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