The Annex Staff's 1995 Favorites
LPS
- Boo Radleys- Wake Up!
- Boss Hog- s/t
- Comet Gain- Casino Classics
- Depth Charge- Legend of the Golden Snake
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- DJ Shadow- What Does Your Soul Look Like?
- Eric Matthews- Its Heavy in Here
- Mercury Rev- See You on the Other Side
- Pooh Sticks- Optimistic Fool
- Rocket from the Crypt- Scream, Dracula, Scream
- Serve Driver- Ejector Seat Reservation
- Wagon Christ- Throbbing Pouch
”Assorted Categories”
- Best 7” Cover: Down- Solid State
- Best Song by a Friend of Mine: Sabine- Painting Portraits
- Best Comeback: Electro (rock rock the planet rock)
- Best Remix: Chemical Brothers- remix of Method Man Bring the Pain
- Worst LP of the Year: (tie) Air Miami- me.me.me, Pizzicato 5- The Sound of Music By
- Best Song of the Year
: (tie) Superchunk- Silverleaf & Snowy Tears, Tricky- Aftermath
- Men of the Year: J. Saul Kane (aka Depth Charge, aka Octagon Man), The RZA (aka The Ressurector), Jon Spencer
- Women of the Year: Christina of Boss Hogggggg. . . ., Martine of Tricky
- #1 Jeep Beat: DJ Krush- A Whim
LPS
- Air Miami- me me me
- Oasis- (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
- Bjork- Post
- TLC- Crazy Sexy Cool
- Sleater-Kinney- s/t
- Tricky- Maxinquaye
- Hazel- Are You Going to Eat That?
- Team Dresch- Personal Best
- Small Factory- For if You Can Not Fly
”Assorted Categories”
- Coolest Band Name: (tie) John Cougar Concentration Camp, Jehovah Waitresses
LPS
- Gov’ner- Hard to Measy for You
- Team Dresch- Personal Best
- Palace Music- Viva last blues
- Karl Hendricks Trio- Some Girls like Cigarettes
- Joel L. Phelps- Warm Spring’s Night
- DJ Krush- Turntablized
- Ammer/Einheit- Apocalypse Live
- Dirty Three- s/t
- Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust
- Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor- No Protection
”Assorted Categories”
- Most Thought Cover Art: Sunny Day Real Estate
- Scotch Tape Store Cover Art: Stereolab- refried ectoplasm
- Eat What? Cover Art: Plastikman- Sheet One
- Judge a Book by its Cover Cover Art: Main
- Buy 1 get 7 Free Cover Art: Apples in Stereo- Fun Trick Noisemaker (see also Sonic Youth Experimental Jetset Trash and No Star)
- Your 15 Minutes Are Almost Up: Hole, Liz Phair, Pavement
- Bands Who Didn’t Make My List, But Without Whom ‘95 Would’ve Stunk: Gastr del Sol, Grifters, Ground Zero, Guided By Voices
LPS
- Tricky- Maxinquaye
- Tindersticks- s/t
- David Toop- Screen Ceremonies
- v/a- Electro Classics, vol. 2
- Raekwon- Strictly Built 4 Cuban Linx
- Genius GZA- Liquid Swords
- Caspar Brötzmann Massaker- Home
- Emperor’s New Clothes- Wisdom and Lies
- Son Volt- s/t
- Elecktroids- Elektroworld
- Crooklyn Dub Consortium- Certified Dope, vol. 1
”Assorted Categories”
- Good But Overrated: Chemical Brothers
- Irritating But Overrated: Esquivel, “Space Age” Pop in any form for that matter
- Best Influence on Techno/Jungle/Trip Hop: Classic Dub
- Least Likely to Make Good Dub: Techno/Jungle/Trip Hop Musicians
- Best Remake: (tie) Tricky, of Public Enemy’s Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor No Protection
- Just Can’t Get Enough Of: French Rap (MC Solaar, Assassin, Alliance Ethnick, etc.)
- Bonus Cover Art Award: Out, Out, Damned Spot- Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
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