Jason's Top 25 Albums of 1994
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- Joe already revealed his 25 favorite albums of 1994 and now it's Jason's turn to take us through his list.
What are your favorite albums of 1994? Let us know in the comments.
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1. Wildflowers- Tom Petty
2. Grace - Jeff Buckley (more like 1B, such a hard choice to pick between two perfect albums, but today Tom gets the nod)
3. Monster - REM
4. Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains
5. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
6. MTV Unplugged - Nirvana
7. Superunknown - Soundgarden
8. Weezer - Weezer
9. 11 Tracks of Whack - Walter Becker
10. Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
11. Voodoo Lounge - Rolling Stones
12. Throwing Copper - Live
13. Sixteen Stone - Bush
14. Dookie - Green Day
15. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
16. Hell Freezes Over - Eagles
17. No Need to Argue - Cranberries
18. Hoist - Phish
19. Four - Blues Traveler
20. The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails
21. Under the Pink - Tori Amos
22. Live Through This - Hole
23. Cracked Rear View- Hootie & the Blowfish
24. Rotting Pinata- Sponge
25. Where It All Begins- Allman Brothers
Jason never fails to surprise me, with so many albums under the (or at least my) radar, so it makes it very interesting. His description and outline of even the obscure stuff makes me want to check them out, which of course is a big reason for these lists. Joe hit more of my sweet spot this series; not that big a fan of Jason’s top three (though Grace in particular is great), though I have all those albums. I think the STP album and Blur’s Parklife are my favourite of the year. Thx guys; a really fun series as always. Cheers, JPE
Yeah they really nailed that. The 1990's were when I grew up and being of a different generation they found the best most iconic albums the kids were listening to in those days.
1. Grace - Jeff Buckley
2. Let Love In - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. Superunknown - Soundgarden
One of my favourite year ever:
1) Three Mile Pilot - Chief Assassin
2) Lisa Germano - Geek The Girl
3) Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
4) Bark Psychosis - Hex
5) Shellac - At Action Park
6) Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Strangers from the universe
7) Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
8) Today is the day - Willpower
9) Dazzling Killmen - Face of Collapse
10) Portishead - Dummy
Geek The Girl ❤️ it’s my AOTY too
Today is the Day is 👌
My top 25:
25. Sloan - Twice Removed
24. Jeff Buckley - Grace
23. Magnetic Fields - The Charm of the Highway Strip
22. Cake - Motorcade of Generosity
21. They Might Be Giants - John Henry
20. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
19. Sebadoh - Bakesale
18. Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
17. Lush - Split
16. Dinosaur Jr - Without a Sound
15. Portishead - Dummy
14. Suede - Dog Man Star
13. Soundgarden - Superunknown
12. Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
11. Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
10. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
9. Pulp - His n Hers
8. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
7. Magnetic Fields - Holiday
6. Weezer - Blue Album
5. Blur - Parklife
4. Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
3. Pavement - Crooked Rain
2. Low - I Could Live in Hope
1. John Frusciante - Niandra LaDes
1. Freedy Johnston-This Perfect World.
2.Thinking Fellers Union Local 282-Strangers From The Universe. 3. Latin Playboys-S/T
4. Dog Faced Hermans-Those Deep Buds
5. The Magnetic Fields-Charm Of The Highway Strip
6. Low-I Could Live In Hope
7. Sam Philips-Martinis and Bikinis
8. K McCarty- Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs of Daniel Johnston
9. Sebedoh-Bakesale
10. Michael Hurley-Wolfways
11. Portishead-Dummy
12. Tall Dwarfs-3 EPs
13. Blood Oranges-The Crying Tree
14. Pavement-Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
15. Iris DeMent-My Life
16. Stereolab-Mars Audiac Quintet
17. Richard Buckner-Bloomed
18. Kristen Hersh-Hips and Shakers
19. Guided By Voices-Bee Thousand
20. Come-Don't Ask, Don't Tell
21. Ass Ponys-Electric Rock Music
22. Giant Sand-Glum
23. Mark Lanegan-Whiskey For The Holy Ghost
24. The Grifters-Crappin' You Negative
25. Lisa Germano-Geek The Girl
26. Matthew Shipp-Critical Mass
27. Antietam-Rope-A-Dope
28. The Clean-Modern Rock
29. The Wedding Present-Watusi
30. Shane MacGowan & the Popes-The Snake
@@johnlefsky8731 only love for TFUL282
Glad to see some love for Latin Playboys!
Teenager of the Year is so underrated. So many little gems. And thanks for mentioning Superchunk, basically untouchable in their genre in the mid-90s
Did my top 25 albums on Joe’s video
Here’s my 26-50
26. Dinosaur Jr. - Without a Sound 4 stars (8)
27. Bush - Sixteen Stone 4 stars (8)
28. Cake - Motorcade of Generosity 4 stars (8)
29. Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming 4 stars (8)
30. Toadies - Rubberneck 4 stars (8)
31. They Might Be Giants - John Henry 4 stars (8)
32. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible 4 stars (8)
33. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication 4 stars (8)
34. Veruca Salt -American Thighs 4 stars (8)
35. Pulp - His n Her 4 stars (8)
36. Grant Lee Buffalo -Mighty Joe Moon 4 stars (8)
37. Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction 4 stars (8)
38. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart 4 stars (8)
39. Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge 4 stars (8)
40. The Church - Sometime Anywhere 4 stars (8)
41. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I 3.5 stars (7.9)
42. The Stone Roses - Second Coming 3.5 stars (7.8)
43. Liz Phair - Whip Smart 3.5 stars (7.8)
44. The Grays - Ro Sham Bo 3.5 stars (7.8)
45. The Cranberries - No Need to Argue 3.5 stars (7.7)
46. Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies to God 3.5 stars (7.6)
47. The Black Crowes - Amorica 3.5 stars (7.5)
48. 311 - Grassroots 3.5 stars (7.5)
49. The Magnetic Fields - Holiday 3.5 stars (7.5)
50. Neil Young, Crazy Horse - Sleeps with Angels 3.5 stars (7.5)
You're a powerhouse Clay 💪
@@179rich you too Rich ❤️
Here's my list:
25. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
24. Dinosaur Jr. - Without a Sound
23. BBM (Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Gary Moore) - Around the Next Dream
22. Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
21. Angelfish - Angelfish
20. Sebadoh - Bakesale
19. Marillion - Brave
18. Stone Roses - Second Coming
17. Glenn Hughes - From Now On...
16. Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels
15. Dream Theater - Awake
14. Jimmie Vaughan - Strange Pleasure
13. The Smithereens - A Date With the Smithereens
12. Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso
11. Sass Jordan - Rats
10. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
9. The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins
8. Soundgarden - Superunknown
7. Sugar - File Under: Easy Listening
6. Suede - Dog Man Star
5. Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Hole - Live Through This
3. Live - Throwing Copper
2. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
1. Jeff Buckley - Grace
25. Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
24. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
23. Pentagram - Be Forewarned
22. Helloween - Master of the Rings
21. The Cult
20. Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso
19. Vicious Rumors - Word of Mouth
18. Danzig 4
17. Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell-Part One
16. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
15. Dio - Strange Highways
14. The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge
13. The Black Crowes - Amorica
12. Demolition 23
11. Megadeth - Youthanasia
10. Mercyful Fate - Time
9. Doctor Butcher
8. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
7. Pride & Glory
6. The Wildhearts - Fishing for Luckies
5. Cinderella - Still Climbing
4. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
3. The Allman Brothers Band - Where It All Begins
2. Warrior Soul - The Space Age Playboys
1. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
Hmm, you left out all of the innovative metal albums released in ‘94.
@@echosmyron1278 innovative? is that a euphemism for nu metal?
@@independenceltd. Pantera. Nice. I saw that tour.
@@jameschapman9583 nice. i saw them in '86 but didn't see them again until '97.
1. TDS - NIN
2. MTV Unplugged - Nirvana
3. Weezer - s/t
Not into the '90s enough for a deep-dive, these are a holdover from what I was listening to in '94:
1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
3. Tragically Hip - Day For Night
4. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
6. REM - Monster
7. Cranberries - No Need To Argue
8. Weezer - Weezer
9. Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
10. Portishead - Dummy
11. Jesus and Mary Chain - Stoned and Dethroned
12. Veruca Salt - American Thighs
13. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
14. Live - Throwing Copper
14. Green Day - Dookie
15. Sponge - Rotting Pinata
Listed my 25 on Joe's list but here's my top 10;
1.Latin Playboys-Latin Playboys
2.Crooked Rain,Crooked Rain-Pavement
3.Superunknown-Soundgarden
4.Vitalogy-Pearl Jam
5.Let Love In-Nick Cave& Bad Seeds
6.Whiskey for the Holy Ghost-Mark Lanegan
7.Amorica-Black Crowes
8.Mirror Blue-Richard Thompson
9.Grace-Jeff Buckley
10.Sleeps With Angels-Neil Young
Latin Playboys!!!
Ditto Latin Playboys 🔥🔥
Glad to see The Mavericks, keep flying the flag, Jason
Mine! Weaker year..
1. Latin Playboys - Latin Playboys
2. Hole - Live Through This
3. Jeff Buckley - Grace (great album, but not perfect; I still hate Hallelujah and Corpus Christi Carol is hilarious)
4. Arthur Russell - Another Thought
5. Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies to God
6. R.E.M. - Monster
7. Nas - Illmatic
8. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
9. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
10. The Greenberry Woods - Rapple Dapple
11. Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost
12. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
13. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Stones and Dethroned
14. Susumu Hirasawa - AURORA
15. The Magentic Fields - Holiday
That’s all I could come up with. Also, people need to stop hyping up that Frank Black record, seriously..I’ve seen people and friends say it’s one of the best albums in the history of recorded music, and that it’s on the same level as Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper and all that shit..no, it’s not. It’s a decent album at best.
Another dishonorable mention is that Live Throwing Copper album….I cannot stand Live; for me they’re basically U2 without a distinct guitar sound and R.E.M. without songs. I hate the way that the lead singer swoops and hollers in the vocals, I hate the mushy queasy mystical spiritual hippie lyrics..ergh..yeah. I’m definitely surprised that you guys love it as much as you do, because I do not get it at all, it is 100% not for me 😅
Frank blacks album is pretty damn good
We have the same #1, which disappointingly wasn’t on their list
Latin Playboys, one of my favorite albums of the 90s, as well as Dose. And your description of Live reminded me why I never got into them back in the day. It’s been three decades, so I’m willing to give them a try now and see what I think.
I had to stop the video and look up the word je ne sais quoi. Great list Jason. Loved the Frank Black, Smoking Popes picks and others. I learned about Grace first after receiving my Rolling Stone, August 1997 issue in the mail. Then I bought it, listened and it blew my mind. I picked up the Legacy Edition in 2004.
These are all of the albums I've ranked (I've added 5 or so from your two lists)
1) Four - Blues Traveler - (4.5 stars) (I love this upbeat album - their other albums don't really compare though)
2) Jar of Flies - Alice In Chains - (4.5) (I'm not sure why I never bought their albums when they came out as I always liked several songs on each)
3) Promised Land - Queensryche- (4.5) (No singles but very underrated and underappreciated - great dual guitars)
4) Division Bell - Pink Floyd - (4.5) (Gilmour's best post Waters guitar playing. The piano's are great but some of the synths and vocals are a bit cheesy (i.e. Wearing the Inside Out))
5) Throwing Copper - Live - (4.5) (The singer never really bugged me and I played the first half of this this album to death back then. It kind of sounds like Pearl Jam mixed wtih R.E.M.)
6) Purple - Stone Temple Pilots - (4.5 stars)
7) For The Love Of Strange Medicine - Steve Perry- (4.5 stars)
8) Superunknown - Soundgarden - (4 stars) (was a 5 star if it only had the first 10 songs)
9) Seal - Seal - (4 stars)
10) Vitalogy - Pearl Jam - (4 stars) (Cut Bugs, Satan's Bed and the last song and it's 5 stars)
11) Grace - Jeff Buckley - (4 stars) (I definitely underrated his guitar compositional skills. I hear Jimmy Page and Johnny Marr at times. Grace and So Real are my personal faves. Half of the songs don't do much for me though.)
12) No Need to Argue - Cranberries 9 (4 stars)
13) Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish - (4 stars) (I don't care how many hate this - it's a huge nostalgia hit of simpler times for me :) )
14) Definitely Maybe - Oasis - (4 stars)
15) Dookie - Green Day - (4 stars)
16) Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band - (4 stars)
17) Rotting Pinata - Sponge - (3.5 stars) (I didn't know they sung Plowed)
18) Monster - R.E.M. - (3.5 stars) (A very Hit or Miss album for me)
19) Wildflowers - Tom Petty - (3.5 stars)
20) Weezer - Weezer - (3.5 stars)
21) Dulcinea - Toad the Wet Sprocket - (3.5 stars)
22) Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark Lanegan - (3.5 stars)
23) Parklife - Blur - (3.5 stars) (A bit TOO british at times)
24) Amorica The Black Crowes - (3.5 stars) (love 'wiser time' but the rest is bland)
25) Chocolate and Cheese - Ween - (3.5 stars) (Sooo much better than the previous albums)
26) Walk On - Boston - (3 stars)
27) Royal Jelly - Royal Jelly - (3 stars)
28) Motorcade of Generosity - Cake - (3 stars)
29) John Henry - They Might Be Giants - (3 stars)
30) Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement - (3 stars) (The singer really hurts the band imo)
31) His n Hers - Pulp - (2.5 stars)
32) Could Live in Hope - Low - (2.5 stars) (more slowcore than dreampop - they have much better albums later on)
33) Dog Man Star - Suede - (2.5 stars)
34) The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails - (1 star)(too noisy for me)
the two albums from 1994 that I'm a little surprised that neither of you picked are Ill Communication by the Beastie Boys and Monster by REM.
I don’t like Monster much. Ill Communication is a solid 4-star. - Joe
Cool that Jason included the Nick Lowe album, I like that a lot. Agree with both of you that the Freedy Johnston album is overlooked. Gotta put a plug in for my favorite album of the year, Horsebreaker Star by Grant McLennan, which I think is even better than all the Go Betweens albums, except maybe 16 Lovers Lane.
Nice call on Rotting Piñata by Sponge. Album actually really holds up…..Got to check out that Sorted Humor record
i had rotting pinatta on my list , but like joe sponges 2nd album[wax estatic] is my fav of theirs easily
Love these deep dives TLM.. keep them coming!
1994 was peak album buying time for me and I’ve only got four of the albums here. It’s as if we live on different planets. Three of the four wouldn’t make my Top 25, but then there’s Grace, the album that answered the question “what happens if you cross Robert Plant with Marvin Gaye. All time Top 20 for me, along with some Trip Hop.
I really like this year. One of my favorite years since the 70s
1. One Foot in the Grave - Beck
2. Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt - John Frusciante
3. Mellow Gold - Beck
4. Illmatic - Nas
5. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
6. Weezer - Weezer
7. Chocolate and Cheese - Ween
8. Stereopathetic Soulmanure - Beck
9. Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices
10. Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
11. Starlite Walker - Silver Jews
12. Monster - REM
13. Dummy - Portishead
14. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
15. Grace - Jeff Buckley
You guys did have a trifecta with Grace, but it was for song of the year, and each picked a different song -- which I thought was entirely fitting for such a incredible album.
Oddly I was supposed to see Freedy Johnston at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis in 2002. He was going to open for Paul Kelly, who might be my favorite artist ever. It turned out Freedy was a no-show. So Paul Kelly played a longer set than expected. I was thrilled at that development. Paul, who is Australian, rarely ever makes it to the United States and I still am amazed I ever got a chance to see him. So thanks Freedy, wherever you are.
I agree about Nick Lowe, I still haven't heard every album of his but I have heard a bunch now and every single one has been at least very good. He hasn't let me down yet. "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" is also the big highlight of the album for me, I knew it and loved it before I heard the rest of the album. I'm excited to see what he has in store for us later this year.
I don't understand the talk of Too High To Die being a step down for the Meat Puppets either, never really have. I am a bigger fan of the 80s stuff than you but to me this is just an expansion of their sound. The things I love about them are still there, just enhanced now. So many great songs on that album, I pretty well saved half the album as highlights.
Missed the Mick Ronson album but have really liked his 70s albums lately so I may have to go back to that one.
A very, very nice list Jason 👏
Damn, this was a really good year. This is why I loved the 90s so much more than the 80s. When will we have another musical year like this?
Almost every year since at least 2003 has been better with the lone exception of maybe 2009. -Jason
A very solid list, Jason. Although I’m unfamiliar with a few of those artists, I’d be willing to them a gander some time. But I’m glad you gave ‘ Carnival of Light ‘ some love. Took a little while for it to grow on me, but now I think it’s Ride’s best album. And I’m also a pretty big fan of both Too High To Die from MP and Sponge’s Rotting Piñata. I should have listed them in my top 15 which I had previously sent in. I think the variety of rock released in ‘94 was exceptional. Oh and, Go Pirates !! 😆
Cannot comment on music that i do not know. Saying that:
25:: Julian Cope Armageddon
24: Low- I Could Live in Hope
23: Sebadoh: Bakesale
22: REM - Monster
21: The Cult- Black Sheep
20 - Kevin Salem - Soma City
19: Dead Can Dance: Towards the Within
18: Gipsy KIngs: Love and Liberte
17: Sonic Youth: Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star
16: That Petrol Emotion: Fire Proof
15: The Charlatans - Up to Our Hips
14: Killing Joke - Pandemonioum
13: Kristin Hersch - Hips and Makers
12: Dinosaur, jr. - Without a Sound'
11: The Church: Sometime Anywhere
10: The Jesus and Mary Chain: Stoned and Dethroned
9: Portishead - Dummy
8: Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
7: Love and Rockets: Hot Trip to Heaven
6: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Let Love In
5: Soundgarden: Superunknown
4: Weezer: Blue
3: Sparks: Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins
2: Blur: Parklife
1: Cafe Tacuba - Re
Having watched both of your top 25 lists for 1994 and scrolled down the comments I think 'Wildflowers' may well be the common denominator No.1 for the year.
oooo I love Monster-era REM, must check out that Sordid Humor.
Probably not the best comparison, but check it out anyway
I think 1994 is a great year. Some great selections there - my top 10 are
- 1. superunknown
2. Crooked rain crooked rain
3. Vitalogy
4. Grace
5. Weezer
6. Purple
7. Monster
8. Let love in
9. Jar of flies
10. Parklife
A few great albums that didn’t get a mention include
- monster
- his and hers
- troublegum
- experimental jet set and trash
- starlight diner
- bake sale
- sleeps with angels
1. Bush - Sixteen Stone
2. Megadeth - Youthanasia
3. Weezer - Blue album
4. Offspring - Smash
5. Stone Temple Pilot - Purple
6. Green Day - Dookie
7. Toadies - Rubberneck
8. Gun - Swagger
9. Live - Throwing copper
10. Bad Religion - Stranger than fiction
11. Pretty Maids - Scream
12. Our Lady Peace - Naveed
13. Allegiance - D.E.S.T.I.T.U.T.I.O.N.
14. Hootie & Blowfish - Cracked rear view
15. Machine Head - Burn my eyes
16. Dream Theater - Awake
17. Newsboys - Going public
18. Soundgarden - Superunknown
19. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
20. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
21. Widowmaker - Stand by for pain
22. Echobelly - Everyone's got one
23. Anita Baker - Rhythm of love
24. Sugar - File under: easy listening
25. Blur - Parklife
26. Grays - Ro Sham Bo
27. Vanden Plas - Colour Temple
28. Angelfish - Angelfish
29. Dinosaur Jr. - Without a sound
30. Bowling for Soup - BFS
31. Almighty - Crank
32. Rhino Bucket - Pain
33. Strung Out - Another day in paradise
34. Oasis - Definitely maybe
35. Millencolin - Same old tunes
36. Sloan - Twice removed
37. Alan Jackson - Who I am
38. Reba McEntire - Read my mind
39. Dionne Farris - Wild seed wildflower
40. Veruca Salt - American thighs
41. Todd Snider - Songs for the Daily Planet
42. Queensryche - Promised land
43. Sponge - Rotting piñata
44. Fu Manchu - No one rides for free
45. Jeff Buckley - Grace
46. Robin Trower - 20th Century blues
47. Elliot Smith - Roman candle
48. David Ball - Thinkin' problem
49. Black Crowes - Amorica
50. Velvet Crush - Teenage symphonies to God
I agree with everything Jason said about The Mavericks. They are country I suppose but they are so very much more.
MY TOP 25 STUDIO ALBUMS, 1994:
1. Superunknown -Soundgarden
2. Grace -Jeff Buckley
3. The Blue Album -Weezer
4. Purple -Stone Temple Pilots
5. Live Through This -Hole
6. Wildflowers -Tom Petty
7. Jar of Flies -Alice in Chains
8. Too High to Die -Meat Puppets
9. Dummy -Portishead
10. Parklife -Blur
11. Illmatic -Nas
12. The Downward Spiral -Nine Inch Nails
13. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain -Pavement
14. Bakesale -Sebadoh
15. Geek the Girl -Lisa Germano
16. Bee Thousand -Guided By Voices
17. Welcome to Sky Valley -Kyuss
18. Throwing Copper -Live
19. Setting the Woods on Fire -The Walkabouts
20. Mars Audiac Quintet -Stereolab
21. Let Love In -Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
22. Ill Communication -Beastie Boys
23. Roman Candle -Elliott Smith
24. Vauxhall and I -Morrissey
25. Mighty Joe Moon -Grant Lee Buffalo
MY TOP 3 LIVE ALBUMS, 1994:
1. Live at the BBC -The Beatles
2. MTV Unplugged in New York -Nirvana
3. Secret World Live -Peter Gabriel
MY BAND OF THE YEAR: Soundgarden
MY ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Jeff Buckley
Special mention for Jimi Hendrix and his 'Blues' compilation, which has become one of my "go to" Hendrix discs.
1994 is an extremely deep year for 4 star albums (they extend as far as the eye can see) but in terms of 5 star classics, I don't think it's as deep as years in the late-1960s and early-1970s.
It's also a strong year for live albums- several were threatening to make my top 3, like Drums & Wireless (XTC), A Night in San Francisco (Van Morrison), Past Archives (Fairport Convention), The Peel Sessions (Thin Lizzy), No Quarter (JimmyPage & Robert Plant), and Hope (Hugh Masakela).
Soundgarden is my "Band of the Year" for a relentlessly hooky LP that put an incredible capstone on their career. Normally, I would shy away from giving my "Artist of the Year" award to a rookie, but I make an exception for Jeff Buckley, considering that fate didn't give him a second chance.
Really cool list!
@@Pepeq1902 Thanks. There's a bunch of other stuff I wish I could've included, like Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Oasis, Liz Phair, Suede, Pretenders, and Cranberries. But them's the breaks.
I just have listened to the Cranberries album, it is pretty cool. I didn’t expect kind of stripped-down dream pop sound.
Surprised no ones mentioned these 3, so I will!
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (5)
Beck - Mellow Gold (4.5)
The Offspring - Smash (4.5)
I like Beastie Boys and Offspring. Don’t care much about Mellow. - Joe
I was surprised how many albums I've not heard or listened to in entirety. One album I did not mention on Twitter that I like is the Page/Plant "No Quarter" with its reinterpretations of Zeppelin. In any event, seems I've got some more listening ahead of me.
I started listening to 'Teenager of the Year' but threw in the towel because of the length. The 90s = almost everything being at least 15 minutes too long. Bring on '74.
Amen to that, but Teenager of the Year is one of the only super long albums of 94 that’s actually worth it
People are saying that album is one of the greatest records ever recorded and I don’t understand.
Cool to see Grace at # 1 ! Jeff pulled the excellent track Forget Her at the last moment for personal reasons. Early promotional copies have it & it's on the Deluxe reissue & Greatest Hits.
Ride’s “Carnival Of Light” is their greatest album by far. Love the psychedelic vibe to it. Excellent choice!
I checked out for '94 album-wise. But I just listened to some of Ride, and that is a fine album and thanks for mentioning it. It has a psychedelic and sometimes Neil Young and Crazy Horse sound on a couple of songs. I really liked Ride's Twisterella from an earlier album (?). Psychedelic vibes are the best for me on most songs.
Only on this channel could someone find a comment like yours…
@@oppothumbs1 Twisterella was from Going Blank Again. Also good but I find it hard to get through due to massive guitar sound. Carnival feels like a warm Summer day in Golden Gate Park circa 1967. An easy trippy poppy flow. They sound totally relaxed and confident here.
@@JJ-ez3tr I am not usually into massive guitar sounds but I just like the jangly sound and melody and think it would make for an great answering machine song.
Jason hit the ball out of the park with his inclusion of Pink Floyd's THE DIVISION BELL. IMO, OBSCURED BY CLOUDS and TDB are the 2 most underrated albums in Pink Floyd's catalogue. I'm usually on board with Joe's picks, but how can 1994's lone successful progressive rock album not be on this list? THE DIVISION BELL sold over 3 million copies in the United States, it sold more worldwide copies than A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON, and it was the 2nd highest grossing tour in 1994-1995. IMO, there is not a bad song on the album and HIGH HOPES is one of the Top 5 songs in Pink Floyd's catalogue. Gilmour was at the peak of his guitar powers and the Gilmour/Wright combo produced melodic soundscapes that most of the 25 artists on Joe's list could only dream about.
Half of Division Bell is petty mediocre I’m afraid. I still have it at 4 stars but it’s not some forgotten about masterpiece. - Joe
Maybe not quite half, but certainly close to half of the tracks are forgettable. "High Hopes" and "Keep Talking" are the two real standouts to me. Those are the two I'd definitely add to a "Best of Floyd" playlist. "High Hopes" is great, but saying it's a top 5 Pink Floyd song is a stretch. Maybe top 25.
Still, The Division Bell probably would've made my list if I'd done a top 40. 1994 is such a deep year, top 40 is a good showing for a band that was more than a quarter century old at that point.
Interesting list Jason!
John Henry is an underrated album, always liked it!
Love your picks, Jason, it's like one mind!! Joe's was solid too, but my music taste tends to align more with Jason.
Still haven't dug deeper into the year, but so far my list would be:
15) Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
14) The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
13) Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
12) Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
11) Hole - Live Through This
10) Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
9) The Wannadies - Be a Girl
8) Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
7) Arthur Russell - Another Thought
6) Quaterna Réquiem - Quasímodo
5) Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
4) Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
3) Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2) Soundgarden - Superunknown
1) Green Day - Dookie
Welcome to Sky Valley!! Love that album so much
A couple of new ones ill have to check out. No 1 for me - Mighty joe moon - grant lee buffalo.
@@TheARJAY69 top 5 at least for me great album
Just Built to Spill, Pearl Jam, Pavement, Weezer and Jeff Buckley in common with me. The Frank Black and STP albums narrowly missed out.
For me, the best albums from 1994 have always come to mind faster than for any other year of the 90s. I haven't discovered much stuff that's new to me for a while, but these lists and some of the ones in the comments make me think I should take another look. As it is, 17 of my top 25 could have been in my list if I'd made it in 2001.
Interesting picks by Jason. I knew his top albums list would have a heavy dose of indie. I'm gonna check out mick ronson's album. I'm pleasantly surprised that the Weezer album is so high. Grace is obviously a great album and understandable #1 pick.
good to see The Division Bell!
I did not include on my list The Mavericks - What A Crying Shame but I have recently become a fan (my wife has been one for a long time, and Malo's solo stuff..their new album "Moon & Stars" is pretty good btw), and will add it to my list when I go over 1994 in the future.
Jeff Buckley and Live Joe had of course..They Might Be Giants of course Matt Mahaffey has played with iirc, but they always have come across as "look at how funny we are" or "look at how weird we are"..and lost my interest. But maybe I need to give them another shot given my love of sElf/matt Mahaffey and Jellyfish.
no Marillion, King's X or any of the Prog Metal classics?..not a surprise.
Wow you guys are amazing! This list, more than any other, proved that while you guys have individual tastes and preferences where bands and genres are concerned, most of all you are fans of good music. Jason came totally off the board with the Mavericks. My dad bought that album in 1994 and I loved it so much I stole it from him. I was like why do I love this so much? Why can't I stop listening to it? I don't even like country. So its cool he picked that one because that's the first time I ever heard some one mention.it And Joe with Parklife as his number 1. Perfect! What a great album. Great job. Loved this one. Joe's list was all stuff I had heard and would have rated the same and Jason's list was all those bands that are great but you never got into because back in the day you got turned off when the first CD you bought of there's crap. So I will be checking those out.
That line up on the Mick Ronson album makes me want to give it a listen.
Tom Petty Wildflowers might be my favorite album of all time. So glad to see others nominating it. You guys rock!!
That Sordid Humor record actually sounds pretty good. I just checked out a few songs. I had never heard of them before. Interesting pick Jason
Regarding the whole STP backlash, it wasn't really that they sounded like Nirvana or Pear Jam, but from the fact that they were just seen as posers who rode the big initial alt rock wave without putting the time in at dive bars and indie labels, while basically sounding like a more modern Aerosmith or some of the cock rock that alt rock was the antithesis of. It was a little weird hearing The Breeders, then Sonic Youth, and then STP. It wasn't necessarily that their music was bad per se.
David Spade made a crack on SNL about them being a Pearl Jam knockoff, so that helped it stick. But to be fair, and I like STP more than any grunge band, their first single Plush is the worst single of their career and is the one song that does sound a lot like Pearl Jam.
Great year!
good call on mick ronson , allmost made my list
@bengalgangster He taught Bob Rock how to Produce. He did a Payolas album that had a marginal hit " Eyes Of A Stranger " a great song.
@@davidellis5141 hey david , on pardos channell one of his months topics were obscure albums
i picked that payolas album , i have it on vinyl still
@@davidellis5141 pardo had a theme a couple months ago for obscure albums
i picked the payolas album 1 day, still have the vinyl, love eyes of a stranger
Yay! Sponge!!
They don't get their due is right - chief among my Underrated Bands of the '90s list: Sponge, The Verve Pipe, Fastball... all still truckin', all solid-to-spectacular discographies (I don't think I'd rate any of their records below 3.5 stars... The Verve Pipe even have two great kids' records, with a smorgasbord of sounds that my 2.5 year-old nephew really digs! 🤘👶 :)
People don't talk enough about the jangle sound of Sponge - especially on the first 4 records (seems like a Joey Mazzola / Mike Cross [RIP] influence...)
As you said, their first 3 records are virtually tied for 1st in my mind, preference changes on mood, etc. (right now I'm feeling Wax Ecstatic -> New Pop Sunday -> Rotting Piñata) - but 2007's Galore Galore is a very, very close 2nd (4th)...
Also, Vin seems like a very cool dude from recent interviews - and my god does the man have a million side projects!!
Anyway, go Sponge!!
✌
Tht guy from Weezer, has my vote for the 90's. Most original artist. Cuomo i think is.'My love is a life taker...'
I obviously preferred Joe’s top 25, but the biggest overall surprise was Born to Quit in 10th place. It’s a good album, but it feels a bit short at just 28 minutes. I think their best record is 1997’s Destination Failure, which clocks in at a robust 48 minutes and contains most of their best songs, like “Before I’m Gone,” “Megan,” “I Know You Love Me,” and a more polished version of “Let’s Hear It for Love” (maybe my favorite SP track overall).
In 1998, Josh Catherer became a born-again Christian following drug problems. He eventually formed a (truly underrated) band called Duvall, which released 2 albums on the obscure punk label Asian Man Records.
The first album is Volume & Density (2003), a power pop gem that needs to be heard by anyone who likes the Smoking Popes. Even though the Christian subtext is mostly hidden throughout the album, the closer is a ballad called “Jesus Never Leaves Me” which brings his religious viewpoint to the forefront. Duvall’s second record is titled O Holy Night (2004), a Christmas album full of overt religious themes. Their rendition of “Angels We Have Heard on High” is rocking though - basically a power pop Christmas song.
You obviously preferred Joes?!?! I didn’t take you for such a Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, DMB, and Megadeth stan.
@@TastesLikeMusic His list had Nick Cave, Suede, Blur, and Bad Religion (not a personal favorite, but just the fact that he gave punk some representation). You had TMBG, Pavement, Superchunk, Smoking Popes, and Frank Black. Both of you had Built to Spill, so that’s a draw. Both lists featured several grunge-adjacent bands that I’ve never liked - but Superunknown is my “favorite” mainstream grunge release, so Joe’s list gets a slight advantage there too.
I still prefer his list because it highlighted other genres that were happening besides rock/folk. But looking at both more closely, I suppose that “obviously” was too strong of a word. I listed 65 albums under his video, and I’m not sure that we shared more than 6 or 7 picks.
Good list! While I disagree with you about Pavement drummers (loved Gary Young notwithstanding his lack of technical skill), I agree with you that Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is superior to Slanted and Enchanted -- although both are amazing!
Really enjoyed this list Jason and definitely some new records from 1994 for me to check out. I was sure that "Mighty Joe Moon" by Grant Lee Buffalo was going to come up but no luck...are you a fan?
love and agree with opinion on crooked rain, possibly top 5 of the year for me
This Perfect World is great! Can You Fly? is even better!
Joe’s hatred of Pavement continues to be his downfall. Without a doubt, a top 20 band of all time.
I hate slackers. And their rock. - Joe
People saying things like that definitely isn’t going to help the situation. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic why can’t they just try a little harder?
Solid band, but top 20?!?!
great to see Mark Lanegan get a nod!
