1994:

1. Hole, Live Through This - 283
2. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - 244
3. R.E.M., Monster - 1270
4. Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York - 281
5. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Sleeps With Angels - 983
6. Liz Phair, Whip-Smart - 2937
7. Johnny Cash, American Recordings - 351
8. Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand - 665
9. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral - 240
10. Beck, Mellow Gold - 279
11. Soundgarden, Superunknown - 275
12. Green Day, Dookie - 416
13. Freedy Johnston, This Perfect World - ---
14. Portishead, Dummy - 74
15. The Beastie Boys, Ill Communication - 263
16. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Orange - 1219
17. Victoria Williams, Loose - ---
18. Iris DeMent, My Life - 2224
19. Sam Phillips, Martinis and Bikinis - ---
20. Sebadoh, Bakesale - 977
21. Sugar, File Under: Easy Listening - 2850
22. Warren G, Regulate … G Funk Era - ---
23. Jeff Buckley, Grace - 95
24. Kristin Hersh, Hips and Makers - 2328
25. Pearl Jam, Vitalogy - 921
26. Madonna, Bedtime Stories - ---
27. Latin Playboys - ---
28. Lisa Germano, Geek the Girl - ---
29. The Magnetic Fields, The Charm of the Highway Strip - ---
30. Luscious Jackson, Natural Ingredients - ---
31. Elvis Costello, Brutal Youth - ---
32. Grant Lee Buffalo, Mighty Joe Moon - 2368
33. Nas, Illmatic - 367
34. Digable Planets, Blowout Comb - ---
35. The Mavericks, What a Crying Shame - ---
36. K. McCarty, Dead Dog’s Eyeball - ---
37. Soul Coughing, Ruby Vroom - 2104
38. Ted Hawkins, The Next Hundred Years - ---
39. Shara Nelson, What Silence Knows - ---
40. Ali Farka Toure w/Ry Cooder, Talking Timbuktu - 1843

Highest-ranking album not on poll:
Oasis, Definitely Maybe - 86