Jim's Gems: Best albums of 1993 - including Tom Waits, Bjork and David Bowie

Thirty years ago, life was good and so was the music so we hit the dancefloors with a vengeance

Jim's Gems 1983

In retrospect, the 1990s could best be described as a feelgood decade where we cast aside the shackles of ‘80s repression and austerity and partied like there was no tomorrow. Rave culture exploded and turned the music industry on its head. The cult of the DJ was born and we hit the dancefloors with a vengeance.

The often-exaggerated fightback against dance music was fought under the flag of Britpop but there were no winners, only an uneasy truce. Not that we really cared. Life was good and so was the music and here are 10 examples of what was around 30 years ago.