Top 77 Albums of 1995

  ARTIST ALBUM LABEL
1  Bjork  Post  Elektra
2  The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group  Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?  Minty Fresh
3  Cibo Matto  "Birthday Cake"  El Diablo
4  Flaming Lips  Clouds Taste Metallic  Warner
5  Elastica  Elastica  DGC
6  PJ Harvey  To Bring You My Love  Island
7  various artists  Free to Fight! an interactive Self Defense Project  Candy Ass
8  Son Volt  Trace  Warner
9  Soul Coughing  Ruby Vroom!  Warner/Slash
10  Polara  Polara  Clean
11  The Blue Up?  Spool Forka Dish  Columbia
12  Ben Folds Five  Ben Folds Five  Passenger/Caroline
13  The Jaywawks  Tomorrow the Green Grass  American
14  Dambuilders  Ruby Red  EastWest
15  Air Miami  me, me, me  4AD/Teenbeat
16  Babes in Toyland  Nemesisters  Warner
17  Luna  Penthouse  Elektra
18  Ben Lee  Grandpaw Would  Grand Royal
19  The 6ths  Wasps' Nest  London Records
20  Squirrel Nut Zippers  The Inevitable Sound of the Squirrel Nut Zippers  Mammoth
21  Wesley Willis  Greatest Hits  Alternative Tentacles
22  Southern Culture on the Skids  Dirt Track Date  DGC/Geffen
23  Helium  The Dirt of Luck  Matador
24  The Honeydogs  The Honeydogs  October
25  Slant 6  Inzombia  Dischord
26  Mike Watt  Ball Hog or Tugboat?  Columbia
27  That Dog  Totally Crushed Out  DGC
28  Terence Trent D'Arby  Vibrator  Epic/Work
29  Magnetic Fields  Get Lost  Merge
30  various artists  Kids Motion Picture Soundtrack  London
31  Boss Hog  Boss Hog  DGC
32  Chris Mars  Tenderhooks  Bar None
33  Pavement  Wowee Zowee  Matador
34  Superchunk  Here's Where the Strings Come  Merge
35  Low  Long Division  Vernon Yard
36  Ash  Trailer  Reprise
37  Chemical Brothers  Exit Planet Dust  Astralwerks
38  Moby  Everything is Wrong  Elektra
39  PM Dawn  Jesus Wept  Gee Street
40  Smattering  Sissy Bar  Generator
41  Sonic Youth  Washing Machine  DGC
42  Yo La Tengo  Electro-pur-a  Matador
43  Rex Daisy  "Brand New Friend"  Ginger
44  The Rentals  Return of the Rentals  Maverick
45  Rhea Valentine  Shrug  Loaded Lick Records
46  Ben Harper  Fight for Your Mind  Virgin
47  Papas Fritas  Papas Fritas  Minty Fresh
48  Prince  The Gold Experience  Warner/NPG Records
49  Evil Stig  Evil Stig  Warner
50  The Grifters  Eureka EP  Shangri La Records
51  Dream Warriors  Subliminal Simulation  Pentulum/EMI
52  Handsome Family  Odessa  Carrot Top
53  Guided By Voices  Alien Lanes  Matador
54  Spooky Ruben  Modes of Transportation, vol 1  TVT Records
55  Balloon Guy  Sound Bull  Generator
56  Blur  The Great Escape  Virgin
57  suddenly, tammy!  We Get There When We Do  Warner
58  Spare Snare  Live at Home  Chute
59  Ani DiFranco  Not a Pretty Girl  Righteous Babe
60  Verve  A Northern Soul  Vernon Yard
61  Shatterproof  Slip it Under the Door  MCA/Fort Apache
62  Morphine  Yes  Rykodisc
63  Towa Tei  Future Listening!  Elektra
64  Jennifer Trynin  Cockamamie  Squint
65  Whale  We Care  Virgin
66  Dis N Dat  Bumpin'  Epic-Street
67  The Vandalias  Mach V  Big Deal
68  Semisonic  Pleasure EP  Cherry Disc
69  Cafe Tacuba  Re  WEA Latina
70  Tricky  Maxinquaye  Island
71  Cornershop  Woman's Gotta Have it  Luaka Bop/Warner
72  Juicy  For the Ladies  Slow River
73  February  "Into Red"  Ultra-Modern
74  Drugstore  Drugstore  London
75  Shampoo  We Are Shampoo  IRS
76  Phull Surkle with Casino Royale  Demo Self-Released
77  Lois  Bet the Sky K