Goin' on 30 Summers

This is what happens when you ask Mastodon for recommendations of albums from 1994. Sorted alphabetically by first letter of band/artist name (or title, if a soundtrack/compilation). Some are stand-ins, YT (or other) link to correct album in description.

  1. 16-17

  2. 18th Dye

    Stand-in for their 1994 album Done (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqKqhGacC8M; which might technically be a 1992 album), but this one is worth checking out too as it was recorded/engineered by Steve Albini. Listened (to stand-in).

  3. Alice In Chains

    Listened (x billion)

  4. Aminiature

  5. Various Artists

    Stand-in for "Ambient 4 - Isolationism" 1994 compilation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3expsvVnI). This is also a 1994 comp.

  6. Ani DiFranco

    Listened

  7. Listened

  8. arcane device

  9. Various Artists

  10. Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt, Arvo Pärt

  11. Hex
    Bark Psychosis

    Listened

  12. Basic Channel

    Listened

  13. Beastie Boys

    Listened (x billion)

  14. The Dirtbombs

    Closest I can get to Blacktop's 1994 album, I've Got A Baaad Feeling About This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hNszSKcW8), which also featured Mick Collins.

  15. Bedhead

  16. Blues Traveler

  17. Blur

  18. Boredoms

    Stand-in for their 1994 album Chocolate Synthesizer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDYmjbzFw4U).

  19. Codeine

  20. Brainiac

    Listened

  21. II
    Boyz II Men

    Listened

  22. Crash Worship

    Closest I can get to their 1994 album Triple Mania II (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u84mm0AjyT8).

  23. Closest I can get to Bowie's unreleased 1994 "album", The Leon Suites (see https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/20/thursday-what-a-concept-david-bowie-the-leon-suites-1994-uk/). Listened to both (x billion).

  24. Digable Planets

  25. Drive Like Jehu

    Listened

  26. Elliott Smith

    Listened (x billion)

  27. Enslaved

  28. Eric's Trip

  29. David Sylvian, Robert Fripp

    Stand-in for FFWD s/t album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5kWXZ02t_M), which was Robert Fripp, Thomas Fehlmann, Kris Weston, and Dr Alex Paterson.

  30. Freedy Johnston

  31. Listened

  32. Gary Numan

    Closest I can get to Numan's 1994 release Sacrifice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6PiCQxB4iQ). Listened to both (Sacrifice x billion).

  33. Gastr del Sol

  34. Listened

  35. Nova Mob

    Stand-in for Grant Hart's 1994 live album Ecce Homo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvTlvk0tAXg), which features songs from Nova Mob and the almighty Hüsker Dü (Hart was in both bands).

  36. Green Day

  37. Guided By Voices

  38. Hammerhead

  39. Heather Nova

  40. Hedningarna

  41. Listened (a lot, actually)

  42. Indigo Girls

    Listened

  43. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

    Listened

  44. Jeff Buckley

    Listened

  45. Jeru The Damaja

  46. Johnny Cash

    Listened (x billion)

  47. Julian Cope

  48. Killing Joke

    Listened

  49. King's X

  50. Koenji Hyakkei

  51. Korn

  52. Kristin Hersh

    Listened

  53. Liz Phair

    Listened

  54. Listened

  55. Lush

    Listened

  56. Machine Head

  57. Manic Street Preachers

  58. Marillion

  59. Listened (x billion)

  60. Closest I can get to Masada's 1994 album Alef (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iaOmN-8pco).

  61. Massive Attack

    Listened

  62. Massive Attack

    Listened (remix album of Protection)

  63. Meat Puppets

  64. Melt-Banana

  65. Mephiskapheles

    Listened

  66. Melvins

    Listened

  67. Method Man

  68. Motorpsycho

  69. Nas

    Listened

  70. Nature And Organisation

  71. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    Listened (x billion)

  72. Nine Inch Nails

    Listened (x billion)

  73. Listened (x billion)

  74. Noise Addict

  75. Listened

  76. Oingo Boingo

    Listened

  77. Hoppy Kamiyama, Bill Laswell

    Closest I can get to Optical8's 1994 album Bug (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDsH4boa0wU), which also featured Hoppy Kamiyama. Listened (to Optical8).

  78. Orbital

    Listened

  79. Henry Kaiser, Mari Kimura, Jim O'Rourke, John Oswald

    This is a 1994 album but is meant as a stand-in for Organum's 1994 album Sphyx, which Jim O'Rourke also appears on (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0M2rTX_mdY).

  80. Pale Saints

    Listened

  81. Panel Donor

  82. Listened

  83. Pearl Jam

    Listened (x billion)

  84. Pink Floyd

  85. Closest I can get to Pizzicato Five's 1994 album Overdose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdzRxiGuAE). Listened (to Overdose).

  86. Plastikman, Richie Hawtin

  87. Portishead

    Listened, obviously

  88. Rotting Christ

  89. Rusted Root

    Listened

  90. Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Listened

  91. Seal

    Listened (x billion)

  92. Shellac

  93. Shudder To Think

  94. Sister Machine Gun

  95. Listened (x billion)

  96. Stina Nordenstam

  97. Stone Temple Pilots

  98. Sunny Day Real Estate

  99. Tetsu Inoue

  100. That Dog.

  101. Listened (ZAWWWMBAY ZAWWWMBAY ZAWWWMBAY BAY BAY)

  102. Various Artists

    Listened

  103. The Fall-Outs

    Stand-in for their 1994 album Sleep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVE0ythBWwU&t=2s). This one is from 1986.

  104. The Folk Implosion

  105. Listened (x billion)

  106. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

    Listened

  107. The Jonny Cats

    Both the band's 1994 EP "Burrrns Rubber" (https://archive.org/details/TheJonnyCatsBurnsRubber) and this album were recommended, all the songs on the EP are on the LP. Listened (to the EP).

  108. The Magnetic Fields

    Listened

  109. Closest I can get to The Muppets' 1994 album Kermit Unpigged (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wHnU5AO2Kc, actually has a couple covers from 1994 albums on this list and is shockingly sad). Listened to both.

  110. The Notorious B.I.G.

    Listened

  111. The Offspring

    Listened

  112. The Stone Roses

  113. The Tragically Hip

  114. Listened, obviously (don't go chasing waterfalls)

  115. Tom Petty

    Listened

  116. Tone (DC)

    Stand-in for Tone's 1994 release Build (https://youtu.be/bajDtXnPk9g).

  117. Listened (x billion)

  118. Tortoise

  119. vacuum tree head

  120. Veruca Salt

    Listened

  121. Weezer

Goin' on 30 Summers is an album list curated by Buffy Leigh:

I'm Buffy Leigh. You may remember me from such places on the Internets as https://mas.to/@buffyleigh and https://1001otheralbums.com/.

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