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1996

Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA)

1. Beck: Odelay (DGC)
2. Fugees: The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
3. Sleater-Kinney: Call the Doctor (Chainsaw)
4. DJ Shadow: Endtroducing . . . DJ Shadow (Mo' Wax/FFRR)
5. Los Lobos: Colossal Head (Warner Bros.)
6. Steve Earle: I Feel Alright (Warner Bros.)
7. Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra)
8. Amy Rigby: Diary of a Mod Housewife (Koch)
9. Tricky: Pre-Millennium Tension (Island)
10. Pulp: Different Class (Island)
11. R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Warner Bros.)
12. Everything but the Girl: Walking Wounded (Atlantic)
13. Patti Smith: Gone Again (Arista)
14. Wilco: Being There (Reprise)
15. Cassandra Wilson: New Moon Daughter (Blue Note)
16. [File Under Prince]: Emancipation (NRG)
17. Iris DeMent: The Way I Should (Warner Bros.)
18. Me'Shell NdegéOcello: Peace Beyond Passion (Maverick/Reprise)
19. Nearly God: Nearly God (Island)
20. Maxwell: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (Columbia)
21. Johnny Cash: Unchained (American)
22. Ani DiFranco: Dilate (Righteous Babe)
23. Gillian Welch: Revival (Almo Sounds)
24. Imperial Teen: Seasick (Slash/London)
25. Soundgarden: Down on the Upside (A&M)
26. Sheryl Crow: Sheryl Crow (A&M)
27. Cibo Matto: Viva! La Woman (Warner Bros.)
28. Nirvana: From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (DGC)
29. Rage Against the Machine: Evil Empire (Epic)
30. Toni Tony Toné: House of Music (Mercury)
31. Curtis Mayfield: New World Order (Warner Bros.)
32. Joe Henry: Trampoline (Mammoth)
33. The Roots: Illadelph Halflife (DGC)
34. Sublime: Sublime (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
35. Neutral Milk Hotel: On Avery Island (Merge)
36. Sebadoh: Harmacy (Sub Pop)
37. The Olivia Tremor Control: Dusk at Cubist Castle (Flydaddy)
38. Screaming Trees: Dust (Epic)
39. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry (Matador)
40. Richard Thompson: You? Me? Us? (Capitol)



OOR (The Netherlands)

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
2. Beck - Odelay
3. Fun lovin' criminals - Come find yourself
4. 16 horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' ashes
5. Suede - Coming up
6. dEUS - In a bar, under the sea
7. Kula shaker - K
Tool - Aenima
9. eels - Beautiful freak
10. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
11. Jon Spencer blues explosion - Now I got worry
12. Steve Earle - I feel alright
13. R.L. Burnside - A ass pocket of whiskey
14. Nick Cave & the Bad seeds - Murder ballads
15. Patti Smith - Gone again
16. Dr. Octagon - Ecologyst
17. Squarepusher - Feed me weird things
Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
19. Lamb - Lamb
20. # - L.T.J. Bukem presents logical progression
21. Sepultura - Roots
22. Blue Nile - Peace at last
23. Johnny Cash - Unchained
Pet shop boys - Bilingual
25. Dave Clarke - Archive one
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
27. Ash - 1977
28. Korn - Life is peachy
29. Daryll-Ann - Daryll-Ann weeps
Mike Henderson & the Bluebloods - First blood
31. Screaming trees - Dust
32. Blackstreet - Another level
33. Lambchop - How I quit smoking
34. Johan - Johan
35. Elvis Costello - All this useless beauty
36. Descendents - Everything sucks
37. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
38. Fugees - The score
39. Alec Empire - The destroyer
40. Oblivians - Popular favorites
41. Gourds - Dem's good beeble
42. Prince - Emancipation
43. Vic Chesnutt - About to choke
Jacob's optical stairway - Jacob's optical stairway
45. Wilco - Being there
46. Manic street preachers - Everything must go
Treble spankers - Hasheeda
48. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Matapedia
49. Cassandra Wilson - New moon daughter
50. Caesar - Clean



