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[TAC]

Some excellent albums in 1991.

What I owned then..

Armored Saint-Symbol Of Salvation
Alice Cooper-Hey Stoopid
Helloween-Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Metallica-The Black Album
Metal Church-Blessing In Disguise
Fates Warning-Parallels
Tesla-Psychotic Supper
Guns n Roses-Use Your Illusion 1
Guns n Roses-Use Your Illusion 2
Ozzy-No More Tears
McCauley Schenker Group-MSG
Van Halen-For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Motorhead-1916
Rush-Roll The Bones
David Lee Roth-A Little Ain't Enough


My concerts for 1991..

1991..1/21..Iron Maiden, Anthrax..Brendan Byrne Arena NJ
1991..1/25..Iron Maiden, Anthrax..Providence Civic Center
1991..2/9..Slayer, Testament..The Orpheum Boston
1991..5/?..Rik Emmett, Trixter..The Campus Club Providence
1991..5/26..Styx..Great Woods Mansfield MA
1991..6/30..David Lee Roth, Cinderella, Extreme.. Great Woods Mansfield MA
1991..7/6..Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, Alice In Chains.. Great Woods Mansfield MA
1991..7/6..Quiet Riot..JR’s Fastlane Providence
1991..7/30..Quuensryche, Suicidal Tendencies..Providence Civic Center
1991..8/9..Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, Metal Church
   Brendan Byrne Arena NJ   
1991..8/14.. Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, Metal Church
   Great Woods Mansfield MA
1991..8/23..Rod Stewart..Worcester Centrum
1991..10/9..Van Halen, Alice In Chains.. Providence Civic Center
1991..10/22..Armored Saint, Wrathchild America..The Channel Boston
1991..10/23.. Armored Saint, Wrathchild America..The Campus Club Providence
1991..11/3..Mr Bungle..The Channel Boston
1991..11/10..Rod Stewart.. Providence Civic Center
1991..12/5..Guns n Roses, Soundgarden..Worcester Centrum
1991..12/6.. Guns n Roses, Soundgarden..Worcester Centrum
1991..12/10..Rush, Vinnie Moore..Worcester Centrum
1991..12/19..Metallica..Nassau Coliseum NY

[jingle.boy]

Who was bankrolling your concert addiction!?!?

[TAC]

Who was bankrolling your concert addiction!?!?

So for the two GnR shows, I bought 4 tickets. Sold two at double the cost and I went for free.


That was my first full year out of college (Class of '90). I was working, and still living at home.

[wolfking]

Tim was the ultimate groupie. 

[cfmoran13]

1991..12/19..Metallica..Nassau Coliseum NY

My first time seeing Metallica was the very next night, 12/20.  Absolutely amazing!  Hard to believe their show opener on that leg of the tour was Enter Sandman.

[Stadler]

I only saw three shows that year (though I think there was an Ace Frehley and a Night Ranger show in there as well)

Dec 13, 1991: Rush, Vinnie Moore, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Apr 18, 1991: Yes, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Mar 8, 1991: Sting, Concrete Blonde, Vinx, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT

I saw a TON of shows in '90 and '92, but I was traveling so much for work that I didn't get to many shows in '91.  In hindsight, I'm KICKING myself I didn't see more shows when I was in Burbank.  I should have been seeing two or three concerts a WEEK.   

[SoundscapeMN]

given my age (45), I wasn't quite old enough to start seeing concerts regularly in 1990 and 1991. But I may have to add mine once we get later into the 90's and 2000's especially as I have a list I published and updated in my blog that is about 500 shows.

[TAC]

given my age (45), I wasn't quite old enough to start seeing concerts regularly in 1990 and 1991. But I may have to add mine once we get later into the 90's and 2000's especially as I have a list I published and updated in my blog that is about 500 shows.

Once we get to around 1997, I'll stop publishing mine as they really start to peter out.

[jingle.boy]

Kinda young for you to Peter out, no?

[TAC]

Kinda young for you to Peter out, no?

Unfortunately life requires some trade offs. I ended up OK.

