Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1992

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 1992

Listing for 375 records from 1992 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	The Coasters: *50 Coastin' Classics* [Rhino] Freedy Johnston: *Can You Fly* [Bar/None] Louis Jordan: *Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings Vol. 2* [MCA] Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions: *The Anthology 1961-1977* [MCA] David Murray: *Shakill's Warrior* [DIW/Columbia]
A	Johnny Cash: *The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983* [Columbia] Chic: *The Best of Chic Volume 2* [Rhino] Coupé Cloué: *Maximum Compas from Haiti* [Earthworks] Ya Ntesa Dalienst and Le Maquisard: *Belalo* [Sango Music] Ian Dury & the Blockheads: *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Best of Ian Dury and the Blockheads* [Rhino] The Goats: *Tricks of the Shade* [Ruffhouse/Columbia] Jerry Lee Lewis: *"Live" at the Star Club, Hamburg* [Rhino] L7: *Bricks Are Heavy* [Slash] Loretta Lynn: *Country Music Hall of Fame Series* [MCA] Madonna: *Erotica* [Maverick/Sire] Taj Mahal: *Taj's Blues* [Columbia/Legacy] Mzwakhe Mbuli: *Resistance Is Defence* [Earthworks] Yoko Ono: *Walking on Thin Ice* [Rykodisc] Pavement: *Slanted and Enchanted* [Matador] The Roches: *A Dove* [MCA] Sonic Youth: *Dirty* [DGC] The Soul Stirrers Featuring R.H. Harris: *Shine on Me* [Specialty] Spinners: *A One of a Kind Love Affair* [Atlantic] Randy Travis: *Greatest Hits, Volume One* [Warner Bros.] Kitty Wells: *Country Music Hall of Fame Series* [MCA] Lucinda Williams: *Sweet Old World* [Chameleon] Tom Zé: *Brazil Classics 5: The Return of Tom Zé* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] *Billboard Top Hits--1984* [Rhino]
A-	Eric Agyeman: *Highlife Safari* [Sterns] Vijaya Anand: *Asia Classics 1: Dance Raja Dance* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] Eric B. & Rakim: *Don't Sweat the Technique* [MCA] The Beautiful South: *0898 Beautiful South* [Elektra] Chris Bell: *I Am the Cosmos* [Rykodisc] Bikini Kill: *Bikini Kill* [Kill Rock Stars] Body Count: *Body Count* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Boogie Down Productions: *Sex and Violence* [Jive] The Breeders: *Safari* [4AD/Elektra] Stacy Dean Campbell: *Lonesome Wins Again* [Columbia] The Chills: *Soft Bomb* [Slash/Reprise] Leonard Cohen: *The Future* [Columbia] The Robert Cray Band: *I Was Warned* [Mercury] Desmond Dekker: *Rockin' Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker* [Rhino] Diblo Dibala & Matchatcha: *Laissez Passer* [Afric Music] Ani DiFranco: *Imperfectly* [Righteous Babe] The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: *Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury* [4th & Broadway] Dr. John: *Goin' Back to New Orleans* [Warner Bros.] Champion Jack Dupree: *Forever and Ever* [Bullseye Blues] Th Faith Healers: *Lido* [Elektra] Rosie Flores: *After the Farm* [HighTone] FU-Schnickens: *F.U. Don't Take It Personal* [Jive] Giant Sand: *Ramp* [Amazing Black Sand] Gilberto Gil/Jorge Ben: *Gil E Jorge* [Verve] Grateful Dead: *Two from the Vault* [Grateful Dead] PJ Harvey: *Dry* [Indigo] Hoosier Hot Shots: *Rural Rhythm, 1935-1942* [Columbia/Legacy] Joe Houston: *Cornbread and Cabbage Greens* [Specialty] Gregory Isaacs: *Best of Volumes One and Two* [Heartbeat] Pete Johnson: *King of Boogie* [Milan] George Jones: *Walls Can Fall* [MCA] George