This Week's Rankings

Top 10 Songs:

10. SUBWAY, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2013)
9. CLOSER, Tegan And Sara (2013)
8. LOVE BUZZ (Shocking Blue cover), Nirvana (1989)
7. MOZART'S SISTER, Mozart's Sister (2013)
6. CAME BACK HAUNTED, Nine Inch Nails (2013)
5. CHANGES, Black Sabbath (1972)
4. FOUR BLACK SHEEP, Martha Wainwright (2012)
3. YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH, Metric (2012)
2. LEAVE BEHIND, Martha Wainwright (2012)
1. DESPAIR, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2013)


Top 25 Albums Of 1992:

25. THE LOVE SYMBOL ALBUM, Prince & The New Power Generation
24. PERFECTLY FRANK, Tony Bennett
23. PIECE OF CAKE, Mudhoney
22. MACK DADDY, Sir Mix-A-Lot
21. LA SEXORCISTO: DEVIL MUSIC VOL. 1, White Zombie
20. GRAVE DANCERS UNION, Soul Asylum
19. BRICKS ARE HEAVY, L7
18. ANGEL DUST, Faith No More
17. LIAR, The Jesus Lizard
16. MEANTIME, Helmet
15. YOU TURN ME ON, Beat Happening
14. STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, 24-7 Spyz
13. ALL NIGHT LONG, Junior Kimbrough
12. REQUIEM FOR WHAT'S HIS NAME, Marc Ribot
11. SALUTATIONS FROM THE GHETTO NATION, Warrior Soul
10. PSALM 69: THE WAY TO SUCCEED AND THE WAY TO SUCK EGGS, Ministry
9. FULLY COMPLETELY, The Tragically Hip
8. THE ART OF REBELLION, Suicidal Tendencies
7. BONE MACHINE, Tom Waits
6. DIRTY, Sonic Youth
5. STIGMA, EMF
4. THE PREDATOR, Ice Cube
3. COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION, Megadeth
2. DIRT, Alice In Chains
1. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, R.E.M.

Honorable mentions: Stimulation Festival (Pain Teens), Copper Blue (Sugar) and Vulgar Display Of Power (Pantera). And Nine Inch Nails' Broken EP which, had it been a full-length, would have ranked near the middle, and probably would have taken L7 out instead of Prince - I know it makes no sense. But I left it out because it was an EP with relatively limited release (and mainly caught traction more than a year later).

Ironically enough, this is pretty much the exact same top-25 I would have come up with back in the day, except Sugar would have been around #15 (their next full release will likely crack the Top-5 when I get around to making this kind of list for 1994), and Prince would likely have been out altogether. Warrior Soul, Soul Asylum and Faith No More would no doubt have ranked higher, White Zombie probably would have been at #25, and Ministry would have been ranked closer to #20. Also, I didn't know Junior Kimbrough back then.

And, no: Ten (Pearl Jam) and Temple Of The Dog (Temple Of The Dog) are not from 1992, they were released in 1991. If I'd made a list of records I most listened to (rather than 'best of'),  Kimbrough would be out, the bottom-5 would fall back 5 spots, and the top-5 would be:

5. TEMPLE OF THE DOG, Temple Of The Dog
4. USE YOUR ILLUSION I, Guns N' Roses
3. USE YOUR ILLUSION II, Guns N' Roses
2. TEN, Pearl Jam
1.  BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK, Red Hot Chili Peppers