Top Albums of 1994





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
58
Jeff Buckley Grace Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter
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

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse Symphonic Black Metal
Disco Inferno D. I. Go Pop Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
Stone Temple Pilots Purple Grunge, Hard Rock
Liz Phair Whip-Smart Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
Kristin Hersh Hips and Makers Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom Alternative Rock, Jazz-Rock
Henry Threadgill Carry the Day Avant-Garde Jazz
Orbital Snivilisation Techno
Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi Da Lama ao caos Mangue Beat
Huun-Huur-Tu The Orphan's Lament Tuvan Throat Singing
Autechre Amber Ambient Techno, IDM
Sugar File Under: Easy Listening Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Stereolab Mars Audiac Quintet Art Pop, Experimental Rock, Indie Pop
Method Man Tical Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop
Mano Negra Casa Babylon Alternative Rock, Latin Alternative
The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Rock
Vangelis Blade Runner Film Score, Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient
Stina Nordenstam And She Closed Her Eyes Ambient Pop, Dream Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Common Sense Resurrection Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop
Marisa Monte Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão/Green, Blue, Yellow, Rose and Charcoal MPB, Pop
Warren G Regulate... G Funk Era G-Funk
Bush Sixteen Stone Grunge, Post-Grunge
Iris DeMent My Life Country
Alice in Chains Jar of Flies Acoustic Rock, Grunge
Everything But the Girl Amplified Heart Pop Rock, Sophisti-Pop
Jeru the Damaja The Sun Rises in the East Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Café Tacvba Re Latin Alternative, Pop Rock
Mark Lanegan Whiskey for the Holy Ghost Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Pantera Far Beyond Driven Groove Metal
Eric Clapton From the Cradle Blues, Blues Rock
Primal Scream Give Out But Don't Give Up Blues Rock
The Magnetic Fields The Charm of the Highway Strip Indie Pop, Synthpop
Grant Lee Buffalo Mighty Joe Moon Alt-Country, Alternative Rock, Americana
Shudder to Think Pony Express Record Post-Hardcore
Laika Silver Apples of the Moon Post-Rock, Trip Hop
Lisa Germano Geek the Girl Dream Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore
Nick Lowe The Impossible Bird Singer/Songwriter
Arthur Russell Another Thought Art Pop
The Future Sound of London Lifeforms Ambient Techno
Jawbreaker 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Emo, Punk Rock
NoFX Punk in Drublic Pop Punk, Skate Punk
Palace Brothers Days in the Wake Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Spearhead Home Conscious Hip Hop
Joshua Redman Moodswing Jazz
The Stone Roses Second Coming Baggy / Madchester, Britpop
Grant McLennan Horsebreaker Star Pop Rock
Edwyn Collins Gorgeous George Indie Pop, Pop Rock, Sophisti-Pop
Organized Konfusion Stress: The Extinction Agenda Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime Math Rock, Post-Hardcore
Hootie & The Blowfish Cracked Rear View Heartland Rock, Pop Rock
Evan Parker 50th Birthday Concert European Free Jazz
Elliott Smith Roman Candle Acoustic Rock, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Dan Penn Do Right Man Country Soul, Southern Soul
Terrorvision How to Make Friends and Influence People Alternative Rock, Hard Rock