Listed below are the best albums of 1992 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"My favorite all time soundtrack album. It's even better than the T.V. series soundtrack, with little Jimmy Scott one of the many highlights with the haunting, sycamore trees. Julee Cruise sings another beautiful track, and the instrumentals from Angelo Badalmenti are stunning, atmospheric, beauti...""My favorite all time soundtrack album. It's even better than the T.V. series soundtrack, with little Jimmy Scott one of the many highlights with the haunting, sycamore trees. Julee Cruise sings another beautiful track, and the instrumentals from Angelo Badalmenti are stunning, atmospheric, beautiful and moving all at the same time. A superb album. "[+]Reply
"If there's one Los Lobos album that cannot be ignored it is undoubtedly "Kiko". You can draw parallels to the Kinks' '"Village Green Preservation Society" or the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's." Two albums that have become classics because musical details have met in a higher unity. These three albums ha...""If there's one Los Lobos album that cannot be ignored it is undoubtedly "Kiko". You can draw parallels to the Kinks' '"Village Green Preservation Society" or the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's." Two albums that have become classics because musical details have met in a higher unity. These three albums have several things in common. Not least the ambition to create something new. Like the Kinks and the Beatles before them, Los Lobos on this album show a great desire to explore new frontiers. The group is experimenting with new and exciting instrumentations of their songs which in genre is already wide-ranging. The instrumental passages (solos) are never too long or predictable.
Only one single track, "Angels With Dirty Faces" exceeds a four minutes playing time, otherwise, most songs have a length of just over three minutes, a fact which undoubtedly a role that you never get bored in the company of this album. There is little doubt that the group's collaboration with producer Mitchell Froom, is one important reason why this album was the one on which the group really blossomed. As he did it with Suzanne Vega's albums "99.9 F" and "Nine Objects of Desire", Froom's contribution gives the group a new exciting edge that makes the album very durable.
Of course, it is not unimportant that the songs are as good as they are - and then there are no fewer than sixteen !! Genre wise, they range far, but not such that the album loses its cohesiveness.
As usual, Cesar Rosas contributes two solid blues-rockers, "That Train Do not Stop Here" and "Wicked Rain" - both tracks fine examples of the desire to experiment with sound and structures of the guitar solos.
Otherwise, it's David Hidalgo and Louis Perez who are responsible for most of the songs. The two outstanding songwriters show great versatility, and not least a flair for the catchy and melodic. It can be difficult to emphasize some songs over others, because all numbers are in fact great.
Among the songs which specifically show new aspects of the group you could mention "Dream in Blue," "Wake Up Dolores" and "Kiko And The Lavender Moon". The immediately catchy tracks include "Reva's House" and "Short Side of Nothing". "Two Janes" shows, like other numbers before this, the group also has predilection for British folk.
Instrumental numbers may be interesting, but are often easily a little tiring. This does not apply to "Arizona Skies" which is a nice melodic piece that withstands many listens.
A great collection of songs, among which the vast majority have quality to also stand alone. Try to shuffle the songs - they will work well with each other regardless of sequence.
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"Some heavy ass unrelenting guitar riffs throughout. Great drums and bass. Some killer guitar solos too. Fans of alternative metal / grunge will enjoy this."Reply
"I tend to not think of this as a compilation, but rather all the songs the Vaseline's produced at one time. Fantastic album from beautiful songwriters."Reply
"Lou Reed is a brilliant storyteller. With his graphic depiction of what happens to the characters, you are immediately drawn in. You feel anger, sadness, disgust, helplessness and also dark humour as if you are living it. Lou is simply amazing. The music supports the tale, as it did in Songs for ...""Lou Reed is a brilliant storyteller. With his graphic depiction of what happens to the characters, you are immediately drawn in. You feel anger, sadness, disgust, helplessness and also dark humour as if you are living it. Lou is simply amazing. The music supports the tale, as it did in Songs for Drella."[+]Reply
"If I had to state any positives I have with this album, "Brian Wilson" is very close to being a pretty good song. It starts off decently with just some acoustic guitar and it's pleasant and surprising that it's not immediately terrible. Then they had to ruin it by having like 10 instruments blare...""If I had to state any positives I have with this album, "Brian Wilson" is very close to being a pretty good song. It starts off decently with just some acoustic guitar and it's pleasant and surprising that it's not immediately terrible. Then they had to ruin it by having like 10 instruments blare at once with bongos and just kill the mood of the song. "If I Had a Million Dollars" is bearable, but I still don't think it's that great. The whole album feels like terrible bar music, and it's not bad because it sounds like bar music, it's just bad cause' they're trying to be goofy, but it just comes across as immature and annoying. The instrumentation is alright, but generic, the singing is annoying from everybody, and the lyrics on all the songs, and I mean all of them, are for the most part, down right awful. I think the album cover perfectly describes this album honestly, and it's so bad, I made all of the band members on this album cover discord emojis on my sever, so at least there's that."[+]Reply
"Much has been made of the the way JAMC changed their sound throughout their career. For me, there wasn’t as much variation as is often suggested - and that’s no bad thing. Their brand of bubblegum melodies wrapped in barbed wire feedback and guitars works brilliantly. This album is a gauzy ride w...""Much has been made of the the way JAMC changed their sound throughout their career. For me, there wasn’t as much variation as is often suggested - and that’s no bad thing. Their brand of bubblegum melodies wrapped in barbed wire feedback and guitars works brilliantly. This album is a gauzy ride with an almost shoegaze feel to the vocals. Possibly their best album."[+]Reply
"Behind the ordinary title track lays a collection of sublime, melancholic pop songs. A rich bounty to plunder and perhaps one of the albums of tbe decade."Reply
"I like the beats and funky bass, and most of the production is pretty good if not exactly inspired or edgy. Very good and hard rapping, nice flow. The constant black persecution theme gets a bit old though, even blaming bad reviews on racism ("lynch a n-word on paper", eyes roll). If more of the ...""I like the beats and funky bass, and most of the production is pretty good if not exactly inspired or edgy. Very good and hard rapping, nice flow. The constant black persecution theme gets a bit old though, even blaming bad reviews on racism ("lynch a n-word on paper", eyes roll). If more of the album could have been as musically interesting as "Dirty Mack" (best track for me), I could be a bigger fan of this album. But I still think it's a good album overall. It certainly creates an oppressive mood, and conveys the anger and violence of its time and place."[+]Reply