[WildRanger]

Anyway 1991 was another solid year, with one absolute classic.

1. Queen - Innuendo
2. Metallica - Metallica
3. Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
4. Nirvana - Nevermind

Innuendo, Metallica, and Nevermind all in the top 5...huh 



Anyway, 1991 was a year with a lot of great albums, but not a lot of Masterpieces. None in fact, for me.

1. Rush - Roll the Bones
2. Death - Human
3. Fates Warning - Parallels
4. Marillion - Holidays in Eden
5. Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
6. Confessor - Condemned (Surprisc this isn't aon anyone elses list......)
7. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
9. Sieges Even - A Sense of Change
10. Type O Negative - Slow, Deep, and Hard
11. Coroner - Mental Vortex
12. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
13. Pearl Jam - Ten
14. Stvie rat vaiguhan and Doble Torouble - StHe Sky is Crying
15. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
16. Running Wild - Blazon Stone
17. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
18. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
19. REcd Hot Chili Peppers - Bloosd SUgar Sex maggic
20. Primus - Sailing th e Seas of Cheese
21. Slint - Spiderland
22. Ozric Tentacle - Strangetude
23. Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
24. Ozzy OAsbourne - No More teats
25. Slowdive - Just for a Day
26. Paradise Lost - Gothic
27. Michael Jackson  - Dangerous
28. Queen - Innuendo
29. Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboays.
30 . Voicod - Angel Rat
31. Dinosour Je. - Green mInd
32. Metallica - The blck ALumbnum
33. Nirvana-  Nevermind
34. uns N Roses - Use your Illunsiongg 1
35. Guns N roseeesse - Use You rillusion 2
36. Guns n roSes - Usse your Illiuusion 333
37.            -                   

Roll the Bones at #1? 

[WildRanger]

My top 10 list:

1. Pearl Jam - Ten
2. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
3. Sepultura - Arise
4. Slint - Spiderland
5. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (maybe my favorite rap record of all time)
6. Death - Human
7. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
8. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
9. Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion II
10. Melvins - Bullhead

Honorable mentions: Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Queen - Innuendo
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Anyway 1991 was another solid year, with one absolute classic.

1. Queen - Innuendo
2. Metallica - Metallica
3. Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
4. Nirvana - Nevermind

Innuendo, Metallica, and Nevermind all in the top 5...huh 



Anyway, 1991 was a year with a lot of great albums, but not a lot of Masterpieces. None in fact, for me.

1. Rush - Roll the Bones
2. Death - Human
3. Fates Warning - Parallels
4. Marillion - Holidays in Eden
5. Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
6. Confessor - Condemned (Surprisc this isn't aon anyone elses list......)
7. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
9. Sieges Even - A Sense of Change
10. Type O Negative - Slow, Deep, and Hard
11. Coroner - Mental Vortex
12. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
13. Pearl Jam - Ten
14. Stvie rat vaiguhan and Doble Torouble - StHe Sky is Crying
15. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
16. Running Wild - Blazon Stone
17. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
18. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
19. REcd Hot Chili Peppers - Bloosd SUgar Sex maggic
20. Primus - Sailing th e Seas of Cheese
21. Slint - Spiderland
22. Ozric Tentacle - Strangetude
23. Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
24. Ozzy OAsbourne - No More teats
25. Slowdive - Just for a Day
26. Paradise Lost - Gothic
27. Michael Jackson  - Dangerous
28. Queen - Innuendo
29. Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboays.
30 . Voicod - Angel Rat
31. Dinosour Je. - Green mInd
32. Metallica - The blck ALumbnum
33. Nirvana-  Nevermind
34. uns N Roses - Use your Illunsiongg 1
35. Guns N roseeesse - Use You rillusion 2
36. Guns n roSes - Usse your Illiuusion 333
37.            -                   

Roll the Bones at #1? 

That's not even the most questionable thing about my list 

[SoundscapeMN]

1992

1992, the year which was more or less in the thick of the Grunge movement.

I was a sophomore in High School and addicted to Rush and Zeppelin of course.

