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The Best Alternative Rock Albums of 1995 by User Score

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1.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
October 24th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
86
2,092 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

2.

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
February 28th, 1995
Singer-Songwriter, Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
86
1,013 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

3.

Radiohead - The Bends
March 13th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Post-Britpop
USER SCORE
85
8,087 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

4.

Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
March 28th, 1995
Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Funk Rock
USER SCORE
83
305 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

5.

Soda Stereo - Sueño Stereo
June 29th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Electronic
USER SCORE
83
127 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

6.

Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
April 11th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore, Shoegaze
USER SCORE
82
405 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

7.

Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow
October 16th, 1995
Dream Pop, Alt-Country, Slowcore
USER SCORE
81
239 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

8.

Garbage - Garbage
August 15th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Noise Pop
USER SCORE
81
366 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
June 13th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Post-Grunge, Pop Rock
USER SCORE
81
874 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
September 26th, 1995
Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock
USER SCORE
81
493 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Mad Season - Above
March 14th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Grunge
USER SCORE
80
206 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Starflyer 59 - Gold
June 27th, 1995
Shoegaze, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
80
50 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Blind Melon - Soup
August 15th, 1995
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
80
74 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Eraserheads - Cutterpillow
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
79
28 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Slowdive - Pygmalion
February 6th, 1995
Ambient Pop, Post-Rock, Dream Pop
USER SCORE
79
872 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

16.

Belly - King
February 13th, 1995
Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
78
27 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

17.

Skunk Anansie - Paranoid and Sunburnt
September 21st, 1995
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
77
29 ratings
Amazon
Spotify

18.

No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
October 10th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Ska, Ska Punk
USER SCORE
77
386 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

19.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Methodrone
August 25th, 1995
Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
76
77 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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20.

Bowery Electric - Bowery Electric
August 16th, 1995
Shoegaze, Ambient
USER SCORE
76
73 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

21.

Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
May 23rd, 1995
Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge
USER SCORE
76
51 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

22.

Morphine - Yes
March 21st, 1995
Alternative Rock, Jazz-Rock
USER SCORE
76
59 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
July 4th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge
USER SCORE
75
868 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

The Verve - A Northern Soul
June 20th, 1995
Alternative Rock, Britpop, Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
75
119 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah
October 10th, 1995
Alternative Dance, Britpop, Funk Rock, Rap Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
74
40 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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