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61 unusual facts about 1995 in music


20 Comedy Hits

20 Comedy Hits is a collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens, released in 1995.

Amor, Familia y Respeto

"Oh No" was going to be the fifth recorded song by A.B's sister Selena in 1995 in English under the title "Oh No (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)" for her album Dreaming of You but she sadly was killed in the same year.

Avalancha

Avalancha (Spanish for "Avalanche") is the fourth and final studio album released by Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio in 1995.

Barometer Soup

Released in August 1995, one year after Fruitcakes in May 1994, this album represented a return to his one-album-per-year writing and recording pace of the 1970s and '80s.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955

The volume is the first in a series of albums by Rhino Records that chronicled years in music, starting from 1955 and continuing through 1995.

Bluetonic

"Bluetonic" was the first single released by The Bluetones from their 1995 debut album Expecting to Fly.

Buckwild

Buck continued his exposure in 1995, producing on a number of hailed underground albums, including Big L's Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, AZ's Doe Or Die, Kool G Rap's 4,5,6, and Mic Geronimo's The Natural.

Classics 3

Classics 3 is the fourth compilation album, and the eleventh album overall, by the Swedish hard rock band Jerusalem, released in 1995.

Confessions publiques

Confessions publiques (Public confessions) is the third live album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1995 on Barclay Records.

Dancing Ferret

It was started by Patrick Rodgers (a.k.a. DJ Ferret) (aka Fangdaddy) in 1995 with the formation of Dancing Ferret Concerts.

Didn't Have the Heart

"Didn't Have the Heart" is the second single from the 1995 album Think With Your Heart (LP 33374) by American singer Debbie Gibson.

DJ Dean

After playing at Time Tunnel Rave in 1995, he then became resident DJ of the famous club Tunnel, based in Hamburg.

Dopamine Records

Shumaker founded Dopamine as a cassette-only indie label in 1995 and merged with Maniatis' label Amalagate Records in 2000.

Down by the Seaside

Plant would later record "Down by the Seaside" as a duet with Tori Amos for the 1995 Led Zeppelin tribute album Encomium.

Down with the Clique

Released in 1995, the single, which also features Kelly, peaked at number thirty-three on the UK Singles Chart.

Dragon Ball: Original USA TV Soundtrack Recording

Dragon Ball: Original USA TV Soundtrack Recording is the official domestic US soundtrack from the anime Dragon Ball released in 1995.

Fading Shades

In 1995, while pregnant with twins, Sandra recorded and released Fading Shades.

Genre b.goode

Formed around 1995, the unusual title comes from one of the founding members of TISM who chose his stage name as Genre B. Goode.

Gentle Creatures

Gentle Creatures is a 1995 album by the band Tarnation (Paula Frazer, Lincoln Allen, Michelle Cernuto and Matt Wendell Sullivan).

Granary Music

Under the Granary name, Mould controls the master rights to the entire Sugar discography, and all of the solo work he has recorded since Sugar's breakup in 1995.

Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings

The label was created by the collective in 1995 to publish and market the collective's, and individual member, releases, as well as releases from other, affiliated artist's that major labels would deem not commercial enough for mass distribution.

Indecision Records

Indecision Records is an independent American hardcore punk record label which was started by Dave Mandel in 1995.

Julklockor över vår jord

As "Julklockor över vår jord", written by Tommy Andersson and Ann-Cathrine Wiklander, the song is a Christmas song that Ann-Cathrine Wiklander recorded for the Christmas EP record "Min barndoms jular" in 1995.

Just a Girl

The song was released in 1995 as the album's lead single and helped the band break into mainstream music, peaking at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over

"Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over" was a 1995 single by the English indie band The Charlatans, released from their self-titled fourth album.

L.A. Style

They released a self-titled album as well as other singles, but despite massive success overseas as well as dance club play, L.A. Style's moment faded after the departure of the lead artist FX Frans Zid Merkx and they quickly faded and dispersed in 1995.

Last of the Good Straight Girls

Last of the Good Straight Girls is the third album by American singer-songwriter Susan Werner, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Live at the Mineshaft Tavern

Live At The Mineshaft Tavern is the debut album released by the folk-rock band ThaMuseMeant in 1995.

Looking for... the Best

Looking for... the Best of David Hasselhoff is an album released by David Hasselhoff in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Love and Other Obsessions

Love and Other Obsessions is the eighteenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Megales Epitihies

Megales Epitihies (Greatest Hits) is a compilation album by popular Greek artist Eleftheria Arvanitaki released in 1995.

