Urban75 Album of the Year 1992

[ska invita]

7 - The Prodigy - Experience

The Prodigy when they were hip before they were popular. You bunch of smartypantses.

they were already past it by 1992

 

[Knotted]

6 - Sonic Youth - Dirty

I wish I'd listened to this band more.

 

[domestos]

Good shout on Redman, Indeliblelink .

Slightly closer to home:

Sprang to my mind as well, as well as the flooring of sensible Schofield the year before. Seems impossible that Sheriff Fatman from a couple of years before didn't make top 10. Still play it all the time, or used to until the CD player on my old car conked in

 

[belboid]

hmm, still to come.... The Cure, The Fall, mmm, maybe Jesus Lizard and a fight off for number 1 between RATM and Nick Cave, who will win.

 

[stavros]

I listened to this for the first time in years. I was weighing up whether it should be on my list but I found with this and some of the other rap I listened to was just cringey in its misogyny. It's always been there but the older I get the more it jars. 2001 is worse though much as I still love some of the tracks.

2001 is pretty awful in its themes, and the music isn't wonderful. The Chronic though is stunning, and for me can be seen through a more caricatured lens than its successor.

It'll be interesting to see where Doggystyle charts in the 1993 poll.

 

[Knotted]

5 - Tom Waits - Bone Machine

Another artist I would very probably love if I gave him the chance. I'm glad I'm experiencing this. And that I'm not on my own.

 

[maomao]

Surely Pavement will show up. And nothing for Tom Waits? Bone Machine is a monster.

 

[Knotted]

The big four coming up. Streets ahead of the rest of the field.

 

[Knotted]

4 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage against the machine

Well I think somebody owes the server fund their kidneys. And yeah it was era defining. Also that guitar.

 

[Knotted]

3 - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Well they're not The Fall.

 

[stavros]

I think I know the remaining three (Aphex, Orb and Sugar), but I'm not sure in what order.

ETA: OK, I was wrong on at least one.

 

[maomao]

3 - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Well they're not The Fall.

Mark E Smith insisted that they'd ripped him off so in a way The Fall could have two in the top three here.

 

[belboid]

I think I know the remaining three (Aphex, Orb and Sugar), but I'm not sure in what order.

ETA: OK, I was wrong on at least one.

ffs! I missed Sugar out

(probably would have come win at 3)

 

[Knotted]

2 - Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Bock! And the ambient house crowd fight back. And you know what this means...

 

[Raheem]

Bock! And the ambient house crowd fight back. And you know what this means...

Bodyguard soundtrack.

 

[andysays]

2 - Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Bock! And the ambient house crowd fight back. And you know what this means...

Does it mean The Dead C or Morton Feldman are number 1?

 

[Knotted]

1 - The Orb - Uforb

Tight run but they made it. I was rooting for them.


Is this the one with pink fluffy clouds?

 

[maomao]

1 - The Orb - Uforb

Tight run but they made it. I was rooting for them.


Is this the one with pink fluffy clouds?

No. Its the one with the minute long Victor Lewis Smith joke.

 

[Knotted]

I wasn't really into this period, so I sort of bailed on it. Made a list of things nobody else would vote for.

1 Jim O'Rourke - Scend
2 Il Berlione - Il Berlione
3 Jazz Group Arkhangelsk - Live in Japan
4 Hijokaidan - The Neverending Story of the King of Noise
5 Dai Xiaolian - L'art de la cithare Qin
6 Dur-Dur Band - Africa
7 Maria Behânia - Olha D'Água
8 Muzsikás - Szól a kakas már: Magyar zsidó népzene
9 Adriana Calcanhoto - Senhas
10 Änglagård - Hybris
11 Ruins - Burning Stone
12 Min Huifen - Erhu Solos
13 Tavinho Moura - Caboclo d'água
14 The Work - See
15 C.C.C.C. - Cosmic Coincidence Control Center
16 Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo - Festa dos deuses
17 Derek Bailey - Solo Guitar Volume 2
18 Už Jsme Doma - Nemilovaný svět
19 Bailey/Frith/Sharrock/Zorn/Laswell/Noyes - Improvised Music New York 1981

It's unhip but it took some research and everything on it is amazing.

