50 of my favourite songs from 1992

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Last year I attempted to do a favourite songs of 1992 list, one per artist. It went and looked like this.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
3. R.E.M. - Find the River	7
13. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)	6
28. Ride - Leave Them All Behind	5
8. Disco Inferno - Love Stepping Out	5
9. Saint Etienne - Avenue	4
1. XTC - Wrapped in Grey	4
50. Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise	3
7. The Boo Radleys - Lazarus	3
16. Orbital - Halcyon	2
44. Altern 8 - E-Vapor-8	2
30. Pulp - Babies	2
43. Madonna - Secret Garden	2
10. The Cure - This Twilight Garden	1
40. Flowered Up - Weekender	1
12. Julian Cope - Poet Is Priest	1
11. Awesome 3 - Don't Go	1
33. Aphex Twin - Schottkey 7th Path	1
34. Opus III - It's a Fine Day	1
14. Suede - My Insatiable One	1
4. Nicolette - Wicked Mathematics	1
42. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy	1
29. Shakespears Sister - Stay	1
45. The Beautiful South - Here It Is Again	0
15. The Lightning Seeds - The Life of Riley	0
39. Kicks Like a Mule - The Bouncer (Housequake Mix)	0
46. Goats Don't Shave - Let the World Keep on Turning	0
47. Medicine - One More	0
25. The Dust (Chemical) Brothers - Song to the Siren	0
6. James - Born of Frustration	0
5. Praga Khan - Injected with a Poison	0
48. Ween - Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)	0
2. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness	0
17. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - The Only Living Boy in New Cross	0
18. The Prodigy - Hyperspeed (G-Force Part 2)	0
38. Baby Ford - RU486	0
37. East 17 - House of Love	0
36. Pop Will Eat Itself - Harry Dean Stanton	0
35. The Orb - Blue Room	0
32. U2 - Salomé (Zooromancer Remix)	0
31. Felix - Don't You Want Me	0
41. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite	0
27. Nebula II - C.O.D. Rider	0
26. Bump - I'm Rushing	0
24. Prefab Sprout - The Sound of Crying	0
23. Blur - Popscene	0
22. Erasure - Voulez Vous	0
21. Urban Hype - A Trip to Trumpton	0
20. The KLF - America No More	0
19. Peter Gabriel - Love to Be Loved	0
49. Shut Up and Dance - The Green Man	0

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:09 (two years ago)

I love "Blood Makes Noise."

― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:10 (two years ago)

Never see that Awesome 3 track referenced anywhere, easy choice for me

― Josefa, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:11 (two years ago)

I also did it for 1974 which is maybe the more interesting list but nm

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:13 (two years ago)

There are lots of great tracks here, but only one is in my top 5 tracks of all time, so it was an easy choice in the end.

― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:15 (two years ago)

Oh how many polls
is it now Maurice?

Avenue

― nashwan, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:17 (two years ago)

I shall (perhaps) poll 1974 on the 50th anniversary of 1974

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:20 (two years ago)

It’s a ringing in my ear

― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:30 (two years ago)

Avenue gotta be

― kraudive, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:32 (two years ago)

U2 - Salomé (Zooromancer Remix)

Never heard this one before

― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:36 (two years ago)

some towering classics but peak drude is peak drude

― imago, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:41 (two years ago)

A few I like but I love Blood Makes Noise. Suzanne Vega is so underrated nowadays

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:49 (two years ago)

U2 - Salomé (Zooromancer Remix)

Never heard this one before

Heller & Farley were behind the mix, which naturally allied it to the Boy's Own sphere (who included it on this excellent compilation https://www.discogs.com/release/5745-Various-JBO-A-Perspective-1988-1998 )

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 August 2023 21:01 (two years ago)

Trying to go with what i would have voted for in 92 and it's between Ride, Suede and The Prodigy.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 25 August 2023 21:33 (two years ago)

Blue Room

― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 25 August 2023 21:35 (two years ago)

Avenue is good too. “Don’t Go” and “Avenue” probably the ones I literally listened to the most in ‘92.

― Josefa, Friday, 25 August 2023 21:48 (two years ago)

Also the (at least lyrically) naff GDS track is an indulgence as there's a very strong nostalgic attachment. Had this list been new I'd have probably opted for this as my folk festival main tent classic of 92. I ultimately have a major weakness for this sort of thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidgjMKghgg

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 August 2023 22:11 (two years ago)

I think the Awesome 3 "Don't Go" Kicks Like a Mule Mix was the first thing I ever heard that was jungle, or proto-drum and bass. It was definitely different sounding.

― Josefa, Friday, 25 August 2023 22:30 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 4 September 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

Suede. I preferred "In Liverpool" from that Suzanne Vega album.

― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 4 September 2023 01:32 (two years ago)

The Boo Radleys - Lazarus
The Cure - This Twilight Garden
Suede - My Insatiable One
Pulp - Babies
Ride - Leave Them All Behind

― Bee OK, Monday, 4 September 2023 01:38 (two years ago)

fwiw although it's my No. 1, Wrapped in Grey is always going to be interchangeable with Rook.

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:29 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

Pleased to see almost half of them got at least one vote.

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:46 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Tell you what should have been on this, and only wasn't because to preserve strong nostalgia I don't get it out too often - the 1992 12" of Marching on Together :p

It was probably my first intro to rave music of a sort. It's a bit Big Tenty '92 style with the Italo house pianos, hardcore vamps and White Lines bass parts, but its breakbeats are essentially big beat tempo - up there with Song to the Siren in contemporary terms. It's never particularly frenetic and the main thing is it has instrumental hooks for miles.

.https://soundcloud.com/dj-ade-2/leeds-leeds-leeds-remix?in=dj-ade-2/sets/marching-on-together-leeds-united-greatest-hits

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 6 September 2024 15:26 (one year ago)

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