Best Album on OUR Favourite Albums of......1992

Th’ Faith Healers – Lido
The Orb – UF Orb

when I saw these had missed the cut I was going to sulk and boycott this but hey, it's already hard enough to decide between Belly, Pavement, Aphex and Unrest

I thought Star came out in 1993?

SAW 85-92 vs. Lazer Guided Melodies, impossible

This would usually be Automatic for the People vs Dirty for me but since you had the amazing good sense to include Moonshake, I will cast my vote in their direction

Pavement, probably

I look at the poll options and I'm reminded why 1992 was the year I dived headlong into rave/breakbeat; most of those albums either do nothing for me or actively irritate me (hi dere Psalm 69, you have always sucked and you will always suck)

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Replace "rave/breakbeat" with "New Orleans brass band" and this is me. There were a number of albums on the 1991 list that I acknowledge the importance of, even though I don't own or listen to them (ended up voting Nevermind,) but this one holds almost nothing for me. There are some cuts on the Meat Beat Manifesto I liked at the time.

I thought Star came out in 1993?

Good point.

I saw Fred Abong live this year (as in 2019, not 1992) and his work on Star and subsequent semi-disappearance made him one of the great "what ifs?" of music for my nostalgic-for-1993 self, along with... Fyfe Ewing of Therapy?.

Maybe he'd like to play live next in my not very exciting small city! Maybe I should throw "Nurse" my probably-oughtn't-vote-for-Star vote.

(prob not, prob Sugar if not one of the above, but hey, those ringing trebly snare fills on Fyfe-era Therapy?...)

oh damn I missed Honey's Dead in the also-ran list, that album is also incredible

It's not like I exclusively listened to vacuum cleaners during this time period but, as the honorable mention list shows, most of the stuff I held near and dear to my heart that wasn't directly affiliated with glowsticks felt like it wasn't held in as high esteem by wider non-pop culture as the stuff in the poll. Like, that PJ Harvey album is great but I never gelled with it the way everyone else did; I didn't jump full bore onto that train until To Bring You My Love. And then there are things I actively dislike, like the Ministry and Pavement albums.

Big drop off from 91, from the list between Lemonheads, REM and Spiritualized. Though if it was there would vote for Ingenue by kd Lang. Arrested Development is a big miss, listened tomit a few weeks ago and it’s dated much better and sounds fresher than I expected.

‘to it’

Well myself and Kerr did discuss splitting it into 2 polls but that felt a bit convoluted

Great year!

Either Kyuss, Trouble, Jayhawks, Black Crowes or Dark Throne, I think.

Would also consider voting for Tool, Sade, Pete Rock, Danzig, Red House Painters, W.A.S.P's The Crimson Idol, Solitude Aeturnus, Brutal Truth, Ice Cube and Helmet, if they'd been there. Also agree on RATM. Haters be damned.

We had to leave a lot out so the cut off for me was albums 19 yo me loved in one of my fave years for music ever.

skullflower for me and pantera for mike got cut for non-musical reasons. I could easily have done a top 100 for 1992.

I thought the 1st ratm was 1993.

Solitude Aeturnus didn't make the cut as i thought nobody would vote for them. Danzig the same as nobody voted for his 1st album when included.

Helmet are definitely there Chinaski

btw pearl jam was defo a 92 release in the UK

Oof, missed Helmet! I honestly don't know if I could listen to Solitude Aeturnus now but 1992 me bloody loved it. Also just seen Dream Theatre's Images and Words was released in '92. I LOVED that album. Saw them at the Astoria that year, mind, and they were piss awful.

Slanated and Enchanted. It would be my pick for favorite of decade.

mike i reckon we should do a poll each for 1993

Doesn't matter if we have some of the same albums either. I'll leave the hip hop to you though.

Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade was cut late on too btw

This is a very strong year. It's either Darkthrone, Dre or Dirt.

Warrior Soul now there's a name I havent heard for 25 years. Am I going to regret revisiting that?

No! Great band. 1st 5 albums are classic. This one (3rd) might be their best. The 4th one was their arty album influenced by Joy Division.

Torn between Faith no More (would've been my vote back then) and Pavement.

-SAW II has always felt like too much to listen to in full but I’m still impressed by it today.
-Current 93’s Thunder Perfect Mind is an absolute classic
-I loved the music of Angelo Badalamenti’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me in the context of the film but haven’t listened to it by itself
-Joe Henderson’s Lush Life is one of his greatest albums among 4 decades of recordings

sorry, was confusing SAW 85-92 with SAW II

SY’s Dirty and The Prodigy’s Experience are probably the records I’ve listened to most

Blues for the Red Sun is the Kyuss album of theirs I love the most

for me Angel Dust is pretty easily #1. ranking them after that would be tough. Prodigy, Godflesh, Meat Beat, Jesus Lizard. This was the last year of the nineties I listened to a lot of rock before diving headfirst into electronic music and not coming back up until 2000 or so.

This would have been Pavement for me in 1992. My instant enthusiasm for them was bewildering to others and I had to repeatedly explain who they were, which I probably thought was pretty cool as a teenager!

So many dudes with guitars here... might just opt for the trusty Beat Happening today. I should first dig out Moonshake to refresh my memory.

Any enthusiasm I had for Pavement at the time is bewildering to me now ;-)

A lot of great albums on that list but it's not even close: Copper Blue.

AFX slightly edged out Dre

Would've voted for Thunder Perfect Mind probably. Or P-Model!

But I'll happily vote for Laser Guided Melodies, because it's perfect.

Maybe I'll be the only Drop Nineteens vote! If I could vote twice I'd have also gone with Unrest.

i wish you could vote for say 10 things but weighted. 10 points for 1st choice 9 points for2nd 1 point for 10th

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Kerrang! End Of year Lists 1982

1.Scorpions - Blackout
2.Van Halen - Diver Down
3.Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
4.Rush - Signals
5.Kiss - Creatures Of The Night
6.Tom Petty - Long After Dark
7.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
8.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
9.Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes
10.Rose Tattoo - Scarred For Life
10.Gillan - Magic

Kerrang! Singles of the year

1. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
2. Rainbow - Stone Cold
3. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
4. Marillion - Market Square Heroes
5. Diamond Head - Call Me

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Kerrang! End Of year Lists 1983

1. Def Leppard - Pyromania
2. ZZ Top - Eliminator
3. Kiss - Lick It Up
4. Molly Hatchet - No Guts ... No Glory
5. Dio - Holy Diver
6. Aldo Nova - Subject
6. Manowar - Into Glory Ride
8. Eric Martin Band - Sucker For A Pretty Face
9. Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
10. Ratt - Ratt
11. Journey - Frontiers
11. Yes - 90125
13. Robert Plant - The Principle Of Moments
14. .38 Special - Tour De Force
15. Blue Öyster Cult - The Revolution By Night
16. Judie Tzuke - Ritmo
16. Accept - Balls To The Wall
18. Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol
18. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
18. Jonah Koslen & The Heroes - Aces

Singles

1. Queensrÿche - Queen Of The Reich
2. Genesis - Mama
3. Kiss - Lick It Up
3. Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me
3. Hellion - Hellion
3. Police - Every Breath You Take
3. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
3. Riot - Live (EP)

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Kerrang! End Of year Lists 1984

1. Van Halen - 1984
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. Chequered Past - Chequered Past
4. Legs Diamond - Out On Bail
5. Wendy O. Williams - W.OW.
6. John Cougar Mellencamp - Uh-huh
7. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
8. The Rejects - Quiet Storm
9. Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From The Move
10. The Cars - Heartbeat City
11. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
12. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
12. Q5 - Steel The Light
14. White Sister - White Sister
15. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather
15. John Waite - No Brakes
17. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
17. Lords Of The New Church - The Method To Our Madness
19. Molly Hatchet - The Deed Is Done
19. Jim Dandy - Ready As Hell

Singles

1. Van Halen - Jump
2. Prince - When Doves Cry
3. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
4. John Waite - Missing You
5. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
6. Motörhead - Killed By Death
7. Robin George - Heartline
8. Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
9. Van Halen - I'll Wait
10. W.A.S.P. - Animal (**** Like A Beast)

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1985

1. Bryan Adams - Reckless
2. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
2. Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors
4. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
5. ZZ Top - Afterburner
6. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
7. The Power Station - The Power Station
8. Molly Hatchet - Double Trouble Live
8. John Fogerty - Centerfield
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Soul To Soul
11. The Cult - Love
11. Sabu - Heartbreak
13. Accept - Metal Heart
14. Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night
15. Jeff Beck - Flash
16. Jason And The Scorchers - Lost And Found
16. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy
18. AC/DC - Fly On The Wall
18. The Godz - I'll Get You Rockin'
20. The Firm - The Firm

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1986

1. David Lee Roth - Eat'em And Smile
2. Slayer - Reign In Blood
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
5. Peter Gabriel - So
6. Megadeth - Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?
7. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
8. Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Vinnie Vincent Invasion
9. Magnum - Vigilante
10. Queensrÿche - Rage For Order
11. Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
12. Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
13. Georgia Satellites - Georgia Satellites
13. Aerosmith - Classics Live
13. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
16. AC/DC - Who Made Who
17. Van Halen - 5150
18. Run DMC - Raising Hell
19. Judas Priest - Turbo
19. GTR - GTR

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1987

1. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
2. Whitesnake - 1987
3. Anthrax - Among The Living
4. Guns n'Roses - Appetite For Destruction
5. Metallica - The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-revisited
6. Marillion - Clutching At Straws
7. Def Leppard - Hysteria
8. Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
9. U2 - The Joshua Tree
10. Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls
11. Intrinsic - Intrinsic
12. Testament - The Legacy
13. John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
14. Helloween - The Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
15. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
16. Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S
17. Rush - Hold Your Fire
18. Tigertailz - Young And Crazy
19. Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
19. Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1988

1. King's X - Out Of The Silent Planet
2. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
3. Metallica - ... And Justice For All
4. David Lee Roth - Skyscraper
5. Slayer - South Of Heaven
6. John Kilzer - Memory In The Making
7. Motörhead - No Sleep At All
8. Van Halen - OU812
9. Jimmy Barnes - Freigh Train Heart
10. Robert Plant - Now And Zen
11. Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
12. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
13. Michael Katon - Proud To Be Loud
14. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
15. Living Colour - Vivid
16. Jimmy Page - Outrider
17. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
18. Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
19. Death Angel - Frolic Through The Park
20. Only Child - Only Child

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1989

1. Faith No More - The Real Thing
2. Aerosmith - Pump
3. Dan Reed Network - Slam
4. King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
5. Masters Of Reality - Masters Of Reality
6. Skid Row - Skid Row
7. Michael Monroe - Not Fakin' It
8. The Cult - Sonic Temple
9. Vain - No Respect
10. Wolfsbane - Live Fast, Die Fast
11. Cats In Boots - Kicked & Klawed
12. Bad English - Bad English
13. Pandora's Box - Original Sin
14. Sea Hags - Sea Hags
15. Mötley Crüe - Dr Feelgood
16. Babylon AD - Babylon AD
17. FM - Tough It Out
18. Diving For Pearls - Diving For Pearls
19. Badlands - Badlands
20. Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1990

1. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
2. Wolfsbane - All Hell's Breaking Loose Down At Little Kathy Wilson's Place
3. Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
4. Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
5. Warrior Soul - Last Decade, Dead Century
6. Queensrÿche - Empire
7. Thunder - Back Street Symphony
8. King's X - Faith, Hope, Love
9. Electric Boys - Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride
10. Nelson - After The Rain
11. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
12. Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
13. Robert Plant - Manic Nirvana
14. Judas Priest - Painkiller
15. Led Zeppelin - Remasters Boxed
16. ZZ Top - Recycler
17. Dread Zeppelin - Un-led-ed
18. Living Colour - Time's Up
19. Loud - D Generation
20. Atom Seed - Get In Line
21. The Almighty - Blood, Fire And Live
22. Quireboys - A Bit Of What You Fancy
23. Mother Love Bone - Apple
24. Burning Tree - Burning Tree
25. Prong - Beg To Differ

