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: 4 hours ago).
"This album needs and deserves commenting on! So here's what I've written about it on my chart: In my opinion, this is everything OK Computer is made out to be and more - a reflection on our primal human nature and its dislocation in a modern industrialized world. The album features beautiful soun..." [+] Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"It's insane that this came out in 1996; it's from a different time and place entirely. It is a stunning debut album." Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is a great black metal album, excellent dark riffs for anyone who is looking for obscure music. The first track is specially good. On the downside, that 25 minute track steals a lot from the album. It just can't be ignored, its 25 minutes long!!!! That substracts a lot of points but you can ..." [+] Reply
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1996
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"Recovering the Satellite's is their debut but a little darker and louder. This album also has more filler and less classics. A Long December is the best known and would have fit perfectly on the debut. Children in Bloom is and underrated excellent rocker and relatively heavy for Counting Crows. G..." [+] Reply
"As the distance between them grew, she slowly became nothing but a lovely blur." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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"First time hearing anything by this band other than Lovefool and I am immediately a fan. These songs are soo good, and that Iron Man cover has no business working that well." Reply
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teague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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473
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"Really great album. For those vibes of sex. It is a mature album for mature audiences. The lyrics aren't explicit but it sounds like mature sounding music. You could also bump this in the lounge and smoke some hookah with this so props to it for that vibe" Reply
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C_Krug2009 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Absolutely underrated and beautiful. Musically extremely similar to Cocteau Twins, which was intentional, especially since they helped to contribute a couple instrumentals for the album. Faye Wong brings a different flavor to Liz Fraser of the aforementioned group, and I am immediately obsessed w..." [+] Reply
- teague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Surprised this is so ignored here - one of the most beautiful and terrifying albums of all time. You have to listen to the whole Inmost Light Trilogy though, it's incomplete without Where The Long Shadow Falls and The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home to bookend the main album" Reply
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Onater | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Having much, much less swing than Snivilization, I don't get why this one is on top. On the first two tracks they rely on a very dull and basic form of a Chemical Brothers styled drum loop, so that all the enjoyment has to be found in the ambience, which isn't that good in the first place, and wh..." [+] Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1996
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 7 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% | |
| Belle And Sebastian | 2 | 0% | |
| Kruder & Dorfmeister | 2 | 0% | |
| Cradle of Filth | 2 | 0% | |
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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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