But on local corporate metal station, a little band had a song called "Pull Me Under" that kind of changed mine and many other people's taste forever, lol..okay I sound sappy saying it that way.

Yeah, 1992 was the year Pull Me Under and Dream Theater hit. And more or less the prog metal genre was born in a sense.

But sadly, I wasn't aware of who they were in 1992. But looking at the history, when Images and Words came out in June of 1992, it kind of would have possessed my playlist, as it some short or lone 3 years later (Summer of 1995).

1992 though like many years it seems around this period was Top Heavy. Not only Dream Theater but King's X released their 4th consecutive favorite record of mine in their S/T. Extreme's III Sides album has become a favorite of mine, and is unfairly overlooked per it doesn't have anything like "More Than Words" lol.

Faith No More released maybe their most influential and what is often a fan-favorite record with Angel Dust. Also sadly, the final album with Jim Martin. I can say, I do enjoy Angel Dust quite a bit, but still feel The Real Thing edges it for melodic sense. But I respect the hell out of it, and have found it certainly is an album that influenced a lot bands and albums I love.

Saigon Kick put out 1 of their better albums in The Lizard, although Saigon Kick actually have no bad albums, so it's really par for their course.

And then the likes of Peter Gabriel, XTC, Rage Against the Machine, and Psychotic Waltz also make my top 10.

1992 there was a lot of Grunge, some of it wasn't too bad, and I've included some of that on the calendar. I guess I see it though as a fad that didn't last, but sadly influenced even worse music later in the decade. Thankfully so did Dream Theater.

1. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. Kings' X - King's X
3. Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery
4. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
5. Faith No More - Angel Dust
6. Saigon Kick - The Lizard
7. Peter Gabriel - Us
8. XTC - Nonsuch
9. Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow
10. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
11. Michael Nesmith - ...Tropical Campfires...
12. Angra - Reaching Horizons
13. Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom
14. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
15. Dada - Puzzle
16. Queen - Live at Wembley'86
17. Porcupine Tree - On the Sunday of Life
18. The Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
19. Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch
20. Arc Angels - Arc Angels
21. Toto - Kingdom of Desire
22. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union
23. Journey - Time³
24. K.D. Lang - Ingénue
25. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
26. Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End
27. Alice in Chains - Dirt
28. The Black Crowes -  The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
29. The Cure - Wish
30. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
31. Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town

Concerts

2/29/92 Maynard Ferguson - Mounds View High School Mounds View, MN
8/28/92 Steve Miller Band - Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Falcon Heights, MN

[Zoom E]

1991

Metallica - Metallica
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Galactic Cowboys - Galactic Cowboys
Corrosion of Conformity - Blind
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
Pearl Jam - Ten
Voivod - Angel Rat
Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle
Sepultura - Arise
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation
R.E.M. - Out of Time
Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Nevermind - Nirvana
U2- Achtung Baby
Queen - Innuendo
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
The Tragically Hip - Road Apples
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Wrathchild America - 3D
Overkill - Horrorscope
Last Crack - Burning Time

[HOF]

1992:

1a. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
1b. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. King’s X - King’s X
3. XTC - Nonsuch
4. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
5. Peter Gabriel - US
6. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
7. Adrian Belew - Inner Revolution
8. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
9. Damn Yankees - Don’t Tread
10. Alice In Chains - Dirt
11. Def Leppard - Adrenalize
12. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer’s Union
13. Steve Morse - Coast to Coast

With a mention for Journey’s Time 3 which was a pretty big deal for me when I first got it. Doesn’t feel right ranking it with individual albums though. Also the Singles Soundtrack deserves a mention.

[MirrorMask]

My 1992

1. DREAM THEATER - Images and Words

Yep, it's that good, we all know it.

1.5 BLIND GUARDIAN - Somewhere Far Beyond (this is almost tied with #1)
3. MANOWAR - The Triumph of Steel

4. RAGE - Trapped!

And then:
IRON MAIDEN - Fear of the Dark
BLACK SABBATH - Dehumanizer
BON JOVI - Keep the Faith
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Lucky Town (better than Human Touch)

[HOF]

2. King’s X - King’s X
3. XTC - Nonsuch
4. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story

A lot of Xs in there.

