Urban75 Album of the Year 1992

[nogojones]

and mine

the pharcyde - bizarre ride ii the pharcyde

Soichi Terada + Shinichiro Yokota – Far East Recording

brutal truth-extreme conditions demand extreme responses

grand puba - reel to reel

Bahia Black - Ritual Beating System

x-clan - xodus

brand new heavies - heavy rhyme experience, vol. 1

gangstarr - daily operation

disposable heroes of hiphopracy - hypocrisy is the greatest luxury

Dream Frequency - One Nation

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

terrace - round up

Arrested Development -3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of

super cat - Don Dada

the orb - u.f.orb

Michael Nyman Ute lemper - Songbook

fu-schnickens - f.u. don't take it personal

Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel

 

[Knotted]

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

I thought you would be please the Górecki made the top 20. The Feldman was a good call. Don't know Dead C, will look into it.

 

[andysays]

I thought you would be please the Górecki made the top 20. The Feldman was a good call. Don't know Dead C, will look into it.

 

[Knotted]

ffs! I missed Sugar out

(probably would have come win at 3)

stavros was the only person to not miss Sugar out unfortunately.

 

[belboid]

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

I didn't realise they'd started that early. First thing I heard would be The Dead C, I think. Then assumed it must be their first album.

My list:

1	Julian Cope Jehovakill
2	pj harvey Dry
3	L7 Bricks Are Heavy
4	Pavement Slanted and Enchanted
5	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Henry's Dream
6	Spirituaized Lazer Guided Memories
7	Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
8	Sonic Youth Dirty
9	Jesus Lizard Liar
10	Stereolab Peng!
11	Ministry Psalm 69
12	XTC Nonsuch
13	The Cure Wish
14	The Fall Code:Selfish
15	Manic Street Preachers Generation Terrorists
16	Curve Doppelganger
17	REM Automatic for the People
18	Rage Against the Machine RATM
19	Bob Dylan Good As I Been To You
20	Neneh Cherry Homebrew
21	Skinny Puppy Last Rights
22	Michelle Shocked Arkansas Traveller
23	Shonen Knife Let's Knife
24	Chumbawamba Shhh
25	Prodigy Experience
26	Television Television
27	Mudhoney Piece of Cake
28	Neil Young Harvest Moon
29	Jesus and Mary Chain Honey's Dead
30	Madonna Erotic

Sugare Copper Blue should have been in at 3, if only I wasn't a dozy sod.

 

[hitmouse]

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

Didn't realise Sexorcisto was 1992, not listened in a very long time but would've felt required to give it a nostalgia vote if I'd realised. Also, blimey, talking about classics getting missed out, I would've expected someone else to vote for Prince!
Here's my list:

Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Ministry - Psalm 69
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Ice Cube - The Predator
Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey’s Dead
Pale Saints - In Ribbons
Rage Against The Machine - S/T
Jesus Lizard - Liar
The Fall - Code: Selfish
Shonen Knife - Let’s Knife
Sick Of It All - Just Look Around
Paris - Sleeping With The Enemy
Pigface - Fook
Da Lench Mob - Guerrillas In Tha Mist
Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
Daisy Chainsaw - Eleventeen
Heavenly - Le Jardin de Heavenly
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury

Maybe an obvious point, but looking at the hip-hop albums from the year, by 1992 you can definitely see that annoying trend of "albums are on CDs now so we have to put in a bunch of skits and things to pad them out and make them as long as possible" taking effect.

 

[andysays]

I didn't realise they'd started that early. First thing I heard would be The Dead C, I think. Then assumed it must be their first album.

I can't really claim to know that much about them, TBH.

I probably read about them in The Wire magazine in the late 90's or early 00's.

The only other album I'm vaguely familiar with is Trapdoor Fucking Exit from 1990.

 

[braindancer]

stavros was the only person to not miss Sugar out unfortunately.

I had Sugar on my list but I never got round to sending it in....

