#albumoftheday #5debutalbums9094 Portishead - Dummy (1994). Innovative album which pushed the new fangled trip hop genre into the mainstream. Thrilling, disorienting, just plain excellent. Best track - Roads one of my fave tracks of all time. #MusicSky #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Ash - Trailer (1994) COMPILATION KLAXON 📣📣 I was in the mood for some earwax removing pop punk from some guaranteed real teenagers. This collection of singles probably doesn't qualify but good grief, this blows away the cobwebs. #NowPlaying

#5albums9094 The Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) Influential debut from East Coast ensemble including cerebral & other more performative rappers. Fresh, original hardcore template for years and acts to come. Best track - Tearz #NowPlaying #Shaolin

#5debutalbums9094 The Sundays - Reading, Writing And Arithmetic (1990) The pure English voice of Harriet Wheeler takes centre stage accompanied by layered, ringing guitars. Their influences are clear but they use them as a springboard to produce a debut of spacious, clear pop tuneage. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 #albumoftheday Sugar - Copper Blue (1992) The perfect pop punk album. I've never heard acoustic versions of these songs, but you know they'd stand up in their own right due to the strength of the melodies, lyrics and harmonies. Superb. Best track - Changes #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Elliott Smith - Roman Candle (1994) Raw and homely, Smith's debut is a disarmingly intimate yet revealing acoustic set. Four of the tracks are called No Name, perhaps showing the immediacy of a recording never originally intended for commercial release. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Belly - Star (1993) Oddly subdued track to open with rather than the mighty Angel but that quibble aside this a strong set with more hooks than a butcher's shop. Tanya Donelly has a cool detachment that suits this airy dreampop well. Strong contender. #NowPlaying

#NowPlaying Dry Cleaning - Secret Love (2026) First play for this new arrival from the masters of sprechgesang. Initial impressions are that they have broadened their pallette of sound and pace. No-one does talk-indie quite like these guys. Promising despite the phobia triggering cover.. #Musicsky

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#5debutalbums9094 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994) The wannabes become the idols of a new generation of wannabes. These early albums have an aspirational swagger that's easy to love. Never wracked by self-doubt, always confident. 90's in a nutshell. Gonna Live Forever indeed. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

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#5debutalbums9094 Midway Still - Dial Square (1992) It's been a fair old while since this got played. Mid tempo chugging guitars, bit grunge, bit indie. 'Wish' is really strong. Other than that, it kind of washed over me. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Bjork - Debut (1993) Bjork, freed of the constraints of an, albeit fascinating, rock band, spread her creative wings. With Nellee Hooper, she developed a fascinating & imaginative world, giving her extraordinary voice full rein. Still sounds otherworldly. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 #albumoftheday @RATM Rage Against The Machine (1992) A muscular clash of metal and rap that has never been surpassed. The entire record is doused in the petrol of combustible conviction. Nailed on to be top 5 for sure. Best track - Killing In The Name #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Electronic - Electronic 1991) Finally, a supergroup that works, although the centre of gravity weighs heavily towards the Bernard Sumner corner. The album really takes off when the Pet Shop Boys pile in as well. Johnny Marr works that wah-wah like Hendrix. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991) The Orb exist in that Venn diagram sweet spot where Pink Floyd, nascent trip hop and 60's pop science samples meet. A seminal 2 hours of ambient house. Best track - Little Fluffy Clouds #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 #albumoftheday Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992) The Manics stride across the Severn Bridge with a solid debut double album and New Year Zero in their hearts. The songs don't quite live up to the rhetoric. Best track - Motorcycle Emptiness #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Hole - Pretty On The Inside (1991) Visceral, brutal, nihilistic, and totally in your face debut. An album that needs a case worker as much as an audience. Stunning in both senses of the word. Strong reccomend. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Ride - Nowhere (1990) The sonic wash of shoegaze didn't leave too many indelible marks, but this is certainly one of them. This, and the early singles battered you with a blizzard of noise that acted as a counterpoint to grunge. Vapour trail - what a tune. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 The Verve - A Storm In Heaven (1993) Psychedelic space rocker's debut album. The guitar tabs for these songs must be so simple. All the magic lies in the textures and changes in intensity; from the ephemeral to the furious and back. Well worth an overdue revisit. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 #albumoftheday The Breeders - Pod (1990) Kim Deal finally gets a full-on creative outlet for her talents. I prefer Last Splash, but Pod is a close second. Not bad for a "side project". Vibrant and imaginative. Strong contender. Best track - Hellbound #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Veruca Salt - American Thighs (1994) At the centre of the Venn diagram between the Pixies/Breeders and more fuzzy grungy cousins. These are at heart great pop songs and palm muted Seether in particular is an absolute smoker of a tune. Strong contender. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Bleach - Killing Time (1992) The 4AD style sleeve is deceptive. Bleach was a wave of ceaseless squalling guitars that owed a lot to Loveless era MBV. Overall, it's a tad formulaic. There's 3 good EPs in here, but 45 minutes leaves your attention wandering. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Aimee Mann - Whatever (1993) I don't think that Aimee ever topped this extraordinary debut. There's a Tom Petty/Byrds vibe to the textures and quality songwriting. Witty, literate & cutting with some fine lead guitar work. Best track - I Should've Known #MusicSky #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 The Future Sound Of London - Accelerator (1991) Dance techno offering that is miles away from the more spacey follow ups. Frenetic but well paced. Papua New Guinea is a stand out and guided the future sound of FSOL. Great decorating soundtrack it turns out. #MusicSky #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Seal - Seal (1991) Hit the ground running in '91 with his personal London soul and 'pass the Strepsils' voice. Unlike many pop artists, this debut is solid throughout and set him up for a decade of hits. And man, did he look cool or what? #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 #NowPlaying Radiohead - Pablo Honey (1993) An album that will always remind me of driving on the M56 between a miserable hotel & a miserable job. Anything here signalled what they'd go on to achieve? No, but it's a solid early 90's indie outing. Best track - Creep #MusicSky

#5dwbytalbums9094 #albumoftheday The Auteurs - New Wave (1993) The more exhalted bands of the era weren't fit to roadie for the Auteurs. Peerless songwriting influenced by The Bunnymen, George Harrison and The Smiths. Great cover as well. Best track- American Guitars #NowPlaying️ #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Transglobal Underground - Dreams Of 100 Nations (1993) The seminal 'Global Village' album leading the way with a rich melting pot of rap, dub, samples, trippy rhythms and Asian influences. It could be a beige mess. It isn't - it's compelling and hypnotic. #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994) The star of this album is Buckley's soaring, angelic, white soul voice. There is something almost shamanistic about him as he loses himself. The band, steady and poised to follow their star in any capricious direction. Classic. #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Deee-Lite - World Clique (1990) Year defining hit single and the rest of the album isn't too shabby either. They pull off being cool yet inclusive. The Italian piano dates it a bit, but this is all killer. Kier's vocal range and styistic hand brake turns are incredible. #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Cetu Javu - Southern Lands (1990) German synth poppers clearly in thrall to Depeche Mode but with the songs to just about pull it off. #darkwave cult heroes with a detatched feel. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#NowPlaying Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986) squeezes the rock riff peg into a hip hop hole. It shouldn't work but it does - really well. If I was 12 in 1986 I think this album would have quite possibly changed my life. @defjam

#5debutalbums9094 Curve - Doppelganger (1992) A huge wall of guitars reminiscent of JAMC or late 80s Cure accompanies Toni Halliday's breathy vocals. The electricity surrounding their early EPs is ramped up to three phase 415 Volts here. Great debut and a strong contender. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Pearl Jam - Ten (1991) The missing link between Grunge and Classic Rock. Eddie Vedder's vocal style could not suit the band better. Got from Offspring One as he doesn't do physical music anymore. #MusicSky

#5debutalbums9094 Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991) Genre defining, definitively British hip/trip hop with key contributions from Horace Andy and Shara Nelson including my favourite song of all time - Unfinished Sympathy. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 #albumoftheday Kinky Machine - Gouache And Ink On Livestock (1993) A stupendous glam racket. I just love this album of sublime 3 minute indie pop songs. Why weren't they massive? Best track - Skockaholic #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums9094 Suede - Suede (1993) A lovely slice of low rent glamour. Suede's 90's output will stand the test of time as memories of Britpop fade away. The sheer cockiness of these early songs. Could have been a double with no drop in quality. #NowPlaying

#NowPlaying Vangelis - Blade Runner OST (1994) Powerful and evocative soundscape with dialogue from Dekker et al. The icy synth-filled blissful dream with blush response is temporarily broken by the retro cool jazz of Best track - One More Kiss, Dear #MusicSky

#NowPlaying The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004) I came here via the use of C'mon, C'mon in the Rescue Me soundtrack. Heavy garage rocking that leaves you thankful you're wearing a seatbelt. I never went deeper than this release - perhaps I should? #MusicSky