Adam Rifkin's Top 401 of 1995

401. Your Tongue, My Thigh - Fodder Muckers
400. Walking Contradiction - Green Day
399. The Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler
398. You Suck - Murmurs
397. Lady '95 - Styx
396. Dinosaur - Vowel Movement
395. Scarlet Thing in You - Peter Murphy
394. Beggars and Hangers On - Slash's Snakepit
393. Boombastic/In the Summertime - Shaggy
392. Grind - Alice in Chains
391. Sukiyaki - 4PM
390. Made in England - Elton John
389. Red Light Special - TLC
388. Hannah Jane - Hootie and the Blowfish
387. God's an Astronaut - Blunt Funkers
386. I Love it Loud - Phunk Junkeez
385. A Girl Like You (from "Empire Records") - Edwyn Collins
384. Electric Head, Part 2 - White Zombie
383. Disconnected - Queensryche
382. Bridge - Queensryche
381. Cabin Down Below - Tom Petty
380. All Hail Me - Veruca Salt
379. I'll be on my Way - Beatles
378. Like a Rolling Stone - Rolling Stones
377. Short Dick Man - 20 Fingers Featuring Gilette
376. Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
375. Cellophane - Knapsack
374. Digging the Grave - Faith no More
373. Generation Spokesmodel - Mudhoney
372. Let's Play House - Dogg Pound
371. Runaway - Janet Jackson
370. You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson
369. Time - Hootie and the Blowfish
368. Drowning - Hootie and the Blowfish
367. Drown - Son Volt
366. Can't Speak - Danzig
365. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (from "Don Juan") - Bryan Adams
364. I Will Remember You (from "Brothers McMillan") - Sarah Maclachlan
363. Seeds - Fig Dish
362. Sleep Well Tonight - Gene
361. Trailer Park - Bracket
360. Verklemmt - Foetus
359. Wake Me - Rusty
358. You Look Like a Movie Star, Honey - Extra Fancy
357. Crazy Cool - Paula Abdul
356. High Head Blues - Black Crowes
355. I Can Love You Like That - All-4-One
354. You Got It (from "Boys on the Side") - Bonnie Raitt
353. Wonderful - Adam Ant
352. I'll Be There for You (from "Friends") - Rembrandts
351. River of Deceit - Mad Season
350. Crash '95 (from "Dumb and Dumber") - Primitives
349. Rosealia - Better than Ezra
348. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
347. Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
346. Superconnected - Belly
345. Kitchenware and Candybars - Stone Temple Pilots
344. Believe What You're Saying - Sugar
343. I Saw the Light - the The
342. Comin' Home - Rembrandts
341. Here and Now - Del Amitri
340. Old Red Eyes is Back - Beautiful South
339. Starseed - Our Lady Peace
338. Judy Staring at the Sun - Catherine Wheel
337. Baby, I Can't Please You (from "Melrose Place") - Sam Phillips
336. I'm Jealous (from "Melrose Place") - Divynyls
335. Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam - Nirvana
334. Ring of Fire - Nirvana
333. Learn to be Still - Eagles
332. Thinkin' About You - Trisha Yearwood
331. No More "I Love You's" - Annie Lennox
330. Piss Bottle Man - Mike Watt
329. Against the 70s - Mike Watt
328. 7 Words - Deftones
327. 2 Cents - Beowulf
326. Professor Nutbutter's House of Treats - Primus
325. Tootsee Roll - 69 Boys
324. Don't Take it Personal (Just One o' Dem Days) - Monica
323. Freak Like Me - Adina Howard
322. I'm the Only One - Melissa Etheridge
321. Ridiculous Thoughts - Cranberries
320. Turn It On - Flaming Lips
