The FINAL COUNTDOWN 1994

The Critics Panel who voted for the Top 30 Albums and Singles of the Year are as follows: Bill Graham, Liam Fay, George Byrne, Stuart Clark, Lorraine Freeney, Tara McCarthy, Gerry McGovern, Neil McCormick, Dermot Stokes, Oliver P. Sweeney, Siobhan Long, Steve Averill, Andy Darlington, Colm O’Hare, Joe Jackson, Niall Crumlish, Olaf Tyaransen, Patrick Brennan, Nicholas G. Kelly, Jackie Hayden and Niall Stokes.

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1 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE SLEEPS WITH ANGELS (Reprise)

2 REM MONSTER (Warners)

3 OASIS DEFINITELY MAYBE (Creation)

4 ELVIS COSTELLO BRUTAL YOUTH (Warners)

5 NIRVANA UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK (Geffen)

6 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB SAN FRANCISCO (Virgin)

7 SUEDE DOG MAN STAR (Nude)

8 MORRISSEY VAUXHALL & I (His Master’s Voice)

9 SINÉAD O’CONNOR UNIVERSAL MOTHER (Ensign)

10 DIVINE COMEDY PROMENADE (Setanta)

11 JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN RECORDINGS (RCA/American)

12 BLUR PARKLIFE (Food)

13 SHANE MacGOWAN AND THE POPES THE SNAKE (ZTT)

14 PAVEMENT CROOKED RAIN CROOKED RAIN (Big Cat)

15 STINA NORDENSTAM AND SHE CLOSED HER EYES (East West)

16 SOMETHING HAPPENS PLANET FABULOUS (Wild Bikini)

17 REVELINO REVELINO (Dirt Records)

18 PALACE BROTHERS PALACE BROTHERS (Domino)

19 THE AUTEURS NOW I’M A COWBOY (Hut)

20 THERAPY? TROUBLEGUM (A&M)

21 EDWYN COLLINS GORGEOUS GEORGE (Setanta)

22 NICK CAVE LET LOVE IN (Mute)

23 LYLE LOVETT I LOVE EVERYBODY (MCA)

24 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG DOGGY STYLE (Death Row)

25 PORTISHEAD DUMMY (Go! Beat)

26 SUGAR FILE UNDER EASY LISTENING (Creation)

27 PULP HIS ’N’ HERS (Island)

28 OUT THE GAP SHARON SHANNON (Solid)

29 SEAN TYRRELL CRY OF A DREAMER (Long Walk)

30 MASSIVE ATTACK PROTECTION (Wild Bunch/Circa)

1 REM WHAT’S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH (Warners)

2 MORRISSEY THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME (Parlophone)

3 REVELINO HAPPINESS IS MINE (Radio Release) (Dirt)

4 EDWYN COLLINS A GIRL LIKE YOU (Setanta)

5 OASIS LIVE FOREVER (Creation)

6 BECK LOSER (Geffen)

7 NICK CAVE DO YOU LOVE ME (Mute)

8 TINDERSTICKS KATHLEEN (This Way Up)

9 BLUR GIRLS & BOYS (Food)

10 THE CRANBERRIES ZOMBIE (Island)

11 SUEDE STAY TOGETHER (Nude)

12 A HOUSE HERE COME THE GOOD TIMES (EMI)

13 THERAPY? NOWHERE (A&M)

14 VERUCA SALT SEETHER (Minty Fresh)

15 SOMETHING HAPPENS ARE YOU MY GIRL? (Wild Bikini)

16 BLINK CELLO (Lime)

17 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG GIN AND JUICE (Death Row)

18 BOMB THE BASS BUG POWDER DUST (Island)

19 STINA NORDENSTAM LITTLE STAR (East West)

20 sack indian rope trick (Lemon)

21 ASH JACK NAMES THE PLANETS (Infectious)

22 SUEDE WE ARE THE PIGS (Nude)

23 BILL WHELAN RIVERDANCE (Son)

24 THE AUTEURS CHINESE BAKERY (Hut)

25 PRIMAL SCREAM ROCKS (Creation)

26 PORTISHEAD SOMETIMES (Go! Beat)

27 OASIS CIGARETTES & ALCOHOL (Creation)

28 SAINT ETIENNE PALE MOVIE (Heavenly)

29 BEASTIE BOYS SABOTAGE (Capitol)

30 ROBERT FORSTER 2–5–4–1 (Beggars Banquet)

Another recommended baker’s dozen: The Prodigy: Music for the Jilted Generation (XL); Veruca Salt: American Thighs (Minty Fresh); Christy Moore: At The Point Live (Newberry); The Cranberries: No Need To Argue (Island); Grant Lee Buffalo: Mighty Joe Moon (Slash); A House: Wide-Eyed and Ignorant (EMI); Pearl Jam: Vitalogy (Epic); Stone Roses: Second Coming ((Geffen); Ash: Trailer (Infectious); Liz Phair: Whipsmart (Matador); Ali Farni Toure//Ry Cooder: Talkin Timbuktu (World Circuit); An Emotional Fish: Sloper (Blue); Wormhole: Chicks Dig Scars (Dead Elvis).

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