Top Albums of 1994
1 |
58 |
Jeff Buckley |
Grace |
Alternative Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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2 |
62 |
Portishead |
Dummy |
Trip Hop
|
3 |
111 |
Oasis |
Definitely Maybe |
Britpop
|
4 |
162 |
Nine Inch Nails |
The Downward Spiral |
Industrial Rock
|
5 |
164 |
Blur |
Parklife |
Britpop
|
6 |
169 |
Nas |
Illmatic |
Boom Bap,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
7 |
183 |
Pavement |
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
Indie Rock
|
8 |
227 |
The Notorious B.I.G. |
Ready to Die |
Boom Bap,
Gangsta Rap
|
9 |
236 |
Hole |
Live Through This |
Grunge
|
10 |
260 |
Soundgarden |
Superunknown |
Grunge
|
11 |
271 |
Nirvana |
MTV Unplugged in New York |
Acoustic Rock,
Alternative Rock
|
12 |
278 |
Weezer |
Weezer ["The Blue Album"] |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
|
13 |
309 |
Beastie Boys |
Ill Communication |
Hip Hop
|
14 |
320 |
Green Day |
Dookie |
Pop Punk
|
15 |
352 |
Beck |
Mellow Gold |
Alternative Singer/Songwriter,
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
|
16 |
364 |
Johnny Cash |
American Recordings |
Americana
|
17 |
464 |
The Prodigy |
Music for the Jilted Generation |
Big Beat
|
18 |
481 |
TLC |
CrazySexyCool |
Contemporary R&B
|
19 |
555 |
Guided by Voices |
Bee Thousand |
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
|
20 |
588 |
Underworld |
Dubnobasswithmyheadman |
Techno
|
21 |
701 |
Massive Attack |
Protection |
Trip Hop
|
22 |
710 |
Manic Street Preachers |
The Holy Bible |
Alternative Rock
|
23 |
792 |
Suede |
Dog Man Star |
Britpop,
Glam Rock
|
24 |
854 |
Morrissey |
Vauxhall and I |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock
|
25 |
873 |
Pearl Jam |
Vitalogy |
Grunge
|
26 |
979 |
Blumfeld |
L'Etat Et Moi |
Indie Rock
|
27 |
1011 |
Mary J. Blige |
My Life |
Contemporary R&B
|
28 |
1061 |
Built to Spill |
There's Nothing Wrong with Love |
Indie Rock
|
29 |
1151 |
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds |
Let Love In |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Punk
|
30 |
1181 |
Blues Explosion |
Orange |
Garage Punk,
Punk Blues
|
31 |
1240 |
Shellac |
At Action Park |
Math Rock,
Noise Rock,
Post-Hardcore
|
32 |
1269 |
Kyuss |
Welcome to Sky Valley |
Stoner Metal,
Stoner Rock
|
33 |
1301 |
Korn |
Korn |
Nu Metal
|
34 |
1316 |
Pulp |
His 'n' Hers |
Britpop
|
35 |
1373 |
The Offspring |
Smash |
Skate Punk
|
36 |
1391 |
Aphex Twin |
Selected Ambient Works Volume II |
Ambient,
Electronic
|
37 |
1480 |
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder |
Talking Timbuktu |
Blues,
Mande Music,
Songhai Music
|
38 |
1481 |
Neil Young and Crazy Horse |
Sleeps with Angels |
Rock
|
39 |
1558 |
Therapy? |
Troublegum |
Alternative Metal,
Alternative Rock
|
40 |
1675 |
Tori Amos |
Under the Pink |
Singer/Songwriter
|
41 |
1715 |
Sunny Day Real Estate |
Diary |
Midwest Emo
|
42 |
1717 |
Jawbox |
For Your Own Special Sweetheart |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Hardcore
|
43 |
1748 |
dEUS |
Worst Case Scenario |
Art Rock,
Indie Rock
|
44 |
1769 |
R.E.M. |
Monster |
Alternative Rock
|
45 |
1829 |
Sebadoh |
Bakesale |
Indie Rock
|
46 |
1991 |
Tom Petty |
Wildflowers |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
47 |
2034 |
Frank Black |
Teenager of the Year |
Alternative Rock
|
48 |
2265 |
Ween |
Chocolate and Cheese |
Alternative Rock
|
49 |
2321 |
Tortoise |
Tortoise |
Post-Rock
|
50 |
2338 |
Ben Harper |
Welcome to the Cruel World |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
51 |
2446 |
The Sabres of Paradise |
Haunted Dancehall |
Ambient,
IDM
|
52 |
2452 |
Global Communication |
76:14 |
Ambient,
Ambient Techno
|
53 |
2466 |
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant |
No Quarter - Unledded |
Acoustic Rock,
Blues Rock
|
54 |
2484 |
Bark Psychosis |
Hex |
Post-Rock
|
55 |
2612 |
4 Hero |
Parallel Universe |
Atmospheric Drum and Bass
|
56 |
2692 |
MC Solaar |
Prose combat |
Boom Bap,
Conscious Hip Hop,
French Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap |
57 |
2695 |
Motorpsycho |
Timothy's Monster |
Indie Rock
|
58 |
2706 |
Plastikman |
Musik |
Minimal Techno
|
59 |
2720 |
The High Llamas |
Gideon Gaye |
Chamber Pop,
Sunshine Pop
|
60 |
2724 |
Sloan |
Twice Removed |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
|
61 |
2730 |
Cardinal |
Cardinal |
Chamber Pop
|
62 |
2806 |
Live |
Throwing Copper |
Post-Grunge
|
63 |
2843 |
OutKast |
Southernplayalisti- cadillacmuzik |
Hip Hop
|
64 |
2878 |
Low |
I Could Live in Hope |
Slowcore
|
65 |
2890 |
Robert Hood |
Minimal Nation |
Detroit Techno,
Minimal Techno
|
66 |
2946 |
Machine Head |
Burn My Eyes |
Groove Metal,
Thrash Metal
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Emperor |
In the Nightside Eclipse |
Symphonic Black Metal
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Disco Inferno |
D. I. Go Pop |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Rock
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Stone Temple Pilots |
Purple |
Grunge,
Hard Rock
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Liz Phair |
Whip-Smart |
Alternative Singer/Songwriter,
Indie Rock
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Kristin Hersh |
Hips and Makers |
Alternative Singer/Songwriter,
Indie Folk
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Soul Coughing |
Ruby Vroom |
Alternative Rock,
Jazz-Rock
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Henry Threadgill |
Carry the Day |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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Orbital |
Snivilisation |
Techno
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Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi |
Da Lama ao caos |
Mangue Beat
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Huun-Huur-Tu |
The Orphan's Lament |
Tuvan Throat Singing
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Autechre |
Amber |
Ambient Techno,
IDM
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Sugar |
File Under: Easy Listening |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
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Stereolab |
Mars Audiac Quintet |
Art Pop,
Experimental Rock,
Indie Pop
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Method Man |
Tical |
Boom Bap,
Hardcore Hip Hop
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Mano Negra |
Casa Babylon |
Alternative Rock,
Latin Alternative
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The Rolling Stones |
Voodoo Lounge |
Rock
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Vangelis |
Blade Runner |
Film Score,
Progressive Electronic,
Space Ambient
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Stina Nordenstam |
And She Closed Her Eyes |
Ambient Pop,
Dream Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Common Sense |
Resurrection |
Boom Bap,
Conscious Hip Hop
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Marisa Monte |
Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão/Green, Blue, Yellow, Rose and Charcoal |
MPB,
Pop
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Warren G |
Regulate... G Funk Era |
G-Funk
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Bush |
Sixteen Stone |
Grunge,
Post-Grunge
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Iris DeMent |
My Life |
Country
|
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Alice in Chains |
Jar of Flies |
Acoustic Rock,
Grunge
|
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Everything But the Girl |
Amplified Heart |
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
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Jeru the Damaja |
The Sun Rises in the East |
Boom Bap,
Conscious Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
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Café Tacvba |
Re |
Latin Alternative,
Pop Rock
|
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Mark Lanegan |
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
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Pantera |
Far Beyond Driven |
Groove Metal
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Eric Clapton |
From the Cradle |
Blues,
Blues Rock
|
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Primal Scream |
Give Out But Don't Give Up |
Blues Rock
|
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The Magnetic Fields |
The Charm of the Highway Strip |
Indie Pop,
Synthpop
|
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Grant Lee Buffalo |
Mighty Joe Moon |
Alt-Country,
Alternative Rock,
Americana
|
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Shudder to Think |
Pony Express Record |
Post-Hardcore
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Laika |
Silver Apples of the Moon |
Post-Rock,
Trip Hop
|
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Lisa Germano |
Geek the Girl |
Dream Pop,
Singer/Songwriter,
Slowcore
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Nick Lowe |
The Impossible Bird |
Singer/Songwriter
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Arthur Russell |
Another Thought |
Art Pop
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The Future Sound of London |
Lifeforms |
Ambient Techno
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Jawbreaker |
24 Hour Revenge Therapy |
Emo,
Punk Rock
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NoFX |
Punk in Drublic |
Pop Punk,
Skate Punk
|
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Palace Brothers |
Days in the Wake |
Alt-Country,
Singer/Songwriter
|
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Spearhead |
Home |
Conscious Hip Hop
|
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Joshua Redman |
Moodswing |
Jazz
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The Stone Roses |
Second Coming |
Baggy / Madchester,
Britpop
|
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Grant McLennan |
Horsebreaker Star |
Pop Rock
|
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Edwyn Collins |
Gorgeous George |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock,
Sophisti-Pop
|
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Organized Konfusion |
Stress: The Extinction Agenda |
Boom Bap,
Conscious Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
|
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Drive Like Jehu |
Yank Crime |
Math Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Hootie & The Blowfish |
Cracked Rear View |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock
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Evan Parker |
50th Birthday Concert |
European Free Jazz
|
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Elliott Smith |
Roman Candle |
Acoustic Rock,
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
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Dan Penn |
Do Right Man |
Country Soul,
Southern Soul
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Terrorvision |
How to Make Friends and Influence People |
Alternative Rock,
Hard Rock
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