 

[AverageJoe]

This was my list. A lot of them didn't even make The Top 30


20. Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray

19. The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion

18. The Future Sound Of London - Accelerator

17. EMF - Stigma

16. White Zombie – Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume 1

15. Alice In Chains - Dirt

14. Arrested Development – 3 Years, 5 months And 2 Days In The Life Of

13. Ministry – Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs

12. Suzanne Vega - 99.9 Degrees

11. House Of Pain – House Of Pain

10. L7 – Bricks Are Heavy

9. Faith No More – Angel Dust

8. The Pale – Here’s One I Made Earlier

7. Carter USM – 1992 The Love Album

6. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists

5. Body Count – Body Count

4. The Prodigy - Experience

3. REM – Automatic For The People

2. Prince – Symbol (or The Love Album)

1. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine

 

[domestos]

Edit: Oops should have read the previous post. Was also going to suggest Ride but see that's been done as well.

Edit of Edit. Its been chosen twice. Could be on the strength of their rocking TV outing. Loved it.

 

[ska invita]

How the Fall have fallen....
thanks Knotted appreciated
Will give RATM a spin when I get home, never listened to an album but like that metal funk energy


my 10
Aphex Twin - SAW
The Orb - UFOrb
Altern8 Full On Mask Hysteria
Alpha & Omega Meets Dub Judah – Almighty Jah
Eric B. & Rakim – Don't Sweat The Technique

Garnett Silk – It's Growing
Dub Judah - Babylon Is A Trap
Frankie Paul – At Studio One
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca And The Soul Brother
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

 

[Knotted]

Bodyguard soundtrack.

Actually why not? Nobody voted for it??!

 

[CNT36]

No Jesus Lizard!

I know March 16-20 isn't their greatest album but Uncle Tupelo at least deserved a mention on the thread if not a place in the list.

 

[Knotted]

The Fall came in at 76.

 

[Knotted]

Jesus Lizard at 43

 

[Knotted]

How the Fall have fallen....
thanks Knotted appreciated
Will give RATM a spin when I get home, never listened to an album but like that metal funk energy


my 10
Aphex Twin - SAW
The Orb - UFOrb
Altern8 Full On Mask Hysteria
Alpha & Omega Meets Dub Judah – Almighty Jah
Eric B. & Rakim – Don't Sweat The Technique

Garnett Silk – It's Growing
Dub Judah - Babylon Is A Trap
Frankie Paul – At Studio One
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca And The Soul Brother
The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

I really liked your dub choices but I thought the Alpha & Omega Watch & Pray album was really good as well.

 

[nogojones]

I wasn't really into this period, so I sort of bailed on it. Made a list of things nobody else would vote for.

1 Jim O'Rourke - Scend
2 Il Berlione - Il Berlione
3 Jazz Group Arkhangelsk - Live in Japan
4 Hijokaidan - The Neverending Story of the King of Noise
5 Dai Xiaolian - L'art de la cithare Qin
6 Dur-Dur Band - Africa
7 Maria Behânia - Olha D'Água
8 Muzsikás - Szól a kakas már: Magyar zsidó népzene
9 Adriana Calcanhoto - Senhas
10 Änglagård - Hybris
11 Ruins - Burning Stone
12 Min Huifen - Erhu Solos
13 Tavinho Moura - Caboclo d'água
14 The Work - See
15 C.C.C.C. - Cosmic Coincidence Control Center
16 Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo - Festa dos deuses
17 Derek Bailey - Solo Guitar Volume 2
18 Už Jsme Doma - Nemilovaný svět
19 Bailey/Frith/Sharrock/Zorn/Laswell/Noyes - Improvised Music New York 1981

It's unhip but it took some research and everything on it is amazing.

The Hermeto Pascoal sounds great, plus a couple of harsh noise ones I don't know. That's my next few hours.

I think Dai Xiaolia is known as Dai Zither round here so he's not confused with all the others.

 

[andysays]

These are my ten, not in any ranking order

The Dead C	Harsh 70s Reality
Henryk Górecki	Symphony No 3
Igor Stravinsky/ Pierre Boulez	Pétrouchka; Le Sacre du printemps
Morton Feldman	For Philip Guston
The Orb	UFOrb
Pavement	Slanted and Enchanted
PJ Harvey	Dry
Sonic Youth	Dirty
Stereolab	Peng!
Tom Waits	Bone Machine

Disappointed that no one else voted for The Dead C or Morton Feldman. Maybe I misunderstood Knotted 's earlier post and got my hopes up

 

[Knotted]

The Hermeto Pascoal sounds great, plus a couple of harsh noise ones I don't know. That's my next few hours.

I think Dai Xiaolia is known as Dai Zither round here so he's not confused with all the others.

The Dai Xiaolia album is really, really good. Lots of bends and slides, an amazing talent. It's like what guitarists want to do but can't quite tweeze it.