Random Year Poll! Your Favorite Albums Of 1992

Great picks! Awesome albums!

 

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Helmet - Meantime
Kyuss - Blues for a Red Sun
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1

 

Great albums! Superb list!

 

Finally, someone mentions the Sugar debut! Thank you.

 

By the early Nineties, I'd drifted away from mainstream music apart from a few favourites and was listening more to folk music and the underground acoustic scene that sprung out of the Mean Fiddler in Putney, near London. Anyway here my ten favourites from '92 (no order):

Pete Morton - Mad World Blues

The Lost T-Shirts Of Atlantis - The Yellow Album

Eddy Morton - The Infinite Room

Tom Pacheco - Tales From The Red Lake

After Hours - Hung Up And Dry

Tanglefoot - A Grain Of Salt

Cutting Crew - Compus Mentus

The Barely Works - Glow

Richrath - Only The Strong Survive

W.A.S.P. - The Crimsom Idol

 

My favourites from 1992:
L7 Bricks Are Heavy
PJ Harvey Dry
Suzanne Vega 99.9F
Tori Amos Little Earthquakes
Babes In Toyland Fontanelle
Concrete Blonde Walking In London
Sade Love Deluxe
Annie Lennox Diva
The SugarCubes Stick Around For Joy
The Cure Wish
Tracy Chapman Matters Of The Heart
7 Year Bitch Sick ‘Em
Madonna Erotica
Wendy Matthews Lily
Morrissey Your Arsenal
The Church Priest=Aura
Prince Love Symbol Album
Nene Cherry Homebrew
Frente Marvin The Album

 

Killer picks! Great albums!

 

Awesome albums! Great selections!

 

Anonymous 4 - An English Ladymass: 13th- and 14th century chant and polyphony in honor of the Virgin Mary
Anouar Brahem - Conte de l'Incroyable Amour
Various Artists - Elliott Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord: Sonata for Cello & Piano: Double Concerto for Harpsichord
The New Percussion Group Of Amsterdam, Bill Bruford, Keiko Abe – Go Between
Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man
David Zinman - Barber: Adagio: Symphony No. 1: The School for Scandal: Essays
Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta, David Zinman - Górecki: Symphony No. 3
Evelyn Glennie - Rebounds: Concertos for Percussion
Fela Kuti - Underground System
Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
Huelgas Ensemble - Febus Avant! Music at the Court of Gaston Febus
Huelgas Ensemble - Gombert: Music from the Court of Charles V
Huelgas Ensemble - Italia Mia, Musical Imagination of the Renaissance
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel
k.d. lang - Ingénue
King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
Mouth Music - Blue Door, Green Sea
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
The Legendary Pink Dots - Shadow Weaver
The Orb - U.F.Orb
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes|Rock
Various Artists - Artificial Intelligence (Warp Records Compilation)
Ed Blackwell - The Ed Blackwell Project Vol. II - What It Be Like?
Gianluigi Trovesi - From G to G
The Tallis Scholars - Lôbo: Requiem

 

Very nice comprehensive list! Lots of solid albums in there!

 

Motörhead - March or Die
KISS - Revenge
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Lynch Mob - S/T
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

 

Not crazy about 1992. Don’t think it has held up too well. Nothing amazing, but I’ll go with

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Sugar - Copper Blue
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
Sundays - Blind
Social Distortion- Between Heaven and Hell

 

Vanessa Paradis - "S/T"
The Black Crowes - "The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion"
Prince - "Love Symbol Album"
The Lemonheads - "It's A Shame About Ray"
Wojciech Kilar - "Bram Stoker's Dracula- Original Soundtrack"
Paul Weller - "S/T"
R.E.M. - "Automatic For The People"
k. d. lang - "Ingénue"
Los Lobos - "Kiko"
The Cure - "Wish"

 

Rockin' list! Solid albums!

 

Lindsey Buckingham - Out Of The Cradle
James - Seven
Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
The Sundays - Blind
Toto - Kingdom Of Desire

 

Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted
Sonic Youth: Dirty
Prince: Love Symbol Album
Robert Cray: I Was Warned
Madonna: Erotica
Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World

 

Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

R.E.M - Automatic For The People

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

W.A.S.P - The Crimson Idol

The Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future Head

The Cure - Wish

Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

Tool - Opiate

Eric Clapton - Unplugged

Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun

Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

Dream Theater - Images And Words

Alice In Chains - Dirt

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

 

Songs Of Freedom - Bob Marley
Lucky Town - Bruce Springsteen
Change Everything - Del Amitri
Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks
Jerry Burns - Jerry Burns
Play Me Backwards - Joan Baez
The Future - Leonard Cohen
Kiko - Los Lobos
There Comes A Time - Martin Stephenson & The Daintees
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Bongo Girl - Nena
Crooked Line - Nils Lofgren
Deserters - Oysterband
Us - Peter Gabriel
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
King of Hearts - Roy Orbison
Fat City - Shawn Colvin
Consonant Please Carol - Simon Nicol
Copper Blue - Sugar
99.9F - Suzanne Vega
Ingenue - kd lang

 

Certainly an interesting year for music, especially in the world of rock, as Grunge was in full swing. Just a few of my favourites:

Alice In Chains - Dirt
Nirvana - Incesticide (not a studio release, but...)
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Cure - Wish
Sugar - Copper Blue
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Mudhoney - Piece Of Cake
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
Neil Young - Harvest Moon

 

Oh what a disappointment. I only click on threads containing the word poll in order to participate in a poll. And this one doesn't contain a poll...