 

[chilango]

More than usual of mine made it in, but still I seem to be the only fan of Welsh language Indie

1. Swirlies - What to do about them
2. Bikini Kill - Bikini Kill
3. Datblygu - Peel Sessions
4. Sonic Youth - Dirty
5. Drop Nineteens - Delaware
6. Gorecki - Symphony No.3
7. Bad Religion - Generator
8. PJ Harvey - Dry
9. Stereolab - Peng!
10. Y Cyrff - Mae Ddoe yn Ddoe
11. The Fastbacks - The question is no
12. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
13. Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
14. The Sugarcubes - Stick around for joy
15. L7 - Bricks are Heavy
16. Babes in Toyland - Fontanelle
17. The Orb - UFOrb
18. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
19. Helmet - Meantime
20. Rocket from the Crypt - Circa: Now

 

[domestos]

Stereolab's a good shout. I'd forgotten

 

[Spandex]

17 - L7 - Bricks Are Heavy

Ahh L7. I don't remember the songs but I remember them properly rocking.

I lived in Wellingborough for the first two thirds of 1992. Sometimes I'd head down to London for a gig (like The Young Gods - no-one's mentioned them in 92) but Wellingborough itself was a cultural wasteland. A few of us drove over to Cambridge for the Selector once, but that was a bit of a treck.

Then L7 played in Northampton and everyone I knew in Wellingborough - the metallers, the indie kids, the weirdos - they all headed over to see them. L7 were on fire and the audience, many of whom were starved for any halfway decent bands playing nearby, was explosive. Amazing gig.

 

[belboid]

And no Nick Cave? Henry's Dream aint his best album by a long chalk, but still.

 

[The39thStep]

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.

Like Jim O'Rourke but didn't really rate Scend when it came out. Must give a re-listen

 

[The39thStep]

Thanks Knotted

Here was mine :

Barry Adamson - Soul Murder
John Cale - Fragments of Rainy Season
Television – Television
Kitchens of Distinction -Death of Cool
Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
The Church - Preist = Aura
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Lush- Spooky
Curve - Doppelganger
Biosphere- Microgravity
Galliano -Joyful Noise
k.d. lang ingénue
Sade - Love Deluxe
Neil Youg- Harvest Moon
Cure- The Wish

 

[Spandex]

18 Už

I read that as U2 on a quick glance. I need to get my eyes tested. Then I thought it was weird you were voting for U2 and didn't remember them doing an album called Jsme Doma - Nemilovaný svět. I'm a fool.

 

[maomao]

I don't know how I missed Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. They would have been in my top five if you'd asked thirty years ago.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Here's what you should of been listening to -

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
The Orb - U.F.Orb
CJ Bolland - The 4th Sign
PWOG - Ov Biospheres and Sacred Grooves: A Document ov New Edge Folk Classics
Banco de Gaia - Deep Live
The Prodigy - Experience
The Future Sound of London - Accelerator
The Irresistible Force - Flying High
Nicolette - Now Is Early
Dance 2 Trance - Moon Spirits
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Eat Static - Prepare Your Spirit
Terrace - Round Up
Pete Namlook & Dr. Atmo - Silence
Earth to Infinity - Earth to Infinity
Exquisite Corpse - Dream Night Dance Music
D.O.P - Musicians of the Mind
Sven Väth - Accident in Paradise
The Grid - 456
Euphorhythm - Chill out planet earth
N-Joi - Live In Manchester
Ozric Tentacles - Live Underslunky
Trans-4M - Sublunar Oracles
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Dominic Woosey - Straylight
Horizon 222 - Through the Round Window
Time Modem - Transforming Tune
Stereo MC's - Connected
Interactive - Intercollection

Yeah 1992, that was a hell of a year, life changing music, great memories.

