1992, the very middle of my college years, was the year alternative music took over the world.  Though many of the touchstone albums of grunge & indie were released in 1991, ’92 was when those bands took over the airwaves, when major record labels started signing up every decent indie-rock band around, and when the last traces of hair metal went away.  In other words for me they were good times- not so much for Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”.  Grunge was at its pinnacle- it had not yet reached its saturation point but most of the best grunge albums had already been released or would be released in ’92.  Alice in Chain’s “Dirt” was their best album, the Screaming Trees released their best as well, Nirvana came out with an amazing b-sides collection with “Incesticide” and the Singles soundtrack, released in the summer of ’92, gathered up previously unreleased tracks by Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Alice, the Trees, Soundgarden & the Smashing Pumpkins as well as a few others.  It remains one of the movement’s essential documents.  Other loud rock bands had prominent releases in ’92 as well-  Ministry’s “Psalm 69”, Nine Inch Nails “Broken EP”, Tool’s “Opiate EP”, “Helmet’s “Meantime”, L7’s “Bricks Are Heavy” and especially the introduction of Rage Against the Machine with their self-titled debut.  That’s to name a few.  It was a good time to be playing this type of music- it would never get this much exposure unless you count the pale grunge and rap-rock imitations of the very late 90’s.

Many alternative bands who had been been making music since as long as the late 70’s post-punk years released commercially and artistically successful albums in ’92 as well.  R.E.M., who had already reached the masses, came out with “Automatic for the People”, one of their very best records and some say their last great one.  The Cure broke big with “Wish”, while not among their best, still a very enjoyable release.  Sonic Youth’s “Dirty” was as mainstream as they would ever get.  It might not have reached the artistic heights of “Daydream Nation” but it’s still one of my favorite by them.  Morrissey released the excellent “Your Arsenal” & Bob Mould formerly of Husker Du, came out with “Copper Blue”, the debut album by his new band Sugar.  Even Dando of the Lemonheads, a Boston punk band, went way more mainstream with “It’s a Shame About Ray”- by far their best album.  Jesus & Mary Chain, XTC & Cracker (singer David Lowery was formerly of 80’s band Camper Van Beethoven) had hit albums as well.

Lesser known and/or more eccentric bands had great albums in ’92.  The year introduced PJ Harvey with her/their debut album “Dry”.  It remains one of her best in a long and varied career.  Indie band Pavement was tagged as the ultimate slacker band but their Matador debut album “Slanted and Enchanted” was perhaps the best album of the entire year.  Guided By Voices out of Ohio were also beginning to make some noise in the indie scene though it would be a few more years before they were more widely known.  Flaming Lips, Buffalo Tom, Urge Overkill, Heavenly and overseas bands Spiritualized, Bettie Serveert & Catherine Wheel also raised their profiles considerably in ’92.  In the techno world both Prodigy and Aphex Twin released their debuts- both would go on to become two of the most prominent fixtures in the techno scene throughout the decade, though Prodigy would become increasingly commercial while Aphex Twin would remain underground but tremendously influential.

Alternative country, throwback rock & singer-songwriters were big in ’92.  Uncle Tupelo, the leaders of the alt-country scene released their third straight great one with “March 16-20, 1992”, a nearly all acoustic affair.  Lucinda Williams came out with “Sweet Old World” further boosting her profile.  The Jayhawks “Hollywood Town Hall” is also considered an alt-country touchstone.  Freedy Johnston’s debut “Can You Fly” was a hit with critics if not the general public.  Los Lobos released one of their best with the slightly experimental “Kiko”.  Neil Young gave a nod to his classic 1972 album “Harvest” with “Harvest Moon”, an album he has not bettered since.  Tom Waits’s “Bone Machine” updated his eccentric carnival blues sound for the 90’s and the Black Crowes would release their second massively successful album with “Southern High and the Musical Companion”.  Though the Crowes were little more than an updated of the Stones/Faces sound of the early 70’s, they are good songwriters and players and I still think the above is their best album.

