ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 1996
compiled from the critics' choices in the following publications: Q, Select, Vox, Mojo, Melody Maker, the NME, Time Out and The Face
1
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
2
Coming Up
Suede
3
Endtroducing
DJ Shadow
4
Odelay
Beck
5
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
6
In Sides
Orbital
7
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
8
The Score
Fugees
9
New Adventures in HiFi
REM
10
Dust
Screaming Trees
11
1977
Ash
12
Pre-Millennium Tension
Tricky
13
K
Kula Shaker
14
Ugly Beautiful
Babybird
15
C'mon Kids
Boo Radleys
16
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
17
Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
Sparklehorse
18
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
19
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
20
Free Peace Suite
Dodgy
21
It Is Written
Nas
22
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
23
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
24
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
25
Car Button Cloth
Lemonheads
26
Placebo
Placebo
27
Expecting To Fly
The Bluetones
28
Black Love
Afghan Whigs
29
Iron Man
Ghostface Killah
30
Gone Again
Patti Smith
NOTES:
With the official death of Britpop (it passed peacefully away during the Euro 96 semi-final penalty shoot-out), there's a lack of focus to this chart. Some critics may not wish to be reminded of how highly placed Kula Shaker were. On the other hand, at least Ocean Colour Scene just missed out.
Also bubbling under were Denim's second album (extraordinarily), and Nirvana's posthumous Live From The Muddy Banks Of The Wiskah.
