Your Favorite Albums Of 1995

Ok, we're up to 1995. A decent year for music but not that great. Just pick your favorite albums that were released between Jan 1 and Dec 31 1995. As many or as few as you wish. Have fun!

My favorite albums from 1995 in alphabetical order by artist:
The Amps - Pacer
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
For Squirrels - Example
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
The Handsome Family - Odessa
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
The Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass
Annie Lennox - Medusa
Luna - Penthouse
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Pulp - Different Class
Radiohead - The Bends
Ramones - ¡Adios Amigos!
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Wilco - A.M.

 

Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Tonic - Lemon Parade
dc Talk - Jesus Freak
Jonatha Brooke - Plumb
The Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
Sounds From The Ground - Kin
Synaesthesia - Desideratum
Poe - Hello
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
Jars Of Clay - Jars Of Clay

 

The start of a great run of years for albums. I own a lot of 1960s albums then there's a huge gap to this year when I started buying them again. The VU box set encouraged me to buy my first CD player.

New:
Dandys Rule OK - Dandy Warhols
All Change - Cast
The Charlatans - The Charlatans
‘Mark’s Keyboard Repair’ - Money Mark
Garbage - Garbage
I Should Coco - Supergrass

Archival:
Peel Slowly and See - Velvet Underground

 

No Smashing Pumpkins MCIS yet?

 

I think it's a strong year. This is the point in the '90s when female artists were just absolutely crushing it. I think the 1990s were an absolutely amazing decade for women in music.

Björk Post
PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love
Radiohead The Bends
Wilco A.M.
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
Natalie Merchant Tigerlily
Jewel Pieces of You
Ani DiFranco Not a Pretty Girl
Garbage Garbage
Joan Osborne Relish
Flaming Lips Clouds Taste Metallic
Lisa Loeb Tails
Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball
Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory
Poe Hello
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (*favorite*)
Aimee Mann I'm with Stupid
Rolling Stones Stripped
Enya The Memory of Trees

It's my favorite of the year and one of my favorites ever. Absolutely love it.

 

Paul Weller - Stanley Road
Pulp - A Different Class
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill

 

A lean year for me....

Tomorrow the Green Grass. The Jayhawks
Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness. The Smashing Pumpkins
The Ghost of Tom Joad. Bruce Springsteen
A.M. Wilco
Stripped. The Stones
A Very Fine Love. Dusty Springfield
Tilt. Scott Walker
Stanley Road. Paul Weller
Days Like This. Van Morrison

 

Stripped - Rolling Stones

 

Suffocation - Pierced From Within
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Death - Symbolic
Carcass - Swan Song
Lord Belial - Kiss the Goat
Opeth - Orchid
Nevermore - s/t
Summoning - Minus Morgul
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
Immortal - Battles in the North
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Bal-Sagoth - A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
Funeral - Tragedies
Graveland - Thousand Swords

Awesome year for music!

 

Neil Young with Pearl Jam - Mirror Ball

 

radiohead - the bends
oasis - morning glory
pj harvey - to bring you my love
bjork - post
blur - great escape
foo fighters
chili peppers - one hot minute
faith no more - king for a day
elliot smith
ben folds five
pink floyd - pulse
you am i - hi fi way
tea party - edges of twilight
king crimson - thrak
morphine - yes
skunk anansie - paranoid and sunburnt
custard - wisenheimer
chris isaak - forever blue

 

only liked a couple of songs off it

 

• Charlie Haden and Hank Jones - Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns & Folk Songs
• Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
• Holly Cole - Temptation

There are some others I like but a really lean year for me for true favorites

 

Blur The Great Escape
Ben Folds Five Ben Folds Five
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters
Garbage Garbage
Morten Harket Wild Seed
PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love
King Crimson THRAK
Marillion Afraid of Sunlight
Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways
Queen Made In Heaven
Sleeper Smart
The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix
Wilco A.M.

 

Looking back it was a bit of a slower year, but there was still plenty of good stuff. My top 10

10. Paul Weller - Stanley Road
9. Peter Murphy - Cascade
8. Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World
7. Electrafixion - Burned
6. Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory
5. Radiohead - The Bends
4. Tears For Fears - Raoul And The Kings Of Spain
3. Garbage
2. David Bowie - Outside
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

** I made an edit here, I thought that The Bends was released in 94, so I reordered my list, sadly this ejected Big Audio Dynamite's F-Punk off my top 10.

 

Empire Records Soundtrack
Garbage
Heart - The Road Home
Heroes Del Silencio - Avalancha
The Honeydogs
Jonny Lang - Smokin'
The Merrymakers - No Sleep 'til Famous
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Pulp - Different Class
Radiohead - The Bends
Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
Toad The Wet Sprocket - In Light Syrup

 

Beatles - Anthology 1
The Vandalias - Mach V
Los Straitjackets - The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Sound of Los Straitjackets
The Ventures - Live In Japan '65
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC
The Mermen - A Glorious Lethal Euphoria

 

A pretty damn good year...(in no particular order):

Marillion: Afraid of Sunlight
King Crimson: THRAK
Pink Floyd: Pulse
Porcupine Tree: The Sky Moves Sideways
Radiohead: The Bends (although, it’s one of my least favorite albums from them)
Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here
Bill Frisell: Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton
Gateway: Homecoming
Primus: Tales from the Punchbowl
The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Björk: Post
Garbage: s/t
Toad the Wet Sprocket: In Light Syrup

 

Scott Walker - Tilt
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Shack - Waterpistol (12-track version) Recorded 1991...released 1995...long story.

 

Here we go - eleven albums from '95I'd give 5/5 to:

Kim Seymour - The Journey

Toto- Tambu

Show Of Hands - Lie Of The Land

New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils - Peace & Justice

Bryndle - S/T

Magpie Lane - Wassail!

Great Big Sea - Up

Fairport Convention - The Jewel In The Crown

Press Gang - Fire

Tom Pacheco - Bluefields

Al Stewart -Between The Wars

 

A poor year. I only liked:

An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set (Live)
Prince - The Gold Experience
Pretenders - The Isle Of View
Neil Young - Mirror Ball
The Rolling Stones - Stripped
The Beatles - Anthology 1
Greatful Dead - Greyfolded

 

Not a bad year for my collection.
Galahad Sleepers
The Strawbs Heartbreak Hill
Fairport Convention Jewel in the Crown
The Enid Sundialer
Steppenwolf Live at 25
Siouxsie and the Banshees The Rapture
Caravan The Battle of Hastings
Pentangle About Thyme
Pendragon Utrecht
Annie Lennox Medusa
Mountain Go For Your Life
The Roches Can We Go Home Now?
King Crimson Thrak
Procol Harum The Long Goodbye
Lindisfarne Another Fine Mess
Toyah The Acoustic Album
Iluvatar Children
The Beatles Anthology 1
Toyah Looking Back
Spock's Beard The Light
Echolyn As the World
Darryl Way The Elektra Ensemble

 

Medusa - Annie Lennox
Civilization Phaze III - Frank Zappa
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette
HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1 - Michael Jackson
The Gold Experience -
1. Outside - David Bowie
(What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
Orginal Soundtracks 1 - Passengers

Honorable mentions:
p·u·l·s·e - Pink Floyd
Stripped - The Rolling Stones
Anthology 1 - The Beatles

(Dis)Honorable mentions:
Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen (curious track choices)
Pieces of You - Jewel (what you want are the single versions, obtained elsewhere)

 

Swervedriver- Ejector Seat Reservation
Superchunk- Here's Where the Strings Come In
Chavez- Gone Glimmering
Blonde Redhead- S/T
Yo La Tengo- Electro-Pura
Matthew Sweet- 100% Fun

-E