In 1994, the big event of the year was obviously getting to see The Lion King in theatres and crying when Mufasa died. Be Prepared!
Albums
Once I started to develop my own tastes in music, 1994 was about as far as I went back in any real capacity so from now I'll be listing 10 albums.
Rank | Album | Artist | Title | Label | Impression |
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1 | Various Artists | The Liong King Soundtrack | Walt Disney | The Lion King is my favorite Disney animated movie and I know this soundtrack better than any other. Ingonyama nengw enamabala! (Oh yes it’s a lion). Wikipedia |
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2 | Sunny Day Real Estate | Diary | Sub Pop | The second wave of emo has arrived, but not quite midwest emo since the band is from Seattle. Wikipedia |
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3 | Rancid | Let's Go | Epitaph | Rancid's second album which like most Rancid albums has too many songs on it, but does have Radio co-written with Billie Joe from Green Day. Wikipedia |
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4 | Mephiskapheles | God Bless Satan | Moon Ska Records | A satanic ska band? Yes! Also featuring The Bumblebee Tuna Song. Wikipedia |
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5 | blink-182 | Buddha | Kung Fu Records | blink-182's first album before they added the 182 to their name and featuring the track Carousel. Wikipedia |
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6 | Jawbreaker | 24 Hour Revenge Therapy | Tupelo | You're not punk and I'm telling everyone. Wikipedia |
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7 | NOFX | Punk in Drublic | Epitaph | NOFX hits a high point in their career with the release of this album and Linoleum. Wikipedia |
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8 | The Toasters | Dub 56 | Moon Ska | That saxophone in Mona. this was a great year for Moon Ska. Wikipedia |
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9 | David Lee Murphy | Out With a Band | MCA | This is here solely for Dust on the Bottle. I still have memories of going to a dance back in my hometown years after this came out and the floor shaking from everyone singing along to it. Wikipedia |
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10 | Weezer | Weezer (Blue Album) | DGC | I'm not even that big of a Weezer fan, but it's hard not to sing along to Say it Ain't So every time it's played. Wikipedia |
Books
Rank | Book | Title | Author | Impression |
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1 | Catherine, Called Birdy | Karen Cushman | I liked this historical fiction novel about a medieval girl not wanting to get married. Wikipedia |
Movies
Rank | Movie | Title | Impression |
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1 | The Lion King | Easily the movie I watched the most in my life. I think my sister and I watched it everyday one summer much to my cousin's annoyance. So much so, that I could probably still quote every line in the movie. Wikipedia |
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2 | The Crow | It can't rain all the time. Wikipedia |
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3 | Léon: The Professional | Natalie Portman's debut is a great one. Wikipedia |
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4 | Pulp Fiction | The one Tarantino film that still holds up well after many viewings. Wikipedia |
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5 | The Shawshank Redemption | The highest rated film on imdb is there for a reason. One of the greatest. Wikipedia |
Video Games
Rank | Game | Title | Developer | Impression |
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1 | Beneath a Steel Sky | Revolution Software | A classic dystopian sci-fi story that holds up super well with a great sidekick and setting. Wikipedia |
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2 | Sonic 3 & Knuckles | Sega | The last of the genesis games featured the novel ability to stack the cartridges on top of each other to make a complete game. Together, they make one of the best Sonic games of a all-time. Wikipedia |
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3 | Road Rash | Electronic Arts | A racing game that rewarded you for hitting other racers and running over pedestrians along with cheesy FMV. I played this so much as a kid. Wikipedia |
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4 | Final Fantasy VI | Square | The last of the SNES final fantasies and features one of the best antagonists in the series Kefka. Wikipedia |
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5 | Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon | Access Software | Tex Murphy is one of the few FMV games from the 90's where the acting still holds up today. The game is a bit difficult to navigate, but the cheesy dad jokes make it all worth it. Wikipedia |