1992 - Best Albums

[Gibbo]

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

[JamesEagle]

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

 

Only 2 keepers for me in that list Gibb-Bob, either a bad year or we disagree even more than usual!

[Gibbo]

 

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

 

Only 2 keepers for me in that list Gibb-Bob, either a bad year or we disagree even more than usual!

 

 

I'm going with it being a bad year ... the alternative is that you're even more wrong than you normally are

[Geoff]

Haha. Yeah, sorry mate. From a great year, it's a pretty awful list. Try Masquerade - s/t if nothing else. Or basically any other melodic hard rock discs released in 1992 apart from those. Warrant? White Lion? Anyone...

 

I'm curious, James, out of the four actual keepers on that list (Bon Jovi, Bangalore Choir, Def Leppard & Firehouse) which are the two you have selected?

[Glen]

 

 

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

 

Only 2 keepers for me in that list Gibb-Bob, either a bad year or we disagree even more than usual!

 

 

I'm going with it being a bad year ... the alternative is that you're even more wrong than you normally are

 

 

bad year my arse.......

 

No year is bad when you have awesome releases from Giant, Unruly Child, Hardline, Roxus and Warrant to name just 5 bona fide classics of our genre.

[Gibbo]

Haha. Yeah, sorry mate. From a great year, it's a pretty awful list. Try Masquerade - s/t if nothing else. Or basically any other melodic hard rock discs released in 1992 apart from those. Warrant? White Lion? Anyone...

 

I'm curious, James, out of the four actual keepers on that list (Bon Jovi, Bangalore Choir, Def Leppard & Firehouse) which are the two you have selected?

 

One man's meat, an' all that ...

 

For the sake of my sanity, I went back through the HH archives to see if I'd missed anything - Kiss Of the Gypsy ('S/T') and The Outfield ('Rockeye') are obvious omissions (I blame the fact that I had to sell the CDs in question years ago) ... the other album that jumped out at me was Jerusalem Slim's one and only album (then I remembered that I only ever liked 'The Scum Lives On' from that one) ...

 

As for Warrant - sorry, Geoff, but I never really liked 'Dog Eat Dog' ...

[Gibbo]

 

 

 

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

 

Only 2 keepers for me in that list Gibb-Bob, either a bad year or we disagree even more than usual!

 

 

I'm going with it being a bad year ... the alternative is that you're even more wrong than you normally are

 

 

bad year my arse.......

 

No year is bad when you have awesome releases from Giant, Unruly Child, Hardline, Roxus and Warrant to name just 5 bona fide classics of our genre.

 

 

I had 'Time To Burn', and hardly ever played it ... the same with the Hardline album ...

[Glen]

 

 

 

 

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

 

Only 2 keepers for me in that list Gibb-Bob, either a bad year or we disagree even more than usual!

 

 

I'm going with it being a bad year ... the alternative is that you're even more wrong than you normally are

 

 

bad year my arse.......

 

No year is bad when you have awesome releases from Giant, Unruly Child, Hardline, Roxus and Warrant to name just 5 bona fide classics of our genre.

 

 

I had 'Time To Burn', and hardly ever played it ... the same with the Hardline album ...

 

 

you cant claim to be a fan of melodic hard rock then.....sorry mate but those albums are pretty generally considered to be classics.

 

And for good reason.

[Geoff]

Some of the best from the year I've rated so far:

 

Bangalore Choir - On Target

Warrant - Dog Eat Dog

Devils In Heaven - Say A Prayer (single)

Lea Hart - Trapped

Fiona - Squeeze

Holy Soldier - Last Train

Hardline - Double Eclipse

Giant - Time To Burn

Lita Ford - Dangerous Curves

Casanova - One Night Stand

Def Leppard - Adrenalize

1st Avenue - Tears & Triumph

House Of Lords - Demons Down

Crystal Roxx - Pass The Buck

Candy Harlots - Five Wicked Ways

21 Guns - Salute

Babylon A.D. - Nothing Sacred

Baby Animals - Baby Animals

Firehouse - Hold Your Fire

Dirtyworks - Dirtyworks

Devay - Break Down The Walls

Big Bang Babies - Big Bang Babies

Gun - Gallus

Gotthard - Gotthard

FM - Aphrodesiac

Robin Beck - Human Instinct

8084 - Satisfaction Guaranteed

Stan Bush - Every Bit Of My Heart

Faster Pussycat - Whipped

Great King Rat - Great King Rat

TNT - Realized Fantasies

[JamesEagle]

Haha. Yeah, sorry mate. From a great year, it's a pretty awful list. Try Masquerade - s/t if nothing else. Or basically any other melodic hard rock discs released in 1992 apart from those. Warrant? White Lion? Anyone...

 

I'm curious, James, out of the four actual keepers on that list (Bon Jovi, Bangalore Choir, Def Leppard & Firehouse) which are the two you have selected?

 

The only two that I like from Gibbo's list are: Firehouse - Hold Your Fire and Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction. Both great albums. The Firehouse album is by far my favourite by them, nothing else gets close for me.

 

The others people have mentioned that I think are great albums are:

Hardline - Double Eclipse (absolute, bona fide, 100% classic!)

Giant - Time To Burn (their best album imo)

House Of Lords - Demons Down (second favourite HoL release after the debut)

Unruly Child - Unruly Child

 

I also like Warrant - Dog Eat Dog, easily their best album for me, although not quite up to the level of those listed above.

 

Some great music, but far fewer brilliant albums that the preceding couple of years, so a weaker year overall for me.

[Gibbo]

 

 

 

 

 

Bangalore Choir

On Target

Bon Jovi

Keep The Faith

D.A.D.

Riskin’ It All

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Dead Beat Honeymooners

Def Leppard

Adrenalize

Del Amitri

Change Everything

Firehouse

Hold Your Fire

Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark

Lawdy

No Chance For Mercy

Megadeth

Countdown To Extinction

Pallas

Knightmoves To Wedge

Rhino Bucket

Get Used To It

Senseless Things

Empire Of The Senseless

Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union

Thin Lizzy

BBC Radio One Live In Concert

Ugly Kid Joe

America's Least Wanted

Warrior Soul

Salutations From The Ghetto Nation

W.A.S.P.

The Crimson Idol

The Wildhearts

Mondo Akimbo A Go Go EP

The Wildhearts

Don't Be Happy … Just Worry

 

Only 2 keepers for me in that list Gibb-Bob, either a bad year or we disagree even more than usual!

 

 

I'm going with it being a bad year ... the alternative is that you're even more wrong than you normally are

 

 

bad year my arse.......

 

No year is bad when you have awesome releases from Giant, Unruly Child, Hardline, Roxus and Warrant to name just 5 bona fide classics of our genre.

 

 

I had 'Time To Burn', and hardly ever played it ... the same with the Hardline album ...

 

 

you cant claim to be a fan of melodic hard rock then.....sorry mate but those albums are pretty generally considered to be classics.

 

And for good reason.

 

 

I bought 'Last Of The Runaways', based on a review ... and only a couple of songs really stood out for me - that's my excuse for not playing 'Time To Burn' very much ...

 

Hardline never appealed simply because I'm not a huge fan of Journey (I realise, of course, that such a statement is likely to get me tarred, feathered and dragged through the streets but, hey, that's how it was/is) ...

 

I'll give Hardline another go - simply because EVERYONE raves about it

[JamesEagle]

 

I bought 'Last Of The Runaways', based on a review ... and only a couple of songs really stood out for me - that's my excuse for not playing 'Time To Burn' very much ...

 

Hardline never appealed simply because I'm not a huge fan of Journey (I realise, of course, that such a statement is likely to get me tarred, feathered and dragged through the streets but, hey, that's how it was/is) ...

 

I'll give Hardline another go - simply because EVERYONE raves about it

 

 

I bought 'Last Of The Runaways' after hearing "I'll See You (In My Dreams)" on the lovely Kristina's Headbangers Ball. There are a few quite good songs on it, but nothing stood out and I found it pretty average. I bought 'Time To Burn' based on a couple of reviews and it rocks. Especially "Chained", which is a chooooooooooooon and "Lost In Paradise", which is one of the best soppy rock ballads ever.

 

'Double Eclipse' is feckin' awesome mate. Nothing like Journey at all and five or six killer songs.

[Dark]

 

 

I bought 'Last Of The Runaways', based on a review ... and only a couple of songs really stood out for me - that's my excuse for not playing 'Time To Burn' very much ...

 

Hardline never appealed simply because I'm not a huge fan of Journey (I realise, of course, that such a statement is likely to get me tarred, feathered and dragged through the streets but, hey, that's how it was/is) ...

 

I'll give Hardline another go - simply because EVERYONE raves about it

 

 

I bought 'Last Of The Runaways' after hearing "I'll See You (In My Dreams)" on the lovely Kristina's Headbangers Ball. There are a few quite good songs on it, but nothing stood out and I found it pretty average. I bought 'Time To Burn' based on a couple of reviews and it rocks. Especially "Chained", which is a chooooooooooooon and "Lost In Paradise", which is one of the best soppy rock ballads ever.

 

'Double Eclipse' is feckin' awesome mate. Nothing like Journey at all and five or six killer songs.

 

 

Love Rhythm From A Red Car! Great track

[Geoff]

Yeah, I heard the Hardline CD before I even knew who Journey were, seriously, and it's an entirely different beast to what Journey is. Nothing like them. Great disc.

[Dead Planet]

Yeah, I heard the Hardline CD before I even knew who Journey were, seriously, and it's an entirely different beast to what Journey is. Nothing like them. Great disc.

 

Yes the Hardline cd blows away anything Journey ever did....IMO

[Glen]

I of course disagree but yeah its a great disc.

[Geoff]

Really? You think there's a Journey album as good as the Hardline one? The Hardline disc didn't rate amazingly for me, but it did rate very well, and I definitely prefer it to any Journey CD by a long shot. Just as I prefer both Bad English discs by a long way to anything Journey ever did.

 

Even as a fan of Journey, can you honestly say they have anything out there in the marketplace that resembles a good, consistent and complete album?

[JamesEagle]

Really? You think there's a Journey album as good as the Hardline one? The Hardline disc didn't rate amazingly for me, but it did rate very well, and I definitely prefer it to any Journey CD by a long shot. Just as I prefer both Bad English discs by a long way to anything Journey ever did.

 

Even as a fan of Journey, can you honestly say they have anything out there in the marketplace that resembles a good, consistent and complete album?

 

This.

 

(Except the Bad English bit. Bleurgh.)

 

NB: "Escape" is close, but does have filler.

[Glen]

Err yes. We of course we will never agree on this but for me Evolution, Infinity and Escape are near perfect albums.

 

Timeless classics.

 

Frontiers even with a slightly weaker second half is just as good....lets face it the first half is amazing.

[Glen]

@ Geoff

 

In fact every AOR album ever recorded since 1981 has been measured against Escape.

 

Its a classic....even if u dont like it.

 

I prob listened to it every week of my life for at least 5 years after it was released....what album can u say that of these days.

 

Its like part of my psyche...you prob wouldnt understand how it was in the early 80s but you literally lived and died some albums.

 

That would just never happen now - too many bog average releases saturating the market.

[kourosofsteel3]

Anvil - Worth The Weight

Attack - Seven Years in the Past

Auditory Imagery - Reign

Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

Casanova - One Night Stand

Dream Theater - Images And Words

Embargo - Panem Et Circenses

Manowar - The Triumph of Steel

Mekong Delta - Kaleidoscope

Mystik - The Plot Sickens

Not Fragile - Hard to be Alive

Oracle - Selah

Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow

RAGE- TRAPPED

Roko - Open invitation

Roxus - Nightstreet

Shadow Gallery -S/t

Skyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol

Stratovarius - II (AKA Twilight Time)

Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond The Crimson Horizon

Von Groove-S/t

YNGWIE - FIRE & ICE

 

 

 

Some great stuff also from Firehouse, Pretty Maids, Fair Warning, John Norum, Satrox, Tony Martin, Babylon AD, MSG, Sahara, Trade Mark, Tush, U. Child, my favorite track from Victory (and one of my all time favorite ones)

[Chisel Chin]

My Top 21 best of 1992 (in alphabetical order)

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion

Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith

Dream Theater - Images And Words

Fair Warning - Fair Warning

Faith No More - Angel Dust

Gotthard - Gotthard

Great White - Psycho City

King's X - King's X

Kiss - Revenge

Little Caesar - Influence

Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

The Mission - Masque

Axel Rudi Pell - Eternal Prisoner

Slaughter - The Wild Life

Sleeze Beez - Powertool

Izzy Stradlin - Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds

Sven Gali - Sven Gali

Thunder - Laughing On Judgement Day

W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

War Babies - War Babies

Wildside - Under The Influence

Highlights this year include W.A.S.P. with "The Crimson Idol", which along with Queensryche's "Operation Mindcrime" are my only two 10/10 rated albums. Also Dream Theater surprised me with new singer James LaBrie, as I loved their debut and was wondering how they would follow-up that intense masterpiece. Hindsight, eh!

1992 also saw great second albums from The Black Crowes and Thunder, which I preferred from their debut albums as they stretched out with more mature songwriting.

[Nightrain]

I'm quite surprised to see TNT - Realized Fantasies rated at 75% this morning, because after a while it sits in my collection, I assume it should be at least 80 or 81%, 'Lionheart' and 'Rain' saves the day but the rest well I can live without although most of them are 7/10 quality. Geoff, how's your rating with this one ?

[Glen]

I can live without most TNT. Grossly overrated within our genre.

[Geoff]

I'm quite surprised to see TNT - Realized Fantasies rated at 75% this morning, because after a while it sits in my collection, I assume it should be at least 80 or 81%, 'Lionheart' and 'Rain' saves the day but the rest well I can live without although most of them are 7/10 quality. Geoff, how's your rating with this one ?

 

I rated it almost the same; 76%. No real surprise to me as the first half of the album is excellent, but the second half is mostly really quite bad.