Picked By TURN UP THE VOLUME – 10 Ace Albums Turning 30 In 2022
15 December 2021
1. ‘Henry’s Dream’ by NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Released: 27 April 1992 – 7th LP
Charts: #29 in the UK / #41 in Australia
Rolling Stone said: At times Cave veers into melodrama, but his songs
of suffering and sin are still convincing. With the Bad Seeds serving as the
exorcists for Cave’s demons, Henry’s Dream stands as provocative – albeit
harrowing – music.” Score: 4.5
TUTV: One of my all-time favorite
Bad Nick Cave Seed works
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2. ‘Dry’ by PJ HARVEY
Released: 30 March 1992 – her debut LP
Charts: #11 in the UK
Pitchfork wrote: “On her debut, Polly Jean Harvey matched
Patti Smith’s incandescence with Bessie Smith’s lasciviousness,
outplayed everyone on the British indie circuit, and became
an instant star.” Score: 4.5/5.
TUTV: A masterpiece. Still.
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3. ‘Automatic For The People’ by R.E.M.
Released: 5 October 1992 – 8th LP
Charts: #1 in the UK and New Zealand, #2 in the US
AllMusic: “A haunting, melancholy masterpiece… R.E.M. have
never been as emotionally direct as they are here, nor have they
ever created music quite as rich and timeless, and while the record
is not an easy listen, it is the most rewarding record in their oeuvre.”
Score: 5/5.
TUTV: They put a magnum opus
on the moon with this one.
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4. ‘Bone Machine’ by TOM WAITS
Released: 8 September 1992 – his 11th LP
Entertainment Weekly wrote: “Bone Machine finds Waits veering
along the midway barking his favorite themes — decadence and death,
purgatory and pain — but beneath his hellacious bellows and grotesque
arrangements lurks a caring, humanist heart.” Score: 5/5.
TUTV: I wonder if Waits still doesn’t want to grow up.
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5. ‘Lazer Guided Melodies’ by SPIRITUALIZED
Released: 20 March 1992 – debut LP
Charts: #27 in the UK
NME said: “There’s awesome, cool dignity here, a depth and
scope far beyond rock’s normal parameters, and an abiding
faith in the redemptive power of music which can embrace
both consoling murmurs and euphoric surges.” Score: 5/5.
TUTV: The start of a soul-searching
symphonic gospel adventure, still in motion.
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6. ‘Rage Against The Machine‘ by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
7. Slanted & Enchanted by PAVEMENT
8. It’s A Shame About Ray by THE LEMONHEADS
9. Code:Selfish by THE FALL
10. ‘The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion‘ by THE BLACK CROWES