Rap music, like Grunge, experienced some truly game changing albums in ’91.  ’92 was more of the same.  The genre split into at least three factions.  On the one hand you had the conscious rap propagated by the Native Tongue groups from ’88-’91.  Arrested Development was the new group who dominated commercially in ’92.  Though they have at least one lasting classic song, their music has not worn nearly as well as some of the other groups like A TRibe Called Quest” whose “Hot Sex” single was released in ’92 off of the “Boomerang” soundtrack, Gang Starr whose second album “Daily Operation” is probably their best and the Pharcyde, who released their classic debut “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde”.  Pete Rock & CL Smooth also released their great debut and EPMD their last good album.  Former members of N.W.A. dominated the sound of the West Coast.  Dr. Dre came out with his debut “The Chronic”, still one of the best and most influential albums in rap history.  It was a gangsta rap album with profane lyrics and celebratory violence and misogyny but with a laid back sound influenced by Parliament-Funkadelic that Dre dubbed “G-Funk”.  It would be the most prevalent sound in hip hop over the next four or five years moving rap’s sound away from the more spare James Brown samples used so much in the late 80’s.  Ice Cube was the near antithesis of Dre, his music was done by the East Coast’s Bomb Squad, and his lyrics were much angrier and more political- yet just as profane.  He also came out with his side project Da Lench Mob’s first album which furthered his success.  The third sound in rap was commercial rap in the same vein of Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.  But where their music now sounds incredibly dated and arguably was even a chore to listen to at the time, huge crossover hits like “Jump Around” by House of Pain, “Jump” by Kriss Kross, “I Gotta Man” by Positive K and “Rump Shaker” by Wrecks-N-Effect have stood the test of time much better, though pretty much all of them were 1 hit wonders.  R&B singer/groups like Mary J. Blige and En Vogue also tied their sound to hip hop to enormous success and sales.  Bringing it all together were the Beastie Boys, who released “Check Your Head”, their third straight masterpiece.  While not as much of a game changer as “Paul’s Boutique”, “Head” was actually much more commercially successful and gave them sustainability with the college kids who had grown up with them.  “Head” had less rapping on it than their two previous records and combined old school funk, psychedelia, hardcore-punk & rap music and made it all work.  It was one of the very best of the year.

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PJ Harvey- Dry

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Lucinda Williams- Sweet Old World

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Sugar- Copper Blue

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Sonic Youth- Dirty

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Neil Young- Harvest Moon

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+ 1 crazy awesome soundtrack

Singles Soundtrack

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Best of 1992 Volume 1 (7/11/02)

1.  Dr. Dre (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang

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2.  The Beastie Boys- Gratitude

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3.  Pavement- Summer Babe (Winter Version)

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4.  Pearl Jam- State of Love and Trust

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5.  Sugar- A Good Idea

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6.  Pete Rock & CL Smooth- They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)

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7.  Arrested Development- Tennessee

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8.  Sonic Youth- Sugar Kane

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9.  Ice Cube- It Was a Good Day

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10.  PJ Harvey- Sheela-Na-Gig

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11.  Nirvana- Aneurysm

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12.  Alice in Chains- Hate to Feel

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13.  Rage Against the Machine- Freedom

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14.  The Lemonheads- Rudderless

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15.  Lucinda Williams- Pineola

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16.  Neil Young- Harvest Moon

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17.  Uncle Tupelo- Fatal Wound

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18.  R.E.M.- Find the River

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Best of 1992 Volume 2 (7/15/02)

1.  Nirvana- Sliver   *Original release 1990 as “Sliver/Dive” single, also released in ’92 on “Incesticide”

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2.  The Screaming Trees- Dollar Bill

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3.  Helmet- Unsung

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4.  L7- Pretend We’re Dead

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5.  PJ Harvey- Dress

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6.  Tom Waits- I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

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7.  R.E.M.- Try Not to Breathe

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8.  Paul Westerberg- Waiting for Somebody

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9.  Dr. Dre- Let Me Ride

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10.  The Beastie Boys- Pass the Mic

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11.  Ministry- Jesus Built My Hotrod

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12.  Rage Against the Machine- Bullet in the Head

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13.  The Lemonheads- It’s a Shame About Ray

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14.  Mary J. Blige- Real Love

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15.  Pavement- Trigger Cut/Wounded Kite at :17

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16.  Alice in Chains- Angry Chair

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17.  Sonic Youth- Drunken Butterfly

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18.  Lucinda Williams- Sidewalks of the City

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19.  The Smashing Pumpkins- Drown

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Best of 1992 Volume 3 (9/24/04)

1.  Sonic Youth- 100%

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2.  Nirvana- Dive *Original release 1990 as “Sliver/Dive” single, also released in ’92 on “Incesticide”

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3.  The Beastie Boys- Time for Livin’

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4.  Dr. Dre (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- F**k Wit Dre Day (and Everybody’s Celebratin’)

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5.  Ice Cube- Wicked

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6.  Social Distortion- Bad Luck

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7.  Sugar- Helpless

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8.  The Black Crowes- Remedy

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9.  Uncle Tupelo- Moonshiner

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10.  Freedy Johnston- Tryin’ to Tell You I Don’t Know

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11.  Tom Waits- Dirt in the Ground

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12.  The Pharcyde- Passin’ Me By

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13.  The Screaming Trees- Nearly Lost You

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14.  Pavement- In the Mouth a Desert

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15.  Los Lobos- Wake Up Dolores

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16.  R.E.M.- Nightswimming

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17.  The Cure- Doing the Unstuck

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18.  Morrissey- Glamorous Glue

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19.  The Lemonheads- My Drug Buddy

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20.  Alice in Chains- Would?

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Best of 1994 Volume 4 (9/25/04)

1.  The Beastie Boys- Jimmy James

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2.  House of Pain- Jump Around

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3.  EPMD- Crossover

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4.  Los Lobos- The Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore

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5.  Sonic Youth- Chapel Hill

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6.  Mudhoney- Overblown

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7.  Ween- The Stallion (Pt. 3)

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8.  Madonna- Deeper and Deeper (7″ Edit)

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9.  Neil Young- Unknown Legend

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10.  Lucinda Williams- Little Angel, Little Brother

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11.  Pavement- Loretta’s Scars

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12.  Uncle Tupelo- Black Eye

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13.  R.E.M.- Sweetless Follows

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14.  The Cure- High

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15.  The Flaming Lips- The Magician Vs. the Headache

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16.  XTC- The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

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17.  Cracker- Happy Birthday to Me

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18.  The Pharcyde- Ya Mama

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19.  Tom Waits- That Feel

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20.  Jonathan Richman- Twilight in Boston

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Best of 1993 Volume 5 (5/16/08)

1.  Urge Overkill- Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon

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2.  The Lemonheads- Alison’s Starting to Happen

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3.  The Jesus & Mary Chain- Far Gone & Out

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4.  Redman- How to Roll a Blunt

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5.  Sublime- Smoke Two Joints

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6.  The Geto Boys- Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta

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7.  The Beastie Boys- Professor Booty

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8.  Positive K- I Gotta Man

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9.  Kriss Kriss- Jump

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10.  The Prodigy- Charly (Alley Cat Mix)

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11.  Madonna- Erotica

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12.  Prince- 7

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13.  The Pharcyde (with Brand New Heavies)- Soul Flower (Remix)

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14.  The Black Crowes- Thorn in My Pride

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15.  PJ Harvey- Happy & Bleeding

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16.  Rage Against the Machine- Killing in the Name Of

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17.  Dr. Dre- Rat-A-Tat-Tat

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18.  Sonic Youth- Youth Against Fascism

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19.  Morrissey- Tomorrow

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Best of 1992 Volume 6 (5/18/08)

1.  The Cure- Open

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2.  Helmet- In the Meantime

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3.  Soundgarden- Birth Ritual

