Best Albums of 1996
Listed below are the best albums of 1996 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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"Taking cues from the Durruti Column and Wire, Temple IV see's Montgomery's guitar-only instrumentals evoke the mystery and beauty of South America to sublime effect. Like Flying Saucer Attack Roy Montgomery was one of the very first post-rock artists." Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Being a moderate Elliott Smith I finally got around to listening to this album , essentially where it all began before the solo career took off I really enjoyed the tracks with the trademark ES DNA in "Half Right" , "Get Lucky" , "Plainclothes Man" , "The Fix Is In" , "You Gotta Move" and especia..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Shawn's best known album featuring the singles Sunny Came Home and Get Out of this House.It was nominated for 3 Grammys on the USA and deservedly so." Reply
"Ugh... Dentist office music. So watered down it's limp." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Sadly, what was once a groundbreaking group has been left behind. Hip-hop grew, thanks in large part to TCQ's contributions, but they stayed the same. Decent album, but unremarkable." Reply
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"Proper proper old school hip hop. RIP Prodigy. This is something that's a little bit more unrefined compared to it's successor but there's still some hard hitters. Shook Ones pt.1 might be as good as pt.2 if not on the same level - as ever, the grimy, dark beats created by Havoc (what a master cr..." [+] Reply
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ramthecowy | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 13 of 100
Best Albums of 1996 composition
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| Various Artists | 13 | 1% | |
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre | 3 | 0% | |
| Iggy Pop | 3 | 0% | |
| Vangelis | 3 | 0% | |
| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 2 | 0% | |
| Rage | 2 | 0% | |
| The Afghan Whigs | 2 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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454 | 45% | |
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212 | 21% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. The Cure | |
| 20. Pixies |
