Top Albums of 1996
1 |
50 |
Beck |
Odelay |
Alternative Rock
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2 |
79 |
DJ Shadow |
Endtroducing..... |
Experimental Hip Hop,
Instrumental Hip Hop,
Plunderphonics
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3 |
201 |
Belle and Sebastian |
If You're Feeling Sinister |
Chamber Pop,
Twee Pop
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4 |
272 |
Fugees |
The Score |
Conscious Hip Hop
|
5 |
416 |
Tortoise |
Millions Now Living Will Never Die |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Rock
|
6 |
524 |
Weezer |
Pinkerton |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
|
7 |
582 |
Wilco |
Being There |
Alt-Country,
Country Rock,
Roots Rock
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8 |
590 |
Jay-Z |
Reasonable Doubt |
Boom Bap
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9 |
641 |
Stereolab |
Emperor Tomato Ketchup |
Art Pop,
Experimental Rock
|
10 |
694 |
Manic Street Preachers |
Everything Must Go |
Britpop
|
11 |
763 |
Aphex Twin |
Richard D. James Album |
IDM
|
12 |
770 |
Sepultura |
Roots |
Groove Metal,
Nu Metal
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13 |
830 |
2Pac |
All Eyez on Me |
Gangsta Rap
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14 |
840 |
Fiona Apple |
Tidal |
Piano Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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15 |
867 |
Tool |
Aenima |
Alternative Metal
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16 |
884 |
Belle and Sebastian |
Tigermilk |
Chamber Pop,
Twee Pop
|
17 |
1079 |
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds |
Murder Ballads |
Alternative Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
18 |
1110 |
Eels |
Beautiful Freak |
Alternative Rock,
Indie Pop
|
19 |
1159 |
Marilyn Manson |
Antichrist Superstar |
Industrial Metal,
Industrial Rock
|
20 |
1364 |
R.E.M. |
New Adventures in Hi-Fi |
Alternative Rock
|
21 |
1393 |
Sublime |
Sublime |
Alternative Rock,
Ska Punk
|
22 |
1430 |
Ash |
1977 |
Britpop,
Pop Punk
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23 |
1517 |
Dr. Octagon |
Dr. Octagonecologyst |
Abstract Hip Hop
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24 |
1551 |
Underworld |
Second Toughest in the Infants |
Techno
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25 |
1647 |
Maxwell |
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite |
Contemporary R&B,
Neo-Soul
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26 |
1657 |
Sleater-Kinney |
Call the Doctor |
Indie Rock,
Riot Grrrl
|
27 |
1690 |
Ani DiFranco |
Dilate |
Alternative Singer/Songwriter,
Folk Rock
|
28 |
1824 |
Orbital |
In Sides |
Ambient Techno
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29 |
1831 |
OutKast |
ATLiens |
Hip Hop
|
30 |
1858 |
Suede |
Coming Up |
Britpop,
Glam Rock
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31 |
1927 |
Patti Smith |
Gone Again |
Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
32 |
1960 |
Pearl Jam |
No Code |
Alternative Rock
|
33 |
1985 |
Everything But the Girl |
Walking Wounded |
Trip Hop
|
34 |
2058 |
Screaming Trees |
Dust |
Grunge
|
35 |
2112 |
Super Furry Animals |
Fuzzy Logic |
Indie Rock,
Neo-Psychedelia,
Power Pop
|
36 |
2187 |
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion |
Now I Got Worry |
Alternative Rock,
Garage Punk,
Punk Blues
|
37 |
2230 |
The Olivia Tremor Control |
Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle |
Neo-Psychedelia,
Psychedelic Pop
|
38 |
2279 |
The Divine Comedy |
Casanova |
Chamber Pop
|
39 |
2307 |
Spice Girls |
Spice |
Dance-Pop
|
40 |
2388 |
Social Distortion |
White Light, White Heat, White Trash |
Punk Rock
|
41 |
2435 |
Sloan |
One Chord to Another |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
|
42 |
2439 |
Sheryl Crow |
Sheryl Crow |
Pop Rock,
Roots Rock
|
43 |
2493 |
Beth Orton |
Trailer Park |
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
44 |
2500 |
Lambchop |
How I Quit Smoking |
Alt-Country,
Americana,
Chamber Pop
|
45 |
2581 |
Tricky |
Pre-Millennium Tension |
Experimental Hip Hop,
Trip Hop
|
46 |
2607 |
Neurosis |
Through Silver in Blood |
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|
47 |
2634 |
LTJ Bukem |
Logical Progression |
Atmospheric Drum and Bass
|
48 |
2657 |
Rage Against the Machine |
Evil Empire |
Rap Metal
|
49 |
2701 |
Gillian Welch |
Revival |
Americana,
Contemporary Folk
|
50 |
2830 |
Dirty Three |
Horse Stories |
Post-Rock
|
51 |
2921 |
Squarepusher |
Feed Me Weird Things |
Drill and Bass,
Drum and Bass
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Modest Mouse |
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About |
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
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dEUS |
In a Bar, Under the Sea |
Alternative Rock,
Art Rock
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Tricky |
Nearly God |
Experimental Hip Hop,
Trip Hop
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Placebo |
Placebo |
Alternative Rock
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Kula Shaker |
K |
Britpop,
Neo-Psychedelia
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The Cardigans |
First Band on the Moon |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock
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Fatboy Slim |
Better Living Through Chemistry |
Big Beat
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Nirvana |
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah |
Grunge
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Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi |
Afrociberdelia |
Mangue Beat
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Ghostface Killah |
Ironman |
Boom Bap,
Hardcore Hip Hop
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Steve Earle |
I Feel Alright |
Alt-Country,
Americana,
Country Rock,
Singer/Songwriter |
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Cibo Matto |
Viva! La Woman |
Art Pop,
Shibuya-kei
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Lamb |
Lamb |
Trip Hop
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Lil' Kim |
Hard Core |
Hip Hop
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Brainiac |
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture |
Art Punk,
Experimental Rock,
Noise Rock
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Jeff Mills |
Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo |
Detroit Techno
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Labradford |
Labradford |
Post-Rock
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Johnny Cash |
Unchained |
Americana
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Fountains of Wayne |
Fountains of Wayne |
Power Pop
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The Roots |
Illadelph Halflife |
Boom Bap,
Hardcore Hip Hop
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Jamiroquai |
Travelling Without Moving |
Acid Jazz,
Funk
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R.L. Burnside |
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey |
Blues Rock,
Electric Blues
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Cheikh Lo |
Ne La Thiass |
Mbalax
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Nicolette |
Let No One Live Rent Free in Your Head |
Trip Hop
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Gastr del Sol |
Upgrade & Afterlife |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Rock
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Oumou Sangare |
Worotan |
Wassoulou
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Ocean Colour Scene |
Moseley Shoals |
Britpop
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16 Horsepower |
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes |
Gothic Country
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Ali Akbar Khan |
Legacy |
Hindustani Classical Music
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Pet Shop Boys |
Bilingual |
Synthpop
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Girls Against Boys |
House of GVSB |
Indie Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Sebadoh |
Harmacy |
Indie Rock
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Arto Lindsay |
Mundo Civilizado |
Art Pop,
Brazilian Music
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Fun Lovin' Criminals |
Come Find Yourself |
Alternative Rock
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Los Lobos |
Colossal Head |
Rock
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Black Tape for a Blue Girl |
Remnants of a Deeper Purity |
Neoclassical Darkwave
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Nas |
It Was Written |
Boom Bap,
Gangsta Rap
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Swans |
Soundtracks for the Blind |
Experimental Rock,
Post-Rock
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The Who |
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 |
Hard Rock
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bob hund |
Omslag: Martin Kann |
Indie Rock
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BabyBird |
Ugly Beautiful |
Indie Pop
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The Lemonheads |
Car Button Cloth |
Alternative Rock,
Power Pop
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The Boo Radleys |
C'mon Kids |
Indie Rock
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Cat Power |
What Would the Community Think |
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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