1994

Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York (live acoustic album by American grunge band)

Alice In Chains – Jar Of Flies (American grunge)

Green Day – Dookie (American pop punk, major label debut)

Weezer – Weezer (American power pop/alternative, debut)

Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (American grunge)

They Might Be Giants – John Henry (American alternative/college rock, first album recorded as a full band as opposed to as a duo)

Beastie Boys – Ill Communication (American hip-hop)

Tom Petty – Wildflowers (American heartland rock)

Helmet – Betty (American noise rock/alternative mtal)

Beck – Mellow Gold (American alternative rock/anti-folk)

Beck – One Foot In The Grave (American lo-fi anti-folk)
Sonic Youth – Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (American experimental rock)

Various – Nativity In Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath (covers of Ozzy-era Black Sabbath songs by the likes of Megadeth, Faith No More, Sepultura and others)

Veruca Salt – American Thighs (American alternative rock, debut)

Hole – Live Through This (American alternative rock/grunge)

Pantera – Far Beyond Driven (American groove metal)

R.E.M – Monster (American alternative rock)

Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (American indie rock)

Portishead – Dummy (British trip hop)

Oasis – Definitely Maybe (British rock/pop, debut)

Blur – Parklife (British rock/pop)

Jawbreaker – 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (American melodic punk)

Korn – Korn (American nu-metal)

Beck – Stereopathetic Soulmanure (American anti-folk/noise rock/sound collage)

Jawbox – For Your Own Special Sweetheart (American post-hardcore)

Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die (American hip hop, debut)

TLC – Crazysexycool (American r and b/hip hop)

Soundgarden – Superunknown (American alternative rock/grunge)

Emperor – In The Nightside Eclipse (Scandinavian black metal)

Stone Temple Pilots – Purple (American alternative rock)

Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (American industrial rock concept album)

Dinosaur Jr – Without A Sound (American alternative rock)

Meat Puppets – Too High To Die (American alternative rock/alt country)

Various – The Crow (Soundtrack to the film adapted from the comic book of the same name, featuring The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine and others)

Melvins – Stoner Witch (American sludge metal/alternative metal/grunge)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Let Love In (Australian rock)

Nas – Illmatic (American hip hop, debut)

Outkast – Southernplayalistcadilacmusik (American hip hop, debut)

Megadeth – Youthanasia (American heavy metal)

Ani Difranco – Out Of Range (American alternative folk)

Powerman 5000 – True Force EP (American funk-metal, debut)

Slayer – Divine Intervention (American thrash metal)

Pink Floyd – The Division Bell (British progressive rock)

Shudder To Think – Pony Express Record (American post-hardcore/alternative, major label debut)

The Fall – Middle Class Revolt (British post-punk)

Guided By Voices – Bee Thousand (American indie rock)

Tori Amos – Under The Pink (American singer-songwriter)

Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanis (Norwegian black metal, debut)

Gwar – This Toilet Earth (American shock rock/ alternative metal)

Marilyn Manson – Portrait of an American Family (American industrial rock, debut)

Frank Black – Teenager of the Year (American alternative rock, second solo album by Pixies singer/guitarist)

Fugees – Blunted On Reality (American hip hop, debut)

Corrosion Of Conformity – Deliverance (American hard rock/stoner metal, major label debut and first with Pepper Keenan on vocals instead of just guitar)

Gravediggaz – Six Feet Deep (American hip hop/horrorcore featuring RZA and Prince Paul)

Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding (American death metal, last album to feature vocalist Chris Barnes and first to feature guitarist Rob Barrett)

Kyuss – Welcome To Sky Valley (American stoner metal / desert rock)

The Prodigy – Music For The Jilted Generation (British techno)

The Cardigans – Emmerdale (Swedish pop-rock, debut)

Cake – Motorcade Of Generosity (American alternative rock, debut)

The Offspring – Smash (American skate punk/ pop punk)

Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works II (British ambient electronic music)

Killing Joke – Pandemonium (British post-punk/industrial metal)

Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger (Norwegian black metal)

Front Line Assembly – Millennium (Canadian ebm/industrial metal)

Miranda Sex Garden – Fairytales Of Slavery (British gothic rock)

Dead Can Dance – Towards The Within (Australian world music/gothic rock, live album recorded in one take and focusing on previously unreleased songs)

Pigface – Notes From Thee Underground (British/American industrial rock, guest appearances include Jello Biafra, Genesis P-Orridge, Ogre, and Flea)

Pop Will Eat Itself – Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (British industrial rock/grebo)

Danzig – Danzig 4 (American gothic metal, last album with original lineup and last released on American Recordings)

Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Question The Answers (American ska-punk)

John Frusciante – Niandra LaDes and Usually Just A T-Shirt (Experimental/psychedelic rock by American ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist)

Notes: The list gets increasingly geared towards metal, industrial rock, and gothic rock towards the end, due to the oncoming Halloween season. 

Top 10:

10. Gravediggaz - Six Feet Deep
9. Shudder To Think - Pony Express Record
8. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II
7. Weezer - Weezer
6. Melvins - Stoner Witch
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
4. Portishead - Dummy
3. Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year
2. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
1. Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain