Rusty Kingswood
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If I thought the 80s would be easier than the 90s, I was wrong

3. 16 Lovers Lane
2. Temple of Low Men
1. Hold on the Me

Full squad includes Enya, Pixies, U2 and quite a few others
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Almost worth voting the album purely for that song
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3. HiFi Way (You Am I)
2. Moon Safari (Air)
1. Vs (Pearl Jam)

Was tempted by a You Am I triple shot, and in the end the last place was Vs vs Oasis, REM, Portishead and Massive Attack.

And I guess Pulp and Oasis won the Britpop battle. No Blur or Supergrass!
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I loved the Buried Giant, and hated Perdido Street Station (though I did enjoy City and the City, so China is not all bad)
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Goddamn I forgot about years of rice and salt
My votes for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's top 100 books of the twentieth century. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, The Sympathiser by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Truth by Peter Temple, Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, Terra Nullius by Clare G Coleman, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko
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Without looking at the list, I just assumed this was going to be a two horse race, but that would be wrong. However, both those horses are still in my top 3, because I was a basic angsty teen

3. Ten
2. Nevermind
1. Out of Time
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Mate, come on. Please.

3. Moon Safari
2. #4 Record
1. Olana

Hard luck stories include Beastie Boys, Cold Chisel, Dirty Three, Elliot Smith, Everlast, Fat Boy Slim, Gomez, Hole, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, Neil Finn, Powderfinger, QoTSA and Pulp, each of whom deserves a medal in 1998.
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3. Vs
2. Honeymoon is Over
1. Modern Life is Rubbish

You Am I is the Wanganeen-Millera of this vote
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With apologies to at least 70 other albums:

3. Hourly, Daily
2. Travelling Without Moving
1. Come Find Yourself
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You're, uh, not making this easy, you know
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3. Harley and Rose
2. Blue Sky Mining
1. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Apologies to Fear Of a Black Planet, Charcoal Lane and (checks notes) Mariah Carey, each of which might have been in the votes on any other day
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3. Supergrass
2. When the Pawn...
1. What Rhymes With Cars and Girls

Despite there being a lot of good albums, this was a pretty straightforward choice
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Apols to, among others, Elliott Smith, Soundgarden (Soundgarden!), STP, NIN, REM, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Oasis, Pulp, Jeff B, Beasties, Ed Kuepper, Dave Graney, Prodigy, Cranberries, Hole... What a year
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3. Parklife
2. Dummy
1. Return of the Space Cowboy

Apologies to follow...
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3. Portishead
2. Eternal Nightcap
1. Whatever and Ever Amen
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3. Automatic For The People
2. Wish
1. Angel Dust

Not sure if I'm picking these as the best 1992 albums to listen to in 2025, or as what I thought were the best 1992 albums in 1992
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Unlucky, or just know nothing about football; who can say?
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Based on my observations of the typical voters, that would probably hit us squarely in the demographics
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Some nice anarchy you've got there; hope it doesn't get loosed
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A great year and a great list. First pass was all Britpop, second pass was all Australian indie, third pass is a mix:

3. HiFi Way
2. I Should Coco
1. Maxinquaye

LoTs of apologies, especially Cruel Sea, Dave Graney, Spiderbait, Blue, Pulp, Elliot Smith, FNM, pumpkins, garbage, etc etc
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Pretty much anything that was played in 3MP in the 80s, but let's go with Rikki Don't Lose That Number, which manages to rip if Horace Silver's Song For My Father
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Between this and your station wagon advocacy, I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, join your political party or convert to your religion (whichever is appropriate)
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Nah hang in there, at least four or five seasons are excellent. It does fall away towards the end, you'll know when
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3. Bow River
2. Buy me a Pony
1. Under the Milky Way
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Feeling dark today

3. Black Hole Sun
2. Better in Blak
1. Back in Black