What are YOUR favourite 10 albums from 1992?

No p'ticular order:

Morrissey -- Your Arsenal
Joe Henry -- Short Man's Room
John Wesley Harding -- Why We Fight
Nick Cave -- Henry's Dream
T Bone Burnett -- The Criminal Under My Own Hat
Tom Waits -- Bone Machine
Los Lobos -- Kiko
Julian Cope -- Jehovahkill
Jayhawks -- Hollywood Town Hall
Lindsey Buckingham -- Out of the Cradle

I'm sure I'm spacing out a few crucial items, though.

 

1) Lemonheads- It’s a Shame About Ray
2) REM - Automatic For the People
3) Neil Young - Harvest Moon
4) Pavement- S&E
5) Alice In Chains - Dirt
6) PJ Harvey - Dry
7) Tom Waits - Bone Machine
8) Roger Waters - Amused to Death
9) XTC - Nonsuch
10) Ween - Pure Guava

A pretty strong year. No absolute masterpiece but a couple dozen good records I still play reasonably often.

 

Was a tyke then, but from what I've heard:
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Sleep - Holy Mountain
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Jawbreaker - Bivouac
The Cure - Wish
Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nirvana - Incesticide
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

 

King Crimson - The Great Deceiver: Live 1973 -1974
James Brown - Love, Power, Peace: Live at The Olympia, Paris, 1971
Grateful Dead - Two From the Vault
Rising Sons (featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
Annie Lennox - Diva
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months, 2 Days in the Life Of...

If my archival picks don't count, then I'd put these in their place:

Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
Mudhoney - Piece of Cake
The Flaming Lips - Hit to Death in the Future Head
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

 

Well crap... I was under the impression that we were to avoid compilations. If that's no longer the case i wanna add Incesticide from Nirvana to my list. Lol

 

MAGNUM Sleepwalking
MEGADETH Countdown To Extinction
GOTTHARD Gotthard
HARDLINE Double Eclipse
LYNCH MOB Lynch Mob
BON JOVI Keep The Faith
FASTER PUSSYCAT Whipped
WARRIOR SOUL Salutations From The Ghetto Nation
LIFE SEX AND DEATH The Silent Majority
TNT Realized Fantasies

 

Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks-Fire walk with me.
KD Lang - Ingenué
REM - Automatic for the people
Leonard Cohen - The Future
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Tom Waits - Night on Earth (OST)
Cowboy Junkies - Black-Eyed Man

 

1. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
2. MEGADETH - Countdown To Extinction
3. CLAPTON, ERIC - MTV Unplagged
4. WAITS, TOM - Bone Machine
5. KISS - Revenge
6. EXTREME - III Sides To Every Story
7. SOUNDTRACK - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me
8. VAYA CON DIOS - Time Flies
9. MOORE, GARY - After Hours
10. FAITH NO MORE - Angel Dust

11. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Henry’s Dream
12. JOHN, ELTON - The One
13. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
14. MOTORHEAD - March Or Die
15. EVORA, CESARIA - Miss Perfumado
16. REA, CHRIS - God's Great Banana Skin
17. BLACK SABBATH - Dehumanizer
18. BLIND GUARDIAN - Somewhere Far Beyond
19. MANOWAR - The Triumph Of Steel
20. NIRVANA - Incesticide

 

any release from that particular year man. these are the only rules to adhere to!

 

Showbiz & A.G. Runaway Slave
Beastie Boys Check Your Head
UGK Too Hard to Swallow
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Pavement Slanted and Enchanted
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
George Clinton Computer Games
Sonic Youth Dirty

 

Man, I forgot "Las cosas claras" by Rock n' Bordes was from 1992. That has to be on the list. A real tough call which one to trade, but it's Crimson Idol. So now it's:

Dinamita pa los pollos - Juntos y revueltos
Rock n' Bordes - Las cosas claras
Stray Cats - Choo Choo Hot Fish
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Roxette - Tourism
Manowar - Triumph Of Steel (without "Achilles")
Kiss - Revenge
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Black Knights - Town Of Rock'n'Roll

 

XTC - Nonsuch
Lemonheads-It's A Shame About Ray
Faith No More - Angel Dust
The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
Keith Richards - Main Offender
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill
Original Soundtrack - Singles

These are just a select few and I've listened to all of them at least once in the past six months. Honorable mentions go to

Leonard Cohen - The Future
Ice Cube - The Predator
Sonic Youth - Dirty
The Cure - Wish
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
Happy Mondays - Yes Please
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Nick Cave - Henry's Dream
Rollins Band - End of Silence
The Afghan Whigs - Congregation

, etc etc etc

 

I rush-wrote my list earlier on a train journey so now to make a better post from it, here's the ranking:

1) K.d. Lang - Ingenué
Popular album that year for very good artistic reasons. Heavenly vocals throughout and very strong writing. An album any singer would be proud of.
'Miss Chatelaine'.
2) Twin Peaks - Fire walk with me
Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch
It isn't necessary to be a fan of the series and film, because this is one of the soundtracks that will still have an audience long after the film has fallen into relative obscurity. 'Moving through time' is my favourite track.
3) REM - Automatic for the People
Hope in the face of mortality and the politics of greed. That it's slipped from 1>3 in my internal ranking, is not a good sign psychologically. 'Sweetness follows'
4) Leonard Cohen - The Future
This has gained places over the last ten years as it paints a more realistic and cynical picture of how the world was to develop. 'Anthem'.
5) Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Released at the time interest in Waits' work had peaked, it was an album two or three of my closest friends listened to properly when I played it. 'That Feel' is the greatest track Waits and Richards worked on together, and it could be argued that it might even be a category higher when push comes to shove.

