Fluxblog Weekly #106: 1994 Survey Mix
1994 Survey Mix
This is the fifth in the 1990s survey mix series, which will come out monthly in chronological order through this year. You can find the previous mixes here.
I think 1994 may be the best year for popular music ever, or at least the best year for music in my lifetime. The sheer density of all-time classic records that came out in 1994 is staggering, and even aside from all of those breakthroughs and blockbusters, thereโs also the early phases of scenes and sub-genres like emo, IDM, and post-rock that would be more important later on in the decade. Even the shitty and schlocky music of 1994 is above average! Itโs crazy, and the overall quality is all the more impressive when you consider the quantity of notable music from the year. I try to keep these surveys to 8 โdiscs,โ but this one sprawls out to 10, and I still left some songs out for space. It is by far the longest survey Iโve ever compiled, and clocks in at a little under 22 hours. God help you if you try to listen to this all in one sitting.
As I said in the first โ90s survey post, I think of the music of the โ90s as being a trilogy in which each act ends in tragedy โ the suicide of Kurt Cobain, the murders of Tupac and Biggie, and the chaos of Woodstock โ99. So with this in mind, 1994 is the end of the first act and the beginning of the second.
Thanks to Rob Sheffield, Eric Harvey, Sean T. Collins, Jen Appel, and especially Paul Cox for their valuable assistance in putting this set together.
DOWNLOAD DISC 1
The Notorious B.I.G. โJuicyโ / Nas โThe World Is Yoursโ / Wu-Tang Clan โC.R.E.A.M.โ / Craig Mack feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, and Busta Rhymes โFlava In Ya Ear (Remix)โ / Outkast โGit Up, Git Outโ / Gravediggaz โNowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hideโ / Portishead โSour Timesโ / Nine Inch Nails โMarch of the Pigsโ / Hole โVioletโ / Sonic Youth โBull in the Heatherโ / Beastie Boys โSabotageโ / Beck โLoserโ / Pavement โCut Your Hairโ / R.E.M. โWhatโs the Frequency, Kenneth?โ / Pearl Jam โNot for Youโ / Dave Matthews Band โAnts Marchingโ / Tori Amos โCornflake Girlโ / Oasis โLive Foreverโ / Green Day โBasket Caseโ / Veruca Salt โSeetherโ / Sebadoh โReboundโ / Velocity Girl โTripping Wiresโ / Liz Phair โNashvilleโ / Helium โXXXโ / TLC โCreepโ / R. Kelly โBump N Grindโ / Mary J. Blige โIโm Goinโ Downโ / Da Brat โFunkdafiedโ / Stone Temple Pilots โBig Emptyโ / Weezer โUndone โ The Sweater Songโ / Nirvana โAll Apologies (Unplugged)โ
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Blur โGirls & Boysโ / Elastica โConnectionโ / Pulp โDo You Remember the First Time?โ / Radiohead โMy Iron Lungโ / Toadies โPossum Kingdomโ / Alice In Chains โNo Excusesโ / Soundgarden โThe Day I Tried To Liveโ / Sunny Day Real Estate โThe Blankets Were the Stairsโ / Grant Lee Buffalo โMockingbirdsโ / The Tragically Hip โGrace, Tooโ / Toad the Wet Sprocket โFall Downโ / The Jesus and Mary Chain featuring Hope Sandoval โSometimes Alwaysโ / Lisa Loeb โStay (I Missed You)โ / The Cranberries โOde to My Familyโ / Counting Crows โRound Hereโ / Madonna โTake A Bowโ / Seal โPrayer for the Dyingโ / Boyz II Men โIโll Make Love to Youโ / Janet Jackson โAny Time, Any Placeโ / Tricky โPonderosaโ / Method Man โAll I Needโ / Fugees โNappy Heads (Remix)โ / Snoop Dogg โGin and Juiceโ / A Tribe Called Quest โOh My Godโ / Ween โFreedom of โ76โ / Frank Black โHeadacheโ / Stereolab โPing Pongโ / Air Miami โAirplane Riderโ / Guided by Voices โI Am A Scientistโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 3
Digable Planets โDial 7 (Axioms of Creamy Spies)โ / Jeru the Damaja โCome Cleanโ / Massive Attack โKarmacomaโ / 20 Fingers โShort Dick Manโ / Crystal Waters โ100% Pure Loveโ / Salt N Pepa โWhatta Manโ / Warren G โRegulateโ / Bone Thugs N Harmony โThuggish Ruggish Boneโ / Jodeci โCry for Youโ / Enigma โReturn to Innocenceโ / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds โRed Right Handโ / The Smashing Pumpkins โFrail and Bedazzledโ / Soul Asylum โCanโt Even Tellโ / Sloan โPenpalsโ / Sugar โYour Favorite Thingโ / Meat Puppets โBackwaterโ / The Black Crowes โCursed Diamondโ / Travis Tritt โFoolish Prideโ / Tim McGraw โDonโt Take the Girlโ / Morrissey โThe More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Getโ / James โSay Somethingโ / Luna โCalifornia (All the Way)โ / Rollins Band โLiarโ / Rage Against the Machine โFreedomโ / Shellac โMy Black Assโ / Girls Against Boys โKill the Sexplayerโ / Tool โPrison Sexโ / Jeff Buckley โLast Goodbyeโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 4
Sheryl Crow โAll I Wanna Doโ / Desโree โYou Gotta Beโ / Brand New Heavies โDream On Dreamerโ / Aaliyah โBack and Forthโ / SWV โAnythingโ / The Roots โDistortion to Staticโ / 2Pac โPapaโz Songโ / Common โI Used to Love H.E.R.โ / Bonnie Raitt โLove Sneakinโ Up On Youโ / They Might Be Giants โSnail Shellโ / Phish โDown with Diseaseโ / G. Love and Special Sauce โCold Beverageโ / Lucas โLucas with the Lid Offโ / Maggie Estep โHey Babyโ / Ani DiFranco โLetter to a Johnโ / Trisha Yearwood โXXXโs and OOOโs (An American Girl)โ / Rusted Root โSend Me On My Wayโ / Blues Traveler โRun-Aroundโ / The Mavericks โWhat A Crying Shameโ / Ass Ponys โLittle Bastardโ / Alan Jackson โSummertime Bluesโ / The Juliana Hatfield Three โSpin the Bottleโ / Superchunk โLike A Foolโ / Live โLightning Crashesโ / Pink Floyd โHigh Hopesโ / Slint โGlennโ / Group Home โSupa Starโ / Gang Starr โMass Appealโ / The Beatnuts โProps Over Hereโ / Artifacts featuring Busta Rhymes โCโmon Wit Da Git Down (Remix)โ / DJ Shadow โWhat Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)โ / Tortoise โRy Cooderโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 5
