1992 – my year in music
What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I ranked these albums and singles in December 2024 as I didn’t do it at the time.
| Top albums of 1992 | ||
| 1 | Thousand Yard Stare | Hands On |
| 2 | Mega City Four | Sebastopol Road |
| 3 | Darling Buds | Erotica |
| 4 | Real People | Marshmellow Lane |
| 5 | Pop Will Eat Itself | The Looks Or The Lifestyle |
| 6 | Lush | Spooky |
| 7 | Frank and Walters | Trains, Boats and Planes |
| 8 | Carter USM | 1992 - The Love Album |
| 9 | Manic Street Preachers | Generation Terrorists |
| 10 | Sugarcubes | Stick Around For Joy |
| 11 | Barenaked Ladies | Gordon |
| 12 | They Might Be Giants | Apollo 18 |
| 13 | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Are You Normal? |
| 14 | XTC | Nonsuch |
| 15 | Charlatans | Between 10th and 11th |
| 16 | Stare | The Luxury Of Anger |
| 17 | Midway Still | Dial Square |
| 18 | Family Gotown | Fruity |
| 19 | Kitchens of Distinction | The Death of Cool |
| 20 | Kingmaker | Eat Yourself Whole |
| 21 | Heart Throbs | Jubilee Twist |
| 22 | Peter Gabriel | Us |
| 23 | Airhead | Boing!! |
| 24 | Ride | Going Blank Again |
| 25 | Bleach | Killing Time |
| 26 | Korova Milk Bar | Milk Plus |
| 27 | Chumbawamba | Shhh |
| 28 | Happy Mondays | Yes Please - The Instrumentals |
The albums I played to death:
| These aren’t necessarily the same as my favourite albums now, but the ones I remember buying on release and playing over and over and over again. | ||
| 27/01/92 | Lush | Spooky |
| 10/02/92 | Manic Street Preachers | Generation Terrorists |
| 18/02/92 | Sugarcubes | Stick Around For Joy |
| 24/02/92 | Thousand Yard Stare | Hands On |
| 24/03/92 | They Might Be Giants | Apollo 18 |
| 04/05/92 | Carter USM | 1992 - The Love Album |
| 28/07/92 | Barenaked Ladies | Gordon |
| 07/09/92 | Pop Will Eat Itself | The Looks Or The Lifestyle |
| 26/10/92 | Frank and Walters | Trains |
| 13/11/92 | Various Artists | Bend It! 92 |
| 23/11/92 | Various Artists | Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring 40 |
| Top tracks of 1992 | ||
| 1 | Darling Buds | Sure Thing |
| 2 | Thousand Yard Stare | Comeuppance |
| 3 | Mega City Four | Ticket Collector |
| 4 | Heart Throbs | Hooligan |
| 5 | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Intact |
| 6 | Sugarcubes | Hit |
| 7 | Curve | Fait Accompli |
| 8 | Sultans of Ping FC | You Talk Too Much |
| 9 | Charlatans | Weirdo |
| 10 | Pale | Shut Up Venus |
| 11 | Bettie Serveert | Palomine |
| 12 | Peter Gabriel | Steam |
| 13 | Power Of Dreams | See You |
| 14 | Sultans of Ping FC | Veronica |
| 15 | Darling Buds | Please Yourself |
| 16 | Thousand Yard Stare | Buttermouth |
| 17 | Sultans of Ping FC | Where’s Me Jumper? |
| 18 | Shamen | Ebeneezer Goode |
| 19 | Real People | What You Want |
| 20 | Sultans of Ping FC | Football Hooligan (Live) |
| 21 | Carter USM | The Only Living Boy In New Cross |
| 22 | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Not Sleeping Around |
| 23 | Sultans of Ping FC | No More Nonsense (Live) |
| 24 | Saint Etienne | Join Our Club |
| 25 | Ukrainians | Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again) |
| 26 | Lemonheads | It's A Shame About Ray |
| 27 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies! |
| 28 | Lush | For Love |
| 29 | XTC | The Disappointed |
| 30 | Sultans of Ping FC | Stupid Kid |
| 31 | Tasmin Archer | Sleeping Satellite |
| 32 | Thousand Yard Stare | Wideshire |
| 33 | Saint Etienne | Avenue |
| 34 | Darling Buds | Long Day In The Universe |
| 35 | Mega City Four | What's Up |
| 36 | Daisy Chainsaw | Love Your Money |
| 37 | Vic Reeves | Vienna |
| 38 | Jesus and Mary Chain | Far Gone And Out |
| 39 | Sultans of Ping FC | Turnip Fish |
| 40 | Darling Buds | Isolation |