NME (UK)

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
3. Orbital - In Sides
4. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
5. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
6. Screaming Trees - Dust
7. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
8. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
9. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Draculs, Scream!
10. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
11. The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly
12. Suede - Coming Up
13. Placebo - Placebo
14. Kula Shaker - K
15. The Boo Radleys - C'mon Kids
16. REM - New Adventures In Hi Fi
17. Babybird - Ugly/Beautiful
18. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
19. The Divine Comedy - Casanova
20. Aphex Twin - Richard D James
21. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself
22. Fugees - The Score
23. The Lemonheads - Car, Button, Cloth
24. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
25. Ash - 1977
26. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap
27. Nicolette - Let No One Live Rent Free In Your Head
28. Alex Reece - So Far
29. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
30. Gallon Drunk - In The Long Still Night
31. The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
32. Tiger - We Are Puppets
33. Plug - Drum 'N' Bass For Papa
34. Baby Fox - A Normal Family
35. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
36. The Black Crows - Three Snakes And One Charm
37. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
38. Sebadoh - Harmacy
39. Animals That Swim - I Was The King, I Relay Was The King
40. Lilys - Better Can't Make Your Life Better
41. Nas - It Was Written
42. The Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle
43. The Cardigans - The First Band On The Moon
44. John Parish/Polly Harvey - Dance Hall At Louse House
45. Red Snapper - Prince Blimey
46. Radar Brothers - Radar Brothers
47. The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities
48. Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet
49. Urusei Yatsura - We Are Urusei Yatsura
50. Spice Girls - Spice



Rolling Stone (USA)

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
3. Dirty Three - Horse Stories
4. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
5. Johnny Cash - Unchained
6. Wilco - Being There
7. Screaming Trees - Dust
8. Sebadoh - Harmacy
9. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
10. The Fugees - The Score



Hot Press (Ireland)

1. The Divine Comedy - Casanova
2. Orbital - In Sides
3. Suede - Coming Up
4. Manic street Preachers - Everything Must Go
5. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi



Kerrang (UK)

1. Screaming Trees - Dust
2. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
3. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
4. Sepultura - Roots
5. Ash - 1977
6. Metallica - Load
7. Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
8. Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
9. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
10. The Black Crowes - Three Snakes And One Charm
11. Korn - Life Is Peachy
12. Joyrider - Be Special
13. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream
14. Pearl Jam - No Code
15. Terrorvision - Regular Urban Survivors
16. Tool - Aenima
17. NY Loose - Year Of The Rat
18. Imperial Drag - Imperial Drag
19. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
20. Girls Against Boys - House Of GVSB



Melody Maker (UK)

1. Manic Street Preachers - Everything must go
2. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
3. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy logic
4. Tricky - Pre-Millennium tension
5. Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
6. Beck - Odalay
7. Suede - Coming up
8. Afghan Whigs - Black love
9. Babybird - Ugly/Beautiful
10. The Boo Radleys - C’mon kids
11. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I got worry
12. The Make-up - Destination: Love: Live! At cold rice
13. Screaming trees - Dust
14. Then Aloof - Sinking
15. New Kingdom - Paradise don’t come cheap
16. Nick Cave - Murder ballads
17. Black Star Liner - Yemen cutta connection
18. Silver Jaws - The natural bridge
19. The Bluetones - Expecting to fly
20. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarine...
21. Placebo - Placebo
22. Catatonia - Way beyond blue
23. Trembling Blue Trees - Her handwriting
24. Telstar Ponies - Voices from the new music
25. Tortoise - Millions now living will never die
26. His Name is Alive - Stars on ESP
27. Lambchop - How I quit smoking
28. Jack - Pioneer soundtracks
29. The Dirty Three - Horse stories
30. The Cardigans - First band on the moon
31. Orbital - In sides
32. Longpigs - The sun is often out
33. Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
34. Ash - 1977
35. 60ft Dolls - The big three
36. Lamb - Lamb
37. Sterolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
38. Rachel’s - Music for egon schiele
39. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, dracula, scream!
40. The Divine Comedy - Casanova
41. The Yummy Fur - Nightclub
42. Subcircus - Carousel
43. Jeru The Damaja - Wrath of then math
44. Fila Brazillia - Black market gardening
45. Spring Heel Jack - 68 million shades
46. Dodgy - Free peace sweet
47. Red Snapper - Prince Blimey
48. Throwing Muses - Limbo
49. Snoop Doggy Dogg - The Doggfather
50. Cul De Sac - China gate



