Turning 30 This year

RocknRollDave

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/mobile/rock/year-albums/albums-1994.html

Quite a selection there!

Philly_Q

Blimey, Hootie and the Blowfish.  I can't be bothered to Google now, but I wonder what became of them?

I was thinking 1994 was a bit modern for me, but I do have quite a few albums on that list.  Not Hootie.

strumjoughlamps

One of the times I got to see Soundgarden was the Superunknown tour, Brixton Academy, Tad supported and after Soundgarden finished Chris Cornell came on and did an awesome solo set.

Portishead - Dummy I still listen to quite a bit, it hasn't aged at all.

Live - Throwing Copper I first heard at a party down Newquay after a day of surfing at Fistral Beach, it wasn't yet released in the UK, I loved it the week after I had the band logo tattooed on my leg. Mental Jewelry is my fave of theirs tho.

Philly_Q

strumjoughlamps said:

Live - Throwing Copper I first heard at a party down Newquay after a day of surfing at Fistral Beach, it wasn't yet released in the UK, I loved it the week after I had the band logo tattooed on my leg. Mental Jewelry is my fave of theirs tho.

Yeah, I really liked Live, I bought all their albums up to number six(...?) but haven't listened to them for decades.

I've tried to listen to similar bands from that period - Our Lady Peace, for example - and although I really liked them at the time I can't get into it now.  I can't really explain why.

Reverend

Kyuss, Mayhem, Portishead, Rollins, Bones Thugs N Harmony, Prodigy. Nas.  Some great albums there. 

And then you have Green Day and Offspring 

RocknRollDave

Manics - The Holy Bible, Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Suede - Dog Man Star were the big ones for me.

hollywoodrox

Omg there’s only one on there I like & it’s   . . . 

Voodoo lounge - Rolling stones 

  An album I really enjoyed from 94 is Pawnshop Guitars by Gilby Clarke which is brilliant which I own & Still Climbing by Cinderella .

The Eagles - Hell freezes over  has got to be up there with voodoo lounge 

youthanasia was a reasonable output from megadeth , the Bruce Dickinson album was ok 

im having trouble thinking of other albums from that year that I enjoyed 
I suppose you could count crossroads by Bon jovi 



So the three biggest for me were voodoo lounge & hell freezes over & pawnshop guitars 

Philly_Q

I think I've got 16 of those albums, now I've looked properly. 

It feels odd being reminded of some of those names, quite a few I'd completely forgotten.  Some of these things I still listen to, others I probably haven't played since... 1995.  In general, I think the music I liked in the '80s has stayed with me more than the '90s stuff.

Cranky

Philly_Q said:

Blimey, Hootie and the Blowfish.  I can't be bothered to Google now, but I wonder what became of them?

I was thinking 1994 was a bit modern for me, but I do have quite a few albums on that list.  Not Hootie.

Not sure about the whole band, but Darius Rucker is apparently a big Miami Dolphins fan and is a call-in guest on American sports shows from time to time.  The band is probably playing fairs and casinos.

The list overall is pretty incredible.  I almost felt like a rebellious 15 year old again just reading it.  Really a collection of generation-defining albums.

I feel like Fu Schnickens’ Nervous Breakdown belongs on the list, if only for the awesome song “What’s Up Doc” and it’s role in launching Shaquille O’Neal’s rap career.

mrkb

hollywoodrox said:

Omg there’s only one on there I like & it’s   . . . 

Voodoo lounge - Rolling stones 

  An album I really enjoyed from 94 is Pawnshop Guitars by Gilby Clarke which is brilliant which I own & Still Climbing by Cinderella .

I saw Gilby Clarke tour that album in Detroit in late 94, so it has a special place in my memories as well.

mudslide73

I bought a fair few of those - Buckley, Pulp's His n Hers, Black Crowes Amorica, Beasties - all still in rotation at least once a year.

mo6020

Man, I still regularly listen to a lot of albums on that list... 

Reverend

Dark Throne - Transilvanian Hunger
The Obsessed - Church Within
Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance
Not on that list but better 

ICBM

I've got -

REM - Monster
Cranberries - No Need To Argue
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Seal - Seal
Massive Attack - Protection
Suede - Dog Man Star
Madonna - Bedtime Stories
Pulp - His 'n' Hers
Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels
EBTG - Amplified Heart
Stone Roses - Second Coming

Have had in the past -

Green Day - Dookie
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
Weezer - Weezer
Portishead - Dummy
Hole - Live Through This
Blur - Parklife
Clapton - From The Cradle
Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World
Des'ree - I Ain't Movin'

And should probably get -

Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Nick Cave - Let Love In
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge

MrTee

I scored 26!

Philly_Q

@ICBM if we did a Venn diagram of your 1994 album list with mine, there would be 1 item in the overlapping area.

tone1

It’s 10 for me……Offspring Smash was a particular favourite of mine back then. 

Bellycaster

Whigfield?

Majorscale

My favourite album on that list is #27 - Under The Table And Dreaming by Dave Matthews Band

Under The Pink by Tori Amos is fantastic too

bobblehat

That makes me feel Old! 

I still have that Hootie and the Blowfish Album. I bought it after watching them play live on short lived Danny Baker show.Still can't believe its one of the best selling albums of all time.Its good but not that good

Hurling_Fruitmig

Beck - Mellow Gold, I hadn't realised that was so old.