List some of your favorite records that turn 20 this year

Maria - Jane Siberry

― they TRY to look like GOOD people (soref), Monday, January 12, 2015 10:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh yeah! This is one of the albums that I listen to most but would probably never remember to think of as an outstanding album.

Apples in Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker - (discovered via Beck's "best of '95 list in Rolling Stone, iirc)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five - (their debut is great)
Blue Mountain - Dog Days - (more good roots rock)
Green Day - Insomniac - (I still think it's their last good record)
Jawbreaker - Dear You - (is it not cool to like this?)
The Muffs - Blonder and Blonder (probably my most-listened-to record of '95)
Noise Addict - Meet the Real You (this album rules)
Old 97's - Wreck Your Life - (more good roots rock)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (never liked anything else of theirs)
The Sea & Cake - Nassau
Superdrag - The Fabulous 8-track Sounds of Superdrag
Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun (for "Sick of Myself" if nothing else)
That Dog. - Totally Crushed Out!
Zumpano - Look What the Rookie Did (for "The Party Rages On" if nothing else)

stuff already mentioned: Amps, GBV, Foos, Softies, Pavement, Red Red Meat, Teenage Fanclub, Elliott, SV/Wilco, Space Needle, Cuban Linx/Liquid Swords

To clarify, these are all records that are still favorites- right? Not just records enjoyed at the time

(question to everyone)

some are ones i discovered later but i still like the ones i listed that i liked at the time.

basically the black metal albums on my list I discovered later (early part of the 00s?)

Oh fucking hell, we're going to get a lot of pieces on (What's The Story) Morning Glory? this year, aren't we?

Mariah carey - daydream
Bjork - post
Smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness
Mobb deep - the infamous
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot

tbh, i was probably a little loose with my list, xxxxpost...i just kinda went with "records i like(d) from '95" not so much "still favorites," which would probably knock a half-dozen or so off the list.

Harry Partch - 17 Lyrics of Li Po (Tzadik)

Yeah I'm going for more "still favorites". It's interesting to see what stays a favorite after all this time for you OR stays fresh enough to become one later on, even 20 years later.

To clarify, these are all records that are still favorites- right? Not just records enjoyed at the time

(question to everyone)

― Evan, Monday, January 12, 2015 5:01 PM (3 hours ago)

The long and perhaps self-indulgent list I posted earlier is a combination of true favorites and albums I have at one time or another counted among them. The mid-90s were a furiously active period in the development of garage & noise rock, black & death metal, gangsta rap, indie rock and abstract psychedelia of every sort. Given that creative ferment, it shouldn't come as a surprise that each of those niches might kick up 5-10 amazing albums, most now largely forgotten (and perhaps of little interest outside fan circles). Not to mention mainstream pop, the experimental avant-garde and what we'd be calling "electronica" in a few years, genres with which I'm not as deeply engaged. A more ruthlessly restricted list would be somewhat shorter, but 30-40 would still make the cut. And I'm sure I'm leaving quite a bit out...

OMG can't believe I forgot:

The Black Dog - Spanners

Moloko - Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
Smith & Mighty - Bass Is Maternal
Macro Dub Infection, Vol. One
Pram - Sargasso Sea
Long Fin Killie - Houdini
Sufi - Life's Rising
Arto Lindsay - Aggregates 1-26
Tim Berne's Bloodcount - Lowlife
U.S. Maple - Long Hair in Three Stages
Antioch Arrow - Gems of Masochism
Stanford Prison Experiment - The Gato Hunch
S.F. Seals - Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows
Suddenly Tammy! - We Get There When We Do
Lizard Music - Fashionably Lame
Eric Matthews - It's Heavy in Here

Just to be difficult:

Sterolab - Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On Volume 2
Spacemen 3 - Live in Europe 1989
Moodymann - "The Day We Lost the Soul" and "Inspirations From A Small Black Church On The Eastside Of Detroit" 12s
Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs in E Minor
The Abyss - The Other Side
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - Bait & Switch
Bassholes - Haunted Hill!

wow, the TJSA album is great! i totally forgot about that one

yeah, i hadn't heard it in forever. listening now. flat duo jets had a great album that year, too.

wow, Space Needle is the 3rd album listed in this thread. did not expect that at all.

Elastica self-titled
Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Self - Subliminal Plastic Motives

Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs in E Minor

Great album but it came out in 1991.

Supergrass - Supergrass

Didn't really like this much but it came out in 1999 anyway. Did you mean I Should Coco?

