60 Albums 1995

60 albums from 1995. This was another year that a bunch of great albums didn't quickly rise to the top of my list.  There were plenty of good albums but I wasn't really blown away by much in 1995. I went with Chris Isaak because that album got a lot of play from me immediately and has continued through the years. A few others here like the Emmylou Harris and the Wondermints grew on me intensely over the years.

For me it was overall a pretty good year for folky and Americana stuff and also for power pop and Brit pop. There wasn't a whole lot of challenging releases that made a big impression on me and made it into my collection.

1. Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
2. John Hiatt - Walk On
3. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
4. Son Volt - Trace
5. Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
6. Wondermints - Wondermints
7. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
8. Wilco - A.M.
9. X - Unclogged
10. Steve Earle - Train a Comin'
11. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass
12. The Smashing Pumpkins  - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
13. Sun Dial - Acid Yantra
14. Pulp - Different Class
15. Chris Whitley - Din of Esctasy
16. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
17. Radiohead - The Bends
18. The Rembrandts - L.P.
19. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
20. Freakwater - Old Paint
21. Blue Rodeo - Nowhere To Here
22. Neil Young - Mirror Ball
23. The Verve - The Northern Soul
24. Blur - The Great Escape
25. Peter Case - Torn Again
26. Julian Cope - 20 Mothers
27. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
28. Marianne Faithful - A Secret Life
29. BoDeans - Joe Dirt Car
30. Spiritualized - Pure Phase
31. Joe Ely - Letter To Laredo
32. Bjork - Post
33. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
34. Blind Melon - Soup
35. Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
36. The Charlatans - The Charlatans
37. Slowdive - Pygmalion
38. Vic Chesnutt - Is The Actor Happy?
39. Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-Pur
40. Luna - Penthouse
41. The Innocence Mission - Glow
42. Morphine - Yes
43. Anton Barbeau - Waterbugs and Beetles
44. The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
45. PJ Harvey - To Bring My Love
46. The Sea and Cake - Nassau
47. Sugar - Besides
48. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
49. The Boo Radleys - Wake Up
50. St. Germain - Boulevard
51. Joan Osborne - Relish
52. Lilys - Eccsame The Photon Band
53. Superchunk - Here's Where The Strings Come In
54. Elliot Smith - Elliot Smith
55. Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
56. Elastica - Elastica
57. The Apples in Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
58. Waco Brothers - To The Last Dead Cowboy
59. Enya - The Memory of Trees

Another good year for compilations. Here are a few from my collection.

1. The Stone Roses - The Complete Stone Roses
2. Cream - The Very Best of Cream
3. The Smithereens - Blown To Smithereens: The Best of The Smithereens
4. The J.B.'s - Funky Good Time: The Anthology
5. Joy Division - Permanent
6. Colin Blunstone - Some Years: It's The Time of Colin Blunstone
7. Various Artists - Move To Groove: Best of 70s Jazz-Funk
8. Dexys Midnight Runners - Radio One Sessions 1980-1982
9. Otis Redding - The Very Best of Otis Redding Vol. 2
10. Ennio Morricone - The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music
11. Various Artists - Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon
12. Ohio Players - Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology
13. The Ruts - Something That I Said: The Best of the Ruts
14. Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa
15. The Meters - Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology
16. Elvis Presley - Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters
17. Link Wray - Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years
18. Miles Davis - The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
19. Various Artists - Macro Dub Infection Volume 1
20. U-Roy - Original DJ
21. Various Artists - The Manchester Story '88-'91: Madchester 

and so many more...