| 41 | Utah Saints | Something Good |
| 42 | Lush | Nothing Natural |
| 43 | XTC | The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead |
| 44 | Sultans of Ping FC | I Said I Am I Said |
| 45 | Carter USM | Do Re Me So Far So Good |
| 46 | Sultans of Ping FC | Japanese Girls |
| 47 | Gin Blossoms | Hey Jealousy |
| 48 | Real People | Dream On |
| 49 | Kingmaker | When Lucy's Down |
| 50 | Mega City Four | Scared Of Cats |
| 51 | Midway Still | Better Than Before |
| 52 | Family Gotown | Turtle |
| 53 | Sweet Jesus | Albino Ballerina |
| 54 | Inspiral Carpets | Dragging Me Down |
| 55 | Curve | I Feel Love |
| 56 | Sultans of Ping FC | Robocop |
| 57 | Frank and Walters | Fashion Crisis Hits New York |
| 58 | Manic Street Preachers | Motorcycle Emptiness |
| 59 | Carter USM | While You Were Out |
| 60 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Karmadrome |
| 61 | Ride | Twisterella |
| 62 | Barenaked Ladies | Brian Wilson |
| 63 | Real People | Somethings Must Change |
| 64 | Sugarcubes | Vitamin |
| 65 | Marc Almond | Like A Prayer |
| 66 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Eat Me Drink Me Love Me Kill Me |
| 67 | Manic Street Preachers | Repeat (Stars And Stripes) |
| 68 | Buffalo Tom | Taillights Fade |
| 69 | Kingmaker | Really Scrape The Sky |
| 70 | Thousand Yard Stare | Seasonstream |
| 71 | Inspiral Carpets | Generations |
| 72 | Manic Street Preachers | You Love Us |
| 73 | Frank and Walters | I'm A Believer |
| 74 | Auteurs | Show Girl |
| 75 | Saint Etienne | People Get Real |
| 76 | Frank and Walters | This Is Not A Song |
| 77 | Thousand Yard Stare | Junketing |
| 78 | Midway Still | Wish |
| 79 | Sugarcubes | Walkabout |
| 80 | L7 | Pretend We're Dead |
| 81 | Manic Street Preachers | Nat West - Barclays - Midlands - Lloyds |
| 82 | Barenaked Ladies | Grade 9 |
| 83 | Kitchens of Distinction | When in Heaven |
| 84 | Pale | Unless It's From You |
| 85 | Peter Gabriel | Digging In The Dirt |
| 86 | Stare | Mood |
| 87 | Cud | Through The Roof |
| 88 | Ride | Leave Them All Behind |
| 89 | Manic Street Preachers | Slash N' Burn |
| 90 | Kingmaker | Revelation |
| 91 | EMF | Shaddap You Face |
| 92 | Stare | Work |
| 93 | Tori Amos | Smells Like Teen Spirit |
| 94 | Bleach | Shotgun |
| 95 | Anna | Different Friends |
| 96 | Suede | The Drowners |
| 97 | Barenaked Ladies | If I Had $1000000 |
| 98 | They Might Be Giants | Turn Around |
| 99 | Therapy? | Teethgrinder |
| 100 | Sugar | If I Can't Change Your Mind |
| 101 | Kitchens of Distinction | On Tooting Broadway Station |
| 102 | House Of Pain | Jump Around |
| 103 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Bulletproof! |
| 104 | They Might Be Giants | I Palindrome I |
| 105 | EMF | They're Here |
| 106 | Swervedriver | Never Lose That Feeling |
| 107 | Moose | Little Bird (Are You Happy In Your Cage) |
| 108 | Flowered Up | Weekender |
| 109 | Power Of Dreams | Happy Game |
| 110 | EMF | Phantasmagoric |
| 111 | Levitation | World Around |
| 112 | Cud | Purple Love Balloon |
| 113 | They Might Be Giants | The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) |
| 114 | New Fast Automatic Daffodils | Stockholm |
| 115 | Sisters Of Mercy | Temple of Love (1992) Touched By The Hand of Ofra Haza |
| 116 | Lenin & Mccarthy | Fuck The Right to Vote |
| 117 | Sheep On Drugs | Track X |
| 118 | Shonen Knife | Riding On The Rocket |
| 119 | Fall | Free Range |
| My favourite cover versions of 1992 | ||
| 1 | Ukrainians | Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again) |
| 2 | Vic Reeves | Vienna |
| 3 | Curve | I Feel Love |
| 4 | Marc Almond | Like A Prayer |
| 5 | Frank and Walters | I'm A Believer |
| 6 | EMF | Shaddap You Face |
| 7 | Tori Amos | Smells Like Teen Spirit |
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