An ongoing ranking and rating of my favorite albums of 1994. Items in bold are part of my personal CD collection.
THE TOP TEN
1. Dream Theater ~ Awake (10.7)
2. Jeffrey Gaines ~ Somewhat Slightly Dazed (10.1)
3. Rob Rule ~ Rob Rule (9.2)
4. Pink Floyd ~ The Division Bell (8.9)
5. Megadeth ~ Youthanasia (8.7)
6. Great White ~ Sail Away (8.5)
7. Motley Crue ~ Motley Crue (8.1)
8. Soundgarden ~ Superunknown (8)
9. Toad The Wet Sprocket ~ Dulcinea (8)
10. The Allman Brothers Band ~ Where It All Begins (8)
THE REST: ALPHABETICAL BY RATING
Roxette ~ Crash! Boom! Bang! (8)
Boston ~ Walk On (7.8)
Richard Marx ~ Paid Vacation (7.8)
Stone Temple Pilots ~ Stone Temple Pilots (7.6)
Peter Frampton ~ Peter Frampton (7.6)
*Various Artists* ~ Metal Edge Presents: The Best Of L.A. – Vol. I (7.5)
Foreigner ~ Mr. Moonlight (7.4)
Tom Petty ~ Wildflowers (7.3)
Alice In Chains ~ Jar Of Flies (7)
Atomic Opera ~ For Madmen Only (7)
The Black Crowes ~ Amorica (7)
Black Sabbath ~ Cross Purposes (7)
Bush ~ Sixteen Stone (7)
Corrosion Of Conformity ~ Deliverence (7)
David Wilcox ~ Big Horizon (7)
Fates Warning ~ Inside Out (7)
Jeff Buckley ~ Grace (7)
Jewel ~ Pieces Of You (7)
Live ~ Throwing Copper (7)
Pantera ~ Far Beyond Driven (7)
Ride ~ Carnival Of Light (7)
Royal Jelly ~ Royal Jelly (7.0)
Savatage ~ Handful Of Rain (7)
Spin Doctors ~ Turn It Upside Down (7)
Sugartooth ~ Sugartooth (7)
Tesla ~ Bust A Nut (7)
Testament ~ Low (7)
Vicious Rumors ~ Word Of Mouth (6.5)
Oasis ~ Definitely Maybe (6.4)
Barefoot Servants ~ Barefoot Servants (6.3)
Cinderella ~ Still Climbing (6)
Courage Brothers ~ Wood (6)
Jackyl ~ Push Comes To Shove (6)
Kevn Kinney ~ Down Out Law (6)
Machine Head ~ Burn My Eyes (6)
The Offspring ~ Smash (6)
Overkill ~ W.F.O. (6)
Pearl Jam ~ Vitalogy (6)
Queensrÿche ~ Promised Land (6)
Shawn Colvin ~ Cover Girl [Covers] (6)
ZZ Top ~ Antenna (5.9)
King’s X ~ Dogman (5.7)
Course Of Empire ~ Initiation (5.2)
Various Artists ~ Music From The Motion Picture Philadelphia (5.2)
21 Guns ~ Demo-Lition (5)
Alice Cooper ~ The Last Temptation (5)
Animal Bag ~ Offering (5)
Arcade ~ A/2 (5)
Big Head Todd And The Monsters ~ Strategem (5)
Blues Traveler ~ Four (5)
Bonnie Raitt ~ Longing In Their Hearts (5)
Bruce Dickinson ~ Balls To Picasso (5)
Dada ~ American Highway Flower (5)
Enuff Z’Nuff ~ Seven (5)
Freedy Johnston ~ This Perfect World (5)
Green Day ~ Dookie (5)
Harry Connick, Jr. ~ She (5)
Helloween ~ Master Of The Rings (5)
Hootie & The Blowfish ~ Cracked Rear View (5)
Korn ~ Korn (5)
Kristen Hall ~ Be Careful What You Wish For (5)
L.A. Guns ~ Vicious Circle (5)
Nine Inch Nails ~ The Downward Spiral (5)
The Obsessed ~ The Church Within (5)
Prong ~ Cleansing (5)
The Rolling Stones ~ Voodoo Lounge (5)
Seal ~ Seal [2] (5)
Steve Perry ~ For The Love Of Strange Medicine (5)
Storyville ~ Bluest Eyes (5)
Thunder ~ Behind Closed Doors (5)
Todd Snider ~ Songs For The Daily Planet (5)
Tyketto ~ Strength In Numbers (5)
Yes ~ Talk (5)
BBM ~ Around The Next Dream (4)
Billy Falcon ~ Letters From A Paper Ship (4)
Cheap Trick ~ Woke Up With A Monster (4)
The Cult ~ The Cult (4)
David Lee Roth ~ Your Filthy Little Mouth (4)
Dionne Farris ~ Wild Seed – Wild Flower (4)
Flesh ~ Flesh (4)
Gun ~ Swagger (4)
Huey Lewis And The News ~ Four Chords & Several Years Ago [Covers] (4)
Infectious Grooves ~ Groove Family Cyco (4)
Joey Vera ~ A Thousand Faces (4)
John Mellencamp ~ Dance Naked (4)
Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ Endangered Species (4)
Meat Puppets ~ Too High To Die (4)
Mercyful Fate ~ Time (4)
Motherland ~ Peace 4 Me (4)
Our Lady Peace ~ Naveed (4)
Phish ~ Hoist (4)
The Poor ~ Who Cares (4)
Pretenders ~ Last Of The Independents (4)
Pride & Glory ~ Pride & Glory (4)
R.E.M. ~ Monster (4)
Rollins Band ~ Weight (4)
Sass Jordan ~ Rats (4)
Slayer ~ Divine Intervention (4)
Sponge ~ Rotting Pinata (4)
Stabbing Westward ~ Ungod (4)
Therapy? ~ Troublegum (4)
Tony MacAlpine ~ Premonition (4)
Widowmaker ~ Stand By For Pain (4)
David T. Chastain ~ Next Planet Please (3.3)
Biohazard ~ State Of The World Address (3)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra ~ The Brian Setzer Orchestra (3)
Eric Clapton ~ From The Cradle [Covers] (3)
Fast Eddie Clarke ~ It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over (3)
Fury In The Slaughterhouse ~ Mono (3)
Gilby Clarke ~ Pawnshop Guitars (3)
The Hatters ~ The Madcap Adventures Of The Avocado Overlord (3)
Helmet ~ Betty (3)
I Love You ~ All Of Us (3)
Kyuss ~ Welcome To Sky Valley (3)
Lita Ford ~ Black (3)
Los Lobotomys ~ Candyman (3)
Mother Station ~ Brand New Bag (3)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse ~ Sleeps With Angels (3)
Rhino Bucket ~ Pain (3)
The Smithereens ~ A Date With The Smithereens (3)
Soulhat ~ Good To Be Gone (3)
Stuttering John ~ Stuttering John (3)
Texas ~ Ricks Road (3)
Thee Hypnotics ~ The Very Crystal Speed Machine (3)
Tommy Emmanuel ~ The Journey (3)
Varga ~ Prototype (3)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen ~ The Seventh Sign (3)
700 Miles ~ Dirtbomb (2)
Ben Harper ~ Welcome To The Cruel World (2)
Blackthorne ~ Afterlife (2)
Bloodline ~ Bloodline (2)
D Generation ~ D Generation (2)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer ~ In The Hot Seat (2)
Foghat ~ Return Of The Boogie Men (2)
Gary Hoey ~ The Endless Summer II (2)
Heather Nova ~ Oyster (2)
Hole ~ Live Through This (2)
Jackopierce ~ Bringing On The Weather (2)
Joan Jett And The Blackhears ~ Pure And Simple (2)
Jonathan Cain ~ Back To The Innocence (2)
Love/Hate ~ Let’s Rumble (2)
Michael Sweet ~ Michael Sweet (2)
Mother Tongue ~ Mother Tongue (2)
Nelson ~ Because They Can (2)
Phil Keaggy ~ Blue (2)
Richie Kotzen ~ Mother Head’s Family Reunion (2)
Sick Of It All ~ Scratch The Surface (2)
Skrew ~ Dusted (2)
Sonny Landreth ~ South Of I-10 (2)
Sweaty Nipples ~ Bug Harvest (2)
Vain ~ Move On It (2)
White Trash ~ Si O Si, Que? (2)
Chris Duarte Group ~ Texas Sugar/Strat Magik (1)
Craig Erickson ~ Retro Blues Express (1)
Green Jellÿ ~ 333 (1)
Johnny Gale ~ Gale Force (1)
Kevin Salem ~ Soma City (1)
Smile ~ Maquee (1)
THE REST: ALPHABETICAL BY RATING
Accept ~ Death Row
Annihilator ~ King Of The Hill
April Wine ~ Frigate
Asia ~ Aria
Axel Rudi Pell ~ Between The Walls
Blackfoot ~ After The Reign
Bryan Ferry ~ Mamouna
The Cranberries ~ No Need To Argue
Demolition23. ~ Demolition23.
Fuel ~ Fuel
The Guess Who ~ Liberty [Lonely One]
Guster ~ Parachute
GWAR ~ This Toilet Earth
Impellitteri ~ Answer To The Master
Jimmy Eat World ~ Jimmy Eat World
Magnum ~ Rock Art
Manic Eden ~ Manic Eden
Marillion ~ Brave
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ~ Question The Answers
Nazareth ~ Move Me
Outlaws ~ Diablo Canyon
Pretty Maids ~ Scream
Rage ~ Ten Years In Rage: The Anniversary Album
Raven ~ Glow
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters ~ Language Of The Soul
Royal Hunt ~ Clown In The Mirror
Running Wild ~ Black Hand In
Saga ~ Steel Umbrellas
Solitude Aeturnus ~ Through The Darkest Hour
Status Quo ~ Thirsty Work
Stevie Nicks ~ Street Angel
Stormwitch ~ Shogun
Symphony X ~ Symphony X
Threshold ~ Psychedelicatessen
Tori Amos ~ Under The Pink
Traffic ~ Far From Home
Vanden Plas ~ Colour Temple
Virgin Steele ~ The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell: Part One
Walter Becker ~ 11 Tracks Of Whack
[Last updated: 2020.12.19]
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