⇦ 1991

1993 ⇨

The Best Music of 1992

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1992. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1992, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
10,000 Maniacs	Our Time in Eden	☆
Alan Jackson	A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	☆
Alice In Chains	Dirt	☆
Amy Grant	Home for Christmas	☆
Annie Lennox	Diva	☆
Aphex Twin	Selected Ambient Works 85-92	☆
Arrested Development	3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...	☆
Beastie Boys	Check Your Head	☆
Bill Hicks	Relentless	☆
Blind Melon	Blind Melon	☆
Blue Rodeo	Lost Together	☆
Bon Jovi	Keep the Faith	☆
Bruce Springsteen	Human Touch	☆
CeCe Peniston	Finally	☆
Curve	Doppelgänger	☆
Darkthrone	A Blaze in the Northern Sky	☆
Def Leppard	Adrenalize	☆
Dr. Dre	The Chronic	☆
Dream Theater	Images and Words	☆
En Vogue	Funky Divas	☆
Eric B. & Rakim	Don't Sweat the Technique	☆
Eric Clapton	Unplugged	☆
Faith No More	Angel Dust	☆
Garth Brooks	The Chase	☆
George Strait	Pure Country	☆
Gin Blossoms	New Miserable Experience	☆
Helmet	Meantime	☆
Ice Cube	The Predator	☆
INXS	Welcome to Wherever You Are	☆
Iris DeMent	Infamous Angel	☆
Joe Satriani	The Extremist	☆
Jonathan Richman	I, Jonathan	☆
Juliana Hatfield	Hey Babe	☆
k.d. lang	Ingénue	☆
King's X	King's X	☆
Kyuss	Blues for the Red Sun	☆
L7	Bricks Are Heavy	☆
Los Lobos	Kiko	☆
Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	☆
Madonna	Erotica	☆
Manic Street Preachers	Generation Terrorists	☆
Mary Chapin Carpenter	Come On Come On	☆
Mary J. Blige	What's the 411?	☆
Megadeth	Countdown to Extinction	☆
Melissa Etheridge	Never Enough	☆
Ministry	Psalm 69	☆
Moby	Moby	☆
Neil Young	Harvest Moon	☆
Pantera	Vulgar Display Of Power	☆
Pavement	Slanted and Enchanted	☆
Peter Gabriel	Us	☆
Peter Himmelman	Flown This Acid World	☆
Phish	A Picture of Nectar	☆
PJ Harvey	Dry	☆
R.E.M.	Automatic For The People	☆
Rage Against The Machine	Rage Against The Machine	☆
Red House Painters	Down Colorful Hill	☆
Ride	Going Blank Again	☆
Sade	Love Deluxe	☆
Screaming Trees	Sweet Oblivion	☆
Social Distortion	Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell	☆
Soda Stereo	Dynamo	☆
Sonic Youth	Dirty	☆
Soul Asylum	Grave Dancers Union	☆
Spinal Tap	Break Like the Wind	☆
Stone Temple Pilots	Core	☆
Suzanne Vega	99.9F	☆
The B-52's	Good Stuff	☆
The Black Crowes	The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	☆
The Cure	Wish	☆
The Jesus and Mary Chain	Honey's Dead	☆
The Lemonheads	It's a Shame About Ray	☆
The Orb	U.F.Orb	☆
The Pharcyde	Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde	☆
The Stone Roses	Turns Into Stone	☆
The Tragically Hip	Fully Completely	☆
TLC	Oooh... On the TLC Tip	☆
Tom Waits	Bone Machine	☆
Tori Amos	Little Earthquakes	☆
Tracy Chapman	Matters of the Heart	☆
Vangelis	1492: Conquest of Paradise	☆
Various Artists	Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	☆
Various Artists	Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	☆
White Zombie	La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One	☆
Whitney Houston and Various	The Bodyguard: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	☆
XTC	Nonsuch	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Smells Like Nirvana	☆
10,000 Maniacs	These Are Days	☆
2 Unlimited	Get Ready For This	☆
4 Non Blondes	What's Up?	☆
Ace of Base	All That She Wants	☆
Alan Jackson	Chattahoochee	☆
Alice In Chains	Rooster	☆
Alice In Chains	Would?	☆
Alice In Chains	Them Bones	☆
Alice In Chains	Down In A Hole	☆
Alice in Chains	Angry Chair	☆
Annie Lennox	Walking on Broken Glass	☆
Annie Lennox	Why	☆
Arrested Development	Tennessee	☆
Arrested Development	Mr. Wendal	☆
Arrested Development	People Everyday	☆
Barenaked Ladies	If I Had $1,000,000	☆
