GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1995

[CiG]

1 9 9 5

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Okay so with @zabu of nΩd's suggestion to put this game in the GMD Social and 1995's sheer genre versatility (hip hop, electronic music, grunge, etc) I think this should be a more successful round.

Obviously make sure to hit up RYM yourself and search your favourite genres.

The deadline is 6th of February 2018.

The rules:
- submit at least 5 releases.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.

GNMD = General Non-Metal Discussion, so NO METAL ALBUMS are to be included in anybody's list.

Also, no movie soundtracks.

 

[CiG]

(As per, the deadline isn't a strict thing.)

 

[Satanstoenail]

Christ on a fucking bike what a year. List subject to change.

1. Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
2. Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
3. Radiohead - The Bends
4. Regurgitator - New
5. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
6. GZA - Liquid Swords
7. Unsane - Scattered, Smothered and Covered
8. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
9. ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers: Dirty Version
10. Mobb Deep - The Infamous

HMs:
Mad Season - Above
Bjork - Post
The Mark of Cain - Ill at Ease
Foo Fighters - s/t
Shihad - Killjoy
Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Midnight Radio
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
NoMeansNo - The Worldhood of the World
Primus - Tales From the Punchbowl
Money Mark - Mark's Keyboard Repair

 

[Slammed]

1. Queen - Made In Heaven
2. The Screaming Jets - The Screaming Jets
3. Valhalla - Hard Rock With Its Pants Down
4. Ballbreaker - AC/DC
5. Coughing Up A Storm - Frenzal Rhomb
6. Welcome To The Neighborhood - Meatloaf
7. Forever Blue - Chris Isaak
8. Gone - Dwight Yoakam
9. The Berlin Tapes - Iva Davis & Icehouse
10. Pulse - Pink Floyd

 

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Blind Melon - Soup
2. King Crimson - THRAK
3. Voice of Eye - Transmigration
4. Doctor Nerve - Skin
5. Doopees - Doopee Time
6. Spookey Ruben - Modes of Transportation, Vol. 1
7. Rocket From the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
8. Condense - Genuflex
9. Non Credo - Happy Wretched Family
10. Table - Table

EDIT: In that case

1. Blind Melon - Soup
2. Frank Klepacki - The Music of Command and Conquer
3. King Crimson - THRAK
4. NON - Alien Soldier
5. David Wise - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
6. Koji Kondo - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
7. Voice of Eye - Transmigration
8. Doctor Nerve - Skin
9. Doopees - Doopee Time
10. Spookey Ruben - Modes of Transportation, Vol. 1

 

[CiG]

I'll be a little more lenient on any soundtrack that is an original composition. Any soundtracks that are just compilations of various artists will be discounted.

Edit:

2. Frank Klepacki - The Music of Command and Conquer

Aw shiet. This is a fucking awesome OST, might have to make room in my list for this.

Edit 2: Looks like it was released in 1996. If you find anything that disproves Discogs let me know.

Edit 3: Man this OST rules. I hope it's 1995 because if it is it's going into the upper 5 of my list for sure.

 

[The Ozzman]

That's one of the only OSTs I really listen to. It is really good. I should probably buy a copy of it at some point.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'll be a little more lenient on any soundtrack that is an original composition. Any soundtracks that are just compilations of various artists will be discounted.

Edit:

Aw shiet. This is a fucking awesome OST, might have to make room in my list for this.

Edit 2: Looks like it was released in 1996. If you find anything that disproves Discogs let me know.

Edit 3: Man this OST rules. I hope it's 1995 because if it is it's going into the upper 5 of my list for sure.

Well, the game was released in 1995. I don't know that the other games I mentioned has OSTs released in 1995 either tbh. Admittedly since this is a thread about albums I'll have to make sure that all of those had soundtracks the same year as game release.

 

[Burkhard]

Not a top 10, but at least enough to particitpate in this round:

1. Kari Rueslåtten - Demo Recordings 1995
2. Qntal - II
3. Lynni Treekrem - Haugtussa
4. Oslo Kammerkor - Dåm
5. Natacha Atlas - Diaspora
6. Lisa Gerrard - The Mirror Pool
7. Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
8. Garmarna - Vittrad

 

[Bloopy]

Edit 2: Looks like it was released in 1996. If you find anything that disproves Discogs let me know.

Edit 3: Man this OST rules. I hope it's 1995 because if it is it's going into the upper 5 of my list for sure.

Not sure if it makes a difference, but sometimes with games from that era you could chuck the CD-ROM into your stereo to play the music.

 

[-CC-]

1) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
2) Mobb Deep - The Infamous
3) Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
4) Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
5) Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
6) The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
7) 2Pac - Me Against The World
8) Luniz - Operation Stackola
9) KRS One - KRS One
10) Cypress Hill - III: Temples of Boom

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@-CyanideChrist- we have the same #1! edit: Oh shit i just remembered Dog Food came out in 95.

I'm kind shocked that im seeing all these hip-hop heavy lists that dont have Me Against the World on them. Same goes for Brotha Lynch's best album

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1 - Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food
2 - Bone Thugs -N- Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
3 - 2Pac - Me Against the World
4 - Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of da Siccness
5 - Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
6 - Cypress Hill - III(Temples of Boom)
7 - WC and the Maad Circle - Curb Servin'
8 - DJ Quik - Safe+Sound
9 - Mack 10 - Mack 10
10 - Goodie Mob - Soul Food

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

I got 6 for now:

Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
Cypress Hill - III: Temples of Boom
Onyx - All We Got Iz Us
Chris Issak - Forever Blue
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

are we counting Alice in Chains? If so they would definitely make my list

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

That album is pretty metal I'll grant you but for the purposes of this thread I'll file it under "grunge" I was debating putting Clutch's S/T album on there too.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

thread needs more Dog Food

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. King Crimson - THRAK
2. GZA - Liquid Swords
3. Blind Melon - Soup
4. Bone Thugs -N- Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
5. The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight
6. Ozric Tentacles - Become the Other
7. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
8. Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
9. Cypress Hill - III (Temples of Boom)
10. The Mark of Cain - Ill At Ease

Good year.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I guess I haven't heard a lot of 1995 albums. I'm surely missing some good ones, but here's what I got for now:

1. Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
2. Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
3. Autechre - Tri Repetae
4. The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America
5. Swans - The Great Annihilator
6. Bjork - Post
7. Radiohead - The Bends
8. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
9. Frank Klepacki - Command & Conquer soundtrack
10. Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Trigger soundtrack

 

[HamburgerBoy]

6. Ozric Tentacles - Become the Other

Where does this rank in their discog for you?