The Face (UK)

1) Fugees- The Score
2) Various- Logical Progression
3) Underworld-Second Toughest In The Infants
4) Manic Street Preachers- Everything Must Go
5) DJ Shadow-Endtroducing
6) Beck-O-De-lay
7) Suede-Coming Up
8) Everything But The Girl-Walking Wounded
9) Ghostface Killah-Ironman
10) Tricky-Pre-Millenial Tension
11) Maxwell- Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
12) A Tribe Called Quest- Beats Rhymes And Life
13) Jamiroquai- Travelling Without Moving
14) Dead Presidents- Vols 1 & 2
15) Me'shell Ndegeocello- Peace Beyond Passion
16) Orbital- In Sides
17) Sweetback- Sweetback
18) Black Science Orchestra- Walter's Room
19) Jedi Knights- New School Science
20) (lovesymbol)- Emancipation
21) Skint All Stars- Brassic Beats Volume One
22) De La Soul- Stakes is High
23) Denim-Denim On Ice
24) Nas- It Was Written
25) Alex Reece- So Far
26) Genaside 2- New Life 4 the Hunted
27) Tortoise- Millions Now Living
28) REM- New Adventures In Hi-Fi
29) Nearly God- Nearly God
30) Various- Central Heating



Spex (Germany)

1. Lipps Inc. - Life's A Gas
2. NAS - It Was Written
3. Beck - Odelay!
4. Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual
5. Rockers Hi Fi - Mish Mash
6. Motorbass - Pansoul
7. Busta Rhymes - The Coming
8. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
9. Whirlpool Productions - Dense Music
10. Melvins - Stag
11. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
12. A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes And Life
13. Die Goldenen Zitronen - Economy Class
14. Metalheadz - Platinum Breakz
15. Full Cycle - Music Box
16. Enforcers - Above The Law
17. Prince Paul - Psychoanalysis (What Is It?)
18. Jeru The Damaja - Wrath Of The Math
19. Chuck D - Autobiograhy Of Mistachuck
20. Crooklyn Dub Consortium - Certified Dope Vol. 2
21. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
22. The Roots - illadelph halflife
23. Squarepusher - Feed Me Weirs Things
24. Kreidler - Weekend
25. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
26. Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats
27. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
28. Gastr Del Sol - Upgrade & Afterlife
29. Ground Zero - Null & Void
30. Dr. Octagon - Ecologist
31. The Red Krayola - Hazel
32. Herbert - 100 Lbs.
33. Jeff Mills - Mix-Up Vol. 2
34. De La Soul - Stakes Is High
35. Bikini Kill - Reject All American
36. Bounty Killer - My Experience
37. Hopper - English And French
38. David Thomas - Erewhon
39. DJ Vadim - U.S.S.R. Repertoire
40. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing ...
41. Fugees - The Score
42. The High Llamas - Hawaii
43. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
44. LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression
45. Plug - Drum'n'Bass For Papa
46. Groove Attack - Mind The Gap
47. George Michael - Older
48. Bim Sherman - Miracle
49. Yoko Ono - Rising
50. Jacob's Optical Stairway - Dito



HUMO (Belgium)

01. dEUS - In a bar, under the sea
02. R.E.M. - New adventures in hi-fi
03. Eels - Beautiful freak
04. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
05. Counting Crows - Recovering the satellites
06. Beck - Odelay
07. Pearl Jam - No code
08. Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the Wiskkah
09. T.A.F.K.A.P. - Emancipation
10. Beatles - Anthology 2
11. Me'shell Ndege'ocello - Peace beyond passion
12. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come find yourself
13. Genius - Liquid swords
14. Cocteau Twins - Milk and kisses
15. Evil Superstars - Love is okay