319. Turning Japanese - Liz Phair
318. All Over You - Live
317. Machinehead - Bush
316. Back for Good - Take That
315. Everlasting Love - Gloria Estefan
314. Free as a Bird - Beatles
313. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
312. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
311. Agony - Muffs
310. Bedtime Story - Madonna
309. Can't Sink This Town - Freedy Johnston
308. Attitude Check - Parade of Losers
307. Polly - Nirvana
306. Ponderosa - Tricky
305. Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me) - Portishead
304. Wonderwall - Oasis
303. Mortal Kombat (from "Mortal Kombat") - Immortals
302. My Friends - Red Hot Chili Peppers
301. Get Ready for This - 2 Unlimited
300. High and Dry - Radiohead
299. X-French Tee Shirt - Shudder to Think
298. Let's Go - New Order
297. Lie - Dream Theater
296. Delicious - Sleeper
295. Delivery - Compulsion
294. Big Me - Foo Fighters
293. Fireman - Jawbreaker
292. Friends of P. - Rentals
291. Hip Today - Extreme
290. In the Name of the Father - Black Grape
289. Smashing Young Man - Collective Soul
288. The World I Know - Collective Soul
287. My Love is For Real - Paula Abdul
286. Run Away - Real McCoy
285. Little Things - Bush
284. Whiney, Whiney (from "Dumb and Dumber") - Willi One Blood
283. If You Don't Love Me (from "Dumb and Dumber") - Pete Droge
282. Unglued - Stone Temple Pilots
281. Pretty Penny - Stone Temple Pilots
280. On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men
279. Water Runs Dry - Boyz II Men
278. The Day I Tried to Live - Soundgarden
277. Pure Massacre - Silverchair
276. Feel Me Flow - Naughty by Nature
275. Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) - John Michael Montgomery
274. Somebody Else's Body - Urge Overkill
273. Smash - Offspring
272. Different Drummer - Black 47
271. Turn the Beat Around (from "The Specialist") - Gloria Estefan
270. Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) - Van Halen
269. Hard as a Rock - AC/DC
268. Garden of Allah - Don Henley
267. Get Over It - the Eagles
266. Negasonic Teenage Warhead (fr "SFW") - Monster Magnet
265. Warped - Red Hot Chili Peppers
264. Falling Down - Beggars
263. Scream - Michael and Janet Jackson
262. Secret - Madonna
261. Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen
260. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty
259. And Fools Shine On - Brother Cane
258. Green Mind - Dink
257. Cotton Eye Joe - Rednex
256. It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork
255. Here Comes the Hotstepper (from "Ready to Wear") - Ini Kamoze
254. Stutter - Elastica
253. Seether - Veruca Salt
252. I'm Ugly and I Don't Know Why - Butt Trumpet
251. I've Been so Mad Lately - Butt Trumpet
250. Fear of Falling - Badlees
249. War - Rugburns
248. Girlfriend in a Coma - Mojo Nixon
247. Fallen Angel - Traci Lords
246. Bright as Yellow (from "Empire Records") - Innocence Mission
245. Bright Yellow Gun - Throwing Muses
244. Blind - Korn
243. Softer, Softest - Hole
242. Number One Blind - Veruca Salt
241. Victrola - Veruca Salt
240. Ode to my Family - Cranberries
239. California - Wax
238. Kung Fu (from "Angus") - Ash
237. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
236. Simple Lessons - Candlebox
235. White, Discussion (from "Virtuosity") - Live
