Best Albums of 1994

Listed below are the best albums of 1994 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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1994
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"Stubbornly dissonant from start to finish, yet incredibly engrossing all the same. It's easy to get swept up in the chaos of it all. Singer Tim Taylor struggles to stay afloat in a sea of curdled guitars, queasy synths and god knows what. The band are clearly having a blast and their barely conta..."  [+]  Reply
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"Olivier Messiaen was unusual, even for a 20th century composer, in that he was both a music theorist and an ornithologist. He made several compositions purporting to be transcriptions of birdsong recordings into music, mostly for piano and flute; this album contains most of his birdsong-based pia..."  [+]  Reply
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"A truly great album. Pimp C really came into his own as a producer and - along with Tip/Phife and Ghost/Rae - they complement each other as MC's as well as the best duos in hip-hop. No filler on this album, a landmark in Southern hip-hop."  Reply
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"Their strongest offering was deinitely the first in my opinion....this carries on the trend of being slightly inferior to the previous album. This maybe their most commercial album but it's all become a bit too twee to me. Nothing to get upset about and still some good tracks, particularly My Bes..."  [+]  Reply
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