Top 68 Music Albums of 1996
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Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 10/21/2025 11:15
- (Created: 07/23/2017 05:54).
- Chart size: 68 albums.
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Best indie pop alternative rock album of the year
Best debut album of the year
Best USA album of the year
"They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
Thay say I'm mental but I've been abused
They say I'm mental 'cause I'm not amused by it all"
A comforting album for emotional misfits like myself, and a family favourite in my house.
10/10 songs: Beautiful Freak, My Beloved Monster, Susan's House [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
Best debut album of the year
Best USA album of the year
"They say I'm mental but I'm just confused
Thay say I'm mental but I've been abused
They say I'm mental 'cause I'm not amused by it all"
A comforting album for emotional misfits like myself, and a family favourite in my house.
10/10 songs: Beautiful Freak, My Beloved Monster, Susan's House [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
2,004
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Best emo power pop alternative rock album of the year
"It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track"
After an awesome opening song, some great to excellent songs build up to the two best songs as the centrepiece of the album, followed by some more great to excellent songs and a beautiful mellow closer. That is actually my favourite structure of an album and this is a near perfect example of that.
10/10 songs: The Good Life, El Scorcho [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
"It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track"
After an awesome opening song, some great to excellent songs build up to the two best songs as the centrepiece of the album, followed by some more great to excellent songs and a beautiful mellow closer. That is actually my favourite structure of an album and this is a near perfect example of that.
10/10 songs: The Good Life, El Scorcho [First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
10,014
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Best grunge live album of the year
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Best slacker rock indie rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 07/23/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
1,722
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Best singer/songwriter alternative rock album of the year
Best UK album of the year [First added to this chart: 09/26/2017]
Best UK album of the year [First added to this chart: 09/26/2017]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
2,110
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Best americana alternative rock album of the year
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Year of Release:
1996
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2,046
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Best dream pop album of the year
Best Japanese album of the year [First added to this chart: 02/04/2019]
Best Japanese album of the year [First added to this chart: 02/04/2019]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
5,682
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Best rock film soundtrack album of the year
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Best acid rock album of the year
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Best lo-fi indie hip hop alternative rock album of the year
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Year of Release:
1996
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6,185
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Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 7 | 10% | |
| Modest Mouse | 2 | 3% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 3% | |
| OutKast | 1 | 1% | |
| Nada Surf | 1 | 1% | |
| Siah & Yeshua DapoED | 1 | 1% | |
| Jason Falkner | 1 | 1% | |
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39 | 57% | |
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10 | 15% | |
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8 | 12% | |
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4 | 6% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 35th to 36th Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals |
| Down 1 from 36th to 37th The Score by Fugees |
| Down 1 from 37th to 38th If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle And Sebastian |
| New entries |
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| Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers |
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