234. Hook - Blues Traveler
233. Any Man of Mine - Shania Twain
232. Waterfalls - TLC
231. Believe - Elton John
230. C'Mon and Kiss Me - Sun 60
229. Fly from Heaven - Toad the Wet Sprocket
228. Hold On - Sarah McLachlan
227. The Nicest People - Gingersol
226. The Party Rages On - Zumpano
225. I Kissed a Girl - Jill Sobule
224. Supermodel (from "Clueless") - Jill Sobule
223. Need You Around (from "Clueless") - Smoking Popes
222. I Will Wait - Ed's Redeeming Qualities
221. Comedown - Bush
220. Love Will Keep Us Alive - Eagles
219. Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
218. Love Spreads - Stone Roses
217. She's a River - Simple Minds
216. Gotta Get Away - Offspring
215. Not the One - Offspring
214. 21st Century (Digital Boy) - Bad Religion
213. Infected - Bad Religion
212. McHappiness - Matt Keating
211. Good Intentions - Toad the Wet Sprocket
210. The Fairies Came - Rugburns
209. Maxwell's Murder - Rancid
208. Formaldehyde - Sons of Elvis
207. Mockingbird Girl (from "Tank Girl") - Magnificent Bastards
206. Deep Shag - Luscious Jackson
205. Honey White - Morphine
204. I Hate Milk - Air Miami
203. Young Livers - Rocket from the Crypt
202. Alright (from "Clueless") - Supergrass
201. Come and Get Your Love - Real McCoy
200. Weird-Out - Dandelion
199. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
198. I Believe - Blessed Union of Souls
197. We're the Same - Matthew Sweet
196. Wonder - Natalie Merchant
195. Fantasy - Mariah Carey
194. Uninvited - Ruth Ruth
193. On and On - Muffs
192. Blue - Jayhawks
191. A Tout Le Monde - Megadeth
190. Tomorrow - Silverchair
189. Everything Zen - Bush
188. Glycerine - Bush
187. In the House of Stone and Light - Martin Page
186. Tongue - REM
185. Wall of Death - REM
184. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish
183. Only Wanna Be With You - Hootie and the Blowfish
182. Smash it Up (from "Batman Forever") - Offspring
181. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (from "Batman Forever") - U2
180. Downtown - Neil Young
179. Not for You - Pearl Jam
178. Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
177. Dose - Filter
176. Piggy - Nine Inch Nails
175. Molly - Sponge
174. Only One - Goo Goo Dolls
173. Can't Stop Loving You - Van Halen
172. Murder Incorporated - Bruce Springsteen
171. It's Good to be King - Tom Petty
170. Bang and Blame - REM
169. Colors of the Wind (from "Pochahontas") - Vanessa Williams
168. Bad Reputation - Freedy Johnston
167. Sad Tomorrow - Muffs
166. Dizzy (from "Basketball Diaries") - Green Apple Quick Step
165. Start With - Seaweed
164. Viva the Megababes - Shampoo
163. What Happened to You? - Offspring
162. Happier - Jennifer Trynin
161. Now They'll Sleep - Belly
160. Piranha - Trippin' Daisy
159. Walk in the Sun - Bruce Hornsby
158. Can't Cry Anymore - Sheryl Crow
157. Tender When I Want to Be - Mary Chapin-Carpenter
156. Tired of Waiting for You - Green Day
155. 2,000 Light Years Away (from "Jerky Boys") - Green Day
154. Bab's Uvula Who? - Green Day
153. Armatage Shanks - Green Day
152. Jack Names the Planets (from "Angus") - Ash
151. Olympia, Wa. - Rancid
150. Journey to the End of the Bay - Rancid
149. Buried Alive - Dance Hall Crashers
148. Same Old Story - Pennywise
147. Our Way - Klover
146. Stamp (Eat it While I Work) - Hagfish
