best, but my favorite albums of `93 were probably....

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000294L.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg and http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001Y5N.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 May 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Cop Shoot Cop seconded, Barkmarket - "Gimmick" my other personal choice.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Saturday, 28 May 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I dunno, but I had 'Someday My Blues will Cover the Earth' as the second best of 2001, after Sam Phillips' 'Fan Dance'.

― I.M. (I.M.), Saturday, 28 May 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

1993...what a strange, transitional year.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 May 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

um, sorry, enter the wu is the best album of 93 (on that note, otm to alex wrt transitionality)

― jake b. (cerybut), Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Not as strong as some of the other years of that era, but there were a bunch of great records from 1993:

Rid Of Me: PJ Harvey
In Utero: Nirvana
Exile In Guyville: Liz Phair

But my favorite release of 1993 was a 4 song EP from Pavement, Watery, Domestic

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)

x-post:

On Transitional - Yeah, agreed. Weren't "Chaos AD", "Undertow" and "In Utero" all 1993 releases? The year that "heavy" music got weird...

― John Justen (johnjusten), Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't heard of Cop Shot Cop, so thanks for posting that... I'll be sure to check them out.

― Eric Wahl, Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i wish he would make songs out of stories in the bible again. also more pencil guitar and karin oliver or chelle marie.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never heard it, but I'd like to hear more about why it's so good, as opposed to what other people think is better.

― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Scaruffi has the top list!!!