[ariich]

Another year with a very clear winner and plenty of other good albums.

1. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
3. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
4. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
5. Roger Waters - Amused to Death
6. Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man
7. Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
8. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
9. NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
10. Ocean Colour Scene - Ocean Colour Scene
11. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
12. Faith No More - Angel Dust
13. Dr. John - Goin' Back to New Orleans
14. Cardiacs - Heaven Born and Ever Bright
15. Eric Clapton - Unplugged

Other decent to good:
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Bad Religion - Generator
dada - Puzzle
Madness - Divine Madness
Pat Metheny - Secret Story
Nirvana - Incesticide
The Offspring - Ignition

[nick_z]

1992, VERY special year for me, as far as my musical journey is concerned. That's when I truly and actively started seeking new music and getting "hungry" for metal and such.

And, of course, that's the year of Images and Words  As I said elsewhere, it was a purchase based on a couple of glowing reviews on magazines at the time. I hadn't heard a single note (hadn't seen the Pull Me Under video). What's more, I didn't have a ton of exposure to metal besides some big names, let alone "progressive" metal (whatever that meant at the time). The rest, as they say, is history. I&W is to this day one of my favorite albums of all time.

So, no surprises for my #1 album of 1992, but there's plenty of other good stuff too.

Top albums:

Dream Theater - Images and Words ('nuff said)

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power (another heavy music "baptism of fire" for me)
Faith No More - Angel Dust (my favorite FNM)
Helmet - Meantime (another minor classic from the early 90s)
Skyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (one of many great albums from this band)
Alice in Chains -  Dirt (so many highlights)
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (probably my favorite Tori Amos)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (different Megadeth, but still very good Megadeth)
Elegy - Labyrinth of Dreams (little gem of progressive power)
Joe Satriani - The extremist (takes me back...)

Many other honorable mentions...Blind Guardian was excellent (although, maybe contrary to majority's opinion, I prefer both Tales and Imaginations to Somewhere Far Beyond), as were King's X and Peter Gabriel. Kyuss' album deserves mention if only for Green Machine, a fantastic song...and so on...


The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith
The Cure - Wish
Danzig - Danzig III
Peter Gabriel - Us
Giant - Time to Burn
King's X - King's X
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Ministry - Psalm 69
Paradise Lost - Shades of God
Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow
Rage - Trapped!
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Running Wild - Pile of Skulls
Sugar - Copper Blue
Suicidal Tendencies - The Art of Rebellion
Testament - The Ritual
Therapy? - Nurse
Tiamat - Clouds
Toto - Kingdom of Desire
Veni Domine - Fall Babylon Fall

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I haven't compiled my list yet, but I'm not 100% sure Images and Words is my #1 album of 1992. We'll see.....

[HOF]

I haven't compiled my list yet, but I'm not 100% sure Images and Words is my #1 album of 1992. We'll see.....

To be honest, if I were just ranking them based on which albums I prefer at this moment in time, it might not be in the top 5. But in terms of total impact on my life (and how I do view it as a musical accomplishment) it’s hard to not have it up at the top.

[WildRanger]

1992:

1a. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
1b. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. King’s X - King’s X
3. XTC - Nonsuch
4. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
5. Peter Gabriel - US
6. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
7. Adrian Belew - Inner Revolution
8. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
9. Damn Yankees - Don’t Tread
10. Alice In Chains - Dirt
11. Def Leppard - Adrenalize
12. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer’s Union
13. Steve Morse - Coast to Coast

With a mention for Journey’s Time 3 which was a pretty big deal for me when I first got it. Doesn’t feel right ranking it with individual albums though. Also the Singles Soundtrack deserves a mention.

It seems you don't care for metal at all(apart from DT)? Metal albums never feature on your lists.