6) The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
'Waiting for the sun'
7) Neil Young - Harvest Moon
'Natural Beauty'
8) Tom Waits - Night on Earth (OST)
'Back in the good old world'
9) Cowboy Junkies - Black-Eyed Man
'Murder Tonight in the Trailer Park'
10) Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
'What's good (The Thesis)'

 

Extreme - III Sides To Every Story
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Stereo MC's - Connected
Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours
Prince - Love Symbol Album
The Cure - Wish
The Prodigy - Experience
4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More
Nirvana - Incesticide

 

"A Picture of Nectar"-Phish
"Check Your Head"-Beastie Boys
"The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion"-The Black Crowes
"Kiko"-Los Lobos
"Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs"-Ministry
"Bone Machine"-Tom Waits
"The Predator"-Ice Cube
"Magic and Loss"-Lou Reed
"Automatic for the People"-REM
"Dirt"-Alice in Chains

 

I can’t believe it but on reflection even worse than 1991. People complain about the ‘80s....
.
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Peter Gabriel - Us
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith (bloody hard task).
Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Del Amitri - Change Everything RUNNER UP
Soul Asylum - Grave Fancers Union
Luka Bloom - The Acoustic Motorbike
Michelle Shocked - Arkansas Traveler
Suzanne Vega - 99.9F°
Jude Cole - Start The Car

 

In no particular order, and without any archival release included:
Good Stuff, B-52's
Blind Melon, Blind Melon
Harvest Moon, Neil Young

And that's all.

 

In order,
Then:
1. The Tragically Hip | Fully Completely
2. Lyle Lovett | Joshua Judges Ruth
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Henry's Dream
4. Ramones | Mondo Bizarro
5. Sugar | Copper Blue
6. Barenaked Ladies | Gordon
7. Gin Blossoms | New Miserable Experience
8. R.E.M. | Automatic For The People
9. Prince & NPG | Love Symbol
10. Soul Asylum | Grave Dancers Union


Now:
1. Lyle Lovett | Joshua Judges Ruth
2. Phish | A Picture of Nectar
3. Cowboy Junkies | Black Eyed Man
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Henry's Dream
5. The Tragically Hip | Fully Completely
6. Los Lobos | Kiko
7. Sugar | Copper Blue
8. R.E.M. | Automatic For The People
9. Ramones | Mondo Bizarro
10. Pat Metheny | Secret Story

 

REM - Automatic For The People
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Peter Gabriel - Us
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden
Olivia Newton-John - Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971-1992
INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are
"Singles" Soundtrack - Various "Grunge" Artists
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town/Human Touch



Again great variety of pop/alternative and rock!

 

The year I grew 5" and turned 15. It was a very good year!

 

1. The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
2. The Jayhawks – Hollywood Town Hall
3. King’s X – King’s X
4. Kyuss – Blues for the Red Sun
5. Trouble – Manic Frustration
6. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
7. Blind Melon – Blind Melon
8. Alice in Chains – Dirt
9. Neil Young – Harvest Moon
10. Keziah Jones – Blufunk Is a Fact!

 

Any year that albums this good were released ain't a terrible year. May not be a great year but it far from sucked....

A Baker's Dozen + 1 -

Neil Young - Harvest Moon
R.E.M. - Automatic For The Peeps (Arguably their best)
Keith Richard - Main Offender (Arguably his best)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience (Their best)
Leonard Cohen - The Future
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (Arguably her best)
Blue Rodeo - Alone Together
Los Lobos - Kiko (Arguably their best)
XTC - Nonsuch
Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted (Arguably their best)
Clapton - Unplugged
Lindsey Buckingham - Out Of The Cradle (Arguably his best)
Lucinda - Sweet Old World

 

Dream Theater Images And Words

Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces VIII: New England

Calliope La Terra dei Grandi Occhi

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Black Moon

Camel Dust And Dreams

Atavism of Twillight s/t

Iona The Book of Kells

Biglietto Per L'inferno L'inferno Il Tempo Della Semina

Citizen Cain Serpents In Camouflage

Änglagård Hybris

 

In no particular order:

1. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
2. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
3. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
4. Annie Lennox - Diva
5. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
6. Prince - Love Symbol Album
7. Alice in Chains - Dirt
8. Madonna - Erotica
9. Nirvana - Incesticide
10. Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun

Honorable mention (comps/box sets):

ABBA - Gold
Talking Heads - Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Pink Floyd - Shine On

 

1992 was an awesome year.

1. Sonic Youth - Dirty
2. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
3. Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
4. Black Crowes - Southern Harmony...
5. Ride - Going Blank Again
6. Prince - O{->
7. Magnapop - Magnapop
8. Bettie Serveert - Palomine
9. Boo radleys - Everything's Allright Forever
10. Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray

other awesome albums:
Hallo Venray - The More I Laugh, The Hornier Due Gets
Heavenly - Le Jardin De Heavenly
Kitchens Of Distinction - The Death Of Cool
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
Nirvana - Incesticide
Rage Against The Machine - RATM
Sloan - Twice Removed
Sugar - Copper Blue