The Rolling Stones 'Voodoo Lounge'

1995 Album of the Year

Yes, the Rolling Stones are rock legends, but much like Clapton's '93 victory, this was a name-recognition win in a year when alt-rock was still pumping out new classics. Jagger and Keef beat Pearl Jam's Vs., R.E.M.'s Monster, Soundgarden's Superunknown and Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Sleeps with Angels, an album the proved you could be a boomer band and remain relevant rather than releasing, as Sleep's best song put it, a "Piece of Crap."