⇦ 1994

1996 ⇨

The Best Music of 1995

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1995. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1995, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
2Pac	Me Against The World	☆
Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill	☆
Alice In Chains	Alice In Chains	☆
Ani DiFranco	Not a Pretty Girl	☆
Annie Lennox	Medusa	☆
Aphex Twin	...I Care Because You Do	☆
Bert Jansch	When the Circus Comes to Town	☆
Better Than Ezra	Deluxe	☆
Big L	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous	☆
Björk	Post	☆
Blind Guardian	Imaginations From the Other Side	☆
Blur	The Great Escape	☆
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble	Spinner	☆
Bruce Springsteen	The Ghost of Tom Joad	☆
Chris Isaak	Forever Blue	☆
Collective Soul	Collective Soul	☆
D'Angelo	Brown Sugar	☆
David Wise	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest OST	☆
Deanna Carter	Did I Shave My Legs For This	☆
Death	Symbolic	☆
Elastica	Elastica	☆
Elliott Smith	Elliott Smith	☆
Emmylou Harris	Wrecking Ball	☆
Faith Hill	It Matters to Me	☆
Fear Factory	Demanufacture	☆
Femi Kuti	Femi Kuti	☆
Foo Fighters	Foo Fighters	☆
Fugazi	Red Medicine	☆
Garbage	Garbage	☆
Genius/GZA	Liquid Swords	☆
Goo Goo Dolls	A Boy Named Goo	☆
Green Day	Insomniac	☆
Guided By Voices	Alien Lanes	☆
Jewel	Pieces of You	☆
John Michael Montgomery	John Michael Montgomery	☆
King Crimson	THRAK	☆
KMFDM	Nihil	☆
Leftfield	Leftism	☆
Mad Season	Above	☆
Maná	Cuando los Ángeles Lloran	☆
Mariah Carey	Daydream	☆
Michael Jackson	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	☆
Mobb Deep	The Infamous	☆
Moby	Everything Is Wrong	☆
Monster Magnet	Dopes to Infinity	☆
Natalie Merchant	Tigerlily	☆
No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	☆
Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory?	☆
Pavement	Wowee Zowee	☆
PJ Harvey	To Bring You My Love	☆
Prince	The Gold Experience	☆
Pulp	Different Class	☆
Quincy Jones	Q's Jook Joint	☆
Radiohead	The Bends	☆
Raekwon	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...	☆
Rancid	...And Out Come The Wolves	☆
Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	☆
Red House Painters	Ocean Beach	☆
Robyn	Robyn Is Here	☆
Scott Walker	Tilt	☆
Selena	Dreaming Of You	☆
Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	☆
Sleeper	Smart	☆
Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness	☆
Son Volt	Trace	☆
Supergrass	I Should Coco	☆
The Chemical Brothers	Exit Planet Dust	☆
The Jayhawks	Tomorrow the Green Grass	☆
The Orb	Orbus Terrarum	☆
The Presidents of the United States of America	The Presidents of the United States of America	☆
The Verve	A Northern Soul	☆
Tracy Chapman	New Beginning	☆
Tricky	Maxinquaye	☆
Ulver	Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler	☆
Various Artists	Empire Records: The Soundtrack	☆
Various Artists	Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album	☆
White Zombie	Astro-Creep: 2000	☆
Wilco	A.M.	☆
Yo La Tengo	Electr-O-Pura	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
2Pac	Dear Mama	☆
2Pac	Me Against the World	☆
311	Down	☆
311	All Mixed Up	☆
Ace of Base	Beautiful Life	☆
Adina Howard	Freak Like Me	☆
Aimee Mann	You Could Make a Killing	☆
Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know	☆
Alanis Morissette	Ironic	☆
Alanis Morissette	Hand in My Pocket	☆
Alanis Morissette	Head Over Feet	☆
Alice In Chains	Heaven Beside You	☆
Alice In Chains	Again	☆
Annie Lennox	No More "I Love Yous"	☆
Björk	Army Of Me	☆
Björk	It's Oh So Quiet	☆
Björk	Hyperballad	☆
Blind Guardian	Imaginations from the Other Side	☆
Blur	The Universal	☆
Bob Carlisle	Butterfly Kisses	☆
Boyz II Men	Water Runs Dry	☆
Chris Isaak	Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing	☆
Collective Soul	December	☆
