Album of The Year - Endgame

1. Vic Chesnutt - Is the actor happy?
2. Radiohead - the bends
3. smashing pumpkins - mellon clollie
4. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
5. Oasis - Morning Glory
6. Blur - The great Escape
7. PJ Harvey - to bring you my love
8. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
9. Ben Folds Five - s/t
10. Sleater Kinney -s/t
11. Soul Asylum - Let your dim light shine
12. Rancid - and out come the wolves
13. Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of tom joad
14. Fugazi - red Medicine
15. Presidents of The USA - s/t
16. Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust

While the album did not make the cut, The Diamond Sea might be my favourite song of the year

Thank you! You are the first person to mention the most important album of the year. You know the one I'm referring to!
 
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1995

1. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
2. The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
3. Radiohead - The Bends
4. Elliott Smith - S/T
5. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
6. Queen - Made in Heaven
7. Wilco - A.M.
8. Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality
9. GZA - Liquid Swords
10. Goodie Mob - Soul Food

Edit: No idea how I missed Radiohead out
I think the Roots is 1994 otherwise would have made my list too.
 
Thank you! You are the first person to mention the most important album of the year. You know the one I'm referring to!
Yes , that vic chesnutt record is brilliant...




... but this aside, i recently read "Junger makes me ammodern girl" which made me re-appreciate the different sk records. Its certainly not their best record, but it got them started and there is an immideacy to it that stands out.
 
  1. Neil Young (& Pearl Jam) - Mirror Ball
  2. Bjork - Post
  3. Radiohead - The Bends
  4. Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
  5. Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory)
  6. Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
  7. Garbage - Garbage
  8. Wilco - A.M.
  9. Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  10. Natalie Merchant - Tigerlilly
Honorable Mentions:
Pearl Jam (& Neil Young) - Merkinball EP
Grateful Dead - Grayfolded
Mike Watt - Ball Hog or Tugboat?
 
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Radiohead - The Bends
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
Comet Gain - Casino Classics
Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
GZA - Liquid Swords
Garbage - Garbage
Belly - King
Bjork - Post
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
The Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
The Muffs - Blonder & Blonder
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

There's just soooooo many... I wanted to add a SNFU album, but I think I am the only one on this thread who would lean toward it... and while Buju Banton's album is regarded as a classic, I just can't with him.

EDIT: Can't believe I forgot about Jawbreaker's Dear You! That album was a game-changer for me!
Or Dog's Eye View's Happy Nowhere, one of the greatest forgotten singer-songwriter albums of the decade!
 
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Hmm, one of those ones we'll never know as the Discogs listing of my pressing says 94. Whatever - it's a great record. And possibly only one I own featuring the bagpipes...
Oh hell your right, discogs does say 94. Im pretty sure it was actually released Jan 17th 95 though, seen a few articles that said as much and a few years back theres an interview to celebrate the 20th anniversary which has it at the jan 17th date. Thats a great spot though, I need to dig into this more and find out whats going on haha
 
1. Radiohead - The Bends
2. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
4. Pulp - Different Class
5. Tricky - Maxinquaye
6. Björk - Post
7. Garbage - Garbage
8. Slowdive - Pygmalion
9. Yann Tiersen - La Valse des monstres
10. Dubstar - Disgraceful

HMs:

The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
The Dandy Warhols - Dandys Rule OK
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine

bonus track:

 
1) GZA - Liquid Swords
2) D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
3) Guided by Voice - Alien Lanes
4) Pavement - Wowee Zowee
5) Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
6) Aphex Twin - ...I Care Because You Do
7) Mobb Deep - The Infamous
8) Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
9) Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers
10) Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball

Great year for the Wu
 
The N+G Top 20 Albums of 1995

  1. Radiohead- The Bends
  2. Oasis- Morning Glory
  3. Björk - Post
  4. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
  5. Genius/GZA-Liquid Swords
  6. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
  7. Pulp - Different Class
  8. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
  9. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
  10. Pavement-Wowee Zowee
  11. Tricky - Maxinquaye (tied 11)
  12. Mobb Deep - The Infamous (tied 11)
  13. D’Angelo - Brown Sugar
  14. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
  15. Blur - The Great Escape
  16. Garbage- Garbage (tie 16)
  17. Elastica - Elastica (tie 16)
  18. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
  19. Supergrass - I Should Coco
  20. Goodie Mob - Soul Food
 
Ramones - Ramones
David Bowie - Station To Station
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Tom Waits - Small Change
Willie Nelson - The Troublemaker
Boston - Boston
Blondie - Blondie
ABBA - Arrival
Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia
Kiss - Destroyer
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
AC/DC - High Voltage
Aerosmith - Rocks
The Upsetters - Super Ape
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
Jeff Beck - Wired
Scorpions - Virgin Killer
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - self-titled

Even though I doubt anyone else will have that Scorpions album on their list, I really do enjoy it. Easily my favorite album of theirs.
And I'll take it any day of the week over Hotel California, also released in '76. No. Thank. You.
 
1. Boston – s/t
2. David Bowie – Station To Station
3. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
4. Led Zeppelin - Presence
5. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
6. Rush – 2112
7. Queen – A Day At The Races
8. Ryo Fukui – Scenery
9. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – s/t
10. Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Zombie
 
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