I'm so shallow...

 

Automatic for the people R.E.M.

Uh oh David Byrne

 

1) KISS - Revenge

2) Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

3) Alice In Chains - Dirt

4) Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell

5) The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion

6) Arc Angels - Arc Angels

7) Dan Baird - Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired

8) Gary Moore - After Hours

9) Alice In Chains - Sap

10) Brian May - Back To The Light

11) Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

12) Dirty Looks - Five Easy Pieces

13) Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

14) Robert Cray - I Was Warned

15) Roger Waters - Amused To Death

16) Widowmaker - Blood And Bullets

17) W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

18) Stone Temple Pilots - Core

19) Joe Satriani - The Extremist

20) Def Leppard - Adrenalize

21) The Gits - Frenching The Bully

22) Great White - Psycho City

23) Faster Pussycat - Whipped

24) R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

25) The Jeff Healey Band - Feel This

26) Eddie Money - Unplug It In

27) Stevie Ray Vaughan - In The Beginning

28) Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World

29) Starz - Requeim

30) Jackyl - Jackyl

31) Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith

32) Motörhead - March Or Die

33) Queen - Live At Wembley '86

34) AC/DC - Live

35) Faster Pussycat - Belted, Buckled And Booted

36) Donnie Iris - Out Of The Blue

37) Blue Öyster Cult - Bad Channels

38) Spınal Tap - Break Like The Wind

39) Firehouse - Hold Your Fire

40) Damn Yankees - Don't Tread

41) The Offspring - Ignition

42) Bad Company - Here Comes Trouble

43) Sass Jordan - Racine

44) Morphine - Good

45) Stray Cats - Choo Choo Hot Fish

46) Extreme - III Sides To Every Story

47) Southgang - Group Therapy

48) Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

49) Nirvana - Incesticide

50) INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are

51) Faith No More - Angel Dust

52) Testament - The Ritual

53) Neil Young - Harvest Moon

54) Dream Theater - Images And Words

55) Hardline - Double Eclipse

56) Helmet - Meantime

57) Warrant - Dog Eat Dog

58) Rhino Bucket - Get Used To It

59) Joe Walsh - Songs For A Dying Planet

60) White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1

61) Roy Orbison - King Of Hearts

62) Blind Melon - Blind Melon

63) Saigon Kick - The Lizard

64) Slaughter - The Wild Life

65) Steelheart - Tangled In Reins

66) Golden Earring - The Naked Truth

67) Asia - Aqua

68) Del Amitri - Change Everything

69) Bonham - Mad Hatter

70) Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel

71) Tin Machine - Oy Vey, Baby

 

BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE TRIO - ON THE GO
BLACK CROWES - THE SOUTHERN HARMONY & MUSICAL COMPANION
BLIND MELON - BLIND MELON
CHEVELLES - THE KIDS AIN'T HIP
GUY CLARK - BOATS TO BUILD
RODNEY CROWELL - LIFE IS MESSY
IRIS DEMENT - INFAMOUS ANGEL
WILLY DEVILLE - BACKSTREETS OF DESIRE
FRED EAGLESMITH - THERE AIN'T NO EASY ROAD
FIVE CHINESE BROTHERS - SINGER SONGWRITER BEGGERMAN THIEF
STEVE FORBERT - THE AMERICAN IN ME
CHRIS GAFFNEY - MI VIDA LOCA
GREEN ON RED - TOO MUCH FUN
JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS - END OF THE CENTURY
EMMYLOU HARRIS - AT THE RYMAN
JOE HENRY - SHORT MAN'S ROOM
JAYHAWKS - HOLLYWOOD TOWN HALL
PAUL KELLY - HIDDEN THINGS
LOS LOBOS - KIKO
LYLE LOVETT - JOSHUA JUDGES RUTH
MAVERICKS - FROM HELL TO PARADISE
DELBERT McCLINTON - NEVER BEEN ROCKED ENOUGH
GRAHAM PARKER - BURNING QUESTION
CHUCK PROPHET - BALINESE DANCER
REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
SOUL ASYLUM - GRAVE DANCERS UNION
TELEVISION - TELEVISION
GREG TROOPER - EVERYWHERE

GEORGE BEDARD & THE KINGPINS - UPSIDE
CHRIS CAIN - CAN'T BUY A BREAK
WILLIAM CLARKE - SERIOUS INTENTIONS
BILLY FLYNN - LEAVIN' IN THE MORNING
OTIS GRAND - HE KNOWS THE BLUES
MARK HUMMEL - HARD LOVIN 90'S
LONG JOHN HUNTER - RIDE WITH ME
MIKE MORGAN & THE CRAWL - FULL MOON OVER DALLAS
LOUIS MYERS - TELL MY STORY MOVIN'
ROD PIAZZA - ALPHABET BLUES
GARY PRIMICH - MY PLEASURE
SNOOKY PRYOR - TOO COOL TO MOVE
RED DEVILS - KING KING
DUKE ROBILLARD - AFTER HOURS SWING SESSION
TWO BONES & A PICK - TWO BONES & A PICK
PHILLIP WALKER & OTIS GRAND - BIG BLUES FROM TEXAS

The 90's a big decade for the blues

 

Looking through the lists one word springs to mind

Diversity

It's heartening to see one album that crops up on a number of lists in The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall

 

Great albums!