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).
"Being age 6 the year of its release, one of the best albums a little me could ever hope to get my hands on. Lauryn Hill commands the world's attention with her voice, and proves so with her success considering what little body of work she has relative to other artists." Reply
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1996
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2,298
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"this is better than the blueprint, sorry. at its heights his flow and wit on here is only outclassed in Illmatic. b4 kendrick lamar came along this was in my top 5 rap albums of all time and still might be. I need to spend more time with MBDTF though too... but it used to be this, illmatic, 36 ch..." [+] Reply
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1996
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2,189
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"So I'm currently working at an Applebees as a server. They have one of those TouchTunes jukeboxes and I just downloaded the app for it. That way I can play music without being judged by others for my superior taste. Around 11 PM I played "Stagger Lee" and followed it up with "O'Malley's Bar." It ..." [+] Reply
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badseed | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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2,128
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"If you have a heart condition and listen to this, you will die. But on the positive side, you will probably have fun doing it. It's like an episode of Teletubbies written by a sex offender, and edited on crack." Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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2,071
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"REM's excellent follow up to monster. New adventures in hi-fi, was recorded during the band's world tour of 1995/96, and features songs recorded live, at soundchecks, and in various recording studios. The album opens deceptively with, how the west was won and where it got us, which probably would..." [+] Reply
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1996
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2,047
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"It's keeping my attention right now. Has a peculier anger, one which is grinding its teeth even at the lines and notes themselves. Someone isn't pleased... the someone isn't me." Reply
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1996
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2,009
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"Just like any popular radio band, Sublime seems to attract an unforgivably annoying, loyal fan base. I can't tell you how many girls I've bumped into since the mid-90's who've lived their lives with this album as a soundtrack. Yikes. In all honesty, I hate listening to Sublime around humans becau..." [+] Reply
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1996
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1,965
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"During the mid-nineties, Wilco inevitably seemed to be in a kind of competition with Son Volt, the band of Jeff Tweedy's former Uncle Tupelo collaborator Jay Farrar. The acrimonious relationship between the two was well documented, and the two bands always seemed to release new albums within a fe..." [+] Reply
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buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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1,763
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"The walkman ate up the cassette of your acoustic performance at open mic and now the old recording of your high school marching band that you taped over is leaking through." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (10 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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1996
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1,761
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"Who could of imagined that the missing ingredient to Kraftwerk’s Man-Machine was actually a French Woman? Those crazy Brits that’s who. Perhaps it took a little continental separation to realize that a chanteuse was the tonic to krautrock’s gin. Blend in secret weapon extraordinaire Mary Hansen’s..." [+] Reply
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1996
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1,741
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 1996 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 13 | 1% | |
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre | 3 | 0% | |
| Iggy Pop | 3 | 0% | |
| Vangelis | 3 | 0% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 0% | |
| Kruder & Dorfmeister | 2 | 0% | |
| Cradle of Filth | 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 |
