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1993 produced one of the more refreshing Festive Fifties of recent times, particularly its top end where, for the first time since 1982, the top ten featured ten different acts. In sharp contrast to 1992, of those acts only PJ Harvey and Stereolab could be said to be regular visitors to the Festive Fifty....Despite this diversity, Fall aficionados obviously had something of a field day. The band's ten tracks fell just one short of the Smiths' record, and no-one has ever threatened to get entries into double figures since. It was interesting to note, however, that Peel offered no criticism here, only pausing to note that it was "bizarre" (contrast this with his comments on single band domination in 1987 and 1992). (Whitby, Mark, The Festive Fifty, Nevin Publishing, 2005, pp. 37-8)
Top act was the Fall, with ten entries, none of which made the top ten. In that top ten, eight of the tracks featured women, another fact noted by JP.
Only two Peel session tracks made an appearance, and only one record (first released the previous year) had not been previously played on Peel's shows.