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4.  Dr. Dre (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- Lil’ Ghetto Boy

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5.  Gang Starr- Take It Personal

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6.  The Beastie Boys- So Wha ‘Cha Want

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7.  A Tribe Called Quest- Hot Sex

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8.  Prince- Sexy MF

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9.  Suzanne Vega- 99.9F

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10.  The Jayhawks- Waiting for the Sun

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11.  Uncle Tupelo- Sauget Wind

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12.  Social Distortion- Cold Feelings

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13.  Sugar- if I Can’t Change Your Mind

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14.  R.E.M.- Ignoreland

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15.  Pavement- Fame Throwa

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16.  Alice in Chains- The Rooster

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17.  Manic Street Preachers- Stay Beautiful

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18.  Buffalo Tom- Taillights Fade

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19.  Guided By Voices- Exit Flagger

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Best of 1992 Volume 7 (5/2/11)

1.  Rage Against the Machine- Bombtrack

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2.  Alice in Chains- Them Bones

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3.  Screaming Trees- Shadow of the Season

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4.  Spiritualized- Step Into the Breeze

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5.  Aphex Twin- Green Calx

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6.  Acen- Trip II the Moon (Parts 1 & 2)

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7.  Stereo MC’s- Connected

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8.  Redman- Tonight’s Da Night

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9.  En Vogue- My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)

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10.  Gang Starr- Ex Girl to the Next Girl

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11.  Pavement- Perfume-V

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12.  Heavenly- C Is the Heavenly Option

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13.  The Lemonheads- Confetti

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14.  Luna- Slide

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15.  Sloan- Underwhelmed

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16.  The Catherine Wheel- Black Metallic

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17.  Morrissey- We Hate it When Our Friends are Successful

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18.  R.E.M.- Everybody Hurts

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Best of 1992 Volume 8 (5/2/11)

1.  Nine Inch Nails- Wish

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2.  Ministry- Just One Fix

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3.  Sonic Youth- Wish Fulfillment

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4.  Alice in Chains- Junkhead

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5.  UGK- Pocketful of Stones

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6.  Gang Starr- The Place Where We Dwell

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7. Da Lench Mob- Guerillas in the Mist

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8.  L7- Wargasm

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9.  Sugar- The Act We Act

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10.  Pavement- No Life Singed Her

Buy No Life Singed Her – Slanted & Enchanted (Remastered)

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11.  The Cure- A Letter to Elise

Buy A Letter to Elise – Wish

Buy A Letter To Elise (LP Version)Amazon

12.  PJ Harvey- Oh My Lover

Buy Oh My Lover – Dry

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13.  The Catherine Wheel- I Want to Touch You

Buy I Want to Touch You – Ferment

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14.  Bettie Serveert- Kid’s Alright

Buy Kid’s Allright – Palomine

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15.  Blind Melon- No Rain

Buy No Rain – Blind Melon

Buy No Rain [Explicit]Amazon

16.  Jonathan Richman- That Summer Feeling

Buy That Summer Feeling – I, Jonathan

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17.  R.E.M.- Man On the Moon

Buy Man On the Moon – Automatic for the People

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18.  Ween- Don’t Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)

Buy Don’t Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy) – Pure Guava

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Best of 1992 Volume 9 (6/9/18)

1. R.E.M.- Drive

2. The Sugarcubes- Hit

3. Yo La Tengo- Upside-Down

4. INXS- Not Enough Time

5. Faith No More- Midlife Crisis

6. Pantera- This Love

7. Rage Against The Machine- Know Your Enemy

8. L7- Shitlist

9. Mudhoney- Suck You Dry

10. Sugar- Hoover Dam

11. Chris Cornell- Seasons

12. Tori Amos- Silent All These Years

13. Lucinda Williams- Something About What Happens When We Talk

14. Sade- Kiss Of Life

15. The Pharcyde- Otha Fish

16. N2Deep- Back To the Hotel

17. Dr. Dre (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- Deep Cover