Best Albums of 1995

Listed below are the best albums of 1995 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
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1995 year summaryThe best artists of 1995 were Radiohead, Oasis, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pulp, Björk, GZA/Genius, Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey, Elliott Smith and Mobb Deep.
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"This is a heavily underrated Tull album. When it was released, the public saw the group as a dinosaur that seemed to make itself even more irrelevant with every new offering. That is a shame, especially because as a musician you are chained to “Locomotive Breathe” while you also like to receive f..."  [+]  Reply
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"After two heavily produced albums in which they might have reminded listeners of the Sundays produced by The Cocteau Twins,(not such a bad thing,) they switched producers, stripped away layers of sound, and discovered that less is more. With the introspective songwriting of lead singer Karen Peri..."  [+]  Reply
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"I was initially turned off by Ani's apparent anger until my wife urged me to give her a chance. This is the album that turned me. "Tiptoe" is so vulnerable that any wrath she spews afterward is kind of beautiful, a plea for honesty and equality in a world that chews up the weak and spits them out..."  [+]  Reply
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"From the opening lyrical salvo, "they say misery loves company. / we can start a company and make misery. / *frustrated incorporated*" on lead track "misery", you have a fair idea what awaits you. soul asylum, fresh off a hit single ("runaway train"), put out another alt-rock album with a lot of ..."  [+]  Reply
- paladisiac | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Good pop rock/pop soul album. Best 10 songs average is 86,8/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "Another cup of coffee", "Over my shoulder" and "I believe (when I fall...)" all 90/100, followed by "A beggar on a beach of gold", "Something to believe in" and "Going, going ..... h..."  [+]  Reply
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"One of the most musically accomplished bands of their time and of any time), Bardo Pond produced a brilliant album that comprises a maelstrom of guitar distortions and manic drumming underscored by repetitively brutal, cosmic and supersonic drones. The overall soundscape is one that merges the po..."  [+]  Reply
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Best Albums of 1995 composition

Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Bends by Radiohead
5. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Grace by Jeff Buckley
9. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
10. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
11. In Utero by Nirvana
12. Dummy by Portishead
13. Illmatic by Nas
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
16. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Violator by Depeche Mode
20. Spiderland by Slint