Mariah Carey โAll I Want for Christmas Is Youโ / Ace of Base โThe Signโ / Selina โAmor Prohibidoโ / Toni Braxton โBreathe Againโ / Faith Hill โWild Oneโ / Hootie and the Blowfish โHold My Handโ / Freedy Johnston โโThis Perfect Worldโ / Garth Brooks โCallinโ Baton Rougeโ / Tom Petty โYou Donโt Know How It Feelsโ / Edwyn Collins โA Girl Like Youโ / MC 900 Ft. Jesus โIf I Only Had A Brainโ / Pizzicato Five โTwiggy Vs. James Bondโ / Jon Spencer Blues Explosion โBellbottomsโ / Luscious Jackson โCitysongโ / Scarface โI Seen A Man Dieโ / Redman โRockafellaโ / Black Moon โI Got Cha Opinโ (Remix)โ / 69 Boyz โTootsee Rollโ / Goldie โInner City Lifeโ / Everything But the Girl โMissingโ / Saint Etienne โLike A Motorwayโ / Manic Street Preachers โFasterโ / Helmet โMilquetoastโ / The Loud Family โMarcia and Etruscaโ / Underground Lovers โDream It Downโ / Built to Spill โCarโ / Mary Chapin Carpenter โShut Up and Kiss Meโ / Tony Bennet โSteppinโ Out with My Babyโ / John Michael Montgomery โI Swearโ / Aphex Twin โ#3โ
DOWNLOAD DISC 6
The Breeders โSaints (Head to Toe version)โ / Archers of Loaf โLowest Part Is Freeโ / Letters to Cleo โHere and Nowโ / Bush โEverything Zenโ / The Jesus Lizard โFly on the Wallโ / L7 โAndresโ / Bad Religion โStranger Than Fictionโ / Rancid โSalvationโ / Lush โHypocriteโ / Jawbox โSavoryโ / Gin Blossoms โAllison Roadโ / Lisa Germano โGeek the Girlโ / Codeine โIdesโ / Polvo โTragic Carpet Rideโ / Brainiac โSexual Frustrationโ / Drive Like Jehu โNew Mathโ / East River Pipe โAh, Dictaphoneโ / The Afghan Whigs โWhat Jail Is Likeโ / Dinosaur Jr โFeel the Painโ / Magnapop โSlowly, Slowlyโ / Madder Rose โCar Songโ / Kathy McCarty โRocket Shipโ / Dump โSecret Bloodโ / Elliott Smith โRoman Candleโ / The Magnetic Fields โBorn On A Trainโ / Gastr del Sol โThe C In Cakeโ / The Sea and Cake โJacking the Ballโ / Ericโs Trip โGirlfriendโ / That Dog โOld Timerโ / The Grifters โFelt-Tipped Overโ / Urge Overkill โGirl, Youโll Be A Woman Soonโ / Soul Coughing โDown to Thisโ / Cake โRock N Roll Lifestyleโ / Silkworm โCouldnโt You Wait?โ / Laika โLet Me Sleepโ / Neil Young & Crazy Horse โSleeps with Angelsโ / Victoria Williams โCrazy Maryโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 7
The Prodigy โVoodoo Peopleโ / Prong โSnap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neckโ / Pop Will Eat Itself โIch Bin Ein Auslanderโ / My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult โBlue Buddha (Bomb Gang Girls Remix)โ / Mouse on Mars โUahโ / Real McCoy โAnother Nightโ / La Bouche โSweet Dreamsโ / M People โMovinโ On Upโ / Rozalla โI Love Musicโ / MK featuring Alana โLove Changesโ / Orbital โKein Trink Wasserโ / Zhanรฉ โGroove Thangโ / Brandy โI Wanna Be Downโ / Xscape โUnderstandingโ / Doop โDoopโ / Juliet Roberts โI Want Youโ / CeCe Peniston โHit By Loveโ / Jamiroquai โSpace Cowboyโ / Dink โGreen Mindโ / Marilyn Manson โGet Your Gunnโ / Korn โBlindโ / Angelfish โSuffocate Meโ / Moonshake โGhosts of Good Intentionโ / Disco Inferno โA Crash At Every Speedโ / ฮผ-Ziq โTwangle Frentโ / Plastikman โPlastique (Video Mix)โ / Autechre โGlitchโ / Yanna โSantoriniโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 8
Ini Kamoze โHere Comes the Hotstepperโ / The Coup โFat Cats, Bigga Fishโ / E-40 โCaptain Save A Hoeโ / Sam Sneed featuring Dr. Dre โU Better Recognizeโ / UGK โFront, Back, and Side to Sideโ / Prince Rahiem โCop One, Smoke Oneโ / Brand Nubian โWord Is Bondโ / Keith Murray โThe Most Beautifullest Thing In This World (Green-Eyed Remix)โ / Pete Rock & CL Smooth โThe Main Ingredientโ / Organized Konfusion โBlack Sundayโ / De La Soul featuring A Tribe Called Quest โShe Fe MCโsโ / Mic Geronimo โShitโs Realโ / Saafir โHype Shitโ / Channel Live featuring KRS-One โMad Izmโ / Fu-Schnickens โBreakdownโ / Coolio โFantastic Voyageโ / Queen Latifah โU.N.I.T.Y.โ / 5th Ward Boyz โOnce Again Itโs Onโ / Lady of Rage โAfro Puffsโ / Casual โWe Got It Like Thatโ / Lords of the Underground โTic Tocโ / MC Eiht โGoinโ Out Like Geezโ / Future Sounds of London โLifeformsโ / Gescom โSciew Spocโ / Underworld โCowgirlโ / Danielle Brisebois โWhat If God Fell From the Skyโ / Heather Nova โSugarโ / Willie Nelson โDecember Dayโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 9
Todd Snider โTalkinโ Seattle Grunge Rock Bluesโ / Sponge โPlowedโ / Primal Scream โRocksโ / Sleeper โDeliciousโ / Echobelly โInsomniacโ / Supergrass โCaught by the Fuzzโ / The Auteurs โNew French Girlfriendโ / Silver Jews โTide to the Oceansโ / Gary Young โPlantmanโ / Bratmobile โThe Real Janelleโ / 7 Year Bitch โM.I.A.โ / Indigo Girls โLeast Complicatedโ / Cranes โShining Roadโ / Love Spit Love โAm I Wrongโ / Kristin Hersh โYour Ghostโ / Team Dresch โHand Grenadeโ / Bedhead โPowderโ / Lambchop โSoaky in the Pooperโ / Low โLullabyโ / Take That โLove Ainโt Here Anymoreโ / Wet Wet Wet โLove Is All Aroundโ / Kylie Minogue โConfide In Meโ / Keith Sweat โHow Do You Like Itโ / The Alkaholiks โMary Janeโ / Ill Al Skratch โWhere My Homiez?โ / Prince โLetItGoโ / Sinead OโConnor โFire On Babylonโ / Celine Dion โThink Twiceโ / Big Mountain โBaby, I Love Your Wayโ / John Mellencamp featuring MeโShell NdegeOcello โWild Nightโ / Widespread Panic โCanโt Get Highโ / Ida โAccidentsโ
DOWNLOAD DISC 10
Our Lady Peace โStarseedโ / The Stone Roses โLove Spreadsโ / Suede โStay Togetherโ / Ash โPetrolโ / Therapy? โDie Laughingโ / NOFX โLeave It Aloneโ / The Offspring โCome Out and Playโ / Rednex โCotton Eye Joeโ / Bruce Springsteen โThe Streets of Philadelphiaโ / Insane Clown Posse โChicken Huntinโโ / The Divine Comedy โThe Bookloversโ / The Charlatans โCanโt Get Out of Bedโ / The Fall โHey! Studentโ / Pram โLife in the Cloudsโ / Palace Songs โAgnes, Queen of Sorrowโ / Johnny Cash โDeliaโs Goneโ / Vince Gill โTryinโ to Get Over Youโ / Iris DeMent โNo Time to Cryโ / Jawbreaker โBoxcarโ / Thee Headcoatees โItโs Badโ / Latin Playboys โChinese Surprizeโ / American Music Club โHow Many Six Packs Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulbโ / Domino โGhetto Jamโ / Thug Life โCradle to the Graveโ / Ahmad Lewis โBack in the Dayโ / Brooks & Dunn โSheโs Not the Cheatinโ Kindโ / Ben Harper โThe Three of Usโ / Neal McCoy โWinkโ / Shenandoah โIf Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)โ / Joe Diffie โThird Rock from the Sunโ / Beaumont Hannant & Lida Husik โNow Iโm Older, Silver Girlโ / Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey โEndless Loveโ / All-4-One โI Swearโ / Elton John โCan You Feel the Love Tonight?โ