1992 in music

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[edit] Events

1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. The most pivotal moment in musical development in 1992 was Nirvana's Nevermind going to #1 on the CD charts. This marked the point where Grunge began to overtake the Glam metal style of the 1980s.

Another notable event was the release of The Chronic by Dr. Dre. Though other artists (including Dr. Dre as a member of N.W.A., and Public Enemy, LL Cool J and Kurtis Blow) had achieved some mainstream success, The Chronic was perhaps the first real blockbuster hip hop album. It presaged the future mainstream dominance of hip hop, as well as the beginning of G funk-West Coast rap's rule as the most popular and influential type of hip hop.

Korn reform after splitting during High School.

Also, techno and house music began to move from the underground rave scene of Los Angeles and other large cities into the mainstream American subculture.

Thrash metal saw Megadeth moving in a more commercial direction with Countdown to Extinction, while Pantera laid the groundwork for aggro-metal with Vulgar Display of Power.

Political rapcore band Rage Against the Machine released their eponymous debut album, leading to modest mainstream success and opening the door for other rapcore bands.

Pop-metal band Extreme released III Sides To Every Story, the follow up to 1990's Pornograffitti, which spawned the hit "More Than Words." III Sides To Every Story is known by the band as their finest work.

The Spin Doctors' Pocket Full of Kryptonite spawned three huge hits this year. Though the band was never able to recreate this success, it foreshadowed the future rise of popular jam bands like Phish and Dave Matthews Band.

Garth Brooks continued to be a major force in the music business, having already enjoyed the feat of being the first country music superstar to debut at #1 in the albums charts the previous year with "Ropin' The Wind," his follow up set, "The Chase," also made its first appearance on both the pop and country charts at #1.

Contemporary Christian music singer Amy Grant, who had recently scored major mainstream success in 1991, saw her success continue as the last two singles from her enormously successful Heart In Motion album ("Good For Me" and "I Will Remember You") reach the Top Twenty of the US pop charts.

In 1992, the highly popular Japanese band X, on the verge of an international breakthrough, changed their name to "X Japan" in order to distinguish themselves from the United States punk band also called X.

1992 was also the year that the ABBA revival began. With the release of the ABBA Gold compilation, ABBA began to be remembered all over the world. The album soon topped the German, Swedish, and British charts, making them more than a success confined to the 1970s.

[edit] Bands formed

[edit] Bands disbanded

[edit] Bands Reformed

[edit] Albums released

Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

[edit] January

Day Album Artist Notes
14 At the Ryman Emmylou Harris Live
Rush soundtrack Eric Clapton -
17 Kerplunk Green Day -
27 Pleasure Death Therapy? EP

[edit] February

Day Album Artist Notes
5 Hormoaning Nirvana EP; Australia and Japan only
7 More Noise and Other Disturbances The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -
10 Generation Terrorists Manic Street Preachers -
11 Saturday Morning with Riders Riders in the Sky -
12 A Picture of Nectar Phish -
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin -
18 Hormonally Yours Shakespear's Sister -
Wayne's World soundtrack Various Artists -
20 Gotthard Gotthard -
24 Divine Madness Madness -
25 Little Earthquakes Tori Amos US
Ooooooohhh.... On the TLC Tip TLC -
Vulgar Display of Power Pantera -
28 Onobox Yoko Ono Box Set

[edit] March

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Ocean Colour Scene Ocean Colour Scene -
3 Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy -
Up Right Said Fred -
9 Doppelgänger Curve -
10 Baby I'm Yours Maureen McGovern Covers album
Dare to Dream Yanni -
King's X King's X -
Let Me Come Over Buffalo Tom -
Opiate Tool EP
Priest=Aura The Church -
12 Generator Bad Religion -
17 Ingénue k.d. lang -
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 White Zombie -
No Doubt No Doubt -
21 High Stakes & Dangerous Men UFO -
Sap Alice in Chains EP
23 Code: Selfish The Fall -
Honey's Dead The Jesus and Mary Chain -
24 Apollo 18 They Might Be Giants -
28 Funky Divas En Vogue -
31 Adrenalize Def Leppard -
America Must Be Destroyed GWAR -
Body Count Body Count -
Celine Dion Celine Dion North America
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness Tanita Tikaram -
Fire and Ice Yngwie Malmsteen -
Human Touch Bruce Springsteen -
Lucky Town Bruce Springsteen -
Time To Burn Giant -
Totally Krossed Out Kriss Kross -

[edit] April

Day Album Artist Notes
7 The Singer Diamanda Galás -
14 Bricks Are Heavy L7 -
Greatest Hits ZZ Top Greatest Hits
Off the Deep End "Weird Al" Yankovic -
This Is My Life Carly Simon -
20 Slanted and Enchanted Pavement -
21 Check Your Head Beastie Boys -
The End Complete Obituary -
Hotwired The Soup Dragons -
Tongues and Tails Sophie B. Hawkins Debut
Wish The Cure -
28 Diva Annie Lennox -
Lynch Mob Lynch Mob -

[edit] May

Day Album Artist Notes
1 The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History The Vaselines Compilation
5 Daily Operation Gang Starr -
Get In Touch With Yourself Swing Out Sister UK
12 Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden -
Henry's Dream Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion The Black Crowes -
15 The Ritual Testament -
19 Destination Universe Material Issue -
Revenge Kiss -
Some Gave All Billy Ray Cyrus -
22 Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized -
24 Camera Camera Nazia and Zoheb -
26 Kiko Los Lobos -
Peng! Stereolab -

[edit] June

Day Album Artist Notes
2 It's a Shame about Ray The Lemonheads -
MTV Unplugged Mariah Carey Live EP
8 Angel Dust Faith No More -
The Crimson Idol W.A.S.P. -
9 Change Everything Del Amitri -
Legion Deicide -
16 Beat the Boots II Frank Zappa Live Box Set
Khaled Khaled -
22 Dehumanizer Black Sabbath UK
23 The One Elton John -
Tools of the Trade Carcass -
Utopia Banished Napalm Death -
27 Black Moon Emerson, Lake & Palmer -
28 Last Rights Skinny Puppy -
29 F.N.G. Suicidal Tendencies Compilation
Somewhere Far Beyond Blind Guardian -
30 Blues for the Red Sun Kyuss -
Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter -
Dry PJ Harvey -
Soft Bomb The Chills -
The Art of Rebellion Suicidal Tendencies -

[edit] July

Day Album Artist Notes
7 Images and Words Dream Theater -
10 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 Frank Zappa 2 discs; Live
14 Countdown to Extinction Megadeth -
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs Ministry -
21 House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) House of Pain -
27 Peppermint Sloan EP
Your Arsenal Morrissey -
28 Gordon Barenaked Ladies -
What's the 411? Mary J. Blige -

[edit] August

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Welcome to Wherever You Are INXS -
4 Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 Donovan Box Set
11 Don't Tread Damn Yankees -
Humroot Shelleyan Orphan -
Jackyl Jackyl -
14 March ör Die Motörhead -
18 Babe Rainbow The House of Love -
Lunapark Luna -
Mind Fruit Opus III -
T-R-O-U-B-L-E Travis Tritt -
Unplugged Eric Clapton Live
21 Crystal Eyes Azusa Senou -
25 Beyond the Season Garth Brooks Christmas album
Dog Eat Dog Warrant -
Soul of a New Machine Fear Factory -
Start the Car Jude Cole -
28 Scrolls of the Megilloth Mortification -
Tourism Roxette -
31 Tubular Bells II Mike Oldfield -

[edit] September

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Amused to Death Roger Waters -
Down on Sunset Thomas Anders -
2 Hold Me Zard -
4 Copper Blue Sugar -
8 America's Least Wanted Ugly Kid Joe -
Bone Machine Tom Waits -
Kingdom of Desire Toto -
14 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull Live
15 Hollywood Town Hall The Jayhawks -
You Gotta Believe Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch -
The Best of White Lion White Lion Greatest Hits
17 Money KMFDM -
21 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA Greatest Hits
22 III Sides to Every Story Extreme -
Blind Melon Blind Melon -
B-Side Ourselves Skid Row Covers EP
Broken (EP) Nine Inch Nails EP
On Our Worst Behavior Immature -
The Chase Garth Brooks -
Tomb of the Mutilated Cannibal Corpse -
Whut? Thee Album Redman -
Yes Please! Happy Mondays -
28 Back to the Light Brian May UK
29 Core Stone Temple Pilots -
Dirt Alice in Chains -
Junkanoo Baha Men -
Not Ashamed Newsboys -
The Triumph of Steel Manowar Europe
Timeless: The Classics Michael Bolton Covers album
Us Peter Gabriel -

[edit] October

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Fully Completely The Tragically Hip Canada
Smeared Sloan Canada
5 Liebe ist eine Rose Die Flippers -
6 Automatic for the People R.E.M. -
Grave Dancers Union Soul Asylum -
Home for Christmas Amy Grant -
Play Me Backwards Joan Baez -
The Road Behind GWAR EP
10 Liar The Jesus Lizard -
13 Love Symbol Prince -
Piece of Cake Mudhoney -
16 Iginition The Offspring -
18 Carnival of Carnage Insane Clown Posse -
19 Jehovahkill Julian Cope UK; released in US Dec. 8
Main Offender Keith Richards -
20 Breathless Kenny G -
Erotica Madonna -
King of Hearts Roy Orbison -
23 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 Frank Zappa 2 discs; Live
27 Homebrew Neneh Cherry -
It's About Time SWV -
Live AC/DC Live
30 The Great Deceiver King Crimson Live Box Set rec. 1973-'74

[edit] November

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Madstock! Madness Live
Nurse Therapy? -
3 Are You Normal? Ned's Atomic Dustbin -
Good as I Been to You Bob Dylan -
Keep the Faith Bon Jovi -
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine -
8 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album Whitney Houston et al. -
9 The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts Genesis Live
10 Urban Discipline Biohazard -
11 Back in Denim Denim -
Love Deluxe Sade UK
15 Pure Guava Ween -
17 Reflecter Sun Dial -
The Predator Ice Cube -
19 I've Suffered a Head Injury The Verve Pipe EP
24 Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde The Pharcyde -
Homebelly Groove...Live Spin Doctors Live
Shine On Pink Floyd Box Set
The Future Leonard Cohen -
Pop! - the First 20 Hits Erasure Greatest Hits

[edit] December

Day Album Artist Notes
7 Fixed (EP) Nine Inch Nails Remix EP
14 Incesticide Nirvana Rarities and unreleased material
15 The Chronic Dr. Dre -

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1992.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 1992 Image:Flag of the United States.svg UK 1 - Nov 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Nov 1992, Sweden 1 - Nov 1992, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1992, Norway 1 - Dec 1992, Poland 1 - Nov 1992, Germany 1 - Jan 1993, Eire 1 - Dec 1992, Australia 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1993, Grammy in 1993, Austria 2 - Dec 1992, Australia 2 of 1993, US CashBox 5 of 1993, Japan 5 of all time (international songs), Italy 7 of 1992, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1992, POP 10 of 1992, Europe 19 of the 1990s, TOTP 19, AFI 65, Germany 67 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 90 of ballad, RIAA 108, RYM 172 of 1992, Party 280 of 1999, Acclaimed 802
2 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1992 Image:Flag of the United States.svg New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1992, Sweden 2 - Jan 1992, Norway 2 - Jan 1992, Poland 2 - Jan 1992, Germany 2 - Jan 1992, Holland 3 - Nov 1991, RYM 3 of 1991, Acclaimed 4, US BB 5 of 1992, Scrobulate 5 of rock, US BB 6 of 1992, Switzerland 6 - Feb 1992, Europe 6 of the 1990s, POP 6 of 1992, UK 7 - Nov 1991, Belgium 7 of all time, 7 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 9, France 10 - Dec 1991, Austria 11 - Feb 1992, Virgin 16, Poland 23 of all time, US CashBox 27 of 1992, Italy 29 of 1992, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1991, WXPN 53, RIAA 80, Germany 152 of the 1990s, TheQ 321, OzNet 900
3 Boyz II Men End of the Road 1992 Image:Flag of the United States.svg UK 1 - Sep 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, US CashBox 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Oct 1992, Eire 1 - Nov 1992, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1992, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1993, US BB 3 of 1992, Sweden 3 - Oct 1992, Norway 3 - Nov 1992, POP 3 of 1992, Poland 6 - Sep 1992, Switzerland 7 - Oct 1992, Germany 7 - Jan 1993, Australia 21 of 1992, Austria 29 - Nov 1992, Scrobulate 89 of rnb, Germany 337 of the 1990s
4 Snap Rhythm is a Dancer 1992 Image:Flag of Germany.svg UK 1 - Jul 1992, Holland 1 - Apr 1992, Austria 1 - May 1992, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1992, Italy 1 of 1992, Germany 1 - Apr 1992, Eire 1 - Aug 1992, France 3 - Apr 1992, Sweden 4 - May 1992, Norway 4 - Jun 1992, US BB 5 of 1993, Germany 6 of the 1990s, US CashBox 12 of 1993, Australia 12 of 1992, US BB 17 of 1992, POP 17 of 1993, Scrobulate 65 of 90s, RYM 96 of 1992
5 Mr Big To Be With You 1992 Image:Flag of the United States.svg US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Mar 1992, Sweden 1 - Feb 1992, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1992, Norway 1 - Mar 1992, Germany 1 - Mar 1992, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1992, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Aug 1992, Austria 2 - Apr 1992, UK 3 - Mar 1992, Poland 5 - Jan 1992, Australia 7 of 1992, US CashBox 9 of 1992, POP 25 of 1992, Germany 47 of the 1990s, OzNet 386

[edit] Top hits on record

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1992

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Opera

[edit] Musical theater

[edit] Musical films

  • Aladdin     animated feature

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1992

This info is taken from AcclaimedMusic.net [1]

[edit] Awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

[edit] Country Music Association Awards

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

[edit] Mercury Music Prize

[edit] Ramon Magsaysay Award

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