Jones & Tammy Wynette: *Greatest Hits Vol. 2* [Epic] Henry Kaiser: *A World Out of Time: In Madagascar* [Shanachie] Kris Kross: *Totally Krossed Out* [Ruffhouse/Columbia] Ladysmith Black Mambazo: *The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo* [Shanachie] Les Ambassadeurs: *Les Ambassadeurs Internationales Featuring Salif Keita* [Rounder] Luna: *Lunapark* [Elektra] The Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar: *Apocalypse Across the Sky* [Axiom] Percy Mayfield: *Poet of the Blues* [Specialty] E.T. Mensah: *Day by Day* [RetroAfric] Ministry: *Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Monty Python: *Monty Python Sings* [Virgin] Morrissey: *Your Arsenal* [Sire/Reprise] Nirvana: *Hormoaning* [DGC] Nirvana: *Incesticide* [DGC] Orchestra Baobab: *On Verra Ça* [World Circuit] Orchestra Marrabenta Star of Mocambique: *Independence* [Piranha] Pavement: *Watery Domestic* [Matador EP] The Popinjays: *Flying Down to Mono Valley* [Epic/One Little Indian] Prince and the New Power Generation: *[File Under Prince]* [Paisley Park] Queen: *Greatest Hits* [Hollywood] Ramones: *Mondo Bizarro* [Radioactive] Dennis Robbins: *Man With a Plan* [Giant] Roxanne Shanté: *The Bitch Is Back* [Livin' Large] Steely and Clevie: *Play Studio One Vintage* [Heartbeat] Sugar: *Copper Blue* [Rykodisc] Sweet Talks/A.B. Crentsil: *Sweet Talks--Hollywood Highlife Party + A.B. Crentsil--Moses* [ADC] Tarika Sammy: *Fanafody* [Xenophile] Thelonious Monster: *Beautiful Mess* [Capitol] They Might Be Giants: *Apollo 18* [Elektra] Randy Travis: *Greatest Hits, Volume Two* [Warner Bros.] John Trudell: *AKA Grafitti Man* [Rykodisc] Ernest Tubb: *Country Music Hall of Fame Series* [MCA] Utah Saints: *Utah Saints* [London] The Vaselines: *The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History* [Sub Pop] Washboard Sam: *Rockin' My Blues Away* [Bluebird] Muddy Waters: *Blues Sky* [Epic Associated/Legacy] Yo Yo: *Black Pearl* [EastWest] ZZ Top: *Greatest Hits* [Warner Bros.] *The Disco Years, Vol. 4: Lost in Music* [Rhino] *Kickin Mental Detergent* [Kickin'] *Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rain Forest* [Smithsonian/Folkways] *Only for the Headstrong: The Ultimate Rave Compilation* [FFRR] *Guys and Dolls* [RCA]
B+	Garth Brooks: *The Chase* [Capitol] Neneh Cherry: *Homebrew* [Virgin] Iris DeMent: *Infamous Angel* [Philo] Bob Dylan: *Good As I Been to You* [Columbia] Joe Ely: *Love and Danger* [MCA] Foamola: *May I Take a Bath?* [Foamola] Kid Creole and the Coconuts: *Kid Creole Redux* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Magnetic Fields: *The Wayward Bus* [PoPuP] Youssou N'Dour: *Eyes Open* [Columbia] Screaming Trees: *Sweet Oblivion* [Epic] Michelle Shocked: *Arkansas Traveler* [Mercury] Social Distortion: *Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell* [Epic] Television: *Television* [Capitol] Virunga: *Feet on Fire* [Sterns Africa] *Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues* [Antone's] *Buddhist Liturgy of Tibet* [World Music Library]