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1991

1. Metallica - Metallica
2. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
3. Mind Funk - Mind Funk
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Guns n'Roses - Use Your Illusion II
6. Slayer - Decade Of Aggression
7. Sepultura - Arise
8. Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
9. Wolfsbane - Down Fall The Good Guys
10. The Four Horsemen - Nobody Said It Was Easy
11. Alice In Chains - Facelift
12. Jellyfish - Bellybutton
13. Guns n'Roses - Use Your Illusion I
14. Entombed - Clandestine
15. Mötley Crüe - Decade Of Decadence
16. New England - You Can't Keep Living This Way
17. Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Weld
18. Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
19. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
20. Enuff Z'Nuff - Strength
21. Redd Kross - Third Eye
22. Kingofthehill - Kingofthehill
23. Leatherface - Mush
24. Dan Reed Network - Heat
25. Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs In E-Minor

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Kerrang! Albums Of The Year 1992

1. Alice In Chains - Dirt
2. The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
3. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
4. Pearl Jam - Ten
5. Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs
6. Helmet - Meantime
7. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
8. Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone
9. Trouble - Manic Frustration
10. Warrior Soul - Salutations From The Ghetto Nation
11. Faith No More - Angel Dust
12. L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
13. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
14. Marillion - A Singles Collection
15. Love/Hate - Wasted In America
16. Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds - Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds
17. Drivin' N' Cryin' - Fly Me Corageous
18. Gruntruck - Push
19. Baby Animals - Baby Animals
20. Monster Magnet - Spine Of God
21. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
22. Various - Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
23. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
24. Body Count - Body Count
25. Tool - Opiate

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NME 1992

1. Copper Blue - Sugar
2. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
3. Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
4. It's A Shame About Ray - Lemonheads
5. Henry's Dream - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
6. Dry - P.J. Harvey
7. Dirty - Sonic Youth
8. Uf Orb - The Orb
9. Harvest Moon - Neil Young
10. Southern Harmony Etc... - The Black Crows
11. Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
12. Bone Machine - Tom Waits
13. The Rockingbirds - The Rockingbirds
14. The Predator- Ice Cube
15. Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
16. Back In Denim - Denim
17. Ingenue - K.D. Lang
18. Sex 'Symbol' - Prince & NPG
19. Your Arsenal - Morrissey
20. Psalm 69:How To Succeed & Suck Eggs - Ministry
21. Code: Selfish - The Fall
22. Magic And Loss - Lou Reed
23. Let Me Come Ove - Buffalo Tom
24. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
25. 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days.... - Arrested Development
26. Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
27. Nerve Net - Brian Eno
28. Connected - Stereo Mc's
29. Accelerator - The Future Sound Of London
30. Up - Right Said Fred
31. Valhalla Avenue - Fatima Mansions
32. 1992 The Love Album - Carter Usm
33. XYZ - Moose
34. Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland
35. Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks
36. Wish - The Cure
37. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del Tha Funkee Homsapien
38. Red Heaven - Throwing Muses
39. Bricks Are Heavy - L7
40. Play More Music - Consolidated
41. Eva Luna - Moonshake
42. Furthest From The Sun - The Family Cat
43. Play With Toys - Dcbasehead
44. 0898 - The Beautiful South
45. Asquarius - Cud
46. Doppelganger - Curve
47. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
48. Hey Babe - Juliana Hatfield
49. Stigma - EMF
50. Everything’s Alright Forever - The Boo Radleys

Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1992

Albums

1. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
2. Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
3. Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4. Red Heaven - Throwing Muses
5. Eleven:Eleven - Come
6. Dry - P.J. Harvey
7. Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Down Colourful Hill - Red House Painters
9. Ten - Pearl Jam
10. Uf Orb - The Orb
11. Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
12. Let Me Come Over - Buffalo Tom
13. Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland
14. Rockin' The Forest - Sebadoh
15. 3 Years, 5 Months, 2 Days... - Arrested Development
16. Copper Blue - Sugar
17. Praise - Inner City
18. Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks
19. It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
20. Valhalla Avenue - Fatima Mansions
21. Accelerator - Future Sound Of London
22. Psalm 69:How To Succeed & Suck Eggs - Ministry
23. Dirty - Sonic Youth
24. Back In Denim - Denim
25. Congregation - Afghan Whigs
26. Barely Real - Codeine
27. Double Dare Ya - Bikini Kill
28. ...Well? - Swell
29. Hit To Death In The Future Head - The Flaming Lips
30. Nurse - Therapy?

