Best Albums of 1996

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41.

Dust 

 Screaming Trees

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"The interesting thing with this album is that there's nothing that's specifically unique or different than other albums from this genre. Nothing that really sets it apart in some original way. Yet it's so fucking brilliant. The melody, vocals, song structure of every song on this makes it one of ...""The interesting thing with this album is that there's nothing that's specifically unique or different than other albums from this genre. Nothing that really sets it apart in some original way. Yet it's so fucking brilliant. The melody, vocals, song structure of every song on this makes it one of the best albums from this era. Outstanding and it deserves more recognition than it gets."  [+]  Reply

- mrmcrook | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

741

Rank in 1996:

41

Rank in 1990s:

384

Overall Rank:

2,219

Average Rating:

 78 (159 votes)

Comments:

8

42.

Through Silver In Blood 

 Neurosis

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"A brutal, dark and aggressive masterpiece. This is not metal to head-bang to, this is metal to be meditated upon."  Reply

- TheHolyKiwi | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

733

Rank in 1996:

42

Rank in 1990s:

386

Overall Rank:

2,236

Average Rating:

 76 (134 votes)

Comments:

6

43.

Yourself Or Someone Like You 

 Matchbox Twenty

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"So good! There is only one or two songs on here I MIGHT skip over, and even those aren't bad songs. Great album."  Reply

- glitter-bubbles | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

716

Rank in 1996:

43

Rank in 1990s:

395

Overall Rank:

2,275

Average Rating:

 64 (196 votes)

Comments:

18

44.

Dr. Octagon 

 Dr. Octagon

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"The production maintains this cold, artificial, alien, minimal sound - at times it comes close to sounding too empty, but it never does, it manages to keep your interest throughout the whole running time of the album, not to mention there are tracks like I'm Destructive that provide a welcome -if...""The production maintains this cold, artificial, alien, minimal sound - at times it comes close to sounding too empty, but it never does, it manages to keep your interest throughout the whole running time of the album, not to mention there are tracks like I'm Destructive that provide a welcome -if not much needed- change of pace. His eccentric rapping requires a peculiar taste that I wanna say I possess, but the truth is I don't, not 100% at least, there are some parts where it gets tiring and I find myself losing attention. The lyrics, well, where do you even begin? A bit of comedy, science fiction, sophistication and non sense blended together in a unique, surreal construction ("The plane managed to land, the skeleton at the controls A place called the Twilight Zone Are extraterrestrials able to accomplish this? I will explain but you'd become more puzzled at the possibilities Earth ending trilogies, wacky stuff Like gas passing dinosaurs While I stroll in circles blindfolded Gave a lady some wrinkle cream out of rat poop You might just laugh so hard your skull cracks Brain spills thick blood shooting out like a champagne cork"). When it comes to highlights, Blue Flowers is simply impossible to ignore, a haunting beat accompanied by his highly distressing delivery ("Listen to your heartbeat—delete, beep, beep, beep! Your insurance is high, but my price is cheap"). Also, General Hospital has to be one of the greatest under 30 seconds tracks ever and a perfect sum up of the album. To sum it up, approach with caution, but it's quite a ride. Plus, you have to give it some -many actually- extra points if you compare it with everything else that was going on in hip hop back then."  [+]  Reply

- kokkinos | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

704

Rank in 1996:

44

Rank in 1990s:

402

Overall Rank:

2,303

Average Rating:

 79 (157 votes)

Comments:

7

45.

In A Bar, Under The Sea 

 dEUS

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"As far as I know, this album was released before Blur (1996 vs 1997). I've always felt that the chord progression at one point in Fell Off The Floor is way too similar to what Blur did with Song 2. Was Song 2 inspired by this? Does anyone else hear this? Give it a listen - do you think Damon Alba...""As far as I know, this album was released before Blur (1996 vs 1997). I've always felt that the chord progression at one point in Fell Off The Floor is way too similar to what Blur did with Song 2. Was Song 2 inspired by this? Does anyone else hear this? Give it a listen - do you think Damon Albarn owes something to dEUS, or am I barking up the wrong tree?"  [+]  Reply

- junodog4 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

138 charts

Rank Score:

699

Rank in 1996:

45

Rank in 1990s:

406

Overall Rank:

2,323

Average Rating:

 76 (144 votes)

Comments:

3

46.

It Was Written 

 Nas

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"If 4 or 5 weak tracks were omitted, we might have an Illmatic pt. 2 here. Still a great album just from the power of the first 8 tracks and the final big single. "I Gave You Power" is some potent writing that never ceases to give the chills. The beat on "The Message" and "Take it in Blood" are al...""If 4 or 5 weak tracks were omitted, we might have an Illmatic pt. 2 here. Still a great album just from the power of the first 8 tracks and the final big single. "I Gave You Power" is some potent writing that never ceases to give the chills. The beat on "The Message" and "Take it in Blood" are also phenomenal and construct the albums eerie atmosphere."  [+]  Reply

- tbau1191 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

696

Rank in 1996:

46

Rank in 1990s:

408

Overall Rank:

2,334

Average Rating:

 77 (240 votes)

Comments:

8

47.

K 

 Kula Shaker

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"Britrock that goes down both a psych avenue and a mystic guru road. Good mix of some up tempo songs along with your eastern sounding transcendence tracks."  Reply

- mrmcrook | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

691

Rank in 1996:

47

Rank in 1990s:

410

Overall Rank:

2,344

Average Rating:

 74 (166 votes)

Comments:

6

48.

1977 

 Ash

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"1977... The reason why I joined this site .I was looking for Ash's best albums when I just found this site. But that's another story. So talking about the album, seems to be made ​​to be enjoyed in adolescence, the songs fit the early years of these people, the album can be defined in various way...""1977... The reason why I joined this site .I was looking for Ash's best albums when I just found this site. But that's another story. So talking about the album, seems to be made ​​to be enjoyed in adolescence, the songs fit the early years of these people, the album can be defined in various ways, maybe punk maybe rock, it is the perfect mix of both."Kung Fu" with its lyrics that brings references to classical masters of the fight (Jackie Chan etc...)can fit like a punk, really fast, focused on reaching the chorus, and a simple progression that could have been made ​​in the 70s. In the beginning you can bother a bit because the rapid change of progression in certain songs, but you will soon realize that these changes throws more wood on the fire of this album. It levitates between love songs and unhealthy (yeah.. I know that you were there) teen parties, without losing the consistency of a classic mixed album. "Darkside Lightside" along with kung fu is one of my favorite songs of this album and it is a piece of evidence that this band had the ability to play with the progressions and compositions, and make all of this still being Fast and lyrically intelligent for a teenager, It seems like they threw a lot of papers with progressions upward and clipped them blindly......actually not but this would be very great."Girl From Mars" is a song that takes out that punk atmosphere of the album, taking him to a more melodic and pop side, it's pretty cool when you is not claiming anything. The album also does not seem to want anything. The following songs prove that Ash wasn't a iron band and show some of their influences. It could be considered a classic if it was released in 1977. But actually "1977" only brought brightness and positivity for the year 1996."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

649

Rank in 1996:

48

Rank in 1990s:

427

Overall Rank:

2,455

Average Rating:

 74 (171 votes)

Comments:

11

49.

Songs For A Blue Guitar 

 Red House Painters

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"Hey, so I have not listened to the album yet. And I am sure it would be worth my time. But I have to ask two questions (1) Are all these songs really BEA 90+ quality or has a little magic happened here? (2) Is this album anything like Benji by Sun Kil Moon?"  Reply

- kryptos006 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

646

Rank in 1996:

49

Rank in 1990s:

428

Overall Rank:

2,465

Average Rating:

 79 (136 votes)

Comments:

16

50.

Sing To God 

 Cardiacs

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"Enormous, noisy, maddening, and altogether absolutely beautiful. "Pronk" is a terrible, ugly word for what it is (almost "IDM" terrible), but The Cardiacs somehow managed to merge the elements of progressive rock with the spirit of punk without looking like complete idiots. Sing to God is their d...""Enormous, noisy, maddening, and altogether absolutely beautiful. "Pronk" is a terrible, ugly word for what it is (almost "IDM" terrible), but The Cardiacs somehow managed to merge the elements of progressive rock with the spirit of punk without looking like complete idiots. Sing to God is their definite tour de force. Definitely an acquired taste, but a taste worth acquiring."  [+]  Reply

- weedygonsalez | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1996

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

638

Rank in 1996:

50

Rank in 1990s:

432

Overall Rank:

2,491

Average Rating:

 76 (74 votes)

Comments:

4

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Best Albums of 1996 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	13	1%
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	3	0%
Iggy Pop	3	0%
Grateful Dead	3	0%
Santana	2	0%
Philip Glass	2	0%
Barenaked Ladies	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	452	45%
	212	21%
	36	4%
	35	4%
	35	4%
	31	3%
	24	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	927	93%
Yes	73	7%

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

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