Q (UK)

The top 10 - In alphabetical order.
• Ash - 1977
• Ben folds five - Ben folds five
• Def leppard - Slang
• Fugees - The score
• Manic street preachers - Everything must go
• Ocean colour scene - Moseley shoals
• REM - New adventures in hi fi
• Sting - Mercury falling
• Suede - Coming up
• Underworld - Second toughest in the infants

The rest...
• The auteurs - After murder park
• Baby bird - Ugly Beautiful
• Babylon zoo - The boy with the X-ray eyes
• The beautiful south - Blue is the colour
• Beck - Odelay
• The blue nile - Peace at last
• Billy Bragg
• The cardigans - First band on the moon
• The divine comedy - Casanova
• DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..
• Dodgy - Free peace sweet
• Earl Brutus - Your majesty..we are here
• Everything but the girl - Walking wounded
• Genius/Gza - Liquid swords
• Joe Henry - Trampoline
• Iona - Journey to the moon
• Kris Kristofferson - A moment forever
• Kula shaker - K
• Chikhlo - Ne la thass
• Lightning seeds - Dizzy heights
• Longpigs - The sun is often out
• Metalheads - Metalheads presents platinum breakz
• George Michael - Older
• Nas - It is written
• New edition - Home again
• Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the Wishkah
• Orbital - In sides
• Pearl jam - No code
• Pet shop boys - Bilingual
• Tom Petty and the heartbreakers - Songs & music from She’s the one
• Courtney Pine - Modern day jazz stories
• Lou Reed - Set the twilight reeling
• The Tony Rich project - Words
• Patti Rothberg - Between the 1 and the 9
• Screaming trees - Dust
• Patti Smith - Gone again
• Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
• Super furry animals - Fuzzy logic
• Terrorvision - Regular urban survivors
• Norma Waterson - Norma Waterson



Rock de Lux (Spain)

(Number 1 was double, so there's no 2):

1 Tortoise: "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" / Sepultura: "Roots"
3 Lambchop: "How I Quit Smoking"
4 Orbital: "In Sides"
5 The Magnetic Fields: "Get Lost"
6 Dr. Octagon: "Ecologyst"
7 Patti Smith: "Gone Again"
8 Stereolab: "Emperator Tomato Ketchup"
9 Manic Street Preachers: "Everything Must Go"
10 Tricky: Pre-Millenium Tension"
11 Barry Adamson: "Oedipus Schmoedipus"
12 Beck: "Odelay"
13 Nicolette: "Let No-One Live Rent Free In Your Heart"
14 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry"
15 Girls Against Boys: "House Of GVSB"
16 Jack: "Pioneer Soundtracks"
17 Disco Inferno: "Technicolour"
18 Squarepusher: "Feed Me Weird Things"
19 Bob Mould: "Bob Mould"
20 The Third Eye Foundation: "Semtex"
21 Suede: "Coming Up"
22 Carlinhos Brown: "Alfagamabetizado"
23 Nearly God: "Nearly God"
24 The Divine Comedy: "Casanova"
25 Kronos Quartet: "Howl USA"
26 The Auters: "After Murder Park"
27: The High Llamas: "Hawaii"
28: Come: "Near Life Experience"
29 Plug: "Drum'n'bass For Papa"
30 Red Snapper: "Prince Blimey"
31 Dave Clarke: "Archive One"
32 The Aloof: "Sinking"
33 Pearl Jam: "No Code"
34 Two Lone Swordmen: "The Fifth Mission"
35 Throwing Muses: "Limbo"
36 Jedi Knights: "New School Science"
37 New Kingdom: "Paradise Don't Come Cheap"
38 Sparklehorse: "Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot"
39 The For Carnation: "Marshmallows"
40 Trembling Blue Stars: "Her Mandwriting"



Musikexpress (Germany)

The record of the