Select End Of Year Lists

1992 albums

1. Stereo MC's - Connected
2. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
3. The Orb - Uf Orb
4. Rem - Automatic For The People
5. Sonic Youth - Dirty Geffin
6. The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
7. Julian Cope - Jehovahkill
8. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
9. Sugar - Copper Blue
10. Consolidated - Play More Music Nettwerk
11. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies Dedicated
12. Pj Harvey - Dry Too Pure
13. Arrested Development - 3 Years... Cooltempo
14. Denim - Back In Denim Boy's Own
15. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head Capitol
16. Pavement- Slanted And Enchanted Big Cat
17. The Shaman - Boss Drum One Little Indian
18. Brian Eno - Nerve Net Opal
19. Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever Creation
20. Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future Head Wea
21. Future Sound Of London - Accelerator Jumpin' & Pumpin
22. Carter Usm - 1992: The Love Album Chrysalis
23. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill Columbia
24. Inner City - Praise Ten
25. Ride - Going Blank Again Creation
26. Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon Play It Again Sam
27. Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray East/West
28. Therapy? - Nurse A&M
29. Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique Mca
30. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Honey's Dead Wea
31. Levitation - Need For Not Rough Trade
32. Momus - Voyager Creation
33. Epmd - Business Never Personal Columbia
34. Mudhoney - Piece Of Cake Wea
35. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here Island
36. Gang Starr - Daily Operation Cooltempo
37. Tom Waits - Bone Machine Island
38. Fatima Mansions - Valhalla Avenue Radioactive
39. Babes In Toyland - Fontanelle South Ern
40. Rollins Band - The End Of Silence Imago
41. The Cure - Wish Flction
42. Body Count - Body Count Wea
43. Silverfish - Organ Fan Creation
44. Spectrum - Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) Silvertone
45. Sugar Bullet - Unrefined Virgin
46. Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty City Slang
47. Various - Volume 4 Volume
48. The Tyrrel Corporation - North East Of Eden Cooltempo
49. The House Of Love - Babe Rainbow Fontana
50. Various Guerilla - Dub House Disco

Spin Albums Of The Year 1992

1. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
2. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
3. Sonic Youth - Dirty
4. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
5. Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs
6. Sugar - Copper Blue
7. Neneh Cherry - Homebrew
8. Unrest - Imperial
9. Basehead - Play With Toys
10. Ween - The Pod
11. Mudhoney - Piece Of Cake
12. Urge Overkill - Stull EP
13. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
14. Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
15. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
16. En Vogue - Funky Divas
17. Babes In Toyland - Fontanelle
18. PJ Harvey - Dry
19. Prince - Symbol
20. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

Rolling Stone 1992 Critics

Albums

1. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
2. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
3. Los Lobos - Kiko
4. Sonic Youth - Dirty
5. PJ Harvey - Dry

also VV poll:

1. Arrested Development: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of . . . (Chrysalis)
2. Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted (Matador)
3. R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (Warner Bros.)
4. PJ Harvey: Dry (Indigo)
5. Beastie Boys: Check Your Head (Capitol)
6. Los Lobos: Kiko (Slash/Warner Bros.)
7. Sugar: Copper Blue (Rykodisc)
8. Sonic Youth: Dirty (DGC)
9. Tom Waits: Bone Machine (Island)
10. Basehead: Play With Toys (Imago)
11. Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World (Chameleon)
12. K.D. Lang: Ingénue (Sire/Warner Bros.)
13. Neneh Cherry: Homebrew (Virgin)
14. Prince and the New Power Generation: Prince XV (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
15. The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall (Def American)
16. Lou Reed: Magic and Loss (Sire/Warner Bros.)
17. Bruce Springsteen: Lucky Town (Columbia)
18. Neil Young: Harvest Moon (Reprise)
19. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury (4th & B'way)
20. Soul Asylum: Grave Dancers Union (Columbia)
21. En Vogue: Funky Divas (EastWest) 187
22. Madonna: Erotica (Maverick/Reprise)
23. Chris Bell: I Am the Cosmos (Rykodisc)
24. Lyle Lovett: Joshua Judges Ruth (Curb/MCA)
25. Television: Television (Capitol)
26. Faith No More: Angel Dust (Slash/Warner Bros.)
27. Leonard Cohen: The Future (Columbia)
28. Freedy Johnston: Can You Fly (Bar/None)
29. Morrissey: "Your Arsenal" (Sire)
30. Mary J. Blige: What's the 411? (MCA/Uptown)
31. Body Count: Body Count (Sire/Warner Bros.)
32. L7: Bricks Are Heavy (Slash) 138 (16)
33. Lindsey Buckingham: Out of the Cradle (Warner Bros.)
34. Pearl Jam: 10 (Epic Associated)
35. Unrest: Imperial ffrr (TeenBeat)
36. Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (Atco)
37. The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (Def American)
38. The Roches: A Dove (MCA)
39. John Trudell: AKA Graffiti Man (Rykodisc)
40. Ice Cube: The Predator (Priority)

I liked a lot of these, but going by memory, Bone Machine stood out for me. Tom Waits would always top one of these polls as far as I'm concerned.

Count me as another write-in vote for the Pharcyde.

as a track A Deeper Love by C&C Music Factory is still phenomenal

Possibly my favourite year after 1989, though strikingly one-note in that it's all white men with guitars for me, even the rap. For a Top 10, I'd go:

1. Lemonheads / 2. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Body Exit Mind / 3. The House of Pain - s/t 4. Sonic Youth / 5. The Jesus & Mary Chain / 6. Pavement / 7. Tragically Hip - Fully Completely / 8. Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over / 9. Beastie Boys / 10. Drop Nineteens

with Smeared by Sloan, Sugar, REM, The Disposable Heroes and Bettie Serveert close behind.

At the time almost all of these were also among my favourites, but I would have ranked Buffalo Tom over the others back then - it will have been my most played album along with Ten by Pearl Jam. (To add to/resolve the release year controversy: it was definitely released world-wide in 1991 - see Discogs, and also because I actually remember Oor magazine reviewing it in the same issue as Nevermind (so late September 1991, probably). It may have been re-released early 1992, which is definitely when I bought it (February), and of course it will feel to many people as a 1992 album since it only really took off after the impact PJ had at the 1992 summer festivals.) I don't think I've played it in 20 years and doubt I'll feel the urge soon, but the memories are sweet.

It's a shame about Ray is possibly my favourite album of the 90s, and with my #2 not on the list this is not a hard choice.

Just throwing it out there: what about 2 polls for '93? Yay or Nay?

I prefer one poll, personally. I'd rather not pretend that it's possible to cover enough ground or that the bitching isn't part of the fun.

agree

it wasn't in my list

Had no trouble voting, but “Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock” should have been an option too.

no compilations allowed iirc

I love Automatic so yay

Surprised that Godflesh didn't get a single vote. That's an incredible album.

Because I was transitioning fully into rave music at the time, I don't think I ever actually heard the entirety of that Godflesh album.

Damn just now realizing Kiko and The Lavender Moon was snubbed

You can't snub an album you've never heard of!

Because I was transitioning fully into rave music at the time, I don't think I ever actually heard the entirety of that Godflesh album.

It's amazingly single-minded in its whole sound. I love records that just zero in murderously on one thing and execute it to perfection.

Amen to the other Kyuss voter. I feel I should have chucked a vote to Trouble though.

I really like that whole period of Def America: Masters of Reality, Danzig, Jayhawks, Trouble, Black Crowes, Slayer, Red Devils, Flipper, Raging Slab. Can probably pass over Andrew Dice Clay.