What are YOUR favourite 10 albums from 1992?

Cesaria Evora - Miss Perfumado
Chris Gaffney - Mi Vida Loca
Dr. John - Goin' Back to New Orleans
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel
k.d. lang - Ingenue
Kronos Quartet - Pieces of Africa
Los Lobos - Kiko
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
T-Bone Burnett - The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Tom Waits - Bone Machine

Who said '92 sucked?

 

Put that on your 1991 list. It's on mine.

 

In no particular order:

XTC - nonesuch
Uncle Tupelo - march 16-20, 1992
PJ Harvey - dry
Guided by Voices – propeller
Neil Young - harvest moon
Angelo Badalamenti - fire walk with me
Bob Dylan - good as I been to you
The Jayhawks - hollywood town hall
Joe Henry - short man's room
The Sighs – what goes on

 

01 Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
02 Tom Waits - Bone Machine
03 Neil Young - Harvest Moon
04 Alice In Chains - Dirt
05 Nirvana - Incesticide
06 REM - Automatic For The People
07 Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
09 Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
10 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream

 

What, we're 3 pages in & no love for Little Village (John Hiatt/Nick Lowe/Ry Cooder/Jim Keltner)?

Yeah, maybe it didn't live up to its hype — but this one was in regular rotation at my house in the spring & summer of '92, and still gets a spin now & then. They also did some great live shows at the time of its release.

 

Not going back to the time and place, more from today's perspective, just picking ones that I've actually listened to in the last few years and still like a lot, especially Sahara Blue ...

Hector Zazou - Sahara Blue
Medicine - Shot Forth Self Living
Church - Priest=Aura
PJ Harvey - Dry
Luna - Lunapark
Tracy Chapman - Matters Of The Heart
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
Television - Television
Lilys - In The Presence of Nothing
Tom Waits - Bone Machine

 

No fixed order:

Black Crowes- Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction
Sonic Youth- Dirty
The Wallflowers- s/t
Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds- s/t
Keith Richards- Main Offender
Rage Against the Machine- s/t
Ronnie Wood- Slide on This
Uncle Tupelo- March 16-20, 1992

 

I forgot about Television! Nice.

 

1. Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
2. Allman Brothers - An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band: First Set
3. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
4. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
5. Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town
6. Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992
7. Alice In Chains - Dirt
8. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
9. Robert Cray - I Was Warned
10. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

 

Los Lobos - Kiko
Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven & Hell
The Mummies - Never Been Caught
Arc Angels

 

In no particular order, with the exception of #1:

Del Amitri - Change Everything
The Church - Priest = Aura
The JudyBats - Down In The Shacks Where The Satellite Dishes Grow
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Lindsey Buckingham - Out Of The Cradle
INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are
The Sundays - Blind
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Peter Gabriel - Us
Jude Cole - Start The Car

 

Wiki Says April 1992.. I don't recall my personal purchase date tho...

Arkansas Traveler (album) - Wikipedia

Studio album by Michelle Shocked
Released April 1992
Genre Americana
Length 58:47
Label Mercury
Producer Bernie Leadon
Hugh Padgham
Michelle Shocked
Don Was

 

Top 10:

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Cracker - s/t
Peter Himmelman - Flown This Acid World
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
Los Lobos - Kiko
The Loud Family - Birds and Plants and Things
Mary's Danish - American Standard
REM - Automatic For The People
Suzanne Vega - 99.9F
Wire Train - No Soul No Strain

Honorable Mention:

Daniel Ash - Foolish Thing Desire
Adrian Belew - Inner Revolution
Bettie Serveert - Palomine
The Black Velvet Band - King Of Myself
Blue Rodeo - Lost Together
Peter Case - Six-Pack Of Love
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
Come - Eleven: Eleven
The Cure - Wish
Curve - Doppelganger
dada - Puzzle
Darling Buds - Erotica
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Falling Joys - Psychohum
The Fluid - Purplemetalflakemusic
Peter Gabriel - Us
PJ Harvey - Dry
Robyn Holcomb - Rockabye
Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music
Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue Live
Peter Murphy - Holy Smoke
Singles: Original Soundtrack
Overwhelming Colorfast - s/t
Michael Penn - Free For All
The Rembrandts - Untitled
Keith Richards - Main Offender
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
Television - s/t
Richard Thompson - Original Music From The Movie Sweet Talker
360's - Supernatural
Throwing Muses - Red Heaven
Ultra Vivid Scene - Rev
Uncle Green - Book Of Bad Thoughts
Walt Mink - Miss Happiness
XTC - Nonsuch
Neil Young - Harvest Moon

 

I usually use allmusic as a reference but I don't know how accurate they are sometimes. They say Oct '91 as release date but maybe that was the recording date. The photos on discogs show copyright 1992 so you're probably right.

 

Forgot about Black Knights - Town Of Rock'n'Roll. Let's make that the tenth, since the meaning was to list albums.

 

5 favorites:
E.L.P. - Black Moon
The Stray Cats - Choo Choo Hot Fish
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Michael Nesmith - Tropical Campfires

re-issue:
Elvis Presley - The Complete 50's Masters Box Set

Memorable concert:
Ray Charles/Circle Star Theater (Nov. 1992)
Ray was clearly in a bad mood. Kinda funny (cursing at musicians and the sound guys), but in hindsight, one of the worst shows I've ever witnessed.

 

Chronologically:

Lush - Spooky
My Dying Bride - As The Flower Withers
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Paradise Lost - Shades Of God
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
EMF - Stigma

 

good to see a lot of love for It's a Shame about Ray in this thread. such a quality album. gonna give it a spin in a minute, in fact!

 

Infamous Angel – Iris Dement
Kiko – Los Lobos
Lucky Town – Bruce Springsteen
AKA Graffiti Man – John Trudell
March 16-20, 1992 – Uncle Tupelo

 

For me, it's still their best. Come on Feel the Lemonheads was a sloppy mess, probably due to Evan Dando's increased intake of various chemical substances (which I recall he infamously discussed in a then-current interview with SPIN. Something about wanting to do PCP and hiding drugs in a hollowed out hairbrush handle if I recall correctly). By the time Car Button Cloth squeaked out, I was no longer interested. Apparently neither were the masses. The albums pre-Ray all have good bits (Dando's "Brass Buttons" is my fave version of that tune and "Amazing Grace" from the debut is righteously punkish) but that album will always be the best to my ears.

 

Chic - Chic-ism
En Vogue - Funky Divas
Elton John - The One
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Dr, Dre - The Chronic

 

Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Dirty - Sonic Youth
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
Incesticide - Nirvana
Propeller - Guided By Voices
Singles OST - Various Artists
Hit To Death In The Future Head - The Flaming Lips
In The Presence Of Nothing - Lilys
Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock - Sebadoh

 

Early 90s was a bit bare for me with grunge 'n' all that going full steam. But let me see what I can dig up from my tawdry past:

Moose - ...XYZ
Nick Cave - Henry's Dream
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
The Cure - Wish
Young Gods - T.V. Sky
Peter Murphy - Holy Smoke

 

#1
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

It may be 1992 but it is pure 1970's rock.

 

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Bob Dylan - Good As I Been To You
Faith No More - Angel Dust
PJ Harvey - Dry
Madonna - Erotica
Melvins - Lysol
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
NIN - Broken
The Prodigy - Experience
Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark