Colm

 

24/07/1994

 

Warren G ft. Nate Dogg - Regulate

 

I'm not a huge hip-hop fan but sometimes it hits me where it needs to. Regulate is effortlessly cool and great for chilling to when I want to feel a little bit gangsta (who am I fooling?)

 

3 Weeks

 

24/07/1994

1 - Regulate - Warren G and Nate Dawg

2 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

3 - 7 Seconds - Yousu N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

 

 

31/07/1994

1 - Regulate - Warren G and Nate Dawg

2 - 7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

3 - Kiss from a Rose Seal

 

07/08/1994

1 - Regulate - Warren G and Nate Dawg

2 - 7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

3 - Kiss from a Rose Seal

 

 

 

 

12/06/1994

 

Manic Street Preachers - Faster

 

Like a red-hot branding iron to the face, Faster is as caustic as anything they've ever done but not without head-spinning melody. Whereever James summons up the taut, angry, twisted post-punk barrage of fury from after the somewhat funky Gold Against the Soul, who knows?

 

As a taster for the intimidatingly grim Holy Bible album it could not have done a better job. Richie's lyrics spoke of high-brow intelligentsia among whom he placed himself. Every second of this is essential to my life.

 

 

A very, very underrated song from Milla Jovovich could never stand a chance of dislodge Faster. It should have been huge.

 

6 Weeks

 

12/06/1994

1 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

2 - No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy

3 - Past the Mission - Tori Amos

 

19/06/1994

1 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

2 - No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy

3 - Gentleman Who Fell - Milla Jovovich

 

26/06/1994

1 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

2 - Gentleman Who Fell - Milla Jovovich

3 - No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy

 

03/07/1994

1 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

2 - Gentleman Who Fell - Milla Jovovich

3 - No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy

 

10/07/1994

1 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

2 - 7 Seconds Yousu N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

3 - Gentleman Who Fell - Milla Jovovich

 

17/07/1994

1 - Faster- Manic Street Preachers

2 - 7 Seconds Yousu N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

3 - Gentleman Who Fell - Milla Jovovich

We're not finished with Erasure in this chart. :D

Always is good but it took a long time to grow on me. In fact it wasn't until a few years ago that I would even put it on a Best of Erasure.

 

29/05/1994

 

The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)

 

2 Weeks :o

 

The jump from the Experience album to Jilted Generation was fairly unpredictable and to preface the album with this - (for many, a contender for greatest dance song ever) was a smack in the face for fans expecting more tinny cartoon-rave.

 

The usual amalgam of beats, synths, samples and killer riff was all in place and nearly 20 years on it still thrills.

 

In 1994 many songs didn't really get as many weeks as they warranted and this is no exception. The rest of the year is filled with stone cold classic songs at number 1 (with perhaps one arguably not so classic but we'll have that argument later)

 

Top 3s

29/05/1994

1 - No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy

2 - Julie - The Levellers

3 - Riverdance - Bill Whelan

 

05/06/1994

1 - No Good (Start the Dance) - The Prodigy

2 - Julie - The Levellers

3 - Past the Mission Tori Amos

 

 

15/05/1994

 

The Levellers - Julie

 

2 Weeks

 

 

Another song that just makes my insides turn to mush. The lyrics are frank reflection on loneliness and hopelessness. That final chorus is so powerful. One of their very best songs, in my opinion.

 

 

Top 3s

15/05/1994

1 - Julie - The Levellers

2 - Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

3 - Mr Jones - Counting Crows

 

22/05/1994

1 - Julie - The Levellers

2 - Riverdance - Bill Whelan

3 - Mr Jones - Counting Crows

 

 

24/04/1994

 

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia

 

3 Week

 

 

And to another movie theme. I never understood the fascination with Bruce Springsteen - a lot of my friends who are really into music worship him - but this song just pulls at my heart-strings.

 

The part where he sings ain't no angel going to greet me, it's just you and I my friend.....is just :wub:

 

 

Top 33

24/04/1994

1 - Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

2 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman

3 - Ur the Best Thing - D:Ream

 

01/05/1994

1 - Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

2 - Always - Erasure

3 - Supersonic - Oasis

 

08/05/1994

1 - Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

2 - Always - Erasure

3 - Supersonic - Oasis

 

 

 

17/04/1994

 

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

 

1 Week

 

The main theme from the film The Piano could not be anything less than breathtaking, and The Heart Asks Pleasure First didn't shy away from that responsibility. Michael Nyman is more associated with orchestral music but this ravishing, enthralling piece is the best thing I've heard from him.

