Top 80 Music Albums of 1996
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- Chart updated: 06/17/2026 16:45
- (Created: 04/11/2012 18:23).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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Produced by T-Bone Burnett. Dylan's kid and pals hit paydirt on their second album. The entire album is strong, but the first five songs have to be considered as one of the strongest album sides in history. One Headlight, 6th Avenue Heartache, Bleeders, Three Marlenas and The Difference...it doesn't get much better than that. And the rest is fine as well. Bringing Down The Horse is, to me, one of the great under the radar albums of the rock era. Tuneful, fun, and just a smidge from absolutely perfect.
[First added to this chart: 04/12/2012]
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1996
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530
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Produced by Wilco. After the split of Uncle Tupelo, Wilco and Jeff Tweedy were beaten soundly by Son Volt and Jay Farrar to see which one could come out with the better alt country album. Wico regrouped with a new sound, adding multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett and released the two disc Being There, the beginning of the Wilco sound as we know it. Without the excess of their later work, Being There is beautiful and masterful, the best of Jeff Tweedy and the best of Wilco. A must have.
[First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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1996
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1,758
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1996 – ATLANTIC
Produced By MATT SERLETIC
1. Real World
2. Long Day
3. 3 A.M.
4. Push
5. Girl Like That
6. Back 2 Good
7. Damn
8. Argue
9. Kody
10. Busted
11. Shame
12. Hang
Sometimes there is a band, like Blind Melon, that has a lead singer who brings all of the goods…and a supporting cast that just can’t seem to take it to the next level. One of the best examples of this is Matchbox Twenty. As was evidenced on the Santana hit “Smooth”, when you put a great band behind Rob Thomas, you’d better look out. But, with his home base band Matchbox Twenty, the charismatic Thomas is held back by his compadres. Their debut album, Yourself Or Someone Like You, is pure evidence of that. The album was a huge success, with four US hit singles, including the massively huge “3 A.M.”, along with “Push”, “Real World” and “Back 2 Good”. The album also made Thomas a star, rising above his mediocre band to become a fan favorite. They have since been a steady hit machine (even though they average a new album only every five years), and Thomas, even though he has made solo albums, remains true to his mates. Good for him.
The highlights of this album all belong to Thomas. His (sometimes over the top) emotional singing leads the band through hit after hit, particularly on the surprisingly good “Busted” and his career defining performance on “Push”. The rest of the band follows him gleefully enough. Yourself Or Someone Like You is never offensive: in fact, if you don’t pay close enough attention, you’ll wake up from your nap and find you’ve already slept through half of it. They have made four more albums since, each one with less substance than the one before. So, as bland as this one can be, this is really all of the Matchbox Twenty you will ever need. And all of the Matchbox Twenty you will ever need to hear are the parts where Rob Thomas is singing. Divide that by the number of times he gets too emotionally involved and starts to sound over the top, and you’re left with about a third of this album. Inoffensive, and unimportant. Rob Thomas deserves better. [First added to this chart: 05/16/2013]
Produced By MATT SERLETIC
1. Real World
2. Long Day
3. 3 A.M.
4. Push
5. Girl Like That
6. Back 2 Good
7. Damn
8. Argue
9. Kody
10. Busted
11. Shame
12. Hang
Sometimes there is a band, like Blind Melon, that has a lead singer who brings all of the goods…and a supporting cast that just can’t seem to take it to the next level. One of the best examples of this is Matchbox Twenty. As was evidenced on the Santana hit “Smooth”, when you put a great band behind Rob Thomas, you’d better look out. But, with his home base band Matchbox Twenty, the charismatic Thomas is held back by his compadres. Their debut album, Yourself Or Someone Like You, is pure evidence of that. The album was a huge success, with four US hit singles, including the massively huge “3 A.M.”, along with “Push”, “Real World” and “Back 2 Good”. The album also made Thomas a star, rising above his mediocre band to become a fan favorite. They have since been a steady hit machine (even though they average a new album only every five years), and Thomas, even though he has made solo albums, remains true to his mates. Good for him.
The highlights of this album all belong to Thomas. His (sometimes over the top) emotional singing leads the band through hit after hit, particularly on the surprisingly good “Busted” and his career defining performance on “Push”. The rest of the band follows him gleefully enough. Yourself Or Someone Like You is never offensive: in fact, if you don’t pay close enough attention, you’ll wake up from your nap and find you’ve already slept through half of it. They have made four more albums since, each one with less substance than the one before. So, as bland as this one can be, this is really all of the Matchbox Twenty you will ever need. And all of the Matchbox Twenty you will ever need to hear are the parts where Rob Thomas is singing. Divide that by the number of times he gets too emotionally involved and starts to sound over the top, and you’re left with about a third of this album. Inoffensive, and unimportant. Rob Thomas deserves better. [First added to this chart: 05/16/2013]
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1996
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718
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Produced by Paul Leary and David Kahne. Ska punk was pretty big in Southern California in the 1990's, and Sublime was a really big part of that. This album, haunted by the death of lead singer Bradley Nowell, is actually a pretty terrific summer soundtrack. "Santeria", "What I Got", and "Doin' Time" lead a strong group of songs that has made this album a rightful legend. This is dismissed as being a novelty by a lot of people...don't believe the hype. This is really a very terrific album, and it's a lot of fun.
[First added to this chart: 11/11/2012]
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1996
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1,962
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2012]
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1996
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1,630
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[First added to this chart: 01/17/2013]
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1996
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6,616
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[First added to this chart: 04/13/2012]
[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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1996
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6,070
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[First added to this chart: 06/06/2014]
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Top 80 Music Albums of 1996 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 3 | 4% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 3% | |
| Sublime | 1 | 1% | |
| The Blue Nile | 1 | 1% | |
| Connie Smith | 1 | 1% | |
| The Verve Pipe | 1 | 1% | |
| Alejandro Escovedo | 1 | 1% | |
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