Rock Chronicles Japan Vol. 2 (1993)

Rock Chronicles Japan Vol. 2 (1981-1999), a CD Journal Mook published by Ongaku Shuppan Sha in 1999, is subtitled, “Know the J-POP era via 50 people and 666 albums. ” The book comprises brief articles, interviews, lists of important acts and capsule reviews of albums organized by year.

Here are the essential albums of the year 1993, presented in Japanese order, preserving the romanization of artists’ names as they were printed in the original publication. Note that some romanizations are unconventional (some may be typos). Romanization of album titles, unless printed in roman letters in the original, are mine. (Please leave corrections in the comment field.) Links go to Wikipedia articles in English and Japanese. *=available on U.S. streaming platforms (as of 2022).

ECD: Walk this way [ECD: ウォーク・ディズ・ウェイ] (reviewed by MT–see full list of capsule review writers below) *
Ito Ginji: Love Parade [伊藤銀次:ラヴ・パレード] (NK)
Inoue Yosui: Under the Sun [井上陽水:アンダー・ザ・サン] (HK) *
Venus Peter: Big “Sad” Table [ヴィーナス・ペーター: ビーグ・サッド・テーブル] (AY) *
S.O.B.: Gate of Doom [S.O.B.: ゲート・オブ・ドゥーム] (TM)
L⇔R: Land of Riches [エルアール:ランド・オブ・リッチズ] (HK)
Elekki Bran: Marchen Satsubatsu [エレキブラン:メルヘン殺伐] (KT)
ODD-BOWZ:  [横道坊主] (ST2)
Ozawa Kenji: The dogs bark but the caravan moves on [小沢健二:犬は吼えるがキャラバンは進む] (HK)
Ohtaka Shizuru: Repeat Performance [おおたか静流:リピート・パフォーマンス] (MH)
Optical*8: 2 [Optical*8: 2] (OT)
Cow Cow: 2 innocent [COW COW: 2イノセント] (ST)
Kimidori [キミドリ] (MT) *
Ground Zero [グラウンド・ゼロ] (NK2)
Glass: Struggle [グラス:ストラグル] (AY)
The Groovers: Top of the Parade [グルーヴァーズ:トップ・オブ・ザ・パレード] (KT) *
Koizumi Kyoko: Travel Rock [小泉今日子:トラヴェル・ロック] (SY) *
The Collectors: UFO Cluv [コレクターズ:ウーフォークラブ] (HK)
Suichu, Sorewa Kurushii: Hitome mite nikume [水中、それは苦しい:ひと目見て憎め] (ST)
Scha Dara Parr: Wild Fancy Alliance [スチャダラパー:ワイルド・ファンシー・アライアンス] (MT) *
Zelda: Full Moon Püjah [ゼルダ:フルムーン・プージャー] (IT)
Tane Tomoko: Mighty Love [種ともこ:マイティ・ラヴ] (HK)
Chica Boom: Esencia [チカ・ブーン:Esencia] (IT) *
Diamantes: Okinawa Latina [ディアマンテス:オキナワ・ラティーナ] (IT) *
Totsuzen Danball: Suki da yo [突然段ボール:好きだよ] (OT)
The 99 1/2 [The 99 1/2] (KT) *
Nenes: Ashibi [ネーネーズ:あしび] (IT)
Nishioka Kyozo: Start [西岡恭蔵:スタート] (WK)
The Pees: Todome o hade ni kure [Theピーズ:とどめをハデにくれ] (HK) *
Pizzicato Five: Bossa Nova 2001 [ピチカート・ファイヴ:ボサ・ノヴァ2001] (HK)
Blankey Jet City: C.B. Jim [ブランキー・ジェット・シティ:C.B. Jim] (AY)
Be Yonds: Unlucky [ビヨンズ:アンラッキ] (KT) *
Poco-pen: Bonjour Monsieur Samedi [ポコペン:ボンジュール・ムッシューサムディ] (NK2)
YMO: Technodon [YMO: テクノドン] (SY)
Mr. Children: versus [Mr. Children: ヴァーサス] (HK) *
Moritaka Chisato: Lucky Seven [森高千里:ラッキーセヴン] (ST2)
United Future Organization [ユナイテッド・フューチャー・オーガニゼイション] (IT) *

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