McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1996

Highest Recommends

1. Odelay - Beck

Strong Recommends

2. Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian
3. Aenima - Tool
4. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
5. Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
6. Soundtrack For The Blind - Swans

Solid Recommends

7. Pinkerton - Weezer
8. Being There - Wilco
9. New Adventures In Hi-Fi - REM
10. Call The Doctor - Sleater-Kinney

Mild Recommends

11. Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1996 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full

1977 - Ash
All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson
ATLiens - Outkast
Beautiful Freak - Eels
Better Living Through Chemistry - Fatboy Slim
Casanova - The Divine Comedy
Coming Up - Suede
Dilate - Ani DiFranco
Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon
Dust - Screaming Trees
Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
Evil Empire - Rage Against The Machine
Feed Me Weird Things - Squarepusher
From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah - Nirvana
Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals
Gone Again - Patti Smith
How I Quit Smoking - Lambchop
In A Bar, Under The Sea - dEUS
In Sides - Orbital
Logical Progression - LTJ Bukem
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise
Music From The Unrealized Film Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle - The Olivia Tremor Control
Nearly God - Tricky
No Code - Pearl Jam
Now I Got Worry - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
One Chord To Another - Sloan
Placebo
Pre-Millenium Tension - Tricky
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
Revival - Gillain Welch
Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin
Roots - Sepultra
Second Toughest In The Infants - Underworld
Spice - Spice Girls
Sublime
The Score - Fugees
This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About - Modest Mouse
Tidal - Fiona Apple
Trailer Park - Beth Orton
Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl
White Light, White Heat, White Trash - Social Distortion