[HOF]

1992:

1a. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
1b. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. King’s X - King’s X
3. XTC - Nonsuch
4. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
5. Peter Gabriel - US
6. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
7. Adrian Belew - Inner Revolution
8. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
9. Damn Yankees - Don’t Tread
10. Alice In Chains - Dirt
11. Def Leppard - Adrenalize
12. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer’s Union
13. Steve Morse - Coast to Coast

With a mention for Journey’s Time 3 which was a pretty big deal for me when I first got it. Doesn’t feel right ranking it with individual albums though. Also the Singles Soundtrack deserves a mention.

It seems you don't care for metal at all(apart from DT)? Metal albums never feature on your lists.

I don’t think I own a single album that would be considered straight up metal. Dream Theater would be the closest thing for me, along with a few other prog-metal type bands like King’s X and Queensryche, and then I like a number of more hair metal/hard rock type bands. But stuff like Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, or whatever, just never interested me.

[TAC]

Going into 1992, I was a bit concerned about my favorite bands. All of their recent outputs were a tad disapointing. I thought Painkiller and Rest In Peace and Persistance Of Time were all excellent..but Gary Moore turned to blues. Helloween and Metallica took huge steps back, even though I love both albums now. Lock Up The Wolves and Empire, while I liked both a lot, signaled changes.

The good news..Iron Maiden rebounded from their first weak album (No Prayer)with an album full of great tunes. KISS reunited with Bob Ezrin on the amazing Revenge album. Concertwise, I saw two of my all time Top 5 opening acts. One was Dream Theater, but the other was Shooting Gallery, a band of sleazeballs led by Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy. Holy shit, they were amazing. I saw them open KISS' Revenge club tour. They only made one album, but I still listen to it regularly today.




But 1992, and pretty much ever since, it's been about Dream Theater. I was 23 when I saw them open for Iron Maiden. So I found them late, though early in their career. They were amazing and I'd never heard music like that before. I thought this was the music Rush should be making. Dream Theater had the complexities of 70's Rush, the power of Iron Maiden. and the vocals of Helloween. I wore my I&W tape out. It was literally the only thing I listened to for about 6 months. It remains to this day as my all time favorite album.

Apparently I bought very few album in 1992. But they were all quality.

Dream Theater-Images And Words
Iron Maiden-Fear Of The Dark
KISS-Revenge
Shooting Gallery-s/t
Gary Moore-After Hours
Black Sabbath-Dehumanizer
Megadeth-Countdown To Extinction



Here are my concerts for 1992..

1992..3/11..Michael Schenker..Axis..Boston
1992..4/1..Mr Bungle..Axis..Boston
1992..4/30..Yngwie Malmsteen..The Campus Club Providence
1992..5/5..Tesla, Firehouse..Worcester MA
1992..5/8..Kiss, Shooting Gallery..Avalon Boston
1992..6/8..Iron Maiden, Dream Theater..The Ritz NYC
1992..8/8..Black Sabbath..The Orpheum Boston
1992..8/22..U2..Foxboro Stadium
1992..9/6..Tesla, Firehouse..Great Woods Mansfield MA
1992..9/11..Guns n Roses, Metallica, Faith No More..Foxboro Stadium
1992..10/7..Dream Theater,WildSide..Axis Boston
1992..10/8..Kiss..Worcester Centrum
1992..11/2..Ace Frehley..Narcissus Boston
1992..12/10..Flotsam & Jetsam..The Paradise Boston
1992..12/16..Dream Theater,Moodcrush..Axis Boston

[King Postwhore]

I was at that Frehley concert at Narcissus.  He was late going on if memory serves me correctly. 

[TAC]

I was at that Frehley concert at Narcissus.  He was late going on if memory serves me correctly.

A couple of shots..

[WildRanger]

My top 10 albums from 1992:

1. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. Alice in Chains - Dirt
3. Faith No More - Angel Dust
4. Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
5. Rage Against the Machine - RATM
6. Sleep - Holy Mountain
7. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
8. Neurosis - Souls at Zero
9. Melvins - Lysol
10. The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Honorable mentions: Stone Temple Pilots - Core
R.E.M - Automatic for People
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

So Images and Words does not top my 1992 list. 