 

In the year I fell in love with piano music (thanks to Tori's Under the Pink) I couldn't get enough of this amazing piece.

 

 

Top 3

17/04/1994

1 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman

2 - Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

3 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

 

Etched Headplate is still my favourite piece by him. Kindred is a close second.

Come Down to Us is by far my fave of the three. Rival Dealer is quite harsh in an unpleasant way. The production doesn't seem to dazzle me as much as usual.

1 Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith - La La La

2 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One

3 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

4 Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky

 

 

:thinking:

This is one of those times that I dare not listen to the rest of the EP in case it's not as good as Come Down to Us. The last time I had such hear-breaking pessimism about music was when I heard Two Men in Love.

I intentionally avoided the YTD threads all year so I could be relatively surprised when they count down the best sellers of the year. And now we might not even get a countdown :lol: :(

 

You deserve some sort of award for that. I dont even care for the charts that much and I can't help but visit those threads.

To be honest I haven't listened to parts of either of them more than once, or in full at all.

Come Down to Us is running Retrograde close for Track of 2013

I would say they're not quite as accessible as these but the detail is phenomenal.

 

06/03/1994

 

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

 

6 Weeks

 

A song that the word magnificent was invented for. The build for the second chorus makes me take flight. When Billy sings "burn, burn, burn" the dramatic release of the strings, kettle drums and bells is something that reminds me of why I love music so much. I know his voice isn't for everyone but I like the tones of yearning that it brings to Disarm.

 

Both Disarm and Bluebeard are highlights of the year and suppress Suede's Stay Together into third place. However, it out performs many of the number 1s of 1994.

 

 

Top 3s

06/03/1994

1 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

2 - BlueBeard - Cocteau Twins

3 - Stay Together - Suede

 

13/03/1994

1 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

2 - BlueBeard - Cocteau Twins

3 - Stay Together - Suede

 

20/03/1994

1 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

2 - BlueBeard - Cocteau Twins

3 - Stay Together - Suede

 

27/03/1994

1 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

2 - BlueBeard - Cocteau Twins

3 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman

 

03/04/1994

1 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

2 - BlueBeard - Cocteau Twins

3 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman

 

10/04/1994

1 - Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins

2 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman

3 - Pretty Good Year - Tori Amos

 

Could I get the mp3 packages sent please? I may even vote.

I didn't get much out of the last four or five. It's all gone far to chill-wave and my own entries didn't really suit.

Oh, I'm not participating but I do like the Seinabo Sey. Love the verses.

What may happen is that she is included in 2015 nominations.

 

Do they still have the eligibility period of ~15 months?

But if she had produced the 'Best Female Album' then surely she should be the one awarded, seeing as this award is based on the quality of the music? I don't understand your logic.

 

 

This has always been my stance on things. How could the female who produced the best album not be the best female?

 

You dont need to dominate all 12 months of the year to be the best female of the year. It should be purely down to album quality.

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27/02/1994

 

Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard

 

1 Week

 

Isn't it strange how sometimes amazing music seems to echo what's selling higher up in the charts and yet goes unnoticed by the masses? The Cranberries managed to spend most of Feb and March of 1994 in the Top 20 with Linger but Bluebeard hardly registered at all. It is their most directly accessible single, in my opinion. I certainly loved it instantly and it's characteristically multi-layered structure is enchanting and ravishing in equal measure.

 

Far from some of their abstract work, it peaks and falls in easily identifiable sections. It did seem their best chance at a hit and is indeed their second biggest hit in the UK charts. A travisty.

 

It only spent one week at number one in this rundown because of an upcoming landmark single (for me, anyway).

 

Top 3s

27/02/1994

1 - BlueBeard - Cocteau Twins

2 - Stay Together - Suede

3 - Life Becoming a Landslide - Manic Street Preachers

 

13/02/1994

 

Manic Street Preachers - Life Becoming a Landslide

 

2 Week

 

Well, well, well...if only all of their "4th single of an album"s were as good as this. In fact, it's been quite a while since ANY of their singles managed to be so down-heartedly amazing. The lines "There is no true love, just a finely tuned jealousy" has to be one of their best couplets.

 

James' voice is at it's peak for me too.

 

Top 3s

13/02/1994

1 - Life Becoming a Landslide - Manic Street Preachers

2 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos

3 - Aftermath - Tricky

 

20/02/1994

1 - Life Becoming a Landslide - Manic Street Preachers

2 - Pale Movie - Saint Etienne

3 - Aftermath - Tricky