 

[maomao]

My whole list, done in a hurry:

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
Bone Machine - Tom Waits
Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Let's Knife - Shonen Knife
Dirty - Sonic Youth
Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack
Tetsuo - Chu Ishikawea
45RPM performance - The Gerogerigegege
Wish - The Cure
Psalm 69 - Ministry
Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
Countdown to Extinction - Megadeth
Pure Guava - Ween
Honey's Dead - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Hot to Death in the Future Head - The Flaming Lips
Satyricon - Meat Beat Manifesto
The Untidy Suicides Of Your Degenerate Children - Alice Donut
Kings X - Kings X
Lido - Th' Faith Healers
Nurse - Therapy

 

[Spandex]

Since we're getting our lists out here's mine:

Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon
Lush - Spooky
X102 - Discovers the Rings of Saturn
3MB feat Eddie Flashin Fowlkes
3MB feat Magic Juan Atkins
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Cabaret Voltaire - Placticity
Horizon 222 - Through the Round Window
Intermix - Phaze Two
Ice Cube - The Predator
Jeff Mills - Waveform Transmission, Vol 1
The Bionaut - Everybody's Kissing Everyone
Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant
The Hanson Brothers - Gross Misconduct
New Scene - Waves
Cosmic Baby - Stella Supreme
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 1985-92
Eon - Void Dweller
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and Two Days in the Life of...
Tom Tom Club - Dark Sneak Love Action
Dur Dur Band - Africa

Thanx Knotted

 

[mojo pixy]

That UFOrb is number one (ffs what?? o u guys...) says there were far too many drugs being consumed in 1992. And Knotted no, Little Fluffy Clouds is on Adventures in the Ultraworld, which is way way better. UFOrb, honestly

 

[Indeliblelink]

That UFOrb is number one (ffs what?? o u guys) says there were far too many drugs being consumed in 1992.

Not enough drugs judging by all the shit indie/rock music on this list.

 

[AverageJoe]

My whole list, done in a hurry:

Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
Bone Machine - Tom Waits
Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Let's Knife - Shonen Knife
Dirty - Sonic Youth
Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack
Tetsuo - Chu Ishikawea
45RPM performance - The Gerogerigegege
Wish - The Cure
Psalm 69 - Ministry
Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
Countdown to Extinction - Megadeth
Pure Guava - Ween
Honey's Dead - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Hot to Death in the Future Head - The Flaming Lips
Satyricon - Meat Beat Manifesto
The Untidy Suicides Of Your Degenerate Children - Alice Donut
Kings X - Kings X
Lido - Th' Faith Healers
Nurse - Therapy

Omg!

I LOVE THAT WEEN ALBUM!!

 

[zahir]

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.

Thanks for the Adriana Calcanhotto recommendation. I recognise some of the songs but hadn't listened to the album before.

 

[Spandex]

Body Count – Body Count

I really liked that when it came out, but Christmas eve '92 I crawled home late and a bit wrecked to my parents' house, where I was for Xmas, to find my mum had waited up to ask me where my present for my brother was. Being a terrible person I'd totally forgotten to get my brother a present. "Oh, it's in my room" I say and stagger up to my room and look around for something I can give to my brother. The first thing I notice is the Bodycount album, which I hurriedly wrap up and stumble back downstairs where I innocently present it to my mum. I've never listened to it since.

 

[AverageJoe]

You think that's bad. ska invita is going to listen to the Rage Against The Machine album for the first time soon.

Imagine what they'll be shouting in the Post Office queue tomorrow...

 

[Fez909]

Didn't get chance to make a list, but tbh, wasn't too inspired for this year.

My list would have looked a bit like Spandex's and Indeliblelink's.

 

[ska invita]

My RATM review....theyre great of course, would be a show to see live, only thing is, not necessarily a criticism, but the guitar sound across the LP is not as distorted as I was expecting - quite a smooth sound all in all. Still bangs of course, especially lyrics, I guess I was just expecting a bit rawer a sound

You think that's bad. ska invita is going to listen to the Rage Against The Machine album for the first time soon.

Imagine what they'll be shouting in the Post Office queue tomorrow...

fuck you i wont queue were you tell me

i knew a few RATM songs just never heard the album properly...

Strong PE Nation of Millions influence I think

 

[AverageJoe]

fuck you i wont queue were you tell me

My post of the year already. Fact

 

[hitmouse]

I'm genuinely not sure if I've ever heard of Sugar as a band outside of this thread. Were they any good, then?

 

[ska invita]

I'm genuinely not sure if I've ever heard of Sugar as a band outside of this thread. Were they any good, then?

Ive not even heard of them on this thread tbh