Collective Soul	The World I Know	☆
Coolio feat. L.V.	Gangsta's Paradise	☆
D'Angelo	Brown Sugar	☆
D'Angelo	Lady	☆
Death	Crystal Mountain	☆
Deep Blue Something	Breakfast at Tiffany's	☆
Del Amitri	Roll to Me	☆
Elastica	Connection	☆
Everclear	Santa Monica	☆
Filter	Hey Man, Nice Shot	☆
Foo Fighters	This is a Call	☆
Foo Fighters	I'll Stick Around	☆
Foo Fighters	Big Me	☆
Garbage	Only Happy When It Rains	☆
Garbage	Stupid Girl	☆
Garbage	Queer	☆
Gin Blossoms	Til I Hear It from You	☆
Goo Goo Dolls	Name	☆
Green Day	Brain Stew	☆
Green Day	Jaded	☆
Groove Theory	Tell Me	☆
James Taylor Quartet	Free Your Mind	☆
Jars of Clay	Flood	☆
Jewel	Who Will Save Your Soul	☆
Jewel	You Were Meant for Me	☆
Joan Osbourne	One of Us	☆
Judy Kuhn	Colors of the Wind	☆
Juliana Hatfield	Universal Heart-Beat	☆
KMFDM	Juke Joint Jezebel	☆
La Bouche	Be My Lover	☆
Le Click	Tonight Is The Night	☆
LL Cool J featuring LeShaun	Doin' It	☆
Los Del Rio	Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)	☆
Loud Lucy	Ticking	☆
Luniz feat. Michael Marshall	I Got 5 On It	☆
Mariah Carey	Always Be My Baby	☆
Mariah Carey	Fantasy	☆
Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men	One Sweet Day	☆
Marilyn Manson	Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	☆
Mary J. Blige	Not Gon' Cry	☆
Matthew Sweet	Sick Of Myself	☆
Melissa Etheridge	I Want to Come Over	☆
Method Man & Mary J. Blige	I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By	☆
Michael Jackson	You Are Not Alone	☆
Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson	Scream	☆
Moby	God Moving Over the Face of the Waters	☆
Montell Jordan	This Is How We Do It	☆
Natalie Merchant	Carnival	☆
Natalie Merchant	Wonder	☆
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds [feat. Kylie Minogue]	Where the Wild Roses Grow	☆
Nicki French	Total Eclipse of the Heart	☆
No Doubt	Don't Speak	☆
No Doubt	Just A Girl	☆
No Doubt	Spiderwebs	☆
No Doubt	Sunday Morning	☆
Oasis	Champagne Supernova	☆
Oasis	Wonderwall	☆
Oasis	Don't Look Back In Anger	☆
Oasis	Roll With It	☆
Oasis	Some Might Say	☆
Oasis	Morning Glory	☆
Ol' Dirty Bastard	Shimmy Shimmy Ya	☆
OMC	How Bizarre	☆
Paul Varney	Open the Door to Your Heart	☆
PJ Harvey	Down By The Water	☆
Presidents of the U.S.A.	Lump	☆
Primus	Wynona's Big Brown Beaver	☆
Pulp	Common People	☆
Pulp	Disco 2000	☆
Radiohead	Fake Plastic Trees	☆
Radiohead	High And Dry	☆
Radiohead	Just	☆
Radiohead	Street Spirit (Fade Out)	☆
Railroad Jerk	Bang the Drum	☆
Rancid	Time Bomb	☆
Rancid	Ruby Soho	☆
Randy Newman	You've Got A Friend In Me	☆
Red Hot Chili Peppers	My Friends	☆
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Aeroplane	☆
Salt N Pepa	Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing	☆
Sarah McLachlan	I Will Remember You	☆
Scatman John	Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)	☆
Seal	Kiss From A Rose	☆
Selena	I Could Fall in Love	☆
Selena	Dreaming of You	☆
Seven Mary Three	Cumbersome	☆
Shaggy	Boombastic	☆
Shania Twain	Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?	☆
Skee-Lo	I Wish	☆
Sleeper	Bedhead	☆
Smashing Pumpkins	1979	☆
Smashing Pumpkins	Bullet With Butterfly Wings	☆
Smashing Pumpkins	Tonight, Tonight	☆
Smashing Pumpkins	Zero	☆
Sophie B. Hawkins	As I Lay Me Down	☆
Soul Asylum	Misery	☆
Spacehog	In the Meantime	☆
Stereolab	French Disko	☆
Supergrass	Alright	☆
Take That	Back for Good	☆
Take That	Back for Good	☆
The Beatles	Free as a Bird	☆
The Cardigans	Carnival	☆
The Muffs	Sad Tomorrow	☆
The Presidents of the U.S.A.	Peaches	☆
The Rembrandts	I'll Be There for You	☆
Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason	☆
U2	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me	☆
Vanessa Williams	Colors of the Wind	☆
White Zombie	More Human Than Human	☆
Whitney Houston	Exhale (Shoop Shoop)	☆
Wilco	Box Full of Letters	☆

⇦ 1994

1996 ⇨