From: milne@csr.lbl.gov (Brent Milne)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: 1992  READER'S  POLL
Date: 11 Jan 1993 19:21:39 GMT
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Well, in the various 'Best of 1992' posts, over a hundred
albums have been sited, so I thought that I would attempt
to codify things a bit by taking an alt.music.alternative
reader poll of the best albums of '92. 

To participate, list your ten (or fewer) favorite albums
in order from best to worst (sorry, no ties). To simplify
the tallying (ie. to let it be done by computer), I have 
included a numbered list albums. Please use these numbers
to code your vote. For albums not appearing, write in
votes are fine.

For Example:
115, 94, Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack, 2

Would correspond to the ranking:
1. Sugar
2. PJ Harvey
3. Beauty & the Beast
4. Tori Amos

Mail your ranking to milne@csr.lbl.gov

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This list is (more or less) a compilation from the 'Best of'
posts.  I have attempted to remove 1991 releases (Achtung
Baby, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Dopleganger) and retrospective
albums.  There are no doubt many errors, and if you find
any please note them in your mail.


1   Afghan Whigs - Congregation
2   Amos, Tori - Little Earthquakes
3   Arrested Development - Three Years Five Months Two Days In The Life Of
4   Babes In Toyland - Fontanella
5   Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
6   Barry Adamson - Soul Murder
7   Bats - Fear Of God
8   Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
9   Beautiful South - 0898 Beautiful South
10  Bel Canto - Shimmering Warm And Bright
11  Belly - Slow Dust EP
12  Bleach - Killing Time
13  Blind Melon - Blind Melon
14  Bongwater - The Big Sell Out
15  Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever
16  Breeders - Safari EP
17  Buckingham, Lindsey - Out Of The Cradle
18  Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over
19  Byrne, David - Uh-Oh
20  Carter - 1992 The Love Album
21  Case, Peter - Six Pack Of Love
22  Charlatans UK - Between 10th & 11th
23  Church - Priest=Aura
24  Cope, Julian - Jehovahkill
25  Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man
26  Cud - Asquarius
27  Cure - Wish
28  Cypress Hill - ???
29  Damon & Naomi - More Sad Hits
30  Diamanda Galas - The Singer
31  Disappear Fear - Live At The Bottom Line
32  Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
33  Drop 19's - Delaware
34  Dyn@Mutt - Yet To Be Titled Demo Tape
35  E - A Man Called (E)
36  Eugenius - Oomalama
37  Everything But The Girl - Acoustic
38  Failure - Comfort
39  Faith Healers - Lido
40  Family Cat - Furthest From The Sun
41  Fatima Mansions- Valhalla Avenue
42  Flop - & The Fall Of The Mousesqueezer
43  Flowerhead K - Blooom
44  Foetus In Excelsis Corruptus - Male
45  Frank & Walters - Trains, Boats And Planes 
46  Gabriel, Peter - Us
47  Gas Huffer - Janitors Of Tomorrow
48  Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
49  Godflesh - Pure
50  Green Day - Kerplunk!
51  GRP All Stars - ???
52  Heart Throbs - Jubilee Twist
53  Helmet - Meantime
54  House Of Love - Babe Rainbow
55  INXS - Welcome To Wherever You Are
56  Ice Cube - The Predator
57  Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage
58  Insekt - Dreamscape
59  James Ray's Gangwar - Dios Es De Nuestra Lado
60  Jesus And Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
61  Jesus Lizard - Liar
62  Judy Bats - Down In The Shacks Where The Satellite Dishes Grow
63  King Apparatus - ???
64  King Missile - Happy Hour
65  Kitchens of Distinction - The Death of Cool
66  Laibach - Kapital
67  Lang, kd - Ingenue
68  Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray
69  Lennox, Annie - Diva
70  Lightning Seeds - Sense
71  Lilys - In The Presence Of Nothing
72  Lush - Spooky
73  Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
74  Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
75  Medicine - Shot Forth Self Living
76  Midnight Oil - Scream In Blue (Live)
77  Ministry - Psalm 69
78  Monks of Doom - Forgery
79  Moon Seven Times - My Medicine 7
80  Moonshake - Eva Luna
81  Morrissey - Your Arsenal
82  Mudhoney - Piece Of Cake
83  NIN - Broken
84  Nation Of Ulysses - Plays Pretty For Baby
85  Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Are You Normal?
86  Neville Brothers - Family Groove
87  O'Connor, Sinead - Am I Not Your Girl?
88  Orb - Anything
89  Orb - UForb
90  Pale Saints - In Ribbons
91  Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
92  Pigface - Fook
93  Pitch Shifter - Submit
94  PJ Harvey - Dry
95  REM - Automatic For The People 
96  Reed, Lou - Magic And Loss
97  Ride - Going Blank Again 
98  Roches - A Dove
99  Scorn - Vae Solis
100 Sebadoh - Sebadoh Vs Helmet
101 Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours
102 Shocked, Michelle - Arkansas Traveler
103 Sloan - Smeared
104 Smashing Orange - Above Ming Gardens / All I Can See
105 Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven & Hell
106 Sonic Youth - Dirty
107 Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
108 Soup Dragons - Hotwired
109 Spectrum - Soul Kiss (Glide Divine)
110 Spent Poets - The Spent Poets
111 Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
112 Stereolab - Peng!
113 Stereolab - Switched-On Stereolab
114 Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone
115 Sugar - Copper Blue
116 Sundays - Blind
117 Swans - Love Of Life
118 Teenage Filmstars - Star
119 Ten Thousand Maniacs - Our Time In Eden
120 They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18
121 3D's - Hellzapoppin
122 Throwing Muses - Red Heaven
123 Utah Saints - Something Good
124 Various Artists - International Underground Pop Convention
125 Various Artists - One Last Kiss
126 Various Artists - Singles Soundtrack
127 Various Artists - Throw
128 Vega, Suzanne - 99.9 F
129 Vertigo - Ventriloquist
130 Verve - The Verve EP
131 Vulgar Boatmen - Please Panic
132 Waits, Tom - Bone Machine
133 Wedding Present - Hit Parade 1
134 Wolfgang Press - Queer
135 Wynn, Steve - Dazzling Display
136 XTC - Nonsuch
137 Young Fresh Fellows - It's Low Beat Time!
138 Young Gods - TV Sky 
139 Young, Neil - Harvest Moon
140 Ze, Tom - The Hips Of Tradition