1994

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
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).

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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.

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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.

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4 Mephiskapheles God Bless Satan Moon Ska Records

A satanic ska band? Yes! Also featuring The Bumblebee Tuna Song.

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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.

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6 Jawbreaker 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Tupelo

You're not punk and I'm telling everyone.

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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.

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8 The Toasters Dub 56 Moon Ska

That saxophone in Mona. this was a great year for Moon Ska.

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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.

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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.

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Books


Rank Book Title Author Impression
1 Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman

I liked this historical fiction novel about a medieval girl not wanting to get married.

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Movies

Rank Movie Title Impression
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.

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2 The Crow

It can't rain all the time.

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3 Léon: The Professional

Natalie Portman's debut is a great one.

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4 Pulp Fiction

The one Tarantino film that still holds up well after many viewings.

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5 The Shawshank Redemption

The highest rated film on imdb is there for a reason. One of the greatest.

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Video Games

Rank Game Title Developer Impression
1 Beneath a Steel Sky Revolution Software

A classic dystopian sci-fi story that holds up super well with a great sidekick and setting.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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