*******	Dan Baird: *Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired* [Def American] Big Star: *Live* [Rykodisc] Chris Cacavas: *Good Times* [Heyday] Deee-Lite: *Infinity Within* [Elektra] En Vogue: *Funky Divas* [EastWest] Eugenius: *Oomalama* [Atlantic] Faith No More: *Angel Dust* [Slash/Warner Bros.] Khaled: *Khaled* [Virgin] Uncle Dave Macon: *Country Music Hall of Fame Series* [MCA] Roger Miller: *King of the Road* [Epic] David Murray: *Black and Black* [Red Baron] West Nkosi: *Rhythm of Healing (Supreme Sax and Penny Whistle Township Jive)* [Earthworks/Caroline] NOFX: *White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean* [Epitaph] No Safety: *Spill* [Knitting Factory] The Pharcyde: *Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde* [Delicious Vinyl] Public Enemy: *Greatest Misses* [Def Jam] R.E.M.: *Automatic for the People* [Warner Bros.] Ride: *Going Blank Again* [Sire] McCoy Tyner: *44th Street Suite* [Red Baron] Ricky Van Shelton: *Greatest Hits Plus* [Columbia] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: *In the Beginning* [Epic] Yo La Tengo: *May I Sing With Me* [Alias] Neil Young: *Harvest Moon* [Reprise] *Honkers & Bar Walkers Volume One* [Delmark] *MTV Party to Go, Vol. 2* [Tommy Boy] *Honeymoon in Vegas* [Epic]
**	The Bats: *Fear of God* [Mammoth] Bettie Serveert: *Palomine* [Matador] Boukman Eksperyans: *Kalfou Danjere/Dangerous Crossroads* [Mango] Charles & Eddie: *Duophonic* [Capitol] Chic: *Chic-ism* [Warner Bros.] Alex Chilton: *Blacklist* [New Rose] Fellow Travellers: *Just a Visitor* [OKra] Green Day: *Kerplunk!* [Lookout] Emmylou Harris: *At the Ryman* [Reprise] Heavenly: *Le Jardin de Heavenly* [K] Helmet: *Meantime* [Interscope] A House: *I Am the Greatest* [Radioactive] Kid Frost: *East Side Story* [Virgin] Last Exit: *Head First Into the Flames* [DMG/ARC] Los Lobos: *Kiko* [Slash/Warner Bros.] Mary McCaslin: *Things We Said Today: The Best of Mary McCaslin* [Philo] Midi, Maxi and Efti: *Midi, Maxi and Efti* [Columbia] Moby: *Moby* [Instinct] Roy Nathanson & Anthony Coleman: *The Coming Great Millenium* [Knitting Factory] Paris: *Sleeping With the Enemy* [Scarface] Ann Peebles: *Full Time Love* [Bullseye Blues] The Prodigy: *Experience* [Elektra] Ali Farka Touré: *The Source* [World Circuit] The Vulgar Boatmen: *Please Panic* [Safe House/Caroline] Tom Waits: *Bone Machine* [Island] Sippie Wallace: *Women Be Wise* [Alligator] *Duke-Peacock's Greatest Hits* [MCA] *Singles* [Epic] *South Central* [Hollywood Basic]
*	Abana Ba Nasery: *Nursery Boys Go Home!* [Green Linnet] Joan Armatrading: *Square the Circle* [A&M] Bad Religion: *Generator* [Epitaph] Mary J. Blige: *What's the 411?* [Uptown/MCA] James Brown: *The Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade* [Scotti Bros.] Built to Spill: *Ultimate Alternative Wavers* [C/Z] Mark Chesnutt: *Longnecks and Short Stories* [MCA] Das Efx: *Dead Serious* [EastWest] Grand Puba: *Reel to Reel* [Elektra] Garland Jeffreys: *Don't Call Me Buckwheat* [RCA] Kalesijski Svuci: *Bosnian Breakdown: The Unpronounceable Beat of Sarajevo* [GlobeStyle] Luke: *I Got Shit on My Mind* [Atlantic] Joe Meek: *It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek* [Razor & Tie] Motorhead: *March or Die* [Epic/WTG] The Movement: *The Movement* [Arista] Old: *Lo Flux Tube* [Relativity/Earache] Rage Against the Machine: *Rage Against the Machine* [Epic] Rare Essence: *Work the Walls* [Sounds of the Capital] Soul Asylum: *Grave Dancers Union* [Columbia] Bruce Springsteen: *Human Touch* [Columbia] 3Ds: *Hellzapoppin* [First Warning] Travis Tritt: *A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year* [Warner Bros.] Loudon Wainwright III: *History* [Charisma] Dr. Michael White: *New Year's at the Village Vanguard* [Antilles] *Deep Blues* [Atlantic] *Reggae for Kids* [RAS] *Trespass* [Sire/Warner Bros.]
	Arrested Development: *3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of . . .* [Chrysalis] Aster Aweke: *Kabu* [Columbia] Beats International: *Excursion on the Version* [Polydor] B-52's: *Good Stuff* [Reprise] Bobby Brown: *Bobby* [MCA] Mary Chapin Carpenter: *Come On Come On* [Columbia] Tracy Chapman: *Matters of the Heart* [Elektra] Otis Clay: *I'll Treat You Right* [Bullseye Blues] Joe Diffie: *Regular Joe* [Columbia] Tim Dog: *Penicillin on Wax* [Ruffhouse/Columbia] Gloria Estefan: *Greatest Hits* [Epic] Gang Starr: *Daily Operation* [Chrysalis] The Geto Boys: *We Can't Be Stopped* [Rap-a-Lot] Hammer: *Too Legit to Quit* [Capitol] House of Pain: *House of Pain* [Tommy Boy] Ice Cube: *The Predator* [Priority] Wynonna Judd: *Wynonna Judd* [Curb/MCA] Angelique Kidjo: *Logozo* [Mango] King Missile: *Happy Hour* [Atlantic] Lyle Lovett: *Joshua Judges Ruth* [Curb/MCA] Bill Morrissey: *Inside* [Philo] Lesego Rampolokeng with the Kalahari Surfers: *End Beginnings* [Shifty] Collin Raye: *In This Life* [Columbia] The Real Roxanne: *Go Down (But Don't Bite It)* [Select] Otis Redding: *Remember Me* [Stax] Kym Sims: *Too Blind to See It* [Atco] Skatenigs: *Stupid People Shouldn't Breed* [Megaforce] Lisa Stansfield: *Real Love* [Arista] Tom Tom Club: *Dark Sneak Love Action* [Sire/Reprise] Michael White: *Familiar Ground* [Warner Bros.] Wreckx-N-Effect: *Hard or Smooth* [MCA] Trisha Yearwood: *Hearts in Armor* [MCA] *Berlin 1992--A Tresor Compilation--The Techno Sound of Berlin* [NovaMute] *Dancehall Stylee: The Best of Reggae Dancehall Music Vol. 3* [Profile] *Rig Rock Jukebox: A Collection of Diesel Only Records* [First Warning] *Zoo Rave 1* [Zoo] *The Bodyguard* [Arista]
	Adewale Ayuba: *Mr. Johnson Play for Me* [Sony] The Beastie Boys: *Check Your Head* [Grand Royal] Meryn Cadell: *Angel Food for Thought* [Sire/Reprise] Cafe Tacuba: *Cafe Tacuba* [WEA] Stella Rambisi Chiweshe: *Kumusha* [Piranha] Guy Clark: *Boats to Build* [Asylum] Cracker: *Cracker* [Virgin] Rodney Crowell: *Life Is Messy* [Columbia] The Darling Buds: *Erotica* [Chaos/Columbia] Dim Stars: *Dim Stars* [Caroline] God: *Possession* [Virgin] Godflesh: *Pure* [Relatively/Earache] Al Green: *Love Is Reality* [Word/Epic] Buddy Guy: *My Time After Awhile* [Vanguard] Hard Knocks: *School of Hard Knocks* [Wild Pitch] Juliana Hatfield: *Hey Babe* [Mammoth] His Name Is Alive: *Home Is in Your Head* [4AD] John Lee Hooker: *Boom Boom* [Pointblank/Charisma] The Isley Brothers: *Tracks of Life* [Warner Bros.] J.: *We Are the Majority* [A&M] The Jayhawks: *Hollywood Town Hall* [Def American] Pépé Kallé: *Larger Than Life* [Sterns Africa] Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds: *Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds* [Mercury] Kronos Quartet: *Pieces of Africa* [Elektra/Nonesuch] K-Solo: *Times Up* [Atlantic] K.D. Lang: *Ingénue* [Sire/Warner Bros.] Leatherface: *Mush* [Seed] The Leaving Trains: *Lump in My Forehead* [SST] Love Battery: *Dayglo* [Sub Pop] Macka-B: *Jamaica. No Problem?* [Ariwa] Mama Sana: *Music from Madagascar* [Shanachie] Little Jack Melody with His Young Turks: *On the Blank Generation* [Four Dots] Mighty Sparrow: *We Could Make It Easy If We Try* [BLS] Oliver Mtukudzi: *Shoko* [Piranha] Naka: *Salvador* [Mango] Nine Inch Nails: *Broken* [Halo Five] Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors: *Horny Holidays* [Triple X] The Offspring: *Ignition* [Epitaph] Remmy Ongala and Orchestre Super Matimila: *Mambo* [RealWorld] Isaac Oviedo: *Routes of Rhythm Vol. 3* [Rounder] Vanessa Paradis: *Vanessa Paradis* [Polydor] Redman: *Whut? Thee Album* [RAL/Chaos/Columbia] Lou Reed: *Magic and Loss* [Sire/Reprise] Keith Richards: *Main Offender* [Virgin] Pete Rock & CL Smooth: *Mecca and the Soul Brother* [Elektra] Brenda Russell: *Greatest Hits* [A&M] Mike, Barbara & Penny Seeger: *Animal Folk Songs for Children* [Rounder] Sir Mix-A-Lot: *Mack Daddy* [Def American] Some Velvet Sidewalk: *Avalanche* [K] Bruce Springsteen: *Lucky Town* [Columbia] Super Cat: *Don Dada* [Columbia] SWV--Sisters With Voices: *It's About Time* [RCA] TLC: *Oooooooohhh . . . On the TLC Tip* [Arista] Too Much Joy: *Mutiny* [Giant] Tsinjaka: *Tsinjaka* [Rogue] Tom Verlaine: *Warm and Cool* [Rykodisc] Vova Nova: *Vova Nova* [Chameleon] Papa Wemba: *Le Voyageur* [EarthBeat] **AFRICAN ELEGANT [Original Sound] Cuba: Fully Charged [Earthworks/Caroline] Pimps, Players and Private Eyes [Sire/Warner Bros.] Zouk Attack [Rounder] Boomerang [LaFace] Juice [Soul] Naked Lunch** [Milan]