1. Änglagård - Hybris
2. Dream Theater - Images and Words
3. Thought Industry - Songs for Insects
4. Alice in Chains - Dirt
5. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
6. Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow
7. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
8. Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond the Crimson Horizon
9. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
10. Neurosis - Souls At Zero
11. Type O Negative - The Origin of the Feces: Not Live at Brighton Beach
12. Faith No More - Angel Dust
13. Running Wild - Pile of Skulls
14. After Crying - Megalázottak és megszomorítottak
15. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
16. PJ Harvey - Dry
17. Candlemass - Chapter VI
18. Peter Gabriel - Us
19. At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours
20. Burzum - Burzum
21. Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34
22. Hardline - Double Eclipse
23. Tool - Opiate
24. Rage - Trapped!
25. Alice In Chains - Sap
26. Kings X - Kings X
27. Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
28. Sonic Youth - Dirty
29. Hawkwind - Electric Tepee
30. Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End
31. Porcupine Tree - On the Sunday of Life...
32. Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom
33. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
34. Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

[dparrott]

I missed this from 1991: Blur - Leisure.  Saw their second video on MTV and they've been my favorite band ever since.

Same with Pull Me Under in 1992.  Hooked.  Although hearing Another Day as track two was    very unexpected.

Megadeth's Countdown is the only album I really like. 

[ReaperKK]

A lot of really fantastic albums and write-ups. Pictures are always awesome to look at TAC.

My 1992:

1. Tool - Opiate - 4.5/5
2. Dream Theater - Images And Words - 4.5/5
3. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - 4/5
4. Pat Metheny - Secret Story - 3/5
5. Roger Waters - Amused To Death - 3/5
6. Extreme - III Sides To Every Story - 3/5
7. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power - 2.5/5
8. Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life... - 2.5/5

No real stinkers this year on my list.

[jingle.boy]

Not mentioned yet

AC/DC Live
Axel Rudi Pell - Eternal Prisoner
Danger Danger - Screw it!
Firehouse - Hold Your Fire
Hardline - Double Eclipse (edit:  I typed this a few hours ago, but the 'post' didn't take)
House of Lords - Demons Down
Rockhead - s/t
Rox Diamond - s/t
Royal Hunt - Land of Broken Hearts
Sass Jordan - Racine
Slaughter - The Wild Life
Slik Toxik - Doin the Nasty
Shadow Gallery - s/t (I think you meant this, Tim?)
Steelheart - Tangled in Reins
Sven Gali - s/t
Thunder - Laughing on Judgment Day
Unruly Child - s/t
Warrant - Dog Eat Dog

Funny... most of those I discovered years later, and many because of DTF.

[TAC]

Shadow Gallery - s/t (I think you meant this, Tim?)

Nope. I'm only listing albums I HAD in 1992.

Shooting Gallery! It's on Spotify.
One of the tightest club bands I've ever seen. They were amazing.

[SoundscapeMN]

Shadow Gallery - s/t (I think you meant this, Tim?)

It was on my 1991 list. It was released in 1991 if that's why you thought it was missing.

edit: it has been listed on rateyourmusic.com as being released on November 30, 1991 for decades, however there is a correction request that never happened.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/shadow-gallery/shadow-gallery/

Discogs, Wiki and some other sites list it as being released April 1, 1992.

I suppose I should include it in my 1992 list. Perhaps it was released locally in PA to some in 1991, but it didn't officially get released until tthat next April. The Magna Carta website at 1 time listed it as November 30, 1991, but that website of course is long gone now.

[wolfking]

1991;

Savatage - Streets
Sepultura - Arise
Pearl Jam - Ten
Death - Human
Fates Warning - Parallels
UDO - Timebomb
Gamma Ray - Sigh No More
Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Roxus - Nightstreet
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Metallica - Black Album
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
David Lee Roth - A Little 'Aint Enough
Motorhead - 1916
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Rush - Roll the Bones


1992;

WASP - The Crimson Idol
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire and Ice
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Stratovarius - Twilight Time
Candlemass - Chapter IV
Tony Macalpine - Freedom to Fly
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond