Best Albums of 1994
Explore the best albums of 1994, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"I actually feel like I'm in love whenever I listen to this album. No other work of music can do that." Reply
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sszwalbenest | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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"Beth Gibbons knows how I'm going to die and will only tell me in riddles" Reply
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"well, ironically it's become one of my favourite albums.. perhaps it was a little unlike what i was accustomed to hip-hop-wise, even nas-wise for that matter.. and after declaring my indifference for it, i actually found myself listening to it all the time.. and it soon painted this awesome pictu..." [+] Reply
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telefunker | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +18 votes (18 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1994
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"Makes you nostalgic for some stereotypical American high-school/college fantasy life you never lived. Loud and bold pseudo-grunge sound with positive undertones that makes it wonderfully upbeat. Insanely catchy but without the usual cheesy baggage you get with other pop songs. Yet, it's hardly an..." [+] Reply
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DeusExMackia | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (8 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1994
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"To fully "get" this, it helps if you were there. Northern. A bloke. 15-early 20s. At the time of release. Lamenting the roses going AWOL, the Mondays going a bit wrong. Sick of grunge and ripped jeans and flannel shirts. Tale end of shoegaze. Verve never fulfilled the glory of the eps on the debu..." [+] Reply
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Graeme2 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +14 votes (15 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1994
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"This is one of the most well regarded live albums for a reason. Nirvana not only managed to make some of the best albums in the 90's, but arguably, one of the best live albums of all time. The whole thing feels laid back, yet right at home with what Nirvana usually sounds like. I get chills from ..." [+] Reply
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"Existencial nihilism put into sound. favorite track: a warm place. this album is about humanity and our self-destructive nature as a whole. The extended metaphor regarding phallic imagery and guns reflects the ways in which man can dominate through violence and sex, rather than simply focusing on..." [+] Reply
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"It's not "grunge". Don't expect your usual short songs, boring repetitive pop hooks in 4/4 time we've come to expect from the indie genre. The musicianship is fantastic. You can really tell everyone's actually listening to each other. And fabulous sound textures without the use of electronic inst..." [+] Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"If you look up "cool" in the dictionary, you will find only a photo of Steve Malkmus kicking Lady Gaga in the balls, while simultaneously shotgunning a six-pack, and receiving fellatio from a trio of Japanese schoolgirls. Also, he is playing guitar." Reply
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1994
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"Maybe not quite the decade's best, but it could be the most "90s" album I've heard. As a catalog of everyday British life in the dole age, it becomes a sort of a looking glass sequel to The Kink's Village Green Preservation Society. So many enjoyable tunes, particularly "Tracy Jacks" and "London ..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of 1994 composition
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| Various Artists | 18 | 2% | |
| 王菲 [Faye Wong] | 4 | 0% | |
| Beck | 4 | 0% | |
| ボアダムス [Boredoms] | 3 | 0% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 0% | |
| Lead Belly | 2 | 0% | |
| Chumbawamba | 2 | 0% | |
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445 | 45% | |
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217 | 22% | |
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47 | 5% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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