B	Alice in Chains: *Dirt* [Columbia] Sinéad O'Connor: *Am I Not Your Girl?* [Chrysalis/Ensign]
B-	The Black Crowes: *The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion* [Def American] Eric Clapton: *Unplugged* [Reprise] The Fastbacks: *The Question Is No* [Sub Pop] Peter Gabriel: US [Geffen] MC Brains: *Lovers Lane* [Motown] The Neville Brothers: *Family Groove* [A&M] The Orb: *U.F. Orb* [Big Life] Sade: *Love Deluxe* [Epic] Shai: *. . . If I Ever Fall in Love* [Gasoline Alley]
C+	Bushwick Bill: *Little Big Man* [Rap-a-Lot] The Cure: *Wish* [Fiction/Elektra] Billy Ray Cyrus: *Some Gave All* [Mercury] Dr. Dre: *The Chronic* [Interscope] Vince Gill: *I Still Believe in You* [MCA] Gin Blossoms: *New Miserable Experience* [A&M] Elton John: *The One* [MCA] Annie Lennox: *Diva* [Arista] Shabba Ranks: *X-Tra Naked* [Epic] Too Short: *Shorty the Pimp* [Jive] Ween: *Pure Guava* [Elektra]
C	Clint Black: *The Hard Way* [RCA] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: *Henry's Dream* [Mute/Elektra] Shawn Colvin: *Fat City* [Columbia] 4 Non Blondes: *Bigger, Better, Faster, More!* [Interscope] Unrest: *Imperial FFRR* [Teenbeat]
C-	Dillon Fence: *Rosemary* [Mammoth] Firehouse: *Hold Your Fire* [Columbia] Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe: *Barcelona* [Hollywood]
D+	Celine Dion: *Celine Dion* [Epic]
	Tori Amos: *Crucify* [Atlantic] Arc Angels: *Arc Angels* [DGC] Joan Baez: *Play Me Backwards* [Virgin] Blackbird: *Blackbird* [Scotti Bros.] Brooks & Dunn: *Brand New Man* [Arista] Garth Brooks: *Beyond the Season* [Liberty] James Brown: *Universal James* [Scotti Bros.] Lindsay Buckingham: *Out of the Cradle* [Reprise] Sonny Burgess with Dave Alvin: *Tennessee Border* [HighTone] David Byrne: *Uh-Oh* [Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.] College Boyz: *Radio Fusion Radio* [Virgin] Da Lench Mob: *Guerillas in the Mist* [Street Knowledge] Def Leppard: *Adrenalize* [Mercury] Des'ree: *Mind Adventures* [Epic] Brian Eno: *Nerve Net* [Opal/Warner Bros.] EPMD: *Business Never Personal* [RAL/Chaos/Columbia] Erasure: *Pop! The First 20 Hits* [Sire/Reprise] Firehose: *Live Totem Pole EP* [Columbia] Flipper: *American Grafishy* [Def American] Jeffrey Gaines: *Jeffrey Gaines* [Chrysalis] Juliana Hatfield: *I See You* [Mammoth] Sophie B. Hawkins: *Tongues and Tails* [Columbia] R. Kelly and Public Announcement: *Born Into the 90's* [Jive] Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: *Live and Let Die* [Cold Chillin'] The Leaving Trains: *Sleeping Underwater Survivors* [SST] Little Village: *Little Village* [Reprise] Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens: *Mbaqanga* [Verve World] Material: *The Third Power* [Axiom] Meat Beat Manifesto: *Satyricon* [Mute] Rollins Band: *The End of Silence* [Imago] Saint Etienne: *Foxbase Alpha* [Warner Bros.] Sebadoh: *Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock* [Sub Pop] Silk: *Lose Control* [Elektra] Siouxsie and the Banshees: *Twice Upon a Time--The Singles* [Geffen] Soul II Soul: *Volume III Just Right* [Virgin] The Sundays: *Blind* [DGC] Pam Tillis: *Homeward Looking Angel* [Arista] Travis Tritt: *T-R-O-U-B-L-E* [Warner Bros.] The Wallflowers: *The Wallflowers* [Virgin] XTC: *Nonsuch* [Geffen] Yothu Yindi: *Tribal Voice* [Hollywood] Zimbabwe Legit: *Zimbabwe Legit* [Hollywood Basic]

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