1994 – my year in music
What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I ranked these albums and singles in December 2024 as I didn’t do it at the time.
| Top albums of 1994 | ||
| 1 | Blur | Parklife |
| 2 | Dodgy | Homegrown |
| 3 | Pulp | His 'n' Hers |
| 4 | S*M*A*S*H | S*M*A*S*H |
| 5 | Stereolab | Mars Audiac Quintet |
| 6 | Sultans of Ping FC | Teenage Drug |
| 7 | Portishead | Dummy |
| 8 | Echobelly | Everyone's Got One |
| 9 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Dos Dedos Mis Amigos |
| 10 | Oasis | Definitely Maybe |
| 11 | Lush | Split |
| 12 | They Might Be Giants | John Henry |
| 13 | Wannadies | Be A Girl |
| 14 | Shed Seven | Change Giver |
| 15 | Veruca Salt | American Thighs |
| 16 | Pizzicato Five | Made in USA |
| 17 | Cardigans | Emmerdale |
| 18 | Divine Comedy | Promenade |
| 19 | Marillion | Brave |
| 20 | Terrorvision | How To Make Friends And Influence People |
The albums I played to death:
| These aren’t necessarily the same as my favourite albums now, but the ones I remember buying on release and playing over and over and over again. | ||
| 21/02/94 | Sultans of Ping FC | Teenage Drug |
| 21/03/94 | S*M*A*S*H | S*M*A*S*H |
| 18/04/94 | Pulp | His 'n' Hers |
| 25/04/94 | Blur | Parklife |
| 01/08/94 | Various Artists | Bend It! 94 |
| 02/08/94 | Stereolab | Mars Audiac Quintet |
| 22/08/94 | Portishead | Dummy |
| 22/08/94 | Echobelly | Everyone's Got One |
| 29/08/94 | Oasis | Definitely Maybe |
| 19/09/94 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Dos Dedos Mis Amigos |
| 11/10/94 | Pizzicato Five | Made in USA |
| 24/10/94 | Dodgy | Homegrown |
| Top tracks of 1994 | ||
| 1 | Veruca Salt | Seether |
| 2 | Blur | Magpie |
| 3 | Lush | Hypocrite |
| 4 | Carter USM | Glam Rock Cops |
| 5 | Stereolab | Ping Pong |
| 6 | Blur | Trouble In The Message Centre |
| 7 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Ich Bin Ein Auslander |
| 8 | Pulp | Babies |
| 9 | Blur | London Loves |
| 10 | S*M*A*S*H | Shame |
| 11 | Shed Seven | Speakeasy |
| 12 | Blur | Tracy Jacks |
| 13 | Cardigans | Sick & Tired |
| 14 | Echobelly | Close ... But |
| 15 | Sultans of Ping FC | Michiko |
| 16 | S*M*A*S*H | Lady Love Your Cunt |
| 17 | Pulp | Acrylic Afternoons |
| 18 | Sultans of Ping FC | Wake Up And Scratch Me |
| 19 | Pop Will Eat Itself | R.S.V.P. |
| 20 | Pulp | Do You Remember The First Time? |
| 21 | S*M*A*S*H | Revisited No 3 |
| 22 | Blur | Girls And Boys |
| 23 | Inspiral Carpets | Saturn 5 |
| 24 | Sultans of Ping FC | Teenage Punks |
| 25 | Prodigy feat Pop Will Eat Itself | Their Law |
| 26 | Stone Roses | Love Spreads |
| 27 | S*M*A*S*H | (I Want to) Kill Somebody |
| 28 | Pulp | Lipgloss |
| 29 | Cardigans | Rise & Shine |
| 30 | They Might Be Giants | Snail Shell |
| 31 | Echobelly | I Can't Imagine The World Without Me |
| 32 | Sub Sub | Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) |
| 33 | Salad | On A Leash |
| 34 | Pulp | Joyriders |
| 35 | Blur | Bank Holiday |
| 36 | Wannadies | You And Me Song |
| 37 | Echobelly | Father Ruler King Computer |
| 38 | Echobelly | Bellyache |
| 39 | Oasis | Supersonic |
| 40 | Divine Comedy | Don't Look Down |
| 41 | Pizzicato Five | Twiggy-Twiggy vs. James Bond |
| 42 | Sultans of Ping FC | Love And Understanding |
| 43 | Gigolo Aunts | Where I Find My Heaven |
| 44 | Dodgy | Whole Lot Easier |
| 45 | Dodgy | Staying Out For The Summer |
| 46 | Echobelly | Today Tomorrow Sometime Never |
| 47 | Dodgy | Crossroads |
| 48 | Tiny Monroe | Cream Bun |
| 49 | Stereolab | Wow And Flutter |
| 50 | Sultans of Ping FC | Teenage Rock And Roll Girl |
| 51 | White Town | All Summer In A Day |
| 52 | Inspiral Carpets | I Want You |
| 53 | Thurman | English Tea |
| 54 | Oasis | Rock And Roll Star |
| 55 | Pizzicato Five | I |
| 56 | Sting | If I Ever Lose My Faith In You |
| 57 | Shampoo | House Of Love |
| 58 | Echobelly | Insomniac |
| 59 | Kylie Minogue | Nothing Can Stop Us |
| 60 | Blur | People In Europe |
| 61 | Portishead | Glory Box |
| 62 | Stereolab | International Colouring Contest |
| 63 | Echobelly | Call Me Names |
| 64 | Kylie Minogue | Confide In Me |
| 65 | Shed Seven | Dolphin |
| 66 | Wannadies | Might Be Stars |
| 67 | Blur | Peter Panic |
| 68 | Shampoo | Trouble |
| 69 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Everything's Cool |
| 70 | S*M*A*S*H | Real Surreal |
| 71 | Oasis | Columbia |
| 72 | Bush | Glycerine |
| 73 | Portishead | Sour Times |
| 74 | Lush | Desire Lines |
| 75 | Pizzicato Five | Baby Love Child |
| 76 | Sultans of Ping FC | Bloodsport For All |
| 77 | Saint Etienne | Hug My Soul |
| 78 | Shampoo | Delicious |
| 79 | Wannadies | How Does it Feel |
| 80 | Wonder Stuff | Hot Love Now! |
| 81 | Oasis | Cigarettes And Alcohol |
| 82 | A House | Here Come The Good Times |
| 83 | Blur | Clover Over Dover |
| 84 | Dodgy | So Let Me Go Far |
| 85 | S*M*A*S*H | Drugs Again |
| 86 | Tasmin Archer | Shipbuilding |
| 87 | Blur | Jubilee |
| 88 | Portishead | Strangers |
| 89 | Beastie Boys | Futterman's Rule |
| 90 | Tjernobyl Dödar | Titta Bort |
| 91 | A House | Why Me? |
| 92 | Bailter Space | X |
| 93 | Divine Comedy | Tonight We Fly |
| 94 | Blur | Magic America |
| 95 | Auteurs | Razzmatazz |
| 96 | Ash | Jack Names The Planets |
| 97 | Family Cat | Bring Me The Head Of Michael Portillo |
| 98 | Blur | Parklife |
| 99 | Saint Etienne | Like a Motorway |
| 100 | Pavement | Cut Your Hair |
| 101 | Shed Seven | Ocean Pie |
| 102 | A House | I Hope I'm Wrong |
| 103 | Everything But The Girl | Missing |
| 104 | Oasis | Up in The Sky |
| 105 | Oasis | Live Forever |
| 106 | Letters To Cleo | Here And Now |
| 107 | Saint Etienne | Pale Movie |
| 108 | Terrorvision | Oblivion |
| 109 | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | Do You Love Me |
| 110 | Velocity Girl | Sorry Again |
| 111 | Family Cat | Goldenbook |
| 112 | Grid | Swamp Thing (Radio Mix) |
| 113 | Oasis | Whatever |
| My favourite cover versions of 1994 | ||
| 1 | Shampoo | House Of Love |
| 2 | Kylie Minogue | Nothing Can Stop Us |
| 3 | Sultans of Ping FC | Bloodsport For All |
| 4 | Tasmin Archer | Shipbuilding |
| 5 | Tjernobyl Dödar | Titta Bort |
| 6 | Auteurs | Razzmatazz |
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