Bee Thousand
Deconstruction is easy top 25 for 1994. All i can say is wow ppl just dont understand that album
Is that the reason
Aside from John Henry from TMBG, nothing on Jason’s list that resonates with me that wasn’t already on Joe’s list.
Five more, of my personal faves that neither of you mentioned:
Loose by Victoria Williams
Ro Sham Bo by The Grays
New Times by Violent Femmes
Bewitched by Luna
Monster by R.E.M.
The Grays was just outside my top 25. - Joe
based on his Weezer comment, was Jason born in 1984? Are you having your 40th birthday this year? Congrats! Big birthday number...hope you have a great celebration!
Thanks. Turned 40 back in January
At least Joe got it right including Let Love In. I have a fondness for Primal Screams "Give Out But Don't Give Up " from 94 but appears it never seems to be rated high by others, still some standout tracks even if the album as a whole doesn't do it for you.
It’s good but it’s long and all over the place. - Joe
Hard to go past your top 3. Those alone equate to a good year.
I’d have to put Superunknown in the top 5
Stone Temple Pilots dominated that year.
Special request: please rank Leonard Cohen's albums, even though his vocal range is not great and he wore fedoras. Other than that I want to change my preferred song from Adrian Belew's Here: 'Burned By The Fire We Make' instead of 'May 1, 1990.' I saw Pink Floyd's Division Bell concert. It was average. Overall, indie rock suffers from the problem of what comes across as suburban revolt having no purpose. The music is less urgent than it is an indifferent form of hysteria. Not so much ( acid-laced ) anti-Oedipus as ( end of history ) post-Oedipus. For instance, Pavement's 'Silence Kid' has some nice borrowings from Velvet Underground and The Everly Brothers, but the difference is that the space of subculture is completely different after the preppy and yuppie 80s, with counterculture going in a conservative direction in part because the surrounding society and politics is seemingly locked in. Not to be snooty or anything, but Stephen Malkmus is a prep school graduate whose father was an insurance agent. So the angst, if you can call it that, has a David Foster Wallace quality to it that is not as distressing as say Thomas Pynchon maybe but just as defeatist. 🤕
Fuck yeah, Smoking Popes!!!
For my 11th birthday I got Abbey Road
I also remember Jeff Buckley getting the trifecta in the channel. Maybe song of the year?
Song. But three different ones.
In a parallel universe 1994, Joe and I (maybe? probably!) could’ve eaten square pizza and talked music at my cafeteria lunch table. Jason would probably hang out for a bit, roll his eyes, and excuse himself. 🤣🤭😅😘
The music takes are the least of your problems if your pizza is square. -Jason
She cracked, I'm sad, but I won't, oh. She cracked, I'm hurt, you're right, oh. Jonathan Richmond song. I was wondering about your crack against Jason, but I like it very much when people speak their minds, accurately.
This is a bad music year for me out of the blue with such musical decline, album-wise and Michele-Wiese (get it? roll those eyes) as you meet other people in cafeterias behind my back.
Not liking even 10 albums. I can't really listen to this particular show, where I really don't love much. Does that ever happen to you? I love certain music so much that it's hard. "But baby, since I have changed. I can't take nothing home" Neily Young. Such intelligent guys who elaborate over albums I don't like. Like an Astrophysicist playing the same guitar sound in a band called Queen (i'm guessing you are just so-so on Queen and I can made that crack without offending?) "The saddest thing in life is wasted talent" - A Bronx Tale. I wouldn't know, as I have no talent aside from silly duhmm comments. I wish you a great holiday weekend! Ha. Same time, same place for us? By the Square Pizza Plaza Suite Cafe. Maybe catch a movie or listen to some underground music by Velvet Underground. Bye. (◕‿◕)
So you do work at a place with a cafeteria? On this anonymous site, that's too much to share but at least I know you a bit better. I love pizza too, is that some kind of fruit? I'm not sure if this is a terrible or just bad joke?
@@TastesLikeMusic Nice retort.
@@oppothumbs1 As Björk wrote and Madonna sang in ‘94:
“Words are useless
especially sentences
They don't stand for anything
How could they explain how I feel?”
Not sure if you guys have listened to this album before, but thoughts on The People Tree by the band Mother Earth? Top 5 album from 1994 in my opinion
Havent heard it. -jason
@@TastesLikeMusic basically a funk rock/acid jazz album. Great vocals too. Definitely recommended
Excellet picks, Jason... but you found, somehow, a way to avoid ALL of my top picks for the year:
GUIDED BY VOICES - Bee Thousand ( “I Am A Scientist” ruclips.net/video/0-2k3hlmlDE/видео.html ) The greatest DIY band in rock history finally makes its breakthrough with this album. They’ve gone on to create one of the greatest catalogs in rock music, as Robert Pollard STILL pours forth with tune after amazing tune to this very day
SAM PHILLIPS - Martinis & Bikinis ( “Strawberry Road” ruclips.net/video/zGQ7CQLfxyk/видео.html ) an incredible album of Beatle-esque tunes with thought-provoking lyrics … a wonderful listen from start to finish
POP WILL EAT ITSELF - Dos Dedos Mis Amigos ( “Ich Bin Ein Auslander” ruclips.net/video/OmTyDvgp9zc/видео.html ) …this song is EVERY bit as relevant now as when it was written. A passionate defense of “foreigners” and a cry against the oncoming fascism
SUGAR - File Under Easy Listening (Highlight track: “Can’t Help You Anymore” ruclips.net/video/hVhMn0c3otM/видео.html ) Bob Mould nails his pop album… without losing his edge.
LOUD FAMILY - The Tape Of Only Linda. (Highlight track: “Marcia and Etrusca” ruclips.net/video/pcswomwRyLk/видео.html ) Little-known by the general public, but known to musicians, Scott Miller was an excellent songwriter and showed it first with Game Theory and then with Loud Family.
FAVORITE SONGS:
POP WILL EAT ITSELF - "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" (tie)
At this point, it seems clear that these guys don’t like lo-fi/shoegaze/noise/any deliberate “imperfect” aesthetic frequently used by indie bands. An album like Do the Collapse or Isolation Drills would have a better shot at making a list, even though I don’t think they are on the same level as Bee Thousand.
I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who listed The Tape of Only Linda. I think the biggest highlight is the delicate, mournful “Still Its Own Reward”; it will place in the top 20 when I post my song list in the next video.
Sugar’s best overall work is the crushing Beaster EP (my favorite EP of the 90s by far), but FUEL certainly has some alt-rock gems like “Gee Angel,” “Gift,” “Your Favorite Thing” and “Believe What You’re Saying.” A few lesser tracks (2, 6 and 8) hurt the album a little bit.
Jason, Graham Parker very similar career wise to Nick Lowe
Graham Parker is so ignored by these good folks. He's a top 20 artist for me even if most of his highlights were in the '70s. With Nick, I'm not sure if I know enough of his work, but love his singles and then 2011's1 "I Read a Lot" is fantastic work for a musician of his age.
@@oppothumbs1. His 70’s albums are exceptional. Only Stick to Me isn’t quite 5 stars. Howlin Wind, Heat Treatment and Squeezing out Sparks are
@@painless465 Agree. I wanted to write that Stick to Me isn't great, but past blowback on that had me hold my tongue. I suppose I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down is electric. Graham's Best of 88-91 (a misnomer) is good and side 2 introduced me to I'm Just Your Man, And It Shook Me, Call Me Your Doctor.
Smoking Popes is a great pick and I'm just curious about Joe's, "Stephen Malkmus makes me want to puke," comment.
There are some Stephen Malkmus solo tracks that I think Joe would actually like: “No More Shoes”; “Kindling for the Master”; “Hopscotch Willie”; “Gardenia.”
These tracks are far more akin to prog rock/psych-pop than the slacker-rock Pavement were playing in the 90s.
It’s very simple. I hate Malkmus’ voice. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Give his solo album Mirror Traffic a shot. Pretty straight forward and consistent.
@@boredofcanada I'd also suggest Real Emotional Trash, which sounds like Malkmus had been listening to Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape and even a bit of Fairport Convention/Richard Thompson. Having the great Janet Weiss on drums adds heft to the sound.
Christgau put me on to Freedy Johnston. Thanks Bob!
Fuck that guy. That’s good though
He’s so delightfully iconoclastic, but fun! He definitely introduced me to a lot of great stuff.
Thoughts on sebadoh - bakesale ??
A step down from Bubble & Scrape.
@@echosmyron1278disagree ahah think it’s more polished while retaining their grit . Just surprised it’s not really on Jason’s radar
Oh, they’re on my radar. Not too big of a fan. I like 99’s the Sebadoh a good bit but that’s about it as far as Lou outside of Dinosaur Jr goes. 3 stars for Bakesale
I have it rated as a strong 4 star album, bordering on 4.5. Love it. Top 15 on my 1994 list.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 same , not too amused is one of my fave songs ever . Love how it builds
You were an interesting 10 year old, weren't you?
I’ve been interesting at every age.
REM + The Fall= Pavement
Thanks for ruining Pavement for me. -Jason
I've always said "Oh-Kay-Sick" but I can't be sure and I don't see a RUclips pronunciation video on it that I trust.
O Kay sick is wrong. I’ve seen him pronounce it the other way and just saw an interview where Rivers corrected someone for that pronunciation
I've always pronounced it "Oh-kah-seck."
i'll go with CrazySexyCool since niether of you picked it
Never got the Jeff Buckley thing. Never did, never will. The appeal goes completely over my head.
Seriously?
Under your thumb and feet is where it goes. Yeah me too. I quote someone "In the 90s, people acted like Jeff Buckley’s nipples leaked champagne. Grace was inexplicably held up as one of the decade’s greatest albums. If a main character was burning to death in a Fox teen drama, you could bet that Buckley’s cover of Hallelujah would be playing." I really don't know his work well enough to agree with this quote, and I must admit, I listened a third time to Hallelujah and I had some kind of momentary ethereal delight. I mean it was short lived and then it all faded to dust. OK, it's an OK song.
Joe - my brother in hatred of Pavement. 🖤
#5 Jason's captain bizzaro pick sounds like bootleg flaming lips. This would be a #25 pick Jason to show how edgy you are. There are clearly 20 better albums in 1994 than this silly album.
Everyone already knows im not edgy. I pick the albums I like.
@@TastesLikeMusic Fair enough, someone has to like it. #15 whiskey for the holy ghost is a solid pick and a personal favorite so you are forgiven for your evil ways.
Adam Douche-ritz provides backing vocals on some of the tracks, which is likely how one would become aware of that album’s existence. But yeah, I just gave “Barbarossa” a quick listen, and was immediately reminded of Counting Crows. Yuck. In 1994, I would take the Collective Soul and Our Lady Peace albums over that stuff.
Preferring Collective Soul or Our Lady Peace is not the insult you think it is
@@echosmyron1278 Say what you want about Counting Crows, but I agree Adam Duritz is a total creepy douche
I knew that Jeff Buckley's criminally overrated "Music for Bedwetters" would be number one before I clicked on the video.
Worst take of the day. Congrats, that’s hard to do around here
What’s overrated? Great playing , technical/unique vocals, and well produced . I don’t get it
@@TastesLikeMusicUtter garbage. Barely a tune on it. Tailor made for bed-wetting suburban American males, like much else that this washed channel champions.
I’ll make sure my next list has more selections for elderly urban women.
@@TastesLikeMusicThe Beatles, then?