Looking back on the music of 1995

And it looks like this year I will post this in time for the 30th anniversary of 1995. Looks of good stuff this year. There was always good stuff these years. I find it hard to find modern music this good. But I’m an old geezer now.

Muh favorite albums of 1995, in no particular order.

Hum – You’d Prefer An Astronaut
The Muffs – Blonder and Blonder
Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes
Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
Tricky – Maxinquaye
Monster Magnet – Dopes To Infinity
Supergrass – I Should Coco
Sonic Youth – Washing Machine
Yo La Tengo – Electr-o-pura
Pavement – Wowee Zowee
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love
Juliana Hatfield – Only Everything
Belly – King
Dandy Warhols – Dandy’s Rule, OK?
Mike Watt – Ball-hog or Tugboat?
Hoi Polloi – Happily Ever After
Bjork – Post
Mudhoney – My Brother The Cow
Matthew Sweet – 100% Fun
Goo Goo Dolls – A Boy Named Goo
Echobelly – On
311 – 311
Sunny Day Real Estate – 2
Mercury Rev – See You On The Other Side
Luna – Penthouse
Kyuss – …And the Circus Leaves Town
The Verve – A Northern Soul
Sleeper – Smart
Throwing Muses – University
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Garbage – Garbage
Black Grape – It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah!
Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
Wilco – A.M.
Laughing Hyennas – Hard Times
Blur – The Great Escape
Fugazi – Red Medicine
Son Volt – Trace
Smoking Popes – Born To Quit
Jawbreaker – Dear You
Everlclear – Sparkle and Fade

Stuff that came out in 1995, but I bought later:
Goldie – Timeless
The Orb – Orbus Terrarum
Fu Manchu – Daredevil
Slowdive – Pygmalion
Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
GZA – Liquid Swords
Spacehog – Resident Alien
Pulp – Different Class
Tindersticks – II

Last year I mentioned how I was disappointed in Soundgarden’s Superunknown. This year, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis was my big disappointment, but I’ve talked about that before. Just know I didn’t forget it.