145. Leave it Alone - NOFX
144. Devil's Diary - Caulfields
143. Little Bastard - Ass Ponys
142. Hard Lesson - Suddenly, Tammy!
141. Inbetweener - Sleeper
140. Trouble (from "Power Rangers") - Shampoo
139. Here (from "Clueless") - Luscious Jackson
138. Gel (from "Jerky Boys") - Collective Soul
137. December - Collective Soul
136. Hand in my Pocket - Alanis Morissette
135. You Oughtta Know - Alanis Morissette
134. Feather Pluckin' - Presidents of the USA
133. Crush with Eyeliner - REM
132. Til I Hear it From You (from "Empire Records") - Gin Blossoms
131. Sweet '69 - Babes in Toyland
130. Train of Consequences - Megadeth
129. Rock n Roll Lifestyle - Cake
128. Just Like Anyone - Soul Asylum
127. Just a Girl - No Doubt
126. Just - Radiohead
125. Social (from "Mallrats") - Squirtgun
124. Build Me Up, Buttercup (from "Mallrats") - Goops
123. Red Eyed Troll - Muffs
122. Save Your Generation - Jawbreaker
121. My Name is Jonas - Weezer
120. A Murder of One - Counting Crows
119. I'll Stick Around - Foo Fighters
118. Live Forever - Oasis
117. Country House - Blur
116. Lightning Crashes - Live
115. Solitude - Edwin McCain
114. Say it Ain't So - Weezer
113. Misery - Soul Asylum
112. In the Blood - Better than Ezra
111. Beginning to End - Klover
110. Born in '69 - Rocket from the Crypt
109. Disconnected - Face to Face
108. Who is Next? - Wax
107. Waste of Time - Pennywise
106. Can't Wait One Minute More - Civ
105. Kitty - Presidents of the USA
104. Bad Habit - Offspring
103. 86 - Green Day
102. Stuart and the Ave - Green Day
101. Brain Stew/Jaded - Green Day
100. This is a Call - Foo Fighters
 99. Control - Traci Lords
 98. Age of Panic - Senser
 97. Army of Me (from "Tank Girl") - Bjork
 96. The Hearts Filthy Lesson (from "Seven") - David Bowie
 95. Creep - TLC
 94. Check Yes or No - George Strait
 93. Keep their Heads Ringin' (from "Friday") - Dr. Dre
 92. Another Night - Real McCoy
 91. I Wish - Skee-Lo
 90. Kiss from a Rose (from "Batman Forever") - Seal
 89. Take a Bow - Madonna
 88. She Don't Use Jelly - Flaming Lips
 87. Underground - Ben Folds Five
 86. Whip Smart - Liz Phair
 85. All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette
 84. Nothingman - Pearl Jam
 83. Somebody's Crying - Chris Isaak
 82. Strange Currencies - REM
 81. Violet - Hole
 80. Clean my Wounds/Without Wings - Corrosion of Conformity
 79. More Human than Human - White Zombie
 78. Plowed - Sponge
 77. Galaxie - Blind Melon
 76. Date Rape - Sublime
 75. Salvation - Rancid
 74. Million Bucks - All
 73. Buzz - Baby Chaos
 72. Headlights - Dish
 71. Roll to Me - Del Amitri
 70. As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins
 69. Star 69 - REM
 68. Immortality - Pearl Jam
 67. Asking for It - Hole
 66. Sick of Myself - Matthew Sweet
 65. You Gotta Be - Des'ree
 64. Better than Nothing - Jennifer Trynin
 63. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
 62. Buddy Holly - Weezer
 61. Hyper Enough - Superchunk
 60. Hear - Moonpools and Caterpillars
 59. Queer - Garbage
 58. Plan 13 - Riverdales
 57. Santa Monica (Watch the World Die) - Everclear
 56. You Wreck Me - Tom Petty
 55. A Higher Place - Tom Petty
 54. Possum Kingdom - Toadies
 53. Who Will Save Your Soul? - Jewel
 52. Libel - Tilt
 51. ms. wrong - that dog.
