GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1994

[Serjeant Grumbles]

1 9 9 4



Obviously make sure to hit up RYM yourself and search your favourite genres.

The deadline is 31st of October 2018.

The rules:
- submit at least 5 releases.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.

GNMD = General Non-Metal Discussion, so NO METAL ALBUMS are to be included in anybody's list.

 

[CiG]

Good fucking year.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Preliminary

King's X - Dogman
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Shudder to Think - Pony Express Record
Deep Turtle - There's a Vomitsprinkler in My Liverriver
Aby Ngana Diop - Liital
Kevin Gilbert - Thud
Offspring - Smash
System Shock Soundtrack
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Helmet - Betty
Earthbound Soundtrack
Dazzling Killmen - Face of Collapse

 

[Talos of Atmora]

I'll make sure to actually remember to participate in this one. Good year too.

 

[CiG]

Heavy year for horrorcore:

 

[CiG]

 

[CiG]

1. Covenant - Dreams of a Cryotank
2. Loreena McKennitt - The Mask and Mirror
3. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
4. Grand Daddy - I.U. Lead Pipe
5. Redman - Dare Iz a Darkside
6. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
7. Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
8. Dead Moon - Crack in the System
9. Hasil Adkins - Achy Breaky Ha Ha Ha
10. Craw - Lost Nation Road

HM:

Crustified Dibbs - Night of the Bloody Apes (R.A. the Rugged Man's debut unreleased album, permanently shelved and his ass blacklisted for almost 10 years because he was too insane and fucked with the corporate label suits.)

He even did a collaboration with Biggie:

 

[Slammed]

1.The Poor – Who Cares
2. Pride & Glory - Pride & Glory
3. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
4. Page & Plant - No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
5. ZZ Top – Antenna
6. Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation
7. Jeff Buckley – Grace
8. Cake - Motorcade of Generosity
9. Lion King Soundtrack
10. Kermit Unpigged

 

[The Ozzman]

2. Pride & Glory - Pride & Glory

Zakk Wylde's best material

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Do live albums count?

 

[-CC-]

1) Nas - Illmatic
2) Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
3) The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
4) Outkast - Southernplayalisticaddilacmuzik
5) Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era
6) Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
7) Method Man - Tical
8) Bone Thugz N Harmony - Creepin on ah Come Up
9) Artifacts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
10) Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1 - The Offspring - Smash
2 - Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
3 - Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
4 - Green Day - Dookie
5 - Warren G - Regulate... G Funk Era
6 - Celly Cel - Heat 4 Yo Azz
7 - Bone Thugz N Harmony - Creepin on ah Come Up
8 - Scarface - The Diary
9 - Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
10 - Master P - The Ghettos Tryin' to Kill Me!

HM
Beck - Mellow Gold
UGK - Super Tight
Above the Law - Uncle Sams Curse
Pearl Jam - Vitality
Method Man - Tical
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Spice 1 - AmeriKKKas Most Wanted
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

1. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
2. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
3. Portishead - Dummy
4. Lush - Split
5. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
6. R.E.M. - Monster
7. L7 - Hungry for Stink
8. Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
9. Cramps - Flamejob
10. Flatlinerz - U.S.A.

HM: Mavericks - What a Crying Shame

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6. Shonen Knife - Rock Animals

'93 according to their website, though that could mean it was only released in Japan then and internationally in '94.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

1. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
3. Veruca Salt - American Thighs
4. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
5. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
6. Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows - Ich töte mich jedesmal aufs neue, doch ich bin unsterblich, und ich erstehe wieder auf; In einer Vision des Untergangs
7. Elend - Leçons de Ténèbres
8. Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
9. Hole - Live Through This
10. Live - Throwing Copper

 

[Mort Divine]

General opinion on Kyuss being eligible or not...

They're a band that I've never thought of as metal, but I've seen people here talk about them as such.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

If The Misfits are metal Kyuss sure as hell are metal too.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

depends on songs and albums. Is this something new to some of you?

And Sky Valley is metal enough for me to not not include here.

 

[Slammed]

Zakk Wylde's best material

It's definitely good but I still like some of his heavier stuff

 

[Slammed]

And Sky Valley is metal enough for me to not not include here.

Agreed.

RYM also lists Kyuss as Stoner Metal so I guess the argument comes down to which genre listing everyone runs with.

 

[CiG]

Do live albums count?

I think they should.

93 according to their website, though that could mean it was only released in Japan then and internationally in '94.

Shit, yeah it was released in '93 and then '94 internationally. Cheers I'll edit my list.