1995 in music. • Page 2

also, i updated the thread @Henry put together compiling all the yearly threads with a post showing who has won every year and the point total for the winner, for seeding purposes. just in case some of the newer participants are interested in seeing

https://forum.chorus.fm/posts/4726204

 

1. Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
Angel Dust is great but I will always have this as the best FNM album and one of the greatest guitar albums ever. So much wouldn't exist without this and the previous two Patton era records. The range, the power, the agility - and that's just the vocal performance. One of the best bands doing their best work.

2. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
The sense of yearning on this album is amazing. This and the first two are my Polly Jean triumvirate and I go back and forth as to whether this is the best.

3. Green Day - Insomniac
It's my favourite Green Day album. As much as I'm baffled by their last 10+ years of music, this is why I still have a soft spot for them. It's more overproduced than the punk albums I tend to go for but it still sounds so vital and full of life.

Honourable mentions:

@George hit on a couple; Post by Bjork would be in my top three most years, and Maxinquaye is great too (I was listening to Suffocated Love just the other day).

The Blue Moods Of Spain by Spain should probably be in there; such a lovely, warm-sounding record, for anyone who's looking for more albums to check out.

You'd Prefer An Astronaut is obviously really good, although I do have to skip The Very Old Man because it always takes me out of the record.

I think Adrenaline has become underrated in the Deftones catalogue, partly because people have just decided it's the nu-metal one, but I always think of it as a 'proto nu-metal' album, and the Bad Brains worship is melded so well.

Further by Flying Saucer Attack is going straight on as I type this.

I refuse to have an argument about One Hot Minute but I think it's seriously overlooked and one of the best RHCP albums, better than anything that came after it.

I really like Daydream - when I used to vaguely have guilty pleasures, Mariah was one of the few.

I haven't listened to It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah by Black Grape enough times to talk about it too much but it's well worth a listen.

And obviously The Bends and Frogstomp are worth a mention. I'm sure I'm missing some obvious ones right now.

 

Shit, I forgot that ...And Out Come The Wolves came out in 1995 too. Very good year.

 

Daydream is on my list too and it’s not even a top 5 Mariah album. What a catalogue.

 

kinda surprised, pleasantly so, we haven’t had a RHCP winner yet, though i suspect that’ll change soon

 

1. Smashing pumpkins - Mellon collie
2. Radiohead - the bends
3. Green Day - insomniac

 

1. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
2. Radiohead - The Bends
3. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
4. Green Day - Insomniac
5. Everclear - Sparkle And Fade
6. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
7. No Doubt - The Beacon Street Collection
8. Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
9. Jawbreaker - Dear You
10. Björk - Post
11. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
12. Queen - Made In Heaven
13. Blur - The Great Escape
14. The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
15. Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind
16. Collective Soul - Collective Soul
17. Lifetime - Hello Bastards
18. Poe - Hello
19. The Presidents Of The United States Of America - The Presidents Of The United States Of America

 

This is going to be a fun one. On the road today so probably won't have my list ready until tomorrow or Wednesday.

MC&IS was my first ever "favorite album", and WTSMG was the first CD I ever purchased.

That being said, I cannot yet commit to what my #1 will be. And holy shit there are sooooo many other great ones from this year too.

 

1995 mix

 

1. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
2. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
3. 311 - 311

I’m sure I’ve missed something. Too lazy to look up but ugk’s riding dirty was this year or next. Plus Three 6 Mafia

 

Oh man Hello bastards is great too.

 

311 Blue Album!!! Right on cue my friend, I was about to comment asking if I'm really going to be the only person voting for them in these threads lol

 

I mean I love 311 I don’t really listen to them much anymore but I’ll still get super hyped when I do and have fun.

 

1. Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind
2. Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
3. Prince - The Gold Experience

Excruciating cuts:
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Radiohead - The Bends

Others I love:
Warren Zevon - Mutineer
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Bruce Hornsby - Hot House
2pac - Me Against the World
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass

Good ones:
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Steve Earle - Train A Coming
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Michael Jackson - History: Past, Present and Future, Book 1
Charlie Haden and Hank Jones - Steal Away
Pulp - Different Class
Bjork - Post
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
The Mavericks - Music for All Occasions
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2
Meat Loaf - Welcome to the Neighborhood
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg - No Resemblance Whatsoever
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Mariah Carey - Daydream
Elton John - Made in England
John Berry - Standing on the Edge
Texas Is the Reason - Texas Is the Reason EP

Targets for Listening:
Braid - Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five
Chamberlain - Fate's Got a Driver
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
Faith No More - King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime
Green Day - Insomniac
Annie Lennox - Medusa
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
The Roots - Do You Want More?!?
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine
Spacehog - Resident Alien
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Elastica - Elastica
Garbage - Garbage
Goldie - Timeless
Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
Femi Kuti - Femi Kuti
Leftfield - Leftism
Nightmares on Wax - Smokers Delight
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Rocket from the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
Supergrass - I Should Coco
Tricky - Maxinquaye
The Verve - Northern Soul
P.J. Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Joan Osborne - Relish
Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack
Collective Soul - Collective Soul
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
Buju Banton - Til Shiloh
Junior Brown - Junior High
John Michael Montgomery - John Michael Montgomery
Oleta Adams - Moving On
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
Bone Thugz and Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal

 

96, otherwise it'd be in my top 3

 

Fuck yeah Ben Harper.

 

Realistically the top three could all be solo Wu albums. All produced primarily by RZA. Which is insane to think. And he’s not done because he also produced the best album of 1996 ( don’t quote on that because I haven’t actually looked ) bong bong

 

At the time my favourites were
The bends, what’s the story, a different class, jagged little pill, insomniac and the great escape

Discovered and loved since
Adrenaline, sunny day real estate, foo fighters, hello bastards

so

1. Radiohead - the bends
2. Sunny day real estate - st
3. Green Day - Insomniac

 

1. Hum - You’d Prefer An Astronaut
2. The Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
3. Sunny Day Real Estate - S/T


Honorable Mentions
Oasis - WTSMG
Jawbreaker - Dear You
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
2pac - Me Against the World
Alice In Chains - S/T
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Texas is the Reason - S/T

 

kinda surprised at the lack of mention of the foo fighters debut. kind of an album unlike anything they’d do going forward, and maybe the one time grohl has seemed unsure of himself/not overly confident and it leads to some awesome experimentation. and guitar tone. nothing sounds better than “exhausted”

 

it's way up there for me too. Talk about some underrated jams on there.

"Floaty" is always a personal fave Foo tune for me as well.

 

X-Static is the song for me.

 

Also an excellent point about him coming off a bit unsure and even vulnerable at times.

 

I'm terrible with music released in '95 so looking forward to discovering some of these.

Currently:

1. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
3. Pulp - Different Class

 

coming dangerously close to deleting all of these threads in 5 days. shame on all of you.