1. Vampire Rodents: Lullaby Land (Re-Constriction) (9)
2. Kenneth Newby: Ecology Of Souls (Songlines) (8)
3. Stereolab: Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements (Elektra) (8)
4. Pain Teens: Destroy Me Lover (Trance Syndicate) (8)
5. Mark Lanegan: Whiskey For The Holy Ghost (SubPop) (8)
6. Jane Siberry: When I Was A Boy (Reprise) (8)
7. Girls Against Boys: Venus Luxure No 1 Baby (Touch & Go) (8)
8. Sugarsmack: Top Loader (Invisible) (8)
9. Motherhead Bug: Zambodia (Pow Wow) (8)
10. Lycia: A Day In The Stark Corner (Projekt) (8)
11. Autechre: Incunabula (Warp) (8)
12. Lightwave: Tycho Brahe (Crystal Lake) (8)
13. Unwound: Fake Train (Kill Rock Stars) (8)
14. Mark Kramer: The Guilt Trip (Shimmy-Disc) (8)
15. Mercury Rev: Boces (Columbia) (8)
16. Trance Mission (City Of Tribes) (8)
17. Six Finger Satellite: The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird (SubPop) (8)
18. Red House Painters (4AD) (8)
19. Orbital: II (Ffrr) (8)
20. Seam: The Problem With Me (Touch & Go) (8)
21. Lida Husik: The Return Of Red Emma (Shimmy Disc) (8)
22. Liz Phair: Exile In Guyville (Matador) (8)
23. Earth: Earth 2 (Sub Pop) (8)
24. Smog: Julius Caesar (Drag City) (8)
25. Gastr Del Sol: The Serpentine Similar (Fidel Bastro) (8)
26. Morphine: Cure For Pain (Rykodisc) (7.5)
27. Today Is The Day: Supernova (Amphetamine Reptile) (7.5)
28. Gravitar: Chinga Su Corazon (Charnel) (7.5)
29. Polvo: Today's Active Lifestyle (Merge) (7.5)
30. New Bomb Turks: Destroy Oh Boy (Crypt) (7.5)
31. Tindersticks : self-titled (Rough Trade) (7.5)
32. Lisa Germano: Happiness (Capitol) (7.5)
33. Cop Shoot Cop: Ask Questions Later (Interscope) (7.5)
34. Caspar Br”tzmann: Koksofen (Homestead) (7.5)
35. Breeders: Last Splash (Elektra) (7.5)
36. Mentallo & The Fixer: Revelations 23 (Zoth Ommog) (7.5)
37. Johnboy: Pistol Swing (Trance) (7.5)
38. Mazzy Star: So Tonight That I Might See (Capitol) (7.5)
39. Grant Lee Buffalo: Fuzzy (Slash) (7.5)
40. Labradford: Prazision (Kranky) (7.5)
41. Spongeheads: Curb Your Dogma (Triple X) (7.5)
42. Moon Seven Times (Third Mind) (7.5)
43. Trumans Water: Spasm Smash (Homestead) (7.5)
44. Concussion Ensemble: Stampede (Conc) (7.5)
45. His Name Is Alive: Mouth By Mouth (4AD) (7.5)
46. Enigma: The Cross Of Changes (Charisma) (7.5)
47. Aurora: The Land Of Harm And Appletrees (Cleopatra) (7.5)
48. Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (Virgin) (7.5)
49. Neurosis: Enemy Of The Sun (Alternative Tentacles) (7.5)
50. Gary Lucas: Skeleton At The Feast (Enemy) (7.5)
51. Don Caballero: For Respect (Touch & Go) (7.5)
52. Flop: Whenever You're Ready (550 Music) (7.5)
53. Iceburn: Haephestus (Revelation) (7.5)
54. Underground Lovers: Leaves Me Blind (Guernica) (7.5)
55. God Machine: Scenes From The Second Storey (Fiction) (7.5)
56. Hammerbox: Numb (A&M) (7.5)
57. Barkmarket: Gimmick (Def American) (7)
58. Nicky Skopelitis: Ekstasis (Axiom) (7)
59. Ozric Tentacles: Jurassic Shift (Demi Monde) (7)
60. Saint Etienne: So Tough (WB) (7)
61. Seefeel: Quique (Too Pure) (7)
62. Mortiis: Fodt til ý Herske (Dark Dungeon) (7)
63. Sinister Six: Outta Sight (Empty) (7)
64. Miss Murgatroid: Methyl Ethyl Key Tones (Worrybird) (7)
65. Shinjuku Thief: The Witch Hammer (Dorobo) (7)
66. Rapoon: Vernal Crossing (Staalplaat) (7)
67. Transglobal Underground: Dream Of 100 Nations (Nation) (7)
68. Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Big Cat) (7)
69. Mule (Quarterstick) (7)
70. Cows: Sexy Pee Story (Amphetamine Reptile) (7)
71. Bazooka: Perfectly Square (SST) (7)
72. Unrest: Perfect Teeth (4AD) (7)
73. Rain: Sediment (Metonymic) (7)
74. Idaho: Year After Year (Caroline) (7)
75. Velocity Girl: Copacetic (SubPop) (7)
76. Pitchblende: Kill Atom Smasher (Fistpuppet) (7)
77. Golden Palominos: This Is How It Feels (Restless) (7)
78. Belly: Star (Sire) (7)
79. Grifters: One Sock Missing (Shangri-La) (7)
80. Tsunami: Deep End (Simple Machines) (7)
81. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Extra Width (Matador) (7)
82. P.J. Harvey: Rid of Me (Island) (7)
83. Jawbox: From Your Own Sweetheart (A&M) (7)
84. Swervedriver: Mezcal Head (A&M) (7)
85. Man Or Astro-man: Is It Man Or Astro-man? (Estrus) (7)
86. Supersnazz: Superstupid (SubPop) (7)
87. Ice: Under The Skin (Pathological) (7)
88. Supreme Dicks: The Unexamined Life (Homestead) (7)
89. Cherubs: Heroin Man (Trance) (7)
90. Juliana Hatfield: Become What You Are (Mammoth) (7)
91. Thessalonians: Soulcraft (Silent) (7)
92. Pram: The Stars Are So Big (Too Pure) (7)
93. Rollins Band: Weight (Imago) (7)
94. Southern Culture On The Skids: For Lovers Only (Safe House) (7)
95. Primus: Pork Soda (Interscope) (7)
96. Yo La Tengo: Painful (Matador) (7)
97. Band Of Susans: Veil (Restless) (7)
98. Sky Cries Mary: A Return To The Inner Experience (World Domination) (7)
99. Bettie Serveert: Palomine (Guernica) (7)
100. Ed Hall: Motherscratcher (Trance) (7)
101. Dinosaur Jr: Where You Been (Sire) (7)
102. Frank Black (4AD) (7)
103. Mercy Rule: God Protects Fools (Caulfield) (7)
104. Madder Rose: Bring It Down (Seed) (7)
105. Arcwelder: Pull (Touch & Go) (7)
106. Eggs: Exploder (TeenBeat) (7)
107. Space Streakings: Hatsu-Koi (Nux) (7)
108. Jellyfish: Split Milk (Charisma) (7)
109. Red Red Meat (Perishable) (7)
110. Built To Spill: Ultimate Alternative Wavers (C/Z) (7)
111. Ultramarine: United Kingdom (Blanco Y Negro) (7)
112. Walkabouts: New West Motel (SubPop) (7)
113. Cracker: Kerosene Hat (Virgin) (7)
114. God And Texas: Criminal Element (Restless) (7)
115. Gallon Drunk: From The Heart Of Town (Sire) (7)
116. Rickie Lee Jones: Traffic from Paradise (Geffen) (7)
117. KMFDM: Naive (Wax Trax) (7)
118. Legendary Pink Dots: Malachi (Play It Again Sam) (7)
119. Sven Vath: Accident In Paradise (Eye Q) (7)
120. Mule: Mule (Quarterstick) (7)
121. Swirlies: Blondertongue Audiobaton (Taang) (7)
122. Bjork: Debut (One Little Indian) (7)
123. Robert Fripp & David Sylvian: The First Day (Virgin) (7)
124. Bikini Kill: Pussy Whipped (Kill Rock Stars) (7)
125. Richard Barone: Clouds Over Eden (Line) (7)
126. St Johnny: High As A Kite (Caroline) (7)
127. Suede: Suede (Columbia) (7)
128. Pigeonhed (SubPop) (7)
129. Fugazi: In On The Kill Taker (Dischord) (7)
130. Sandoz: Digital Lifeforms (Touch) (7)
131. Type O Negative: Bloody Kisses (Roadrunner) (7)
132. Raison D'Etre: Prospectus I (Cold Meat Industry) (7)
133. Richard Kirk: Number Of Magic (Warp) (7)
134. Leaether Strip: Science For The Satanic Citizen (Cargo) (7)
135. Trance: Audiography (Staalplaat) (7)
136. Pursuit of Happiness: The Downward Road (Mercury) (7)
137. Magnapop (Caroline) (7)
138. Eric's Trip: Love Tara (SubPop) (7)
139. Nothing Painted Blue: Power Trips Down Lovers Lane (Shimmy Disc) (7)
140. Archers Of Loaf: Icky Mettle (Alias) (7)
141. Heavenly Music Corporation: In A Garden Of Eden (Silent) (7)
142. William Orbit: Strange Cargo 3 (IRS) (7)
143. Zeni Geva: Desire For Agony (Alternative Tentacles) (7)
144. Michael Rank: Coral (Caroline) (7)
145. Afghan Wigs: Gentlemen (Elektra) (7)
146. Sharkbait: Blowtorch Facelift (Primitech) (7)
147. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet: Sport Fishin' (Cargo) (7)
148. Atman: Personal Forest (Lollipop Shop) (7)
149. A Produce: Reflect Like A Mirror (Trance Port) (7)
150. Sabres Of Paradise: Sabresonic (Warp) (7)
151. Judy Dunaway: Evan Gallagher Little Band (AMF) (7)
152. Eleven: Eleven (Thrid Rail) (7)
153. KMFDM: Angst (Wax Trax) (7)
154. fIREHOSE: Mr Machinery Operator (Sony) (7)
155. Philarmonie: Les Elephantes Carillonneurs (Cuneiform) (7)
156. Anathema: Serenades (Peaceville) (7)
157. Queers: Love Songs For The Retarded (Lookout) (7)
158. Royal Hunt: Land Of Broken Hearts (Royal) (7)
159. Thomas Koner: Permafrost (Barooni) (7)
160. Tool: Undertow (Zoo Entertainment) (7)
161. Flying Saucer Attack (VHF) (7)

