Favorite: Oasis - "Definitely Maybe" Runner Ups: Manic Street Preachers - "The Holy Bible" Elvis Costello - "Brutal Youth" Blur - "Parklife" Honorable Mentions: Tom Petty - "Wildflowers" The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Stoned and Dethroned" Suede - "Dog Man Star" The Auteurs - "Now I'm a Cowboy" Material Issue - "Freak City Soundtrack"
Favorite AOY - Soundgarden - Superunknown. Runner-up Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral . Honorable mentions go to Grace by Jeff Buckley, Mellow Gold by Beck and Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains.
Winner: Soundgarden: Superunknown: While this my 2nd favorite album of Soundgarden’s, this was the best overall album in what was a great year for music. In many ways, this was their physical graffiti or sergeant peppers in that it showed the entire music repertoire of Soundgarden's immense talents. It had power grunge rockers like Spoonman and some deep thinking songs like fell on black days. Then some really unique experimental songs, Limo Wreck, Blackhole Sun, 4th of July, and Let me Drown. A lot of lesser known songs - like Limo Wreck and Mailman are really good live. While I prefer Badmotorfinger from start to finish, this was likely SG artistic peak. Great album. Runner up: Weezer: Blue Album - Weezer is the ultimate nerd rock band and this debut is first rate. Sometimes a producer of an album can really make all the difference in the world and that is what happened here. Ric Ocasek really had a major impact on their career and changed the direction of the band. The songs on here are very good and catchy. What I love about the writing here is sophistication of lyrics without being too blunt. Say it isn’t so is a powerful but tastefully done song on having an alcoholic father and how it ended his parent’s marriage. In the Garage is an underrated and awesome song that I think many nerdy teenagers can identify with. Rift in that song is great. Whole album is fantastic though and still sounds good today. Honorable mentions Melvins - Stoner Witch Corrosion of conformity - Deliverance Dream Theater - Awake Weezer: Blue Album MTV unplugged - Nirvana REM - Monster Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Nine inch nails - downward spiral Rolling stones - Voodoo Lounge Offspring Smash Woodstock 94 album - actually a kick ass live album!
Man i literally just replied in this comment section with the same argument regarding Superunknown. I remember going into a recordstore to buy another album, somehow went home with Superunknown and it almost never left my stereo the entire year (decade?). Its blistering, psychedelic with Beatle/Zeppelin hooks and never bettered performances by the band. Its like London Calling in that it rose like a phoenix from the scene which it bore.
Fave: Dream Theater - Awake Runner Up: Helloween - Master Of The Rings HM: Megadeth - Youthanasia Running Wild - Black Hand Inn Savatage - Handful Of Rain Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso Tiamat - Wildhoney Mercyful Fate - Time Magnum - Rock Art Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
The Best 1. Soundgarden - Superunknown 2. Jeff Buckley - Grace 3. Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon 4. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple 5. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies The Rest Korn - s/t Danzig - Danzig 4 Live - Throwing Copper Pearl Jam - Vitalogy Tom Petty - Wildflowers Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley Toadies - Rubberneck
1) Superunknown - Soundgarden (Dark, sludgy, rambunctious and melodically sophisticated, this album feels like a modern day Led Zeppelin's album and is an overwhelming favourite of mine) 2) Dookie - Green Day 3) Definitely Maybe - Oasis 4) Purple - Stone Temple Pilots 5) MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana 6) Youthanasia - Megadeth 7) Weezer - The Blue Album 8) Sixteen Stone - Bush 9) No Need To Argue - The Cranberries 10) Vitalogy - Pearl Jam Honourable Mentions: 1) Monster - R.E.M. 2) Wallflowers - Tom Petty 3) Mellow Gold - Beck 4) Smash - The Offspring 5) The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails 6) Grace - Jeff Buckley 7) Throwing Copper - Live 8) Parklife - Blur 9) III Communication - Beastie Boys 10) The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
I agree Soundgarden was easily the best of the year. I suppose I should've put Dookie in my honorable mentions... although I've never been a huge Green Day fan. Good list, tho.
Top pick: Live - Throwing Copper: Powerful, passionate, explosive and soulful. So intense! This thing gives me massive goosebumps throughout. This is probably my favorite '90s alternative album, or damn close to being so. Runner-up: The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot: The only B-sides/outtakes disc that will make top pick/runner-up in this series. I actually enjoy this more than Gish and Siamese Dream. Played it to death. Crazy-large list of HM's: Yes - Talk Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Basia - The Sweetest Illusion Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet Massive Attack - Protection Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Soundgarden - Superunknown King's X - Dogman Queensryche - Promised Land Dream Theater - Awake Slayer - Divine Intervention Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction R.E.M. - Monster Jeff Buckley - Grace
My favourite album of 1994 is *’Dummy’* by Portishead. I can vividly remember when I first heard it, round at a flat belonging to a bloke called Dangerous Nick. He told me I was about to hear the future of music. I was somewhat sceptical about so bold a claim, much less so after I’d listened to the record. Its utterly beguiling mix of sultry vocals, film noir collages and trippy beats was much imitated but never bettered. Runner up is *’Unplugged in New York’* by Nirvana. Having previously expressed my loathing for ‘grunge’, this might seem a strange choice. But this wasn’t a grunge record. It was however, a brilliant record, and is the only Nirvana album I have any desire to listen to. Stripped of all the noise and bluster, the true value of Cobain’s songs shines through, and the cover versions were superbly judged and performed brilliantly. It is so tragic that the record that pointed to how Nirvana’s music could have evolved should turn out to be their epitaph.
Excellent commentary, much appreciated. The seminal effect of Dummy I have shared for a long time, though I find the album itself difficult to listen to repeatedly without long breaks in between. Your comments on Nirvana's Unplugged effort drove me back to listen again. "Stripped of all the noise and bluster". You put your finger right on it. Yes, what a tragedy that he/they never grew into this style. Thanks for that.
1. Dream Theater - Awake 2. Marillion - Brave 3. Motley Crue - S/T 4. Fates Warning - Inside Out 5. Steve Perry For the Love of Strange Medicine Honorable Mentions: Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation Soundgarden - Superunknown Yes - Talk Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso Savatage - Handful of Rain Tesla - Bust a Nut Testament - Low Queensryche - Promised Land Megadeth - Youthansia Cinderella - Still Climbing
I much prefer Fish-era Marillion, but Brave was their masterpiece. My 4th favourite album of all time and the best since the 70’s. A wonderfully ambiental, moving, melodic progressive concept album. Honourable mentions to Live’s “Throwing Copper”, The Cranberries “No Need to Argue” and The Black Crowes’ “Amorica”, all stellar albums.
#1 Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral = One of the greatest and most creative albums of the 90s imo #2 Machine Head- Burn My Eyes Alice Cooper = Last Temptation The Cult - s/t Korn - s/t Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley Megadeth - youthanaisa Motley Crue - s/t Pantera - Far Beyond Driven Peral Jam - Vitalogy Prong - The Cleansing Queensryche - Promised Land Rollins Band - Weight Slayer - Divine Intervention Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Soundgarden - Superunknown Tori Amos - Under the Pink Urbain Dance Squad - Persona Non Grata
1. Superunknown -Soundgarden 2. Where It All Begins -Allman Brothers 3. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain -Pavement 4. Sleeps With Angels -Neil Young 5. Vitalogy -Pearl Jam 6. Ill Communication -Beastie Boys 7. Live Through This -Hole 8. Dummy -Portishead
5. Sugar - File Under Easy Listening (One day in the 80s I passed a record shop window and saw Tim Buckley's Greetings From L.A. on display that was missing in my collection. I went inside and searched for it but it was not in any of the categories I looked. I asked the guy behind the counter and he searched through his papers and said "It's filed under Easy Listening". Maybe his name was Bob Mould?) 4. James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Bayerischer Hof (Munich, Germany is probably the most unlikely place to look for delta blues and Ulmer is not really the guy to play it.) 3. Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (I loved them when I was 10 and still did at 35. They still loved to play the music I loved to listen to.) 2. Pretenders - Last of the Independents (Her topics may have changed and her audience is not Forever Young. But she grew stronger and so did we who listened.) 1. Walkabouts - Setting the Woods on Fire (I saw them labeled alternative country or alternative this-and-that but those labels mean nothing. Exile on Main Street is one of my all time favourites and these songs take off from Sweet Virginia and Shine a Light. Not a single weak spot on those 12 songs and it was their 6th album.)
1 Jimi Hendrix-Blues 2 Eric Clapton-From The Cradle 3 Pink Floyd-Division Bell. HM's Urban Species-Listen, Massive Attack-Protection, Louis Armstrong-Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Box Set.
Easy #1 for me. Pink Floyd “Division Bell”. My new girlfriend and now my wife of 15 years loved that album. I cranked it up loud on my home stereo system while we laid on the couch. Coming Back to Life is our song. Great memories! No runner up that year.
Favorite: Pink Floyd-The Division Bell Runner up: Page and Plant-No Quarter Honorable Mention: ZZ Top-Antenna, John Mellencamp-Dance Naked, Todd Snider-Songs For A Dying Planet, Eric Clapton-From The Cradle, Eagles-Hell Freezes Over, Tom Petty-Wild Flowers.
Ahh, the age of the internet & Alternative music....In this vein;the shortlist for me: 1. SOUNDGARDEN/SuperUnknown 2. KING'S X/ DogMan 3.LIVE/Throwing Copper 4.BUSH/Sixteen Stone. Really like the tee designs!!!
Things are looking up. I was able to put together a much more substantial list from '94 than I had for the previous few years. There are 3 albums from 1994 that I still listen to today, along with a lot of honorable mentions. Without further delay.... #1. The Division Bell from Pink Floyd #2. Awake from Dream Theater #3. Wildflowers from Tom Petty. All 3 of these albums still sound great and I've listened to each of them within the last few months. Shoutouts to Weezer, Oasis, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Live, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, the Stones, Black Crows, Queensryche, Eagles, and New Order. Thanks, Pete.
Favorite: Voodoo Lounge - Rolling Stones; Runner-up: Where It All Begins - The Allman Brothers Band; Honorable mention: Monster - R.E.M. The Rolling Stones and Allman Brothers Band albums were the best albums by those two bands that I've heard in years.
Ahh shit, completely forgot about Monster when compiling my own list. Thanks for reminding me. Fantastic album, was in constant rotation in my CD player back in the time. Probably my favourite REM album along with New Adventures
1. Yes - Talk - loved it then still love it now, my favourite of theirs with Trevor Rabin 2. Roine Stolt - The Flower King followed up with Glenn Hughes FromNow On, Jadis Across the Water, Dream Theater Awake
(1) Boston *Walk On* - I still remember hearing “I Need Your Love” on the radio when it first came out. It still feels a little bit like summer when I hear that song. (2) Traffic *Far From Home* - as a Traffic fan born when they broke up in 1974, this was huge for me when it came out. In retrospect, it may not be much of a Traffic album, but it *is* a fantastic Steve Winwood album. (3) Yes *Talk* - my favorite release from the Rabin era.
My favorite from 1994 is Prong "Cleansing" Runnerups in no particular order Corrosion of Conformity "Deliverance" NIN "The Downward Spiral" Dream Theater "Awake" Toadies "Rubberneck" Pantera "Far Beyond Driven" King's X "Dogman Tori Amos "Under The Pink"
1. Amorphis- Tales From the Thousand Lakes 2. Samael- Ceremony of Opposites 3. Cradle of Filth- The Principle of Evil Made Flesh 4. Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse 5. Tiamat- Wildhoney 6. Machine Head- Burn My Eyes 7. Edge of Sanity- Purgatory Afterglow 8. Mayhem- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 9. Megadeth- Youthanasia 10. Pyogenesis- Sweet X-rated Nothings
Tales from the Thousand Lakes is a wonderful album. It was my first album with growls. I would recommend it to people who want to get into music with that vocal style.
Top pick: I Could Live in Hope - Low Runner-up: Too High to Die - Meat Puppets Honorable mentions: Roman Candle - Elliott Smith Youthanasia - Megadeth Vauxhall and I - Morrissey Let Love In - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Bakesale - Sebadoh 11 Tracks of Whack - Walter Becker Dog Man Star - Suede File Under: Easy Listening - Sugar
1. Beck - Mellow Gold 2. Allman Bros Band - Back Where it all Begins 3. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley 4. Black Crowes - Amorica 5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In 6. Beck - Stereopathetic Soulmanure 7. C.O.C. - Deliverance 8. Phish - Hoist 9. Beck - One Foot in the Grave 10. Pantera - Far Beyond Honorable: Rollins Band - Wieght Blues Traveler - 4
That album is a real treasure trove of fantastic songs. You have all of the hits but then there's this wide array of deep cuts that are equally as good! Like Suicide, Head Down, Let Me Drown, Fresh Tendrils, 4th of July...to name a few.
"Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" by Pavement. At the time i was pretty much only listening to non-commercial computer music but looking back today this album comes up. Many great songs on here.
Favourite of 1994 is a tie between Live- Throwing Copper and Stone Temple Pilots- Purple! Runner ups: The Tragically Hip- Day For Night, Pearl Jam- Vitalogy and Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies Honourable mentions: Sloan- Twice Removed Soundgarden- Superunknown Offspring- Smash Green Day- Dookie REM- Monster Bush- Sixteen Stone Nirvana- MTV Unplugged Oasis- Definitely Maybe Weezer- The Blue Album Beastie Boys- ill Communication Our Lady Peace- Naveed Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscariot Pantera- Far Beyond Driven Dave Matthews Band- Under the Table and Dreaming Pink Floyd- The Division Bell Tom Petty- Wildflowers
American Recordings - Johnny Cash Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Two male singers not known for their great range, but both great revival recordings - JC revival and the big band sound
I am not a county fan by any means but there is one exception and the American Recordings series did him right. My favourite is still coming in the years to follow.
So difficult a some belters this year. Anyhow here goes: 1. Marillion - Brave 2 Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies 3. Soundgarden - Superunknown 4. Live - Throwing Coppers 5. Nick Drake - Way to Blue 6 . Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Soundgarden - Superunknown Silver Medal: Cinderella - Still Climbing Bronze Medal: Stone Roses - Second Coming_ Honorable Mention: Bon Jovi - Cross Road (I know i cheated, its a compilation album :) ) Jeff Buckley - Grace
Brave Marillion..i met the guys as they were recording in liverpool at parr street..singer and guitarist came back to my bands rehearsal room..great days
Great year for me. Two of my favorite groups released kickass albums. They toured that year and saw them in Mexico City, both in my top 10 most memorable concert experiences (Fish and Roger Waters were not missed): 1. Brave - Marillion. 2. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd.
Soundgarden- Superunknown. This album just didn't leave my cd player for at least 8 months after it came out, there are just some monsterous tracks on here, the best of which stand the test of time, even the overplayed ones still blow my mind (ok perhaps I could do without Spoonman truth be told) just a signature album in every way for me !! Runner Up(s) - A tie again. Dream Theater- Awake and Jeff Buckley - Grace. Both amazing albums for very different reasons. DT at their best in my opinion, darker, heavier, more unpredictable, a killer album ! Jeff Buckley, just flat out jaw droppingly amazing as a writer, singer, guitarist. A shooting star that was gone all too soon. HMs Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse Kings X - Dogman Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies Killing Joke - Pandemonium Marillion - Brave No Man - Flowermouth
The top 5 are not just favorites from the year, but outside of Grace which is his only proper studio album, are favorite records among those bands discographies. 1. Marillion - Brave 2. Dream Theater - Awake 3. Jeff Buckley - Grace 4. Savatage - Handful of Rain 5. Queensryche - Promised Land 6. King's X - Dogman 7. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell 8. Fates Warning - Inside Out 9. Atomic Opera - For Madmen Only 10. Tiles - Tiles 11, Boston - Walk On 12. Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria 13. Dean Magraw - Broken Silence 14, Live - Throwing Copper 15. Pushmonkey - Maize
No. 1 for 1994 is Eric Clapton: From the Cradle. Runner up goes to Richard Thompson: Mirror Blue. Followed by: 3. The Grip Weeds: House of Vibes 4. Pink Floyd: Division Bell 5. Dio: Strange Highways 6. Pearl Jam: Vitalogy 7. King'x: Dogman 8. Savatage: Handful of Rain 9. Chesterfield Kings: Let's Go Get Stoned 10. Roine Stolt: The Flower King
@@spaghetti.lee-69 Lucky you! Wish I could hear it for the first time again. It's an amazing album, and extremely influential, which takes away some of the originality it had when it first came out.
1. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes 2. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory 3. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven 4. Testament - Low 5. In Flames - Lunar Strain 6. Slayer - Divine Intervention 7. Amorphis -Tales From The Thousand Lakes 8. Mercyful Fate - Time 9. Dream Theater - Awake 10. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance BME is hands down my favourite MH album, I've had Davidian as my ring tone since I've had a phone that could have custom songs as a ringtone. Absolutely great album top to bottom. Bolt Thrower released a killer album in For Victory, that was the second album of theirs that I got into and it's probably my third favourite of theirs. Behind "IVth Crusade" and "For Those Once Loyal." Great stuff.
My favorite would be Stone Temple Pilots - Purple. And this would be my favorite Alternative Rock album ever! My backup would be Boston - Walk On. No Brad Delp. But Fran Cosmo is so underrated. The last great Boston album imo. Honorable mentions... Dream Theater - Awake Pantera - Far Beyond Driven Megadeth - Youthanasia Tesla - Bust a Nut Savatage - Handful of Rain Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid Tony MacAlpine - Premonition Marty Friedman - Introduction Stratovarius- Dreamspace Soundgarden - Superunknown Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies Talisman - Humanimal Part 1 and Part 2 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy Live - Throwing Copper
John Nelson STP are one of my all time favourite bands and Purple is one the best albums of the 90's for sure. I picked that and Throwing Copper as my favourites from 1994!
1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 2. R.E.M. - Monster 3. Weezer 4. Soundgarden - Superunknown 5. Samiam - Clumsy (so under-rated!) 6. Green Day - Dookie Edit: I forgot Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction. My favorite album by them.
1) Marillion: Brave; 2) Pink Floyd: The Division Bell; 3) Kings X: Dogman; 4) Live: Throwing Copper; 5) Yes: Talk (One of my favourite Yes albums, a very underrated album). Also, MSP: The Holy Bible; Savatage: Handful of Rain and Boston: Walk On.
Man....A Great Year....lot o great albums. 1)The Division Bell. 2)Jar of Files. 3)Superunknown 4)Dookie. 5)Monster. Honorable mentions. Throwing Copper Nirvana Unplugged. No Need To Argue. Smash Where It All Begins
Back in the 90s I was listening to more of the alternative bands. But I like hearing your views on your favorites. It’s really why I’ve been tuning in to your program, to get the scoop on good albums that I’m not too familiar with.
Thanks, Pete. Again, I am finding these years to be a challenge as my musical tastes were changing as the result of age and experiences. For me, my favorite album of 1994 would be PINK FLOYD - THE DIVISION BELL. I played this album for hours and hours during that year in my Walkman - and still love it today. My runner up is BLUES TRAVELER - FOUR. What a fun album that was. There were albums that I was really into for about ten minutes (Rusted Root - When I Woke). My honorable mentions are: Johnny Cash - American Recording Jimmy Page/Robert Plant - No Quarter
#1 Album 1994 Soundgarden was a great band to see in concert and Superunknown is their crowning achievement. “Fell on a Black Days” is a killer track. RedSea are my runner up. 1. Soundgarden: Superunknown 2. RedSea: Blood
Kind of hard to pick just one for this year but I’ll go with Stone Temple Pilots-Purple ( loved it then and still love it now) For my runners up I pick : Sloan-Twice Removed Soundgarden-Superunknown Green Day-Dookie Pantera-Far Beyond Driven Nirvana-Unplugged Pink Floyd-Division Bell REM-Monster Alice In Chains-Jar Of Flies
1994, all faves: 1. NINE INCH NAILS The Downward Spiral 2. ALLMAN BROS Where It All Begins 3. APHEX TWIN Selected Ambient Works, Vol.2 4. YES Talk 5. THE CHARLATANS UK Up To Our Hips 6. TOM PETTY Wildflowers 7. ANITA HEGERLAND Voices 8. SKY CRIES MARY This Timeless Turning 9. INKAKENAS El Condor Pasa 10. POPOL VUH City Raga 11. ORBITAL Snivilisation 12. JON ANDERSON Change We Must 13. HAROLD BUDD She Is A Phantom 14. ANDY PARTRIDGE & HAROLD BUDD Through The Hill 15. JON ANDERSON Deseo
Testament - Low; Napalm Death - Fear, Emptiness, Despair; Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies; Soundgarden - Superunknown; King's X - Dogman; Motley Crue - s/t; Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes; Dream Theater - Awake; Pentagram - Be Forewarned; Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Beethoven 9 Symphonies- Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner. This is a landmark critical edition correcting many mistakes going back to the original publications and mistakes often made by copyists. The most notable is #5. This is for me the most performed work in my classical career. When my orchestra performed this critical edition, old habits had to be overcome. It's Beethoven #5 the way Beethoven intended it. I highly recommend it even for non-classical fans.
@@zachary1966 #9 was the last of the Beethoven symphonies that I got to perform. I was so excited when I did, but by the end of it, I and my white tie & tails were soaked in sweat. As a double bassist, I have to admit that for that one I'd rather be in the audience. It was exhausting. I do miss the orchestra but with the decline of it I'm now playing jazz. It's ok but not near as thrilling.
Glenn Hughes..... Burning Japan Live Glenn is absolutely back with this amazing live document. I still remember when my reaction when I saw this in a store. Trimmed to a single CD set of eleven songs. Some Blackmore Purple, some Bolan Purple, some Hughes/Thrall, plus two from the fine new solo album. And there is a lot of quality stuff from this year. 2) The Cramps...... Flame job Not a lot of rockabilly or punk here amongst us. That is fine. I just wonder if I missed something after these years. I was late in finding The Cramps. A lot of my favorite records I discover well after their original release. This record is a ton of fun, best known for the song Ultra Twist and the video for that song (only found the video recently). 3) Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon..... Prairie Home Invasion Great fun from the Dead Kennedy's singer teaming with Mojo. It's folk country with Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down (real country has no flutes, or samplers either) and Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus. 4) Rhino Bucket.... Pain An AC/DC inspired band that is heavier and angry. What's not to love? 5) The Beat Farmers...... Viking Lullabys Mojo Nixon's friend Country Dick Montana is a drummer/singer in this band. Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus and Baby's Liquor'd Up are found here. 6) Nine Pound Hammer..... Hayseed Time Bomb The first real good record with future Nashville Pussy front man Blaine Cartwright playing guitar here. Great country-rock punk found here. 7) The Mick Ronson Primer Didn't we know that Ronson played on Jack And Diane by John Mellencamp? We do now. And Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed as well? Only eight tracks to promote his last album before his death. Of course it has All The Young Dudes, Ziggy Stardust and Once Bitten Twice Shy......babe. 8) Guitar Wolf...... Run Wolf Rum Japanese noise garage rock. It has a cover of Kick Out The Jams by the MC5. 'Nuff said. 9) Jimmy Page & Robert Plant..... No Quarter Who can forget that finale of Kashmir? 10) BBM ..... Around The Next Dream Gary Moore gets the gig in Cream. Of course, it's not Cream without Clapton. But the other two members of Cream are here. It is a team-up of Moore and Jack Bruce, of course. Bruce had appeared on some of Moore's hard rock albums in the eighties. But this is more blues, which Moore had started playing a few years before. 11) Eddie Hazel.... Jams From The Heart The master guitarist of Maggot Brain from Funkadelic dies too young. This is some recordings from 1975 released posthumously. 12) Rolling Stones.... Voodoo Lounge Keith Richards brings the groove from his solo albums to the Stones. Love Is Strong, the opening track, totally would belong on Keith's Main Offender album sung by him. I am leaving a lot out. Albert Lee, Joan Jett, a Simon House solo record (Hawkwind), Bebe Buell..... Great year.
1. Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies 2. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven 3. Helloween - Master of The Rings 4. Dream Theater - Awake 5. Obituary - World Demise
1. Live - Throwing Copper 2. Cinderella - Still Climbing (carrying on the tradition of the Stones & Aerosmith with the sounds here rather than the hair metal) 3. Soundgarden - Superunknown 4. The Black Crowes - Amorica (one of the most consistently excellent blues-based rock outfits)
Brother, we probably came up near the same era. Thanks for reminding me of the music forgotten while broadening my horizons to music missed. My entire collection of vinyl, tape, and digital was lost in Katrina.... But, that's ok as a rediscovery was put into motion. Thanks for what you do.
1. Soundgarden - Superunknown
2. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Superunknown is a start to finish album.
@Roof Korean He's saying every song is good and you can listen to it from start to finish without skipping songs.
Fave: Pink Floyd - Division Bell
R/up: Megadeth - Youthanasia
- Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
- Dream Theater - Awake
- Soundgarden - Superunknown
Marcelo B that’s my circle of albums from that year to
1 - Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
2 - Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
3 - Soundgarden - Superunknown
Difficult to argue against any of these excellent albums.
I can’t even begin to pick a favorite. Too many drop dead classics for me to choose.
Favorite:
Oasis - "Definitely Maybe"
Runner Ups:
Manic Street Preachers - "The Holy Bible"
Elvis Costello - "Brutal Youth"
Blur - "Parklife"
Honorable Mentions:
Tom Petty - "Wildflowers"
The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Stoned and Dethroned"
Suede - "Dog Man Star"
The Auteurs - "Now I'm a Cowboy"
Material Issue - "Freak City Soundtrack"
Oasis by a mile
Blur rules!
Favorite AOY - Soundgarden - Superunknown. Runner-up Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral . Honorable mentions go to Grace by Jeff Buckley, Mellow Gold by Beck and Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains.
1.Wildflowers-Tom Petty
2.The division bell-Pink Floyd
3.unplugged in N.Y.-Nirvana
4.American recordings-Johnny Cash
5.Where it all begins-Allman Brothers (forgot almost)
Wildflowers was my runner-up.
@@benmeltzer What was your # 1?
Winner: Soundgarden: Superunknown: While this my 2nd favorite album of Soundgarden’s, this was the best overall album in what was a great year for music. In many ways, this was their physical graffiti or sergeant peppers in that it showed the entire music repertoire of Soundgarden's immense talents. It had power grunge rockers like Spoonman and some deep thinking songs like fell on black days. Then some really unique experimental songs, Limo Wreck, Blackhole Sun, 4th of July, and Let me Drown. A lot of lesser known songs - like Limo Wreck and Mailman are really good live. While I prefer Badmotorfinger from start to finish, this was likely SG artistic peak. Great album.
Runner up: Weezer: Blue Album - Weezer is the ultimate nerd rock band and this debut is first rate. Sometimes a producer of an album can really make all the difference in the world and that is what happened here. Ric Ocasek really had a major impact on their career and changed the direction of the band. The songs on here are very good and catchy. What I love about the writing here is sophistication of lyrics without being too blunt. Say it isn’t so is a powerful but tastefully done song on having an alcoholic father and how it ended his parent’s marriage. In the Garage is an underrated and awesome song that I think many nerdy teenagers can identify with. Rift in that song is great. Whole album is fantastic though and still sounds good today.
Honorable mentions
Melvins - Stoner Witch
Corrosion of conformity - Deliverance
Dream Theater - Awake
Weezer: Blue Album
MTV unplugged - Nirvana
REM - Monster
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Nine inch nails - downward spiral
Rolling stones - Voodoo Lounge
Offspring Smash
Woodstock 94 album - actually a kick ass live album!
Two of my top too!
Absolutely bang on with Soundgarden. 1994 was a year of some amazing rock albums, and that was a truly classic album, the best of the lot.
Brain Stormer totally epic masterpiece
another band I forgot to mention was The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Man i literally just replied in this comment section with the same argument regarding Superunknown. I remember going into a recordstore to buy another album, somehow went home with Superunknown and it almost never left my stereo the entire year (decade?). Its blistering, psychedelic with Beatle/Zeppelin hooks and never bettered performances by the band. Its like London Calling in that it rose like a phoenix from the scene which it bore.
Fave: Dream Theater - Awake
Runner Up: Helloween - Master Of The Rings
HM:
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
Savatage - Handful Of Rain
Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Mercyful Fate - Time
Magnum - Rock Art
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
The Best
1. Soundgarden - Superunknown
2. Jeff Buckley - Grace
3. Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
4. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
5. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
The Rest
Korn - s/t
Danzig - Danzig 4
Live - Throwing Copper
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Toadies - Rubberneck
1) Superunknown - Soundgarden
(Dark, sludgy, rambunctious and melodically sophisticated, this album feels like a modern day Led Zeppelin's album and is an overwhelming favourite of mine)
2) Dookie - Green Day
3) Definitely Maybe - Oasis
4) Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
5) MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
6) Youthanasia - Megadeth
7) Weezer - The Blue Album
8) Sixteen Stone - Bush
9) No Need To Argue - The Cranberries
10) Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Honourable Mentions:
1) Monster - R.E.M.
2) Wallflowers - Tom Petty
3) Mellow Gold - Beck
4) Smash - The Offspring
5) The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
6) Grace - Jeff Buckley
7) Throwing Copper - Live
8) Parklife - Blur
9) III Communication - Beastie Boys
10) The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
I agree Soundgarden was easily the best of the year. I suppose I should've put Dookie in my honorable mentions... although I've never been a huge Green Day fan.
Good list, tho.
simon thai Your list is most similar to mine. It's good to see love for Throwing Copper and Purple!
Don't care for Bush, but otherwise your list is very similar to mine.
Top pick: Live - Throwing Copper: Powerful, passionate, explosive and soulful. So intense! This thing gives me massive goosebumps throughout. This is probably my favorite '90s alternative album, or damn close to being so.
Runner-up: The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot: The only B-sides/outtakes disc that will make top pick/runner-up in this series. I actually enjoy this more than Gish and Siamese Dream. Played it to death.
Crazy-large list of HM's:
Yes - Talk
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Basia - The Sweetest Illusion
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
Massive Attack - Protection
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Soundgarden - Superunknown
King's X - Dogman
Queensryche - Promised Land
Dream Theater - Awake
Slayer - Divine Intervention
Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
R.E.M. - Monster
Jeff Buckley - Grace
D T195 Throwing Copper and Purple topped my list for 1994! It was a great year for albums!
The best Alternative album I ever heard! Mental Jewelry is incredible too!
My favourite album of 1994 is *’Dummy’* by Portishead. I can vividly remember when I first heard it, round at a flat belonging to a bloke called Dangerous Nick. He told me I was about to hear the future of music. I was somewhat sceptical about so bold a claim, much less so after I’d listened to the record. Its utterly beguiling mix of sultry vocals, film noir collages and trippy beats was much imitated but never bettered.
Runner up is *’Unplugged in New York’* by Nirvana. Having previously expressed my loathing for ‘grunge’, this might seem a strange choice. But this wasn’t a grunge record. It was however, a brilliant record, and is the only Nirvana album I have any desire to listen to. Stripped of all the noise and bluster, the true value of Cobain’s songs shines through, and the cover versions were superbly judged and performed brilliantly. It is so tragic that the record that pointed to how Nirvana’s music could have evolved should turn out to be their epitaph.
Inspired choices especially the Nirvana Unplugged....
I completely missed that one and is the only Nirvana album I still listen to
Excellent commentary, much appreciated. The seminal effect of Dummy I have shared for a long time, though I find the album itself difficult to listen to repeatedly without long breaks in between.
Your comments on Nirvana's Unplugged effort drove me back to listen again. "Stripped of all the noise and bluster". You put your finger right on it. Yes, what a tragedy that he/they never grew into this style. Thanks for that.
1. Dream Theater - Awake
2. Marillion - Brave
3. Motley Crue - S/T
4. Fates Warning - Inside Out
5. Steve Perry For the Love of Strange Medicine
Honorable Mentions:
Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Yes - Talk
Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso
Savatage - Handful of Rain
Tesla - Bust a Nut
Testament - Low
Queensryche - Promised Land
Megadeth - Youthansia
Cinderella - Still Climbing
Finally... I read a lot of comments before finding someone mentioning my #1, Bruce Dickinson. :-)
Picasso almost made it in my top 5, but the others just had a slight bit more impact on me.
@@stevecraig5494 hey its in my Top 10 as well 😎
Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels
1. Superunknown - Soundgarden
2. Division Bell - Pink Floyd
Yes, Superunknown all the way. The Physical Graffity of the 90s imho. We will not see a Heavy Rock album like that anytime soon.
Queensryche: Promised Land
Soundgarden: Superunknown
Stone Temple Pilots: Purple
Tony MacAlpine: Premonition
Page/Plant: No Quarter
Purple was the first rock cd I ever bought. Still listen to it to this day
1) Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral"
2) Soundgarden - "Superunknown"
1) Tiamat - Wildhoney
2) Mercyful Fate - Time
Favorite: King's X - Dogman
Runner-up: Dream Theater- Awake
King's X 🤯. Unbelievable album.
Under rated band!
I much prefer Fish-era Marillion, but Brave was their masterpiece. My 4th favourite album of all time and the best since the 70’s. A wonderfully ambiental, moving, melodic progressive concept album.
Honourable mentions to Live’s “Throwing Copper”, The Cranberries “No Need to Argue” and The Black Crowes’ “Amorica”, all stellar albums.
1. Cheap Trick - Woke Up With A Monster
2. Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation
3. Weezer - Blue Album
#1 Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral = One of the greatest and most creative albums of the 90s imo
#2 Machine Head- Burn My Eyes
Alice Cooper = Last Temptation
The Cult - s/t
Korn - s/t
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Megadeth - youthanaisa
Motley Crue - s/t
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Peral Jam - Vitalogy
Prong - The Cleansing
Queensryche - Promised Land
Rollins Band - Weight
Slayer - Divine Intervention
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Tori Amos - Under the Pink
Urbain Dance Squad - Persona Non Grata
1. Superunknown -Soundgarden 2. Where It All Begins -Allman Brothers 3. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain -Pavement 4. Sleeps With Angels -Neil Young 5. Vitalogy -Pearl Jam 6. Ill Communication -Beastie Boys 7. Live Through This -Hole 8. Dummy -Portishead
Good year.
Winner: King's X - Dogman
Honorable: Fates Warning Inside Out, Dream Theater Awake, Queensryche Promised Land, Soundgarden Superunknown, Nirvana MTV Unplugged, Pink Floyd Division Bell
Black Crowes - Amorica
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
5. Sugar - File Under Easy Listening (One day in the 80s I passed a record shop window and saw Tim Buckley's Greetings From L.A. on display that was missing in my collection. I went inside and searched for it but it was not in any of the categories I looked. I asked the guy behind the counter and he searched through his papers and said "It's filed under Easy Listening". Maybe his name was Bob Mould?)
4. James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Bayerischer Hof (Munich, Germany is probably the most unlikely place to look for delta blues and Ulmer is not really the guy to play it.)
3. Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins (I loved them when I was 10 and still did at 35. They still loved to play the music I loved to listen to.)
2. Pretenders - Last of the Independents (Her topics may have changed and her audience is not Forever Young. But she grew stronger and so did we who listened.)
1. Walkabouts - Setting the Woods on Fire (I saw them labeled alternative country or alternative this-and-that but those labels mean nothing. Exile on Main Street is one of my all time favourites and these songs take off from Sweet Virginia and Shine a Light. Not a single weak spot on those 12 songs and it was their 6th album.)
1 Jimi Hendrix-Blues 2 Eric Clapton-From The Cradle 3 Pink Floyd-Division Bell.
HM's Urban Species-Listen, Massive Attack-Protection, Louis Armstrong-Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Box Set.
Easy #1 for me. Pink Floyd “Division Bell”. My new girlfriend and now my wife of 15 years loved that album. I cranked it up loud on my home stereo system while we laid on the couch. Coming Back to Life is our song. Great memories! No runner up that year.
Favorite: Pink Floyd-The Division Bell
Runner up: Page and Plant-No Quarter
Honorable Mention: ZZ Top-Antenna, John Mellencamp-Dance Naked, Todd Snider-Songs For A Dying Planet, Eric Clapton-From The Cradle, Eagles-Hell Freezes Over, Tom Petty-Wild Flowers.
1. The Allman Brothers - Where it all Begins
2. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
3. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Ahh, the age of the internet & Alternative music....In this vein;the shortlist for me: 1. SOUNDGARDEN/SuperUnknown 2. KING'S X/ DogMan 3.LIVE/Throwing Copper 4.BUSH/Sixteen Stone. Really like the tee designs!!!
1. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
2. Soundgarden - Superunknown
Things are looking up. I was able to put together a much more substantial list from '94 than I had for the previous few years. There are 3 albums from 1994 that I still listen to today, along with a lot of honorable mentions. Without further delay....
#1. The Division Bell from Pink Floyd
#2. Awake from Dream Theater
#3. Wildflowers from Tom Petty.
All 3 of these albums still sound great and I've listened to each of them within the last few months.
Shoutouts to Weezer, Oasis, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Live, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, the Stones, Black Crows, Queensryche, Eagles, and New Order. Thanks, Pete.
Favorite: Voodoo Lounge - Rolling Stones; Runner-up: Where It All Begins - The Allman Brothers Band; Honorable mention: Monster - R.E.M. The Rolling Stones and Allman Brothers Band albums were the best albums by those two bands that I've heard in years.
Ahh shit, completely forgot about Monster when compiling my own list. Thanks for reminding me. Fantastic album, was in constant rotation in my CD player back in the time. Probably my favourite REM album along with New Adventures
Yes, Monster was a great record. I liked it much better than Automatic For The People and Out of Time- I found those rather uninspired.
@@andimachovec2719 Yea Monster just missed my top ten. '94 was a very good year!
Steve Clark Listened to Voodoo Lounge recently and it is a much better album than it was given credit for at the time. Good choices
1.Where it All Begins
2. Division Bell
3. Wildflowers
My top 2 as well.
1. Yes - Talk - loved it then still love it now, my favourite of theirs with Trevor Rabin
2. Roine Stolt - The Flower King
followed up with Glenn Hughes FromNow On, Jadis Across the Water, Dream Theater Awake
Great to see roine as your nr 2(my nr 1,talk 3rd after brave) 👍
Talk about Talk
1: Allman brothers band-- Where it all began
2: Pink floyd-- Division bell
(1) Boston *Walk On* - I still remember hearing “I Need Your Love” on the radio when it first came out. It still feels a little bit like summer when I hear that song.
(2) Traffic *Far From Home* - as a Traffic fan born when they broke up in 1974, this was huge for me when it came out. In retrospect, it may not be much of a Traffic album, but it *is* a fantastic Steve Winwood album.
(3) Yes *Talk* - my favorite release from the Rabin era.
I wish I had bought Talk as Its almost impossible to get a copy of it in the UK
Traffic - Far From Home, Superb album!!
Walk On was a great album. Boston's last.
@@TJ-se3ih actually they released Corporate America in 2002 and Life Love & Hope in 2013.
@@steveseim I know, but neither of those were very good let alone great.
My favorite from 1994 is
Prong "Cleansing"
Runnerups in no particular order
Corrosion of Conformity "Deliverance"
NIN "The Downward Spiral"
Dream Theater "Awake"
Toadies "Rubberneck"
Pantera "Far Beyond Driven"
King's X "Dogman
Tori Amos "Under The Pink"
1. Amorphis- Tales From the Thousand Lakes
2. Samael- Ceremony of Opposites
3. Cradle of Filth- The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
4. Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse
5. Tiamat- Wildhoney
6. Machine Head- Burn My Eyes
7. Edge of Sanity- Purgatory Afterglow
8. Mayhem- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
9. Megadeth- Youthanasia
10. Pyogenesis- Sweet X-rated Nothings
I totally forgot about pyogenesis- good one!
Tales from the Thousand Lakes is a wonderful album. It was my first album with growls. I would recommend it to people who want to get into music with that vocal style.
Blur - Parklife
Runner ups: Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello, Superunknown by Soundgarden. Good year for music.
1. Mercyful Fate - Time
2. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Top pick: I Could Live in Hope - Low
Runner-up: Too High to Die - Meat Puppets
Honorable mentions:
Roman Candle - Elliott Smith
Youthanasia - Megadeth
Vauxhall and I - Morrissey
Let Love In - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Bakesale - Sebadoh
11 Tracks of Whack - Walter Becker
Dog Man Star - Suede
File Under: Easy Listening - Sugar
1. Beck - Mellow Gold
2. Allman Bros Band - Back Where it all Begins
3. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
4. Black Crowes - Amorica
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In
6. Beck - Stereopathetic Soulmanure
7. C.O.C. - Deliverance
8. Phish - Hoist
9. Beck - One Foot in the Grave
10. Pantera - Far Beyond
Honorable:
Rollins Band - Wieght
Blues Traveler - 4
my 3 favorite albums of his were all released the same year haha
Soundgarden - Superunknown without a doubt. 'Black Hole Sun' still gives me chills. An amazing song
Terrible song. Unforgetable.
That album is a real treasure trove of fantastic songs. You have all of the hits but then there's this wide array of deep cuts that are equally as good! Like Suicide, Head Down, Let Me Drown, Fresh Tendrils, 4th of July...to name a few.
"Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" by Pavement. At the time i was pretty much only listening to non-commercial computer music but looking back today this album comes up. Many great songs on here.
Brave by Marillion
-Runner up:
The Division Bell by Pink Floyd
Brave was my top pick, too. Just too amazing not to.
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes & Pink Floyd - Division Bell
favorite album ever.
Live Throwing Copper#1
Machine Head Burn my eyes#2
Alice in chain Jars of flies#3
Burn my Eyes was released this year? OMG I'm having a really difficult time picking my favourites for 1994
Favorite: Dream Theater - Awake
Runner-ups:
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Enslaved - Frost
Threshold - Psychedelicatessen
Favourite of 1994 is a tie between Live- Throwing Copper and Stone Temple Pilots- Purple!
Runner ups: The Tragically Hip- Day For Night, Pearl Jam- Vitalogy and Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies
Honourable mentions:
Sloan- Twice Removed
Soundgarden- Superunknown
Offspring- Smash
Green Day- Dookie
REM- Monster
Bush- Sixteen Stone
Nirvana- MTV Unplugged
Oasis- Definitely Maybe
Weezer- The Blue Album
Beastie Boys- ill Communication
Our Lady Peace- Naveed
Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscariot
Pantera- Far Beyond Driven
Dave Matthews Band- Under the Table and Dreaming
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
Tom Petty- Wildflowers
American Recordings - Johnny Cash
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Two male singers not known for their great range, but both great revival recordings - JC revival and the big band sound
I am not a county fan by any means but there is one exception and the American Recordings series did him right. My favourite is still coming in the years to follow.
I saw BBVD just before they broke on the scene. Crazy good!
So difficult a some belters this year. Anyhow here goes:
1. Marillion - Brave
2 Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
3. Soundgarden - Superunknown
4. Live - Throwing Coppers
5. Nick Drake - Way to Blue
6 . Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
1. Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
2. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
HMS
Sixteen Stone - Bush
The State of Rock - Frontline
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Silver Medal: Cinderella - Still Climbing
Bronze Medal: Stone Roses - Second Coming_
Honorable Mention:
Bon Jovi - Cross Road (I know i cheated, its a compilation album :) )
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Brave Marillion..i met the guys as they were recording in liverpool at parr street..singer and guitarist came back to my bands rehearsal room..great days
cool story, lucky you!
Great year for me. Two of my favorite groups released kickass albums. They toured that year and saw them in Mexico City, both in my top 10 most memorable concert experiences (Fish and Roger Waters were not missed):
1. Brave - Marillion.
2. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd.
Soundgarden- Superunknown. This album just didn't leave my cd player for at least 8 months after it came out, there are just some monsterous tracks on here, the best of which stand the test of time, even the overplayed ones still blow my mind (ok perhaps I could do without Spoonman truth be told) just a signature album in every way for me !!
Runner Up(s) - A tie again. Dream Theater- Awake and Jeff Buckley - Grace. Both amazing albums for very different reasons. DT at their best in my opinion, darker, heavier, more unpredictable, a killer album ! Jeff Buckley, just flat out jaw droppingly amazing as a writer, singer, guitarist. A shooting star that was gone all too soon.
HMs
Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse
Kings X - Dogman
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Marillion - Brave
No Man - Flowermouth
The top 5 are not just favorites from the year, but outside of Grace which is his only proper studio album, are favorite records among those bands discographies.
1. Marillion - Brave
2. Dream Theater - Awake
3. Jeff Buckley - Grace
4. Savatage - Handful of Rain
5. Queensryche - Promised Land
6. King's X - Dogman
7. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
8. Fates Warning - Inside Out
9. Atomic Opera - For Madmen Only
10. Tiles - Tiles
11, Boston - Walk On
12. Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria
13. Dean Magraw - Broken Silence
14, Live - Throwing Copper
15. Pushmonkey - Maize
1. Dream Theater - Awake
2. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
3. Annihilator - King Of The Kill
No. 1 for 1994 is Eric Clapton: From the Cradle. Runner up goes to Richard Thompson: Mirror Blue. Followed by:
3. The Grip Weeds: House of Vibes
4. Pink Floyd: Division Bell
5. Dio: Strange Highways
6. Pearl Jam: Vitalogy
7. King'x: Dogman
8. Savatage: Handful of Rain
9. Chesterfield Kings: Let's Go Get Stoned
10. Roine Stolt: The Flower King
1- Queensryche - Promised Land
2- Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
#1- Tom Petty "Wildflowers"
Runner up- Sam Phillips "Martinis and Bikinis"
Honorable mentions- Stone Temple Pilots "Purple"
Tesla "Bust A Nut"
That Sam Phillips album is superb...still listen to it all the time...
Totally forgot that Sam Phillps album came out that year - that would be on my list too.
I agree. Wildflowers is superb!
Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso
Therapy? - Troublegum
My #1: Jeff Buckley - Grace
Runners Up: Live - Throwing Copper
Tom Petty - Wildflowers 🤘
Fudge it... I'm breakin rulez today... I gotta mention Soundgarden - Superunknown
That Jeff Buckley album has been on my radar for years and I've never listened to it. Gonna check it out today.. also like the Live album you chose..🤘
Finally someone who shows some love for Jeff Buckley. That albums was maybe the best thing that happened in the 90s...?!
@@spaghetti.lee-69 Lucky you! Wish I could hear it for the first time again. It's an amazing album, and extremely influential, which takes away some of the originality it had when it first came out.
Favorite: Pink Floyd - Division Bell
Close runner Up: Marillion - Brave
Remaining top five include: Dream Theater's "Awake", Jadis' "Across the Water" and Dixie Dregs' "Full Circle".
Honorable mentions: ELP, "In the Hot Seat; Fates Warning, "Inside Out"; Hootie & the Blowfish, "Cracked Rear View"; Helloween, "Master of Rings"; Megallan, "Impending Ascension"; Asia, "Aria"; Eagles, "Hell Freezes Over"
1. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
2. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
3. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
4. Testament - Low
5. In Flames - Lunar Strain
6. Slayer - Divine Intervention
7. Amorphis -Tales From The Thousand Lakes
8. Mercyful Fate - Time
9. Dream Theater - Awake
10. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
BME is hands down my favourite MH album, I've had Davidian as my ring tone since I've had a phone that could have custom songs as a ringtone. Absolutely great album top to bottom.
Bolt Thrower released a killer album in For Victory, that was the second album of theirs that I got into and it's probably my third favourite of theirs. Behind "IVth Crusade" and "For Those Once Loyal." Great stuff.
My favs for 1994...
1) Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso.
Pink Floyd - Divison Bell.
Soundgarden - Superunknown.
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes.
Queensryche - Promised Land
Yngwie - Seventh Sign.
My favorite would be Stone Temple Pilots - Purple. And this would be my favorite Alternative Rock album ever! My backup would be Boston - Walk On. No Brad Delp. But Fran Cosmo is so underrated. The last great Boston album imo. Honorable mentions...
Dream Theater - Awake
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Tesla - Bust a Nut
Savatage - Handful of Rain
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
Tony MacAlpine - Premonition
Marty Friedman - Introduction
Stratovarius- Dreamspace
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
Talisman - Humanimal Part 1 and Part 2
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Live - Throwing Copper
John Nelson STP are one of my all time favourite bands and Purple is one the best albums of the 90's for sure. I picked that and Throwing Copper as my favourites from 1994!
1. Megadeth - Youthanasia
2. Motley Crue - Motley Crue
3. Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
Youthanasia is killer
That Motley Crue album is a masterpiece
Yay - love the love for all fellow REM fans who follow Sea of Tranquility! Thank you, Pete!
1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. R.E.M. - Monster
3. Weezer
4. Soundgarden - Superunknown
5. Samiam - Clumsy (so under-rated!)
6. Green Day - Dookie
Edit: I forgot Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction. My favorite album by them.
1. Superunknown-Soundgarden
2. Day For Night-Tragically Hip
Honourable mention:
Division Bell - Floyd
"Welcome to Sky Valley" from Kyuss is the album that properly introduced me to Stoner Rock and my pick for 1994.
1) Marillion: Brave; 2) Pink Floyd: The Division Bell; 3) Kings X: Dogman; 4) Live: Throwing Copper; 5) Yes: Talk (One of my favourite Yes albums, a very underrated album). Also, MSP: The Holy Bible; Savatage: Handful of Rain and Boston: Walk On.
The Division Bell (Pink Floyd)
The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails)
Purple (Stone Temple Pilots)
Superunknown (Soundgarden)
Motley Crue (Motley Crue)
1. Corrosion of Conformity-Deliverance
2. Warrior Soul-Space Age Play Boys
3. Overkill-W.F.O.
Man....A Great Year....lot o great albums. 1)The Division Bell. 2)Jar of Files. 3)Superunknown 4)Dookie. 5)Monster. Honorable mentions. Throwing Copper Nirvana Unplugged. No Need To Argue. Smash Where It All Begins
Fave : The Black Crowes - Amorica
Runner-up : Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Honourable Mention : Nick Cave - Let Love In
Favorite album is Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by far. Pavement definitely one of the best bands of the 90s.
The Best!
Malkmus 2020 solo album is great!
Back in the 90s I was listening to more of the alternative bands. But I like hearing your views on your favorites. It’s really why I’ve been tuning in to your program, to get the scoop on good albums that I’m not too familiar with.
Black Sabbath - cross purposes
Pink Floyd - devision bell
Thanks, Pete. Again, I am finding these years to be a challenge as my musical tastes were changing as the result of age and experiences. For me, my favorite album of 1994 would be PINK FLOYD - THE DIVISION BELL. I played this album for hours and hours during that year in my Walkman - and still love it today. My runner up is BLUES TRAVELER - FOUR. What a fun album that was.
There were albums that I was really into for about ten minutes (Rusted Root - When I Woke).
My honorable mentions are:
Johnny Cash - American Recording
Jimmy Page/Robert Plant - No Quarter
#1 Album 1994
Soundgarden was a great band to see in concert and Superunknown is their crowning achievement. “Fell on a Black Days” is a killer track. RedSea are my runner up.
1. Soundgarden: Superunknown
2. RedSea: Blood
1) Purple - STP
2) Superunknown - Soundgarden
3) Day For Night - The Tragically Hip
4) Page and Plant - No Quarter
From The Cradle - Eric Clapton.... Superb.
Kind of hard to pick just one for this year but I’ll go with Stone Temple Pilots-Purple ( loved it then and still love it now)
For my runners up I pick :
Sloan-Twice Removed
Soundgarden-Superunknown
Green Day-Dookie
Pantera-Far Beyond Driven
Nirvana-Unplugged
Pink Floyd-Division Bell
REM-Monster
Alice In Chains-Jar Of Flies
1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. Green Day - Dookie
3. Bush - Sixteen Stone
4. REM - Monster
5. Erasure - I Say I Say I Say
citehman I love Monster
Monster is the only REM I can listen to
citehman I don’t know why is so underrated album. It has a powerful guitars
1994, all faves:
1. NINE INCH NAILS The Downward Spiral
2. ALLMAN BROS Where It All Begins
3. APHEX TWIN Selected Ambient Works, Vol.2
4. YES Talk
5. THE CHARLATANS UK Up To Our Hips
6. TOM PETTY Wildflowers
7. ANITA HEGERLAND Voices
8. SKY CRIES MARY This Timeless Turning
9. INKAKENAS El Condor Pasa
10. POPOL VUH City Raga
11. ORBITAL Snivilisation
12. JON ANDERSON Change We Must
13. HAROLD BUDD She Is A Phantom
14. ANDY PARTRIDGE & HAROLD BUDD Through The Hill
15. JON ANDERSON Deseo
My no 1 - Division Bell by Pink Floyd. Runner up - Wildflowers by Tom Petty.
1.Prong -Cleansing (killer album )
2.Kyuss -Sky Valley
3.Sick of it All - Scratch the Surface
4.Soundgarden-Superunknown
Soundgarden - Superinknown
Alice in Chains - Jar of flies
Pink Floyd - Division Bell
Testament - Low; Napalm Death - Fear, Emptiness, Despair; Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies; Soundgarden - Superunknown; King's X - Dogman; Motley Crue - s/t; Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes; Dream Theater - Awake; Pentagram - Be Forewarned; Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Beethoven 9 Symphonies- Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner. This is a landmark critical edition correcting many mistakes going back to the original publications and mistakes often made by copyists. The most notable is #5. This is for me the most performed work in my classical career. When my orchestra performed this critical edition, old habits had to be overcome. It's Beethoven #5 the way Beethoven intended it. I highly recommend it even for non-classical fans.
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One of the best concerts ever I've been was Beethoven's Ninth (14 february 1998, Finlandia House, Helsinki). What an mindblowing experience! 👍
@@zachary1966 #9 was the last of the Beethoven symphonies that I got to perform. I was so excited when I did, but by the end of it, I and my white tie & tails were soaked in sweat. As a double bassist, I have to admit that for that one I'd rather be in the audience. It was exhausting. I do miss the orchestra but with the decline of it I'm now playing jazz. It's ok but not near as thrilling.
Glenn Hughes..... Burning Japan Live
Glenn is absolutely back with this amazing live document. I still remember when my reaction when I saw this in a store. Trimmed to a single CD set of eleven songs. Some Blackmore Purple, some Bolan Purple, some Hughes/Thrall, plus two from the fine new solo album. And there is a lot of quality stuff from this year.
2) The Cramps...... Flame job
Not a lot of rockabilly or punk here amongst us. That is fine. I just wonder if I missed something after these years. I was late in finding The Cramps. A lot of my favorite records I discover well after their original release. This record is a ton of fun, best known for the song Ultra Twist and the video for that song (only found the video recently).
3) Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon..... Prairie Home Invasion
Great fun from the Dead Kennedy's singer teaming with Mojo. It's folk country with Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down (real country has no flutes, or samplers either) and Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus.
4) Rhino Bucket.... Pain
An AC/DC inspired band that is heavier and angry. What's not to love?
5) The Beat Farmers...... Viking Lullabys
Mojo Nixon's friend Country Dick Montana is a drummer/singer in this band. Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus and Baby's Liquor'd Up are found here.
6) Nine Pound Hammer..... Hayseed Time Bomb
The first real good record with future Nashville Pussy front man Blaine Cartwright playing guitar here. Great country-rock punk found here.
7) The Mick Ronson Primer
Didn't we know that Ronson played on Jack And Diane by John Mellencamp? We do now. And Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed as well? Only eight tracks to promote his last album before his death. Of course it has All The Young Dudes, Ziggy Stardust and Once Bitten Twice Shy......babe.
8) Guitar Wolf...... Run Wolf Rum
Japanese noise garage rock. It has a cover of Kick Out The Jams by the MC5. 'Nuff said.
9) Jimmy Page & Robert Plant..... No Quarter
Who can forget that finale of Kashmir?
10) BBM ..... Around The Next Dream
Gary Moore gets the gig in Cream. Of course, it's not Cream without Clapton. But the other two members of Cream are here. It is a team-up of Moore and Jack Bruce, of course. Bruce had appeared on some of Moore's hard rock albums in the eighties. But this is more blues, which Moore had started playing a few years before.
11) Eddie Hazel.... Jams From The Heart
The master guitarist of Maggot Brain from Funkadelic dies too young. This is some recordings from 1975 released posthumously.
12) Rolling Stones.... Voodoo Lounge
Keith Richards brings the groove from his solo albums to the Stones. Love Is Strong, the opening track, totally would belong on Keith's Main Offender album sung by him.
I am leaving a lot out. Albert Lee, Joan Jett, a Simon House solo record (Hawkwind), Bebe Buell..... Great year.
Neil Young-Sleeps with Angels
Soundgarden-Superunknown
Alice in Chains -Jar of Flies
Marillion-Brave
Kyuss-Welcome to Sky Valley
1. Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
2. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
3. Helloween - Master of The Rings
4. Dream Theater - Awake
5. Obituary - World Demise
🥇 second coming
🥈 division bell
🥉 grace
HM:
Vitalogy
Parklife
The downward spiral
1. Live - Throwing Copper 2. Cinderella - Still Climbing (carrying on the tradition of the Stones & Aerosmith with the sounds here rather than the hair metal) 3. Soundgarden - Superunknown 4. The Black Crowes - Amorica (one of the most consistently excellent blues-based rock outfits)
Tom Petty....Wildflowers at #1
#2...Floyd Division Bell and Soundgarden Superunknown.....flip a coin.
Love that Tom Petty Album - it might even be my favorite of his entire career!
Brother, we probably came up near the same era. Thanks for reminding me of the music forgotten while broadening my horizons to music missed.
My entire collection of vinyl, tape, and digital was lost in Katrina.... But, that's ok as a rediscovery was put into motion. Thanks for what you do.