 50. I Know - Dionne Farris
 49. Run-Around - Blues Traveler
 48. Lump - Presidents of the USA
 47. Human Nature - Madonna
 46. This is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
 45. Walk this World - Heather Nova
 44. Stars - Hum
 43. Corduroy - Pearl Jam
 42. Hey Man, Nice Shot - Filter
 41. Allergic to You - Squirtgun
 40. Roots Radical - Rancid
 39. Enough (from "Angus") - Dance Hall Crashers
 38. Funny Face (from "Angus") - Muffs
 37. J.A.R. (from "Angus") - Green Day
 36. Connection - Elastica
 35. I Got a Girl - Trippin' Daisy
 34. Natural One (from "Kids") - Folk Implosion
 33. Mighty KC - For Squirrels
 32. Jesus Loves You (Not as Much as I do) - Eve's Plum
 31. Don't Stay Home - 311
 30. Universal Heart-Beat - Juliana Hatfield
 29. Geek Stink Breath - Green Day
 28. She - Green Day
 27. Here and Now (from "Melrose Place") - Letters to Cleo
 26. That's Just What You Are (from "Melrose Place") - Aimee Mann
 25. Wildflowers - Tom Petty
 24. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
 23. Send Me on my Way - Rusted Root
 22. What Would You Say? - Dave Matthews Band
 21. Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
 20. Hold My Hand - Hootie and the Blowfish
 19. Kick Him When He's Down - Offspring
 18. Ruby Soho - Rancid
 17. Heroin Girl - Everclear
 16. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
 15. Name - Goo Goo Dolls
 14. Seattle Grunge - Todd Snider
 13. Better Man - Pearl Jam
 12. Gangsta's Paradise (from "Dangerous Minds") - Coolio and L.V.
 11. Carnival - Natalie Merchant
 10. Awake - Letters to Cleo
  9. One of Us - Joan Osborne
  8. Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
  7. Vow - Garbage
  6. Good - Better than Ezra
  5. Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
  4. Long so Long - Squirtgun
  3. Time Bomb - Rancid
  2. Do You Sleep? - Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
  1. When I Come Around - Green Day

Top 101 Albums of 1995

101. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
100. What's the Story Morning Glory? - Oasis
 99. Home - Deep Blue Something
 98. Pocahontas - Soundtrack
 97. Bedtime Stories - Madonna
 96. Astro Creep 2000 - White Zombie
 95. In Light Syrup - Toad the Wet Sprocket
 94. LP - Rembrandts
 93. Twisted - Del Amitri
 92. We Get There When We Do - Suddenly, Tammy!
 91. We Care - Whale
 90. Whirlygig - Caulfields
 89. Mirrorball - Neil Young
 88. Collective Soul - Collective Soul
 87. 40 Oz to Freedom - Sublime
 86. Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock n Roll - Baby Chaos
 85. Big Choice - Face to Face
 84. I Hear They Suck Live - NOFX
 83. Punk in Drublic - NOFX
 82. How to Make Friends and Influence People - Terrorvision
 81. Rotting Pinata - Sponge
 80. 100% Fun - Matthew Sweet
 79. Balance - Van Halen
 78. Short Bus - Filter
 77. Foma - Nixons
 76. Four - Blues Traveler
 75. When I Woke - Rusted Root
 74. Empire Records - Soundtrack
 73. Hello - Poe
 72. Boneyard Beach - Dish
 71. Forever Blue - Chris Isaak
 70. Mommy I'm Sorry - Rugburns
 69. Oyster - Heather Nova
 68. Honor Among Thieves - Edwin McCain
 67. Tomorrow the Green Grass - Jayhawks
 66. Hot House - Bruce Hornsby
 65. Sixteen Stone - Bush
 64. Frogstomp - Silverchair
 63. 13 Unlucky Numbers - Wax
 62. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
 61. Smash - Offspring
 60. Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
 59. Live Through This - Hole
 58. 1000 Fires - Traci Lords
 57. Crazy Sexy Cool - TLC
 56. Lucky Dumpling - Moonpools and Caterpillars
 55. Pummel - All
 54. Post - Bjork
 53. Wildflowers - Tom Petty
 52. Potatomen Now - Potatomen
 51. Let's Go - Rancid
 50. Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish
 49. Outside - David Bowie
 48. Riverdales - Riverdales
 47. About Time - Pennywise
 46. Monster - REM
 45. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
 44. Example - For Squirrels
 43. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
 42. Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum
 41. Tales from the Punchbowl - Primus
 40. Aurora Gory Alice - Letters to Cleo
 39. Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
 38. Deluxe - Better than Ezra
 37. Cockamamie - Jennifer Trynin
 36. I am an Elastic Firecracker - Trippin' Daisy
 35. We Are Shampoo - Shampoo
 34. The Great Escape - Blur
 33. Smart - Sleeper
 32. Elastica - Elastica
 31. Dear You - Jawbreaker
 30. Til It Kills - Tilt
 29. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
 28. Tiger Lily - Natalie Merchant
 27. Dookie - Green Day
 26. Kerplunk - Green Day
 25. 39/Smooth - Green Day
 24. Scream, Dracula, Scream - Rocket from the Crypt
 23. Taking the World by Donkey - Rugburns
 22. A Boy Named Goo - Goo Goo Dolls
 21. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
 20. Everything is Wrong - Moby
 19. Presidents of the USA - Presidents of the USA
 18. Angus - Soundtrack
 17. Clueless - Soundtrack
 16. Mallrats - Soundtrack
 15. Lockjaw - Dance Hall Crashers
 14. totally crushed out - that dog.
 13. Sparkle and Fade - Everclear
 12. Wholesale Meats and Fish - Letters to Cleo
 11. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
 10. J.D. Salinger - Wynona Ryders
  9. The Bends - Radiohead
  8. Garbage - Garbage
  7. Blonder and Blonder - the Muffs
  6. Relish - Joan Osborne
  5. Tails - Lisa Loeb and 9 Stories
  4. Cherry Alive - Eve's Plum
  3. Squirtgun - Squirtgun
  2. ...And Out Come the Wolves - Rancid
  1. Insomniac - Green Day

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