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1995

Radiohead - The Bends (English alternative rock)

Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (American indie folk) 

Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (English rock) 

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (American alternative rock, double album) 

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (English alternative rock / blues rock) 

Pulp - Different Class (English brit-pop / art rock) 

David Bowie - Outside (English art rock / industrial rock, concept album and part one of a later abandoned trilogy, produced by Brian Eno) 

Beastie Boys - Aglio e Olio (American hardcore punk, eight song, eleven minute EP) 

Faith No More - King for a Day… Fool For A Life Time (American alternative metal, their only album to feature Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance) 

Deftones - Adrenaline (American alternative metal / nu metal, debut album) 

Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante (American experimental rock / avant garde metal) 

Skunk Anansie - Paranoid & Sunburnt (British hard rock / alternative rock, debut album) 

Earth Crisis - Destroy the Machines (American metalcore, debut album) 

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (Canadian alternative rock)

Bjork - Post (Icelandic art pop / electronica) 

GZA - Liquid Swords (American hip hop, solo album by Wu-Tang Clan member, produced by Wu-Tang’s RZA and featuring guest appearances by various other Wu-Tang members and affiliates) 

Pavement - Wowee Zowee (American indie rock) 

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (American alternative rock / post grunge, debut album) 

White Zombie - Astro-Creep 2000 (American groove metal / industrial metal, their last full length 

album) 

God Lives Underwater - Empty (American industrial rock / alternative metal, debut album) 

Nine Inch Nails - Further Down The Spiral (American post-industrial / electronic, companion remix album to their 1994 album The Downward Spiral featuring contributions from Rick Rubin, Dave Navarro, Coil, Foetus and Aphex Twin) 

Filter - Short Bus (American industrial rock / post-grunge, debut album) 

Prick - Prick (American industrial rock / alternative rock, debut album, co-produced by Trent Reznor) 

KMFDM - Nihil (German-English industrial rock / industrial dance) 

Traci Lords - 1000 Fires (American industrial techno / trip hop, debut and only full length album) 

The Beatles - Anthology 1 (English rock / merseybeat, compilation of outtakes, rarities, and live tracks from 1958-1964, plus one newly completed song) 

Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (American funk metal / alternative rock, their only album with Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro as part of the group) 

The Fall - Cerebral Caustic (English post-punk)

Green Day - Insomniac (American punk rock / pop punk) 

The Rentals - Return of the Rentals (American alternative rock, debut for group featuring members of Weezer and that dog.) 

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (American grunge / alternative metal, their first full length album to feature bassist Mike Inez and last to feature vocalist Layne Staley) 

Mad Season - Above (American alternative rock / grunge, first and only album by supergroup featuring members of Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and Screaming Trees) 

Down - NOLA (American sludge metal / southern metal, debut album for supergroup featuring members of Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity and Crowbar) 

Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis (English heavy metal, his only solo album to feature former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler on bass) 

Van Halen - Balance (American hard rock / pop metal, their last full studio album to feature vocalist Sammy Hagar)  

Primus - Tales from the Punchbowl (American progressive rock / primus, their last album with drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander until 2013)

The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic (American indie rock / noise pop) 

Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun (American alternative rock / power pop, his last album to feature contributions from Richard Hell & the Voidoids guitarist Robert Quine) 

Quicksand - Manic Compression (American post-hardcore / alternative metal) 

Supergrass - I Should Coco (English brit pop / punk rock, debut album) 

Ramones - ¡Adios Amigos! (American punk rock, their final studio album) 

Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity (American heavy metal / space rock) 

Kyuss - …And The Circus Leaves Town (American stoner rock, their final studio album) 

Fear Factory - Demanufacture (American industrial metal / groove metal) 

Slash’s Snakepit - It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (American hard rock / blues rock, debut for supergroup featuring members of Guns ‘N’ Roses, Alice In Chains and Jellyfish) 

Elastica - Elastica (English brit pop / post punk, debut album) 

Garbage - Garbage (American alternative rock / dance rock, debut album) 

No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (American ska punk / new wave) 

The Muffs - Blonder and Blonder (American pop punk) 

The Cardigans - Life (Swedish pop rock / easy listening)

The Amps - Pacer (American alternative rock / lo-fi, first and only album by side project for Kim Deal and Jim MacPherson of The Breeders) 

that dog. - Totally Crushed Out! (American alternative rock) 

Jewel - Pieces of You (American folk-rock, debut album)  

Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (Canadian extreme metal / industrial metal, debut album) 

Motorhead - Sacrifice (British heavy metal)

Foetus - Gash (Australian industrial rock) 

Sonic Youth - Washing Machine (American experimental rock / noise rock)

Self - Subliminal Plastic Motives (American alternative rock, debut album) 

Wilco - AM (American alternative country, debut album for band whose initial lineup was entirely former members of Uncle Tupelo) 

Son Volt (American alternative country, debut album for band fronted by Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo) 

Blink-182 - Cheshire Cat (American pop punk / skate punk, debut album) 

Hum - You’d Prefer An Astronaut (American alternative rock / space rock)

Meat Puppets - No Joke! (American alternative rock, their last full album to feature original drummer Derrick Bostrom until he rejoined the group in 2018) 

Blur - The Great Escape (English britpop) 

Clutch - Clutch (American stoner rock / funk metal) 

Fu Manchu - Daredevil (American stoner rock)

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve (Swedish progressive metal) 

Anthrax - Stomp 442 (American groove metal / alternative metal) 

AC/DC - Ballbreaker (Australian hard rock) 

The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (American alternative rock / pop punk, debut album) 

Tricky - Maxinquaye (English trip hop) 

Fugazi - Red Medicine (American post-hardcore / art rock) 

Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (American punk rock / ska punk)

Catherine Wheel - Happy Days (English alternative rock / post grunge) 

The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia (American hip hop) 

Beastie Boys - Root Down EP (American alternative hip hop / hardcore punk, EP, extended single for the title track featuring remixes of the title track and live tracks from a 1995 European tour) 

Ol’Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (American hardcore hip hop, debut album by Wu-Tang Clan member, guest appearances by Method Man, Ghostface Killah and other Wu-Tang members and associates) 

 The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??! (American jazz rap, major label debut) 

Mobb Deep - The Infamous (American hardcore hip hop, guest appearances include Nas, Raekwon,Ghostface Killah and Crystal Johnson)  

Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (Scottish power pop / indie rock) 

P - P (American alternative rock, only album by group featuring actor Johnny Depp and Butthole Surfers vocalist Gibby Haynes) 

Jawbreaker - Dear You (American pop punk / emo, major label debut and the band’s final studio album) 

No Doubt - The Beacon Street Collection  (American ska punk / new wave, originally independently released and self-produced eight months before their breakthrough album Tragic Kingdom, guest appearance by Bradley Nowell of Sublime) 

Therapy? - Infernal Love (Irish alternative metal)

Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes (American indie rock / power pop) 

Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (American folk rock / neo-psychedelia) 

Aphex Twin - …I Care Because You Do (Irish electronic music)

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