Sorry I have nothing to add but pedantry this morning.

the dead c - the whitehouse

Great album but it came out in 1991.

lol, never trust a id3

looking at people's lists, I realize that 1995 was the year I stopped paying attention to Indie Rock. I don't think I listened to anything but hip hop that year.

Yeah but that's not necessarily the exercise. I was going for: Of your favorite records in general, which ones turn 20 this year?

Or I guess you meant it as a side note anyway.

1994 had most of the anniversaries important to me, the following year is a big drop-off. that said -

mobb deep - the infamous
gza- liquid swords
raekwon - only built 4 cuban linx
ODB - return to the 36 chambers
emmylou harris - wrecking ball

Lots of good nominations so far, surprised this one has been yet:

Shellac - At Action Park

I can think of a reason why it hasn't been nominated.

I need to find a better use of my time.

My favourite 1995 albums:

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Hey! Bo Diddley

MBDTF is '94

xxp lol stuck in 2014, sorry everyone!

Probably the two I still listen to most often:

Sundial - Acid Yantra
Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow

I haven't listened to these in years but think I'd still like:

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Methodrone
Flying Saucer Attack - Further
Lovesliescrushing - Bloweyelashwish
Swervedriver - Ejector Seat Reservation
Thurston Moore - Psychic Hearts
Moose - Live a Little Love a Lot
Comsat Angels - The Glamour
Magnetic Fields - Get Lost

I've been meaning to check out those Poole and Space Needle albums for 20 years; will try to remember to do it this year.

OH you really should!

OMG can't believe I forgot:

The Black Dog - Spanners

― Tim F,

god,me too

yeah I forgot it as well, strange because I've always thought it was one of the best of the whole Warp scene, though it definitely goes 10 minutes too long

Angel Corpus Christi - White Courtesy Phone
Marilyn Crispell/Peter Brötzmann/Hamid Drake - Hyperion
Wayne Kramer - The Hard Stuff
NoMeansNo - The Worldhood of the World (As Such)
The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight (yeah I still stand by this)
Apples In Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
John Coltrane - Stellar Regions

Beatles Anthology 1
Page & Plant
Pink Floyd - Pulse

Van Halen - Balance
Slash's Snakepit
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
Frampton Comes Alive 2

Man, 1995 was a great year.

The Orb - Orbus Terrarum

still awesome

At Action Park was 94, wasn't it?

Buju Banton - Til Shiloh

Alien Lanes, Pollard's true(st) masterpiece

'BINI GAME SHANI DAVIS

I have got 99 items in the database, the faves of this great year are:

Air Miami - Me, Me, Me
BMX Bandits - Gettin' Dirty
Bruce Springteen - The Ghost of tom Joad
Chris Whitley - Din of Ecstasy (RIP)
Elastica - s/t
Giant Sand - Goods and Services
Goran Bregovic - Underground
Hole - Live through this
Ivan Kral - Nostalgia
Laurie Anderson - The Ugly One with the Jewels (more storytelling than music)
Lloyd Cole - Love Story
Luna - Penthouse
Madredeus - Ainda
Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Man
Miossec - Boire
Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow
Murat - Live
Oregon - Beyond Words
Palace Music - Viva Last Blues
Passengers - Original Soundtracks Vol. 1
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Poe - Hello
Rainer Ptacek - Nocturnes (RIP)
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
Mike Scott - Bring 'em all in
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie...
Spain - The Blue Moods of Spain
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (RIP, my fave of 1995)
Teenage Fan Club - Grand Prix
Throwing Muses - University
Tindersticks - 2
Various - Help
Vic Chesnutt - Is the Actor Happy? (RIP)
Yo La Tengo - Electropura (my fave album of my ex-fave band but only #2 in 1995)
Young Gods - TV Sky

There are more on the ipod, eg Pavement - Wowee Zowee

Yo La Tengo - Electropura (my fave album of my ex-fave band but only #2 in 1995)

Huh, forgot this came out in '95, for some reason. HUGE record for me.

yeah, total classic

Less interesting list this year for me:

Tobin Sprout - Carnival Boy
Lilys - Better Can't Make Your Life Better
Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons
Bedhead - Transaction De Novo
Polvo - Exploded Drawing
Guided By Voices - Under The Bushes Under The Stars
burger/ink ‎– [Las Vegas]
East River Pipe ‎– Mel
Red House Painters ‎– Songs For A Blue Guitar

Stina Nordenstam - Dynamite
Tuscadero - The Pink Album
Mazzy Star - Among My Swan

Afghan Whigs - Black Love
Patty Griffin - Living w/ Ghosts
Wrens - Secaucus

Just realized- how did I forget Lida Husik last year? :(