1995 – my year in music
What could be more ridiculous than trying to rank the thousands of singles and albums you’ve bought and heard over a lifetime? Here we go …
I ranked these albums and singles in December 2024 as I didn’t do it at the time.
| Top albums of 1995 | ||
| 1 | Pulp | Different Class |
| 2 | Echobelly | On |
| 3 | Salad | Drink Me |
| 4 | My Life Story | Mornington Crescent |
| 5 | Blur | The Great Escape |
| 6 | Elastica | Elastica |
| 7 | Carter USM | Worry Bomb |
| 8 | Radiohead | The Bends |
| 9 | Supergrass | I Should Coco |
| 10 | Garbage | Garbage |
| 11 | Sleeper | Smart |
| 12 | Cardigans | Life |
| 13 | Menswear | Nuisance |
| 14 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Bwyd Time |
| 15 | Oasis | (What's The Story) Morning Glory? |
| 16 | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five |
| 17 | Stereolab | Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center |
| 18 | Bellatrix | Stranger Tales |
| 19 | Botnleðja | Drullumall |
| 20 | Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories | Tails |
| 21 | Arena | Songs From The Lion's Cage |
| 22 | Björk | Post |
| 23 | World Of Twist | Unreleased 2nd album |
| 24 | Marillion | Afraid Of Sunlight |
The albums I played to death:
| These aren’t necessarily the same as my favourite albums now, but the ones I remember buying on release and playing over and over and over again. | ||
| 10/01/95 | My Life Story | Mornington Crescent |
| 09/02/95 | Carter USM | Worry Bomb |
| 07/03/95 | Elastica | Elastica |
| 15/05/95 | Salad | Drink Me |
| 15/05/95 | Supergrass | I Should Coco |
| 17/07/95 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Bwyd Time |
| 08/08/95 | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five |
| 11/09/95 | Blur | The Great Escape |
| 18/09/95 | Echobelly | On |
| 02/10/95 | Oasis | (What's The Story) Morning Glory? |
| 30/10/95 | Pulp | Different Class |
| Top tracks of 1995 | ||
| 1 | Pulp | I Spy |
| 2 | McAlmont and Butler | Yes |
| 3 | Echobelly | King Of The Kerb |
| 4 | My Life Story | Motorcade |
| 5 | Menswear | Stardust |
| 6 | Teenage Fanclub | Sparky's Dream |
| 7 | Belly | Seal My Fate (US Radio Mix) |
| 8 | Powder | Afrodisiac |
| 9 | Scarlet | Independent Love Song |
| 10 | Garbage | Stupid Girl |
| 11 | Sleeper | Vegas |
| 12 | Alanis Morissette | You Oughta Know |
| 13 | Echobelly | Natural Animal |
| 14 | Cardigans | Carnival |
| 15 | My Life Story | Girl A, Girl B, Boy C |
| 16 | Blur | Country House |
| 17 | Salad | Motorbike To Heaven |
| 18 | Pulp | Common People |
| 19 | Sleeper | Inbetweener |
| 20 | Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories | Stay (I Missed You) |
| 21 | Salad | Machine Of Menace |
| 22 | My Life Story | Funny Ha Ha |
| 23 | Pulp | Disco 2000 |
| 24 | Cardigans | Sick & Tired |
| 25 | Garbage | Subhuman |
| 26 | Pulp | F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E |
| 27 | Blur | Stereotypes |
| 28 | Supergrass | Caught By The Fuzz |
| 29 | Wannadies | Blister In The Sun |
| 30 | Carter USM | Let's Get Tattoos |
| 31 | Saint Etienne | He's on The Phone |
| 32 | Salad | Drink The Elixir |
| 33 | Elastica | Car Song |
| 34 | Pulp | Mis-Shapes |
| 35 | Count Indigo | My Unknown Love |
| 36 | Echobelly | Great Things |
| 37 | Jocasta | Go |
| 38 | Pulp | Underwear |
| 39 | Elastica | Stutter |
| 40 | Radiohead | Just |
| 41 | Boo Radleys | Wake Up Boo! |
| 42 | Salad | Granite Statue |
| 43 | Cardigans | Rise & Shine |
| 44 | Blur | Fade Away |
| 45 | Hole | Violet |
| 46 | Botnleðja | Þið Eruð Frábær |
| 47 | Radiohead | The Bends |
| 48 | Elastica | Connection |
| 49 | Charlatans | Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over |
| 50 | Carter USM | The Only Looney Left in Town |
| 51 | Pulp | Sorted for E's & Wizz |
| 52 | Pulp | Bar Italia |
| 53 | Elastica | Waking Up |
| 54 | Elastica | Line Up |
| 55 | Pulp | Live Bed Show |
| 56 | Pulp | Monday Morning |
| 57 | Dubstar | Not So Manic Now |
| 58 | Army of Lovers | Crucified |
| 59 | Echobelly | Car Fiction |
| 60 | Blur | Charmless Man |
| 61 | Echobelly | Four Letter Word |
| 62 | Carter USM | Airplane Food/Airplane Fast Food |
| 63 | Bluetones | Bluetonic |
| 64 | Dubstar | Stars |
| 65 | Ash | Kung Fu |
| 66 | My Life Story | Forever |
| 67 | Elastica | Hold Me Now |
| 68 | Echobelly | Nobody Like You |
| 69 | Ben Folds Five | Jackson Cannery |
| 70 | Supergrass | Alright |
| 71 | Audioweb | Sleeper |
| 72 | Menswear | Daydreamer |
| 73 | Supergrass | Lenny |
| 74 | Intastella | The Night |
| 75 | Echobelly | Go Away |
| 76 | Perfume | Yesterday Follows You |
| 77 | Björk | Hyper-Ballad |
| 78 | Goldbug | Whole Lotta Love (Radio Edit) |
| 79 | Salad | Warmth Of The Hearth |
| 80 | Elastica | S.O.F.T. |
| 81 | Blur | He Thought Of Cars |
| 82 | My Life Story | The Penthouse in The Basement |
| 83 | Pulp | Pencil Skirt |
| 84 | Elastica | Blue |
| 85 | Suggs | I'm Only Sleeping |
| 86 | Echobelly | Dark Therapy |
| 87 | Carter USM | The Young Offender's Mum |
| 88 | N-Trance | Stayin' Alive |
| 89 | Ben Folds Five | Underground |
| 90 | Salad | Your Ma |
| 91 | Eve's Plum | Jesus Loves You (Not As Much As I Do) |
| 92 | Echobelly | Something Hot In A Cold Country |
| 93 | Bluetones | Slight Return |
| 94 | My Life Story | Bullets Fly |
| 95 | Julian Cope | Try Try Try |
| 96 | Powder | Deep-Fried |
| 97 | Ben Folds Five | Where's Summer B.? |
| 98 | Salad | A Man With A Box |
| 99 | Pulp | Something Changed |
| 100 | Blur | Top Man |
| 101 | Supergrass | Strange Ones |
| 102 | Elastica | Annie |
| 103 | Kingmaker | Queen Jane |
| 104 | Edwyn Collins | A Girl Like You |
| 105 | Björk | Army Of Me |
| 106 | Powder | Sold Out |
| 107 | Army of Lovers | Obsession |
| 108 | Blur | Globe Alone |
| 109 | Salad | Muscleman |
| 110 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Bwyd Time |
| 111 | Carter USM | Gas (Man) |
| 112 | Powder | Memo From Turner |
| 113 | Salad | No.1's Cooking |
| 114 | Powder | Shave Me |
| 115 | Carter USM | Trouble |
| 116 | Menswear | Little Miss Pinpoint Eyes |
| 117 | Supergrass | Mansize Rooster |
| 118 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Gewn Ni Gorffen |
| 119 | Radiohead | Street Spirit (Fade Out) |
| 120 | Gene | Haunted By You |
| 121 | Skunk Anansie | Selling Jesus |
| 122 | Squeeze | End Of A Century (Live) |
| 123 | Garbage | Supervixen |
| 124 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Miss Trudy |
| 125 | Foo Fighters | This Is A Call |
| 126 | Rocket From The Crypt | Born in '69 |
| 127 | J Pac | Rock N Roll (Dole) |
| 128 | Garbage | #1 Crush |
| 129 | Cibo Matto | Black Hole Sun |
| 130 | Radiohead | Planet Telex |
| 131 | Foo Fighters | I'll Stick Around |
| 132 | Skunk Anansie | Charity |
| 133 | Belly | Now They'll Sleep |
| 134 | Salad & Terry Hall | Dream A Little Dream |
| 135 | Gene | Olympian |
| 136 | Heavy Stereo | Sleep Freak |
| 137 | Supermodel | Penis Size And Cars |
| 138 | Blur | Ernold Same |
| 139 | Björk | Possibly Maybe |
| 140 | Presidents of The United States of America | Lump |
| 141 | Skunk Anansie | Weak |
| 142 | Rocket From The Crypt | On a Rope |
| 143 | Skunk Anansie | I Can Dream |
| 144 | Done Lying Down | Chronic Offender |
| 145 | Squeeze | This Summer |
| 146 | Blaggers ITA | Guns of Brixton |
| 147 | Menswear | Piece of Me |
| 148 | Supergrass | I'd Like To Know |
| 149 | Kingmaker | You And I Will Never See Things Eye To Eye |
| 150 | Presidents of The United States of America | Peaches |
| 151 | Oasis | Some Might Say |
| 152 | Placebo | Bruise Pristine |
| 153 | Elakelaiset | Humppaa Tai Kuole |
| 154 | Black Grape | In The Name of The Father |
| My favourite cover versions of 1995 | ||
| 1 | Intastella | The Night |
| 2 | Suggs | I'm Only Sleeping |
| 3 | N-Trance | Stayin' Alive |
| 4 | Powder | Memo From Turner |
| 5 | Salad & Terry Hall | Dream A Little Dream |
| 6 | Carter USM | Trouble |
| 7 | Squeeze | End Of A Century (Live) |
| 8 | Cibo Matto | Black Hole Sun |
| 9 | Blaggers ITA | Guns of Brixton |
| 10 | Elakelaiset | Humppaa Tai Kuole |
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