Beastie Boys	So What'cha Want	☆
Billy Ray Cyrus	Achy Breaky Heart	☆
Blind Melon	No Rain	☆
Body Count	Cop Killer	☆
Bon Jovi	Bed of Roses	☆
Charles & Eddie	Would I Lie To You?	☆
Darlene Love	All Alone on Christmas	☆
Digable Planets	Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)	☆
Dr. Dre feat. Jewell and Snoop Doggy Dogg	Let Me Ride	☆
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg	Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang	☆
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg	Deep Cover	☆
Dream Theater	Pull Me Under	☆
Dream Theater	Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"	☆
En Vogue	My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)	☆
En Vogue	Free Your Mind	☆
En Vogue	Giving Him SOmething He Can Feel	☆
Eric B. & Rakim	Don't Sweat the Technique	☆
Eric Clapton	Tears in Heaven	☆
Faith No More	Midlife Crisis	☆
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	☆
Galliano	Prince of Peace	☆
Garth Brooks	We Shall Be Free	☆
Geto Boys	Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta	☆
Gin Blossoms	Hey Jealousy	☆
Gin Blossoms	Found Out About You	☆
House Of Pain	Jump Around	☆
Ice Cube	It Was a Good Day	☆
Ice Cube	Check Yo Self	☆
Indigo Girls	Galileo	☆
INXS	Not Enough Time	☆
INXS	Beautiful Girl	☆
Iron Maiden	Fear of the Dark	☆
Jon Secada	Just Another Day	☆
k.d. lang	Constant Craving	☆
Kris Kross	Jump	☆
L7	Pretend We're Dead	☆
Los Lobos	Angels With Dirty Faces	☆
Los Lobos	Kiko and the Lavender Moon	☆
Madonna	Erotica	☆
Manic Street Preachers	Motorcycle Emptiness	☆
Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz	I'll Be There	☆
Mary Chapin Carpenter	Passionate Kisses	☆
Mary J. Blige	Real Love	☆
Megadeth	Symphony Of Destruction	☆
Megadeth	Sweating Bullets	☆
Mr. Big	To Be With You	☆
Naughty By Nature	Hip Hop Hooray	☆
Nine Inch Nails	Last	☆
Nine Inch Nails	Wish	☆
NOFX	Stickin' in My Eye	☆
Pantera	Walk	☆
Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle	A Whole New World	☆
Pearl Jam	Yellow Ledbetter	☆
Pearl Jam	State of Love and Trust	☆
Peter Gabriel	Steam	☆
Phish	Chalk Dust Torture	☆
Phish	Tweezer	☆
Prince and the New Power Generation	7	☆
R.E.M.	Everybody Hurts	☆
R.E.M.	Man On The Moon	☆
R.E.M.	Drive	☆
R.E.M.	Nightswimming	☆
Radiohead	Creep	☆
Rage Against the Machine	Killing in the Name	☆
Rage Against the Machine	Wake Up	☆
Rage Against the Machine	Know Your Enemy	☆
Rage Against the Machine	Bullet in the Head	☆
Robin Williams	Friend Like Me	☆
RuPaul	Supermodel (You Better Work)	☆
Sade	No Ordinary Love	☆
Sade	Kiss of Life	☆
Screaming Trees	Nearly Lost You	☆
Screaming Trees	Troubled Times	☆
Shakespears Sister	Stay	☆
Sir Mix-a-Lot	Baby Got Back	☆
Snap!	Rhythm Is a Dancer	☆
Sonic Youth	100%	☆
Sophie B. Hawkins	Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover	☆
Soul Asylum	Runaway Train	☆
Soul Asylum	Black Gold	☆
Soul Asylum	Somebody to Shove	☆
Soul II Soul	Joy	☆
Stereo MC's	Connected	☆
Stone Temple Pilots	Plush	☆
Stone Temple Pilots	Sex Type Thing	☆
Stone Temple Pilots	Creep	☆
The Black Crowes	Remedy	☆
The Black Crowes	Thorn in My Pride	☆
The Cranberries	Dreams	☆
The Cure	Friday, I'm in Love	☆
The Heights	How Do You Talk to an Angel	☆
The Lemonheads	It's A Shame About Ray	☆
The Pharcyde	Passin' Me By	☆
TLC	What About Your Friends	☆
TLC	Baby-Baby-Baby	☆
Tom Waits	Goin' Out West	☆
Tori Amos	Silent All These Years	☆
Tori Amos	Crucify	☆
Tracy Chapman	Dreaming on a World	☆
Ugly Kid Joe	Everything About You	☆
White Zombie	Thunder Kiss '65	☆
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	☆
Whitney Houston	I Have Nothing	☆
Whitney Houston	I'm Every Woman	☆
Wreckx-N-Effect	Rump Shaker	☆
XTC	The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead	☆

⇦ 1991

1993 ⇨