Best Albums of 1996

« View best albums of 1995View best albums of 1997 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1996 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1996 year summaryThe best artists of 1996 were Belle And Sebastian, Weezer, DJ Shadow, Tool, Beck, フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans], Swans, OutKast, Manic Street Preachers and 2Pac.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

151.

Mercury Falling

Sting

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

155

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

152.

Broken Arrow

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

154

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

153.

Take Me To Your Leader

Newsboys

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

154

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

154.

The Week Never Starts Round Here

Arab Strap

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

153

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

155.

Dilate

Ani DiFranco

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

152

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

156.

Brave Murder Day

Katatonia

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

149

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

157.

From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
Live

Nirvana

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

149

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

158.

I Feel Alright

Steve Earle

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

149

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

159.

Kollage

Bahamadia

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

148

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

160.

Anthology 2
Compilation

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

147

Rank in 1996:

Rank in 1990s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
...
15
16
17
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 16 of 100

Best Albums of 1996 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	13	1%
Vangelis	3	0%
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	3	0%
Iggy Pop	3	0%
Grateful Dead	3	0%
The Who	2	0%
Lambchop	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	455	46%
	213	21%
	36	4%
	36	4%
	34	3%
	31	3%
	24	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	923	92%
Yes	77	8%

Live?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

« View best albums of 1995View best albums of 1997 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Albums of the 2010s
1. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
3. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
4. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
5. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
6. A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
7. Lonerism by Tame Impala
8. Blond by Frank Ocean
9. ★ [Blackstar] by David Bowie
10. High Violet by The National
11. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend
12. Teen Dream by Beach House
13. Currents by Tame Impala
14. Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
15. Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
16. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
17. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
18. AM by Arctic Monkeys
19. Bloom by Beach House
20. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk