Albums

1. Odelay, Beck
2. Sublime, Sublime
3. Seasick, Imperial Teen
4. Evil Empire, Rage Against the Machine
5. Endtroducing …, DJ Shadow
6. Colossal Head, Los Lobos
7. Call the Doctor, Sleater-Kinney
8. Harmacy, Sebadoh
9. Coming Up, Suede
10. If You're Feeling Sinister, Belle and Sebastian
11. House of G vs. B, Girls Against Boys
12. Pre-Millennium Tension, Tricky
13. Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Stereolab
14. New Adventures in Hi-Fi, R.E.M.
15. The Score, Fugees
16. Walking Wounder, Everything but the Girl
17. No Code, Pearl Jam
18. Illadelph Halflife, The Roots
19. White Light, White Heat, White Trash, Social Distortion
20. Cibo Matto, Viva! La Woman

Albums:

1) Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
2) Sublime - Sublime
3) Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving
4) Weezer - Pinkerton
5) Suede - Coming Up

Songs:

1) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
2) Sublime - What I Got
3) Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
4) Sublime - Wrong Way
5) Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
6) Sublime - Santeria

1. Opeth - Morningrise
2. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3. Agathocles - Thanks For Your Hostility
4. In Flames - The Jester Race
5. Behemoth - Grom
6. Malevolent Creation - Eternal
7. Vader - Future of the past
8. Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
9. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
10. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
11. Stratovarius - Episode
12. Darkthrone - Total Death
13. Arch Enemy - Black Earth
14. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
15. Chico Science - Afrociberdélia
16. Cannibal Corpse - Vile
17. Helloween - The Time of the Oath
18. My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun
19. Overkill - The Killing Kind
20. Sepultura - Roots

sorry, the post above is wrong, i'm toni's brother, and i forgot posting it in my name, sorry again.


1. Opeth - Morningrise
2. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3. Agathocles - Thanks For Your Hostility
4. In Flames - The Jester Race
5. Behemoth - Grom
6. Malevolent Creation - Eternal
7. Vader - Future of the past
8. Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
9. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
10. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
11. Stratovarius - Episode
12. Darkthrone - Total Death
13. Arch Enemy - Black Earth
14. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
15. Chico Science - Afrociberdélia
16. Cannibal Corpse - Vile
17. Helloween - The Time of the Oath
18. My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun
19. Overkill - The Killing Kind
20. Sepultura - Roots

Albums

1. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: If You’re Feeling Sinister
2. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Hawaii
3. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Fuzzy Logic
4. THE KINKS: To the Bone
5. RED HOUSE PAINTERS: Songs for a Blue Guitar
6. LAMBCHOP: How I Quit Smoking
7. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Tigermilk
8. STEREOLAB: Emperor Tomato Ketchup
9. EELS: Beautiful Freak
10. CHRIS ISAAK: Baja Sessions
11. R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
12. PETE SEEGER: Pete
13. THE DIVINE COMEDY: Casanova
14. GILLIAN WELCH: Revival
15. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: Fountains Of Wayne
16. THE HANDSOME FAMILY: Milk and Scissors
17. GRANT LEE BUFFALO: Copperpolis
18. DONOVAN: Sutras
19. SUZANNE VEGA: Nine Objects of Desire
20. NEIL YOUNG: Broken Arrow


Songs

1. RED HOUSE PAINTERS: All Mixed Up
2. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Seeing Other People
3. GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI: Patio Song
4. PET SHOP BOYS: Se A Vida E (That's the Way Life Is)
5. EELS: Novocaine for the Soul
6. LAMBCHOP: We Never Argue
7. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Literature is Fluff
8. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Hometown Unicorn
9. STEREOLAB: Les Yper-Sound
10. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: The State I Am
11. CHRIS ISAAK: Pretty Girls don’t Cry
12. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Nomads
13. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Something for the Weekend
14. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Like Dylan in the Movies
15. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Peppy
16. LAMBCHOP: The Militant
17. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Fuzzy Birds
18. STEREOLAB: The Noise of Carpet
19. RED HOUSE PAINTERS: Have You Forgotten
20. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: The Stars of Track and Field


This is the list of my favourite Spanish albums of 1996:

1. JAVIER BERGIA: De aquellos años verdes
2. SUPERELVIS: Happines is Stupid
3. EL NIÑO GUSANO: El efecto lupa
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Canciones del cine español
5. LE MANS: Saudade
6. MALCOLM SCARPA: 33 & 1/3 Microsillions
7. LOS ENEMIGOS: Gas
8. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT: Banda Sonora d’un temp d’un pais
9. MARIA DOLORES PRADERA: Caminemos
10. MORENTE Y LAGARTIJA NICK: Omega
11. UNDERSHAKERS: Night Show
12. DOCTOR EXPLOSION: Aquellos maravillosos años
13. PENELOPE TRIP: ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?
14. LOS PLANETAS: Pop
15. VARIOUS ARTISTS: A Los Brincos

And my favourite compilation of the year: FRANCO BATTIATO: Battiato Studio Collection

Los españoles tenemos un complejo musical incurable: hacemos listas de música internacional por una parte y nacional por otra. No solamente el público, también las revistas especializadas. En cambio otros, ponen en el número 1 a un cantante sueco absolutamente desconocido para el resto del mundo. (Henrik y Fred).

Esta incapacidad que tenemos de traspasar los Pirineos se refleja en las listas de Acclaimed Music: el único español que aparece son Los del Río, con una de las canciones más asquerosas de la historia. La otra representación (Ketama), aparece por el nombre del disco "Shongai", pero no se considera un disco español.

Si le apetece a Miguel o a Honorio, o a quien sea, me gustaría que se tradujera esto.

Gracias.

Otisredding, estoy de acuerdo contigo en general, pero tienes que ser realista. ¿Cuanta gente sabe quién es Bob Hund? ¿Y los españoles que figuran en mi lista? Solo los suecos y los españoles. No es práctico incluirles en las mismas listas. Y si confecciono una lista con mis álbumes españoles favoritos es sólo como curiosidad.

Otisredding, I'm agree with you, but you have to be down-to-earth. How many people know who is Bob Hund? How many people know who are the Spanish artists that I include in my list? Only the people from Sweden and Spain. Is not useful include them in the same lists. And if I make a list with my favourite Spanish albums is only as a curiosity.

(and sorry about my awful English)

De acuerdo Miguel. Yo también he hecho siempre mis listas separadas de nacionales e internacionales. Por eso digo que es un complejo de todos nosotros, yo incluído.

hi guys

if you don't mind I can answer pero es mas facil para mi hacerlo en Ingles (ho olvidado espanol)
I think the problem you are pointing is far from being only spanish.
it's an economical problem : the non-english speaking markets in europe are not big enough for local singers to be famous, unless they sing in English.
But I think you do have to include spanish records in your personal lists, because they have to reflect your
tastes
that would be a wonderful thread : Every one of us giving names of local bands and singers
After all, listening to a French, Swedish, Spanish, Italian band es lo mismo que esuchar a un grupo ingles o americano.
this way, the lists we would give would be different from one abother.
these are really our favorite records of 1996, 1997 .. so I think that to be perfectly relevan they must include everything we prefered that year including non-rock and non anglo saxon material

Songs :

1. dEUS - Theme for Turnpike
2. Eels - Novocaïne for the soul
3. Tricky - Christiansands
4. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
5. Elliott Smith - Speed trials
6. Prodigy - Firestarter
7. Cat Power - Nude as the news
8. Beck - Devil's Haircut
9. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
10. Baby Bird - You're Gorgeous
11. Cake - The distance
12. Prodigy - Breathe
13. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
14. Tricky - She Makes Me Wanna Die
15. Beck - Jack-Ass
16. Soul Coughing - Soundtrack to Mary
17. Beck - The New Pollution
18. Noir Désir - Septembre en attendant
19. Luscious Jackson - Under Your Skin
20. Girls Against Boys - Disco Six Six Six

ALBUMS:

1. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN “If You’re Feeling Sinister” (#24 in my all-time list)
2. BECK “Odelay”
3. SUEDE “Coming Up”
4. MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK “Omega”
5. DJ SHADOW “Endtroducing……”
6. WILCO “Being There”
7. FUGEES (REFUGEE CAMP) “The Score”
8. PEARL JAM “No Code”
9. PATTI SMITH “Gone Again”
10. THE HIGH LLAMAS “Hawaii”
11. THE DIVINE COMEDY “Casanova”
12. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE “Fountains of Wayne”
13. TORTOISE “Millions Now Living Will Never Die”
14. BETH ORTON “Trailer Park”
15. STEREOLAB “Emperor Tomato Ketchup”
16. MANIC STREET PREACHERS “Everything Must Go”
17. LAMBCHOP “How I Quit Smoking”
18. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL “Walking Wounded”
19. CASSANDRA WILSON “New Moon Daughter”
20. WEEZER “Pinkerton”
21. CARLINHOS BROWN “Alfagamabetizado”
22. DIABOLOGUM “#3”
23. R.E.M. “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”
24. EXTREMODURO “Agila”
25. ORBITAL “In Sides”

SONGS:

1. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN “Like Dylan in the Movies” (#20 in my all-time list)
2. SUEDE “Beautiful Ones” (#74)
3. TORTOISE “Glass Museum” (#247)
4. LAMBCHOP “I’m a Stranger Here”
5. MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK “Omega”
6. FUGEES “Ready or Not”
7. STEREOLAB “Cybele’s Reverie”
8. NICK CAVE & PJ HARVEY “Henry Lee”
9. PATTI SMITH “Summer Cannibals”
10. BECK “Devil’s Haircut”
11. THE HIGH LLAMAS “Nomads”
12. SUEDE “Trash”
13. MANIC STREET PREACHERS “A Design for Life”
14. DIABOLOGUM “À découvrir absolument”
15. PRODIGY “Firestarter”
16. DJ SHADOW “Midnight in a Perfect World”
17. PEARL JAM “Sometimes”
18. WEEZER “The Good Life”
19. PET SHOP BOYS “Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is)”
20. EELS “Novocaine for the Soul”
21. MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK “Aleluya (Hallelujah nº 2)”
22. BELLE AND SEEBASTIAN “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying”
23. FUGEES “Fu-Gee-La”
24. WILCO “I Got You (At the End of the Century)”
25. R.E.M. “E-Bow the Letter”
26. ELVIS COSTELLO & BURT BACHARACH “God Give Me Strength”
27. THE DIVINE COMEDY “Becoming More Like Alfie”
28. CARLINHOS BROWN “Mares de Ti”
29. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL “Wrong”
30. BETH ORTON “I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine”
31. NOSOTRÄSH “Voy a aterrizar”
32. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE “Radiation Vibe”
33. PEARL JAM “Smile”
34. BECK “Sissyneck”
35. KULA SHAKER “Tattva”
36. 2PAC “All Eyez on Me”
37. DJ SHADOW “Stem/Long Stem”
38. ORBITAL “The Box”
39. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN “The State I Am In”
40. SUEDE “Saturday Night”
41. PATTI SMITH “Gone Again”
42. EXTREMODURO “So payaso”
43. BECK “Where It’s At”
44. SPICE GIRLS “Say You’ll Be There”
45. THE DIVINE COMEDY “Songs of Love”
46. CASSANDRA WILSON “Harvest Moon”
47. LAMBCHOP “The Man Who Loved Beer”
48. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE “Survival Car”
49. EL NIÑO GUSANO “Pon tu mente al sol”
50. THE HIGH LLAMAS “Tides”


Favourite compliation of 1996: VARIOUS “Trainspotting Original Soundtrack”

Flamenco is an authentic folk style, I mean, they don’t sing “songs” properly. The guitar players (“tocaores”) and hand-clappers (“palmeros”) follow a rhythm and chord pattern that hadn’t changed in centuries (the flamenco “palos”: for example “bulerías” or “soleares”) and the singer (“cantaor”) improvises the melody at the very moment with lyrics coming from popular poetry. So this is a style that in its purity is absolutely stationary. That’s why the innovators are so welcome to revitalize the genre. While the approaches to flamenco from the opposite bank (I mean the rock bands) only occasionally met with artistic success (Smash, Veneno, the last Planetas), the approaches to rock from classic “cantaores” had produced some masterpieces, especially Camarón’s “La leyenda del tiempo” (1979) and Morente’s “Omega” (1996).
Enrique Morente is the best example of a “cantaor” unorthodox and innovative since his beginnings, but he released his groundbreaking “Omega” when he was 54 years old, almost thirty years after his first album. So the risks that Morente took for his album were not obviously product of youth impatience. Morente planned to record a whole album from the poem book “Poeta en Nueva York” (“Poet in New York”) of Federico García Lorca, one of the best Spanish poets ever (killed by fascists troops during the Spanish Civil War). Due to the avant-garde nature of the poems the musical approach needed to be bold and uncompromising. So he teamed with Lagartija Nick, an indie rock band from the same city (the wonderful Granada) that had published some albums previously (notably 1992’s “Inercia”). The results of that improbable team broke the boundaries of both genres.
I’ve selected from this album the title track that opened the album, a brave 11 minutes-long tour-de-force. Although deeply rooted in flamenco singing and playing the song displays an astonishing range of sounds from Arabian atmospheres to noise bursts. But my favourite moment of the song (from 6’30” to 9’00”) comes when various samples of old “cantaores” fuses creating a sound suggesting the spirit of ancient coming into the soul of Morente that ends screaming “¡¡Las hierbaaas!! (The Graaass!!)” just before the electric explosion. It has been suggested that García Lorca mentioned the grass as a metaphor of Death (as the grass growing around the tombs). Absolutely tremendous.
Please download the song, you won’t be disappointed. And one more recommendation: download also the cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” (“Aleluya” in Spanish), it could stand proudly beside other famous versions of the song. I would rank them like that: 1º Jeff Buckley’s 2º original Cohen’s 3º John Cale’s 4º Enrique Morente’s 5º Rufus Wainwright’s.



OMEGA
Composers: Federico García Lorca/Enrique Morente/Lagartija Nick
Performers: MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK
First release: 1996 (“Omega” album)
Length: 10’48”


(1) Como la noche es interminable
Cuando se apoya en los enfermos
Y hay barcos que buscan ser mirados
Para poder hundirse tranquilos.
Para poder hundirse tranquilos.
Para poder hundirse tranquilos.
Si cada aldea tuviera una sirena
Mi corazón tendría la forma de un zapato.

(2) Las hierbas.
Espera.
Las hierbas.
Espera.
No solloces. Silencio.
Que no nos sientan, que no nos sientan.
Tengo un guante de mercurio
Y otro de seda, y otro de seda.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta.
Yo me cortaré la mano,
Me cortaré la mano derecha.
Tengo un guante de mercurio
de mercurio, y otro de seda.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta.
Al abrirse la gran puerta.

(3) Aqueos los golpes
Aqueos por Dios
Que se le arrancan las alas,
Que se le arrancan las alas,
De fatiga, las alas a mi corazón.

Como doblaron las campanas…

(2) No solloces. Silencio.
Que no nos sientan, que no nos sientan.
Tengo un guante de mercurio
Y otro de seda, y otro de seda.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta.
¡¡Las hierbaaas!!
¡¡Las hierbaaas!!

(4) Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Las tuyas son amarillas
Las mías de tos colores.
Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Las tuyas son amarillas
Las mías de tos colores

(2) No solloces. Silencio.
Silencio, que no nos sientan.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta. (x3)


(1) Extracto del poema “Luna y panorama de los insectos (poema de amor)” de F.G.L.
(2) Adaptación del poema “Omega (poema para los muertos)” de F.G.L.
(3) y (4) Letras populares


OMEGA

(1) The night is endless
When it’s supported by the sick ones
And there are ships seeking to be looked
To be able of sinking calmly.
To be able of sinking calmly.
To be able of sinking calmly.
If every village had a siren
My heart would have the shape of a shoe.

(2) The grass.
Wait.
The grass.
Wait.
Don’t cry. Silence.
We should not be heard, we should not be heard.
I’ve got a mercury glove
and a silk one, and a silk one.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened.
I will cut my hand,
I will cut my right hand.
I’ve got a mercury glove
A mercury one, and a silk one.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened.
When the big door opened.

(3) Achaeans the blows
Achaeans, oh Lord,
That tears off the wings
That tears off the wings
By weariness, the wings from my heart.

How the bells tolled…

(2) Don’t cry. Silence.
We should not be heard, we should not be heard.
I’ve got a mercury glove
and a silk one, and a silk one.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened.
The graaaass!!
The graaaass!!

(4) You are selling flowers
You are selling flowers
Yours are yellow
Mine of all colours.
You are selling flowers
You are selling flowers
Yours are yellow
Mine of all colours.

(2) Don’t cry. Silence.
Silence, we should not be heard.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened. (x3)


(1) Extract of the poem “Moon and panorama of the insects (love poem)” by Federico García Lorca
(2) Adaptation of the poem “Omega (poem for the dead)” by Federico García Lorca
(3) y (4) Popular lyrics

Albums:

1) Eels - Beautiful Freak
2) Wilco - Being There
3) K's Choice - Paradise In Me
4) Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
5) Fugees - The Score
6) R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
7) Beck - Odelay
8) Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
9) Belle And Sebastian - Tigermilk
10) Fountains Of Wayne - Fountains Of Wayne

Songs:

1) The Cardigans - Lovefool
2) Eels - Guest List
3) R.E.M. - E-Bow The Letter
4) Wilco - What's The World Got In Store
5) Wilco - Say You Miss Me
6) K's Choice - Only Dreaming
7) Eels - Beautiful Freak
8) Steve Earle - You're Still Standing Here
9) 16 Horsepower - Haw
10) Eels - Novocaine For The Soul
11) Fugees - Ready Or Not
12) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
13) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Where The Wild Roses Grow
14) The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century
15) Khaled - Aicha
16) Beck - Devil's Haircut
17) K's Choice - Not An Addict
18) Fountains Of Wayne - She's Got A Problem
19) Fugees - Killing Me Softly
20) Kula Shaker - Tattva

ALBUMS
01 CHAVEZ Ride the Fader
02 ALI FARKA TOURE Radio Mali
03 TORTOISE Millions Now Living Will Never Die
04 DEREK BAILEY Guitar, Drum'n'Bass
05 LOW Curtains Hits the Cast
06 DJ SHADOW Endtroducing...
07 THE ROOTS Illadelph Halflife
08 CAT POWER What Would the Community Think
09 THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
10 WEEZER Pinkerton
11 DISCO INFERNO Technicolour
12 TRICKY Pre-Millenium Tension
13 ORBITAL In Sides
14 SMOG The Doctor Came at Dawn
15 MAURICIO REDOLES Quién Mató a Gaete?
16 STEREOLAB Emperor Tomato Kepchup
17 EELS Beautiful Freak
18 BOO RADLEYS C'Mon Kids
19 CAT POWER Myra Lee
20 DIRTY THREE Horse Stories


SONGS
01 TRICKY Makes Me Wanna Die
02 TORTOISE Glass Museum
03 REM E-Bow the Letter
04 CHAVEZ Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
05 CAT POWER Nude as the News
06 MOGWAI Summer
07 ALI FARKA TOURE (Njarka) Gambari
08 BECK Devil's Haircut
09 DISCO INFERNO Technicolour
10 PATTI SMITH Summer Cannibals
11 EELS Novocaine for the Soul
12 DJ SHADOW Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96
13 FIONA APPLE Criminal
14 CIBBO MATTO Know Your Chicken
15 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Like Dylan in the Movies
16 PET SHOP BOYS Se A Vida É (That's the Way Life Is)
17 TORTOISE Djed
18 MANIC STREET PREACHERS A Design for Life
19 WEEZER Pink Triangle
20 THE ROOTS Concerto of the Desperado

I thought that we had to stick to the AM lists...

"Albums and songs listed under 1996 at Acclaimed Music will only be counted in the forum poll if they are included in this month's ballots. So please have a look at the 1996 album and song lists before voting."

Did I misunderstand this?

I think that sticking to the AM list would make no sense
This thread is the opportunity for us to mention OUR best music, including records that doesn't appear in AM

I remember the discussion that led to Henrik's warning. You can choose whatever songs and albums you want for each year.

Henrik put that up in order to clear up which years each song/album would be associated with. There was some confusion earlier in the poll because some AM singles were released before they were released on albums (Ex: Primal Scream Loaded from 1990 and Primal Scream Loaded on Screamedelica from 1991).

Hope I explained that OK.

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. Any chance I could have a do-over?

Absolutely. Sorry for the trouble.
/Henrik

1. Tool - Ænima
(By far the best album of this year. Way underrated critically, probably because it's metal.)

2. Weezer - Pinkerton

3. Burzum - Filosofem

4. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood

5. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go

6. Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Rotator
(Danish Band)

7. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

8. Beck - Odelay

9. Suede - Coming Up

10. Catatonia - Way Beyond Blue

ALBUMS
1. Beck, ODELAY
2. DJ Shadow, ENDTRODUCING…
3. Belle and Sebastian, IF YOU’RE FEELING SINISTER
4. Weezer, PINKERTON
5. R.E.M., NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
6. Sleater-Kinney, CALL THE DOCTOR
7. Stereolab, EMPEROR TOMATO KETCHUP
8. Fugees, THE SCORE
9. Olivia Tremor Control, DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE
10. Wilco, BEING THERE

SONGS
1. Beck, “Devils Haircut”
2. Belle and Sebastian, “The Stars of Track and Field”
3. Eels, “Novocaine for the Soul”
4. DJ Shadow, “The Number Song”
5. Beck, “Novacane”
6. R.E.M., “Bittersweet Me”
7. Weezer, “El Scorcho”
8. Sleater-Kinney, “Good Things”
9. Butthole Surfers, “Pepper”
10. Beck, “Lord Only Knows”

Harold, you've got to be the closest thing to a musical brother to me on this site. You're always giving kudos to all the hidden album tracks I like (ex: Novacane). We rank a lot of the same albums pretty high too. Bravo to your tastes!

A very good year for me...

ALBUMS

1. THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL - Dusk at cubist castle
2. THE HIGH LLAMAS - Hawaii
3. THE BOO RADLEYS - C'mon kids
4. THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE - Take it from the man!
5. KULA SHAKER - K
6. DODGY - Free peace sweet
7. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Everything must go
8. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - If you're feeling sinister
9. BECK - Odelay
10.SUEDE - Coming up
11.ASH - 1977
12.ARCHIVE - Londinium
13.BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Tigermilk
14.THE DIVINE COMEDY - Casanova
15.MUNDY - Jelly legs
16.WILCO - Being there
17.THE BLUETONES - Expecting to fly
18.STEREOLAB - Emperor tomato ketchup
19.STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Tiny music songs from the Vatican giftshop
20.THE WALKABOUTS - Devil's road

SONGS

1. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - A design for life
2. THE HIGH LLAMAS - Literature is fluff
3. MUNDY - To you I bestow
4. KULA SHAKER - Tattva
5. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Like Dylan in the movies
6. THE BOO RADLEYS - Four saints
7. MANSUN - Stripper vicar
8. BABYLON ZOO - Spaceman
9. THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE - Who?
10.DODGY - Good enough
11.THE HIGH LLAMAS - Nomads
12.THE CHARLATANS - One to another
13.ARCHIVE - Londinium
14.SUEDE - Trash
15.STEREOLAB - Cybele's reverie
16.THE BOO RADLEYS - Everything is sorrow
17.THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE - Straight up and down
18.AIR - Casanova 70
19.THE DIVINE COMEDY - Something for the week-end
20.SUPERGRASS - Going out

Albums:

1. REM- New Adventures In Hi-Fi
2. Beck- Odelay
3. Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
4. Weezer- Pinkerton
5. Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
6. Pearl Jam- No Code
7. Tool- Aenima
8. Soundgarden- Down on the Upside
9. Tortoise- Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10. Screaming Trees- Dust
11. Failure- Fantastic Planet
12. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
13. Brainiac- Hissing Prigs in the Static Couture
14. Posies- Amazing Disgrace
15. Wilco- Being There
16. Manic Street Preachers- Everything Must Go
17. Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk
18. Stone Temple Pilots- Tiny Music…Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop
19. Aphex Twin- Richard D. James Album
20. Melvins- Stag


Songs:

1. REM - E-Bow the Letter
2. Beck - Where It's At
3. Screaming Trees - Traveler
4. Pearl Jam - In My Tree
5. Belle and Sebastian - The Stars of Track and Field
6. Tool - Stinkfist
7. Soundgarden - Burden in My Hand
8. Weezer - El Scorcho
9. Manic Street Preachers - The Girl Who Wanted to Be God
10. Cardigans - Love Fool
11. Failure - Stuck on You
12. Tortoise - Djed
13. Posies - Song #1
14. Afghan Whigs - Going to Town
15. REM - Be Mine
16. Prodigy - Firestarter
17. The Chemical Brothers - The Setting Sun
18. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
19. Beck - Sissyneck
20. Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
21. Pearl Jam - Smile
22. Belle and Sebastian - Seeing Other People
23. Failure - The Nurse Who Loved Me
24. REM - Leave
25. Supergrass - Going Out
26. Screaming Trees - Sworn and Broken
27. Stereolab - Metronomic Underground
28. Brainiac - This Little Piggy
29. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
30. Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)
31. Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby
32. Stone Temple Pilots - Lady Picture Show
33. Beck - Jackass
34. Weezer - The Good Life
35. REM - Electrolite
36. The Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
37. Polvo - Bridesmaid Blues
38. Weezer - Falling for You
39. Pearl Jam - Hail, Hail
40. Kula Shaker - Tatva
41. Fountains of Wayne - Radiation Vibe
42. No Doubt - Happy Now?
43. Superdrag - Sucked Out
44. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
45. Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
46. Prodigy - Breathe
47. Tool - Forty-6 and 2
48. Unwound - Entertainment
49. Afghan Whigs - Honky's Ladder
50. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand

Here's the re-up!

Songs:

1. 2Pac- Hail Mary
2. Beck- Hotwax
3. Brian Jonestown Massacre- Ballad of Jim Jones
4. Fastbacks- No Information
5. Olivia Tremor Control- Memories of Jacqueline 1906
6. 2Pac- California Love
7. Weezer- Across the Sea
8. Folk Implosion- Natural One
9. Beck- Jack-Ass
10. Belle and Sebastian- Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying
11. Cibo Matto- Birthday Cake
12. Fountains of Wayne- Radiation Vibe
13. Soundgarden- Pretty Noose
14. Brian Jonestown Massacre- Free and Easy Take 2
15. DJ Shadow- Organ Donor
16. Jay-Z- Aint No Nigga
17. Sleater Kinney- I'm Not Waiting
18. REM- Electrolite
19. Folk Implosion- Natural One
20. Olivia Tremor Control- No Growing
21. Belle and Sebastian- Seeing Other People
22. 2Pac- Ambitionz as a Ridah
23. Beck- Lord Only Knows
24. Stereolab- Cybeles Reverie
25. Cardigans- Love Fool
26. Cake- Frank Sinatra
27. Cake- Italian Leather Sofa
28. Weezer- El Scorcho
29. Space- Female of the Species
30. Spice Girls- Wannabe

Albums:

1. Beck- Odelay
2. Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
3. Weezer- Pinkerton
4. Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
5. Olivia Tremor Control- Dusk at Cubist Castle
6. 2Pac- All Eyez On Me (Why did he have to make this a double album?)
7. Brian Jonestown Massacre- Thank God For Mental Illness
8. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
9. Cibo Matto- Viva La Woman
10. Fastbacks- New Mansions in Sound
11. Kula Shaker- K
12. Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk
13. Outkast- ATLiens
14. 2Pac- The Don Killuminatti- 7 Day Theory
15. Fountains of Wayne- Fountains of Wayne
16. Beth Orton- Trailer Park
17. Ocean Colour Scene- Moseley Shores
18. Fugees- The Score
19. Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
20. REM- New Adventures in Hifi

Albums:
1. Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
2. Belle And Sebastian: Tigermilk
3. Belle And Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister
4. Placebo: Placebo
5. Weezer: Pinkerton
6. Smog: The Doctor Came At Dawn
7. R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi
8. Ash: 1977
9. Suede: Coming Up
10. Beck: Odelay

Songs:
1. Manic Street Preachers: Kevin Carter
2. Belle And Sebastian: The State I’m In
3. Belle And Sebastian: Judy And The Dream Of Horses
4. Belle And Sebastian: Expectations
5. Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
6. Manic Street Preachers: Australia
7. Belle And Sebastian: Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying
8. Belle And Sebastian: Seeing Other People
9. Manic Street Preachers: Elvis Impersonator; Blackpool Pier
10. Manic Street Preachers: Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
11. Suede: Trash
12. Belle And Sebastian: She’s Losing It
13. Smog: Somewhere In The Night
14. Ash: Goldfinger
15. R.E.M.: New Test Leper

John

Albums

1) Weezer – Pinkerton
2) Outkast – ATLiens
3) Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
4) DJ Shadow – Entroducing…
5) Ghostface Killah – Ironman
6) Nas – It Was Written
7) A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life
8) Wilco – Being There
9) Aphex Twin – Richard D. James Album
10) Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop
11) Fugees – The Score



Songs

1) Weezer – El Scorcho
2) Weezer – Why Bother?
3) Weezer – The Good Life
4) Weezer – Across the Sea
5) Nas – I Gave You Power
6) Outkast – Wheels of Steel
7) Outkast – Jazzy Belle
8) Weezer – Tired of Sex
9) Outkast – Elevators
10) Jay-Z – Can I Live
11) Weezer – No Other One
12) Wilco – Far, Far Away
13) DJ Shadow – Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
14) DJ Shadow – Midnight in a Perfect World
15) Jay-Z – Dead Presidents II
16) Aphex Twin – Girl/Boy Song
17) Ghostface Killah feat. Mary J. Blige – All That I Got Is You
18) Nas – Take It In Blood
19) Outkast – 13th Floor (Growin’ Old)
20) Jay-Z – Friend or Foe

1. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
2. Belle and Sebastian - If you're Feeling Sinister
3. Eels - Beautiful Freak
4. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
5. Cocteau Twins - Milk and Kisses

1. Blur - End Of A Century
2. Belle And Sebastian - Like Dylan In The Movies
3. Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
4. Tupac & Dr.Dre - California Love
5. Prodigy - Firestarter
6. No Doubt Don't Speak
7. Babybird - You're Gorgeous
8. Dr. Dre - No Diggity ft. Blackstreet
9. Prodigy - Breathe
10. Belle & Sebastian - My Wandering Days Are Over
11. Belle and Sebastian -Seeing Other People
12. Supergrass - Going Out
13. Placebo - Teenage Angst
14. Eels - My Beloved Monster
15. Fugees - Ready or Not
16. R.E.M. - E-Bow The Letter
17. Beck - Where It's At
18. Dave Matthews Band Crash Into Me
19. R.E.M. - Bittersweet Me
20. manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life

(1) R.E.M - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
(2) Pearl Jam - No Code
(3) Beck - Odelay
(4) Afghan Whigs - Black Love
(5) Polvo - Exploded Drawing
(6) Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
(7) Weezer - Pinkerton
(8) Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
(9) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
(10) Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst

As usual I'm gonna be a last minute person. Sorry been on holiday! Within 24 hours though.

OK

1 Morente & Lagartija Nick - Omega
2 Sepultura - Roots
3 Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
4 Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking
5 Beck - Odelay
6 Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
7 Penelope Trip - ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?
8 Patti Smith - Gone Again
9 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
10 Superelvis - Happiness is stupid
11 Orbital - In Sides
12 Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
13 Paperhouse - Adiós
14 Jack - Pioneer soundtracks
15 Suede - Coming Up
16 Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
17 Sr. Chinarro - Compito
18 Elvis Costello – All This Useless Beauty
19 Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
20 El niño gusano - El efecto lupa


1 The Prodigy - Firestarter
2 Orbital - The Box
3 Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life
4 Space - Female Of The Species
4 Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals
5 Stereolab – Cybele’s Reverie
6 Beck - Jack-ass
7 Suede - Beautiful Ones
8 Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strenght
9 Nick Cave & P J Harvey Henry Lee
10 The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
11 Penelope Trip - Picolandia
12 Dr. Octagon - Earth People
13 Morente & Lagartija Nick - Vuelta de paseo
14 Lambchop – The Man Who Loved Beer
15 Lois & The Dub Narcotic - Rougher
16 Ash - Kung Fu
17 Extremoduro - Buscando una luna
18 Jack - Wintercomessummer
19 Sebadoh - On Fire
20 Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon

Sorry. This song list is the correct.

1 The Prodigy - Firestarter
2 Orbital - The Box
3 Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life
4 Space - Female Of The Species
5 Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals
6 Stereolab – Cybele’s Reverie
7 Beck - Jack-ass
8 Suede - Beautiful Ones
9 Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strenght
10 Nick Cave & P J Harvey Henry Lee
11 The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
12 Penelope Trip - Picolandia
13 Dr. Octagon - Earth People
14 Morente & Lagartija Nick - Vuelta de paseo
15 Lambchop – The Man Who Loved Beer
16 Lois & The Dub Narcotic - Rougher
17 Ash - Kung Fu
18 Extremoduro - Buscando una luna
19 Jack - Wintercomessummer
20 Sebadoh - On Fire

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
3. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
4. Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
5. Kula Shaker - K
6. Fun Lovin Criminals - Come Find Yourself
7. REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
8. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
9. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
10. Wilco - Being There

There are so many albums from 1996 that I suspect I might like that I haven't yet heard 11 years later (such as Fountains of Wayne's debut, Cassandra Wilson's New Moon Daughter, and James Carter's Conversin' with the Elders), I'm hesitant to vote. But here I go anyway:

1. Sublime - Sublime
2. Diana Krall - All For You
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing ...
4. Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
5. Weezer - Pinkerton
6. Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Whishkah
7. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
8. The Fugees - The Score
9. Wilco - Being There
10. Beck - Odelay
11. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
12. Amy Rigby - Diary of a Mod Housewife

Sorry, but if it's not too late to change my list--somehow I left off one of my favorite albums:

1. Sublime - Sublime
2. Diana Krall - All For You
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing ...
4. Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty
5. Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
6. Weezer - Pinkerton
7. Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Whishkah
8. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
9. The Fugees - The Score
10. Wilco - Being There
11. Beck - Odelay
12. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
13. Amy Rigby - Diary of a Mod Housewife

Songs

50 Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions
49 Divine Comedy - Something For The Weekend
48 Dodgy - Good Enough
47 OMC - How Bizarre
46 Manic Street Preachers - Mr Carbohydrate
45 Underworld - Pearl's girl
44 Supergrass - Going Out
43 Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic
42 Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage
41 Beth Orton - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
40 Aphex Twin - Milkman
39 Beck - Where It's At
38 DJ Shadow - What does your soul look like (Part 4)
37 Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
36 The Chemical Brothers - Loops of Fury
35 The Prodigy - Breathe
34 Eels - Novocaine for the soul
33 Ash – Goldfinger
32 Beck - Lord Only Knows
31 Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give a Fuck
30 The Prodigy - Firestarter
29 Tortoise - Djed
28 Tori Amos - Professional widow
27 The Charlatans - One To Another
26 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There
25 R.E.M. - E-bow The Letter
24 No Doubt - Don't Speak
23 Fiona Apple - Criminal
22 Manic Street Preachers - Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
21 Catatonia – Way Beoyond Blue
20 Blackstreet - No Diggity
19 Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film)
18 The Bluetones - Slight Return
17 Belle And Sebastian - The State I Am In
16 Babybird - You're Gorgeous
15 Ash - Oh Yeah
14 Aphex Twin - 4
13 Orbital - The Box
12 R.E.M. - Leave
11 Suede - The Chemistry Between Us
10 The Folk Implosion - Natural One
9 Mansun - Wide Open Space
8 Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
7 The Chemical Brothers - Setting sun
6 Suede - Trash
5 Beck - The New Pollution
4 Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
3 Gorkyz Zygotic Mynci – Patio Song
2 DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
1 Cardigans - Love Fool


Albums

20 BLUETONES Expecting To Fly
19 BOO RADLEYS C'Mon Kids
18 OCS Mosely Shoals
17 BELLE & SEB. Tigermilk
16 CATATONIA Way Beyond Blue
15 STEROLAB Emperor Tomato Ketchup
14 JOHNNY CASH Unchained
13 CARDIGANS First Band On The Moon
12 ASH 1977
11 TORTOISE Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10 BETH ORTON Trailer Park
9 REM New Adventures In Hi-Fi
8 APHEX TWIN Richard D. James Album
7 SUEDE Coming Up
6 ORBITAL In Sides
5 BELLE & SEB. If You're Feeling Sinister
4 MANICS Everything Must Go
3 SFA Fuzzy Logic
2 DJ SHADOW Entroducing…
1 BECK Odelay

These are the albums and songs from 1996 that will be included in the best of the 90s poll in November:

Albums
1. Beck - Odelay
2. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
4. Weezer - Pinkerton
5. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
6. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
7. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
8. Suede - Coming Up
9. Wilco - Being There
10. Tool - Aenima

Songs
1. Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life
2. The Prodigy - Firestarter
3. Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
4. 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre - California Love
5. Fugees - Ready Or Not
6. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
7. R.E.M. - E-Bow the Letter
8. Beck - The New Pollution
9. Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
10. Beck - Where It's At

Relatively low total scores for the winners this month, it was a tough call between many albums and songs. Belle & Sebastian were represented by no less than 13 songs, but it was only during the last week that one of them made the top 10. Three of the others made the top 20.

All votes can be found in this spreadsheet:

1996 Forum Poll

my votes have not been included

Michel, I am so sorry.

Now your list is added. It did not affect the top 10.

I don't see Michel's votes in the songs tab?!?

You really have it out for him, don't you Henrik? hee hee

Nuts, I forgot to vote for 'Talk Show Host' oh well, Sure next year will make up for it.

Man, how embarrasing!!!!!!!!!!!!

This time, the top 10 also changed. Beck's "Where It's At" was replaced by...Beck's "Devil's Haircut"! I hope all fans of WIA can live with this..........

The corrected - and hopefully final - top 10 songs of 1996:
1. Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life
2. The Prodigy - Firestarter
3. Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
4. 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre - California Love
5. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
6. Fugees - Ready Or Not
7. R.E.M. - E-Bow the Letter
8. Beck - The New Pollution
9. Beck - Devil's Haircut
10. Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies

Oh fuck... No Olivia Tremor Control nor High Llamas in the final top 10...
The final 90s tournament in november is gonna be less interesting for me...

Thanks Henrik