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 28 May 2005 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i remember spin listed it in their best albums you haven't heard category.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 28 May 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

i remember listening to perfect teeth, happiness, wolverine blues, and altered beast a lot in 1993, but there must have been more...

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 28 May 2005 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Your Favorite Albums of 1993

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 28 May 2005 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"Mouth by Mouth" is pretty fine, but I find it somewhat inconsistent. Some of it's great, and the cover of "Blue Moon" is nice indeed.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Sunday, 29 May 2005 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

A bit of a shock to see a thread title on ILM that I agree with. Yes, at the time, Mouth By Mouth was certainly my favourite LP of 1993. But I was in the midst of my 4AD obsession (if I had to name silver and bronze placings they would probably have been Euphoria and Red House Painters - DAD3008) and my judgment is probably not to be trusted.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 29 May 2005 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

1993: What a phenomonal year for music in general. I think Giant Steps & A Storm in Heaven trump MxM for me, but it is a great record - and, I believe, HNIA's best: It really is the perfect intersection b/w their earlier, disjointed sound and the more conventional pop leanings of later records. I also dig the ESP Summer album Warn did with Ian Masters from The Pale Saints.

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Sunday, 29 May 2005 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd completely forgot about this album and now suddenly "Can't Go Wrong Without You" has popped fully formed into my head accompanied by its weird video. That one really encapsulated 120 Minutes and something about that time...

― The Emancipation of Baaderonixx (KERERU 4 LIFE!) (Fabfunk), Monday, 30 May 2005 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

six years pass...

att'n People Who Know This Kind Of Thing: is there any truth at all to the rumor that "Can't Go Wrong Without You" is made up of samples from Purple Rain?

― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Thursday, 3 November 2011 04:21 (fourteen years ago)

i know the american version had to be changed to eliminate some samples before it was released but haven't ever heard about the purple rain connection. ah but wikipedia says it is so.

― keythhtyek, Thursday, 3 November 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)

I'd probably put it in the top five or so for 93 (saying A LOT, as it was a banner year for weirdo indie pop)

a phenomenal record and my pick for best HNIA lp

sleeve graphic is not too shabby either:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_74XjRB1CJng/SHDdbVkeUmI/AAAAAAAABnk/YrqDMrwJ5S0/s400/HisNameIsAlive.MouthByMouth.cd

― now they know how many holes it takes to fill buffandmaxsmom (Pillbox), Thursday, 3 November 2011 23:06 (fourteen years ago)

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