Woodstock 94

Various Artists - Rock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002G2W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,595 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Selling The Drama - Live

2. But Anway - Blues Travler

3. I'm The Only One - Melissa Etheridge

4. Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker

5. Stage Announcement - Woodstock '94-Various Artist

6. Dreams - Cranberries

7. Soup - Blind Mellon

8. When I Come Around - Green Day

9. Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa

10. Stage Announcements - Woodstock '94-Various Artist

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica

2. The Hunter - Paul Rodgers

3. Come Together - Neville Brothers

4. Run, Baby, Run - Sheryl Crow

5. Deja Vu - Crosby, Still & Nash

6. Kiss Off - Violent Femmes

7. Shine - Collective Soul

8. Arrow - Candlebox

9. How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill

10. Right Here Too Much - Rollins Band

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Woodstock '94, often called the "commercial Woodstock" or "Mudstock", was a music festival organized to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. It was promoted as "2 More Days of Peace and Music." The famous poster used to promote the first concert was revised to feature two birds perched on a guitar (instead of one). The concert was scheduled for August 13 and 14 of 1994, but a third day (August 12) was added.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent but small sampling of the event., May 14, 2003

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Paul A. Mcdowell (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Woodstock 94 (Audio CD)

The CD set here is not meant to represent the concerts themselves but the event as a whole. the songs (and announcements) reflect the moods, styles, genres, humor and talents of the artists as a snapshot. This means that some bands may not have their best or most popular songs on these CD's. Both Cd's have a mix of:

Popular bands playing hits ( Melissa Ethridge, Cranberries, Collective Soul),

Popular bands playing lesser known songs ( Blues Traveler, Live, Candlebox, Cypress Hill),

And classic bands playing from their catalog ( CSN, Peter Gabriel, Joe Cocker).

Leading the second disc, Metallica dominated the set with an energy no one else seems to bring. (As I said some of these songs dont represent the bands' overall performance very well)Another review stated that this song, "For whom the Bell Tolls" was the definitive live recording of the band and I totally agree. The recording of this song is required for any metallica fan. The clarity beats any bootleg and the intensity beats the few live recordings the band is willing to sell.

Other standouts include: Cypress Hill, NIN, Blues Traveler, Aerosmith, Dylan, Chili Peppers, Primus and the Neville Bros.

Some may be dissapointed by Jackyl, Green Day, Blind Mellon, Salt N Pepa's song Shoop has dated very poorly, and the stage announcements can get repetitive. I personally found "Come Together" to be a little gratuitous as a reference to the original music of Woodstock. As a side note, I believe that Slash from GNR plays on "The Hunter" with Paul Rodgers though i could be mistaken.

It is possible to refute one complaint I have seen about the set (and the event). The sampling of the discs makes it clear that the bands selected are for the most part not platinum sellers, and those few that were, normally didn't have the "hit" song selected for the cd. The commercialism of the event itself may be an entirely other matter. Still I believe that at least 17 of the 27 bands have never seen platinum or achieved mainstream success. Bands like "Rollins Band" are talented but are so niche they are never likely to do so.

All in all I love the set. I believe it is worth the purchase if only for the Metallica song. However, this does not represent even a fraction of the music at the event and a true box set should be made available.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soup and Dreams are the best ones on this album, April 29, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Woodstock 94 (Audio CD)

In my opinion this is one of the best "90's" albums in my collection.(by the way this isn't a box set... lol) all it is is a 2 cd set. Anyways, as you read in the title, i think that soup by blind melon and dreams by the cranberries are the two best songs on this album. Most of the songs like the ones by the violent femmes, the rollins band, and of course who could forget...nine inch nails.
Those are all the music of the 90s. If you don't like any of the bands., then don't buy it. But if you grew up in the 90s like me, and you like these artists, than i suggest you buy this album. (By the way... don't buy woodstock 99, its a s*** fest! if you buy any woodstock stuff make it either woodstock 1969 or woodstock 1994) :D

4.0 out of 5 stars Going down memory lane, December 18, 2010

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BMWIA - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Woodstock 94 (Audio CD)

This is a great collection of songs to remember the early 90's. If you grew up in that time frame this is a good live CD. Green Day was just starting out and a lot of now famous acts were just laying down roots.