MileHighMusic

The label was founded in 1995 by Christy Fry but officially became a company in 2007 after the release of the successful compilation album New Cross - Raw & Unplugged.

Modernday Folklore

Modernday Folklore is the second studio album by Ian Moore and was released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Muzika za decu

Muzika za decu (trans. Music for Children) is a studio album released in 1995 by Montenegrin-Serbian musician Rambo Amadeus.

No Resemblance Whatsoever

No Resemblance Whatsoever is the fourteenth album by American singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Phesto

After Phesto and the Souls of Mischief were dropped by Jive, the group was incorporated into the Hieroglyphics in 1995, at the urging of Del tha Funkee Homosapien.

Ragged Ass Road

Ragged Ass Road is the third solo album album by Red Rider frontman Tom Cochrane, released in October of 1995.

Ryan's Fancy

Ryan's Fancy Live (Compact Disc Reissue of "An Irish Night at the Black Knight Lounge" and "15 Drink-a-Long Songs") (1995)

Shame-Based Man

Shame-Based Man, released on April 11, 1995 (see 1995 in music), was the first album by the comedian Bruce McCulloch.

Shape of Despair

Shape of Despair is a funeral doom metal band from Finland that was formed in 1995 as Raven until 1998, when the band decided to change their name to the current one.

Silver Cross Records

Silver Cross Records has been awarded as the best music company in Serbia for 1995 by Index Radio.

Slight Return/The Fountainhead

"Slight Return"/"The Fountainhead" are songs by The Bluetones, released as their first single, a double A-side, in 1995.

Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade

Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade is an album by punk band Sham 69, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Spike Slawson

He later was in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (a cover band/'supergroup' consisting mainly of members of Fat Wreck bands) formed in 1995.

Surely

Although it missed the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it peaked at number 125 in October of that year (see 1995 in music).

Telegraph Records

Telegraph Records is a Montpellier, France based record label founded in 1995 by Alexandre Petit and Éric Dalbin.

The Best of The Gap Band

The Best of Gap Band is album released in 1995 on Mercury.

The Experimental Guitar Series Volume 1: The Guitar as Orchestra

The Experimental Guitar Series Volume 1: The Guitar as Orchestra (released in 1995) was originally intended to be the first in a series of Experimental Guitar albums created by Adrian Belew, mostly as a means of expressing the musical concepts that would otherwise not be released by conventional recording labels.

The Jerky Boys 3

In 1995, prior to the release of this album, the Jerky Boys took a year off before signing with Mercury Records, and recording this album.

The Not Nicomjool EP

The Not Nicomjool EP is an EP released by New Zealand band, HLAH in 1995.

Then Again...

Then Again... is a compilation album of Colin James's greatest hits from 1995 and earlier released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Tigerlily

Tigerlily is an album written, produced, and performed by Natalie Merchant, released on June 20, 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Totally Crushed Out!

Totally Crushed Out! is the second studio album from That Dog (stylized as that dog.), released in 1995 on DGC Records.

Trend Is Dead! Records

The label was founded in 1995, initially releasing cassette and vinyl titles, before switching to more modern compact discs.

Two Colours EP

Released on a 7" and a CD in 1995 (see 1995 in music), it is one of the hardest Feeder records to find nowadays (the hardest is a 12" White Label vinyl of their hit single "Buck Rogers", limited to 11 copies), occasionally a copy will become available on eBay.

Tzadik Records

The label was established by the eclectic composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995; Zorn is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases.

Voidstar Productions

Founded in 1995 as an independent tape label to support the release of recordings by the band Zero Times Infinity and band member's related projects ukuphambana and Nau-Zee-auN, it has since expanded to release recordings by other artists including Death In June, KK Null, Pine Tree State Mind Control, Ukuphambana, The Vomit Arsonist, Massdirge, and Ethan E. Eves.

Why I Love You So Much

The ballad was released as the album's fourth and final single on a double A-side with "Ain't Nobody" during the second quarter of 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Will the Wolf Survive

Steve Earle's "The Devil's Right Hand", first performed on this album, would go on to be covered once more by Jennings, this time with The Highwaymen, on 1995's The Road Goes on Forever.

You Know What to Do

It was recorded on 3 June 1964 (see 1964 in music) and does not appear on any album except 1995's Anthology 1 release (see 1995 in music).

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

The 2004 reissue of Elvis Costello's 1995 album Kojak Variety contains a bonus disc including a cover version.