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1992 NME Albums

Sugar - Copper Blue


1. Copper Blue - Sugar
2. Automatic For The People – R.E.M.
3. Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
4. It's A Shame About Ray - Lemonheads
5. Henry's Dream - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
6. Dry - P.J. Harvey
7. Dirty - Sonic Youth
8. Uf Orb - The Orb
9. Harvest Moon - Neil Young
10. Southern Harmony Etc... - The Black Crows
11. Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
12. Bone Machine - Tom Waits
13. The Rockingbirds - The Rockingbirds
14. The Predator- Ice Cube
15. Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
16. Back In Denim - Denim
17. Ingenue - K.D. Lang
18. Sex 'Symbol' - Prince & NPG
19. Your Arsenal - Morrissey
20. Psalm 69:How To Succeed & Suck Eggs - Ministry
21. Code: Selfish - The Fall
22. Magic And Loss - Lou Reed
23. Let Me Come Ove - Buffalo Tom
24. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
25. 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days.... - Arrested Development
26. Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
27. Nerve Net - Brian Eno
28. Connected - Stereo Mc's
29. Accelerator - The Future Sound Of London
30. Up - Right Said Fred
31. Valhalla Avenue - Fatima Mansions
32. 1992 The Love Album - Carter Usm
33. XYZ - Moose
34. Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland
35. Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks
36. Wish - The Cure
37. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del Tha Funkee Homsapien
38. Red Heaven - Throwing Muses
39. Bricks Are Heavy - L7
40. Play More Music - Consolidated
41. Eva Luna - Moonshake
42. Furthest From The Sun - The Family Cat
43. Play With Toys - Dcbasehead
44. 0898 - The Beautiful South
45. Asquarius - Cud
46. Doppelganger - Curve
47. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
48. Hey Babe - Juliana Hatfield
49. Stigma - EMF
50. Everything’s Alright Forever - The Boo Radleys

NME Singles 1992

1. The Drowners - Suede
2. Sheela Na Gig - P.J. Harvey
3. Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
4. Creep - Radiohead
5. Drive - Rem
6. Jump Around - House Of Pain
7. Television - The Drug Of The Nation - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
8. My Loving - En Vogue
9. Pretend We're Dead - L7
10. Metal Mickey - Suede
11. Babes - Pulp
12. Straight To You - Nick Cave
13. Avenue - St Etienne
14. Changes - Sugar
15. Armchair Anarchist - Kingmaker
16. Connected - Stereo Mc's
17. Free Range - The Fall
18. Little Baby Nothing - Manic Street Preachers
19. Didgeridoo - The Alphex Twins
20. Old Red Eyes Is Back - The Beautiful South
21. Revenge - Jesus And Mary Chain
22. Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred
23. Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie
24. Goin' Out West - Tom Waits
25. It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
26. It's Not What You Know - New Fads
27. King Of Gasoline - The Joyriders
28. Second-Hand Clothes - Moonshake
29. Steamroller - The Family Cat
30. Brenda's Got A Baby - 2-Pac
31. Dixie-Narco Ep - Primal Scream
32. Middle Of The Road - Denim
33. Remedy - The Black Crowes
34. Geek Love - Bang Bang Machine
35. I’m On My Way - Betty Boo
36. Rich And Strange - Cud
37. Hold It Down - Senseless Things
38. People Everyday - Arrested Development
39. Mid-Life Crisis - Faith No More
40. Little Bird - Moose
41. The Impossible Dream - Carter
42. Summer Babe - Pavement
43. Theme From Mash - Manic Street Preachers
44. Medication - Spiritulized
45. Join Our Club - St Etienne
46. Gradually Learning - The Rockingbirds
47. Everybody Loves Me But You - Juliana Hatfield
48. This Is Not A Song - The Frank And Walters
49. Slow Dog - Belly
50. I Love Your Smile - Shanice



Readers Poll 1992
(NME 02/01/93)

Many Thanks to Colin Hamilton For Supplying Pop Poll Results.


Best Band

1 REM
2 Carter USM
3 Wedding Present
4 Sonic Youth
5 Manic Street Preachers
6 The Orb
7 Sugar
8 The Cure
9 The Levellers
10 Suede

Best Album

1 Automatic For The People - REM
2 Copper Blue - Sugar
3 Your Arsenal - Morrissey
4 Dirty - Sonic Youth
5 1992 - The Love Album - Carter USM
6 Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
7 Going Blank Again - Ride
8 Angel Dust - Faith No More
9 Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
10 U.F.Orb - The Orb

Best Single

1 The Drowners - Suede
2 Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
3 Metal Mickey - Suede
4 Only Living Boy In New Cross - Carter USM
5 Drive - REM
6 Changes - Sugar
7 Lithium - Nirvana
8 Ebeneezer Goode - The Shamen
9 Armchair Anarchist - Kingmaker
=10 Blue Room - The Orb
=10 Leave Them All Behind - Ride
=10 Goodbye - The Sundays

Best New Band

1 Suede
2 Sugar
3 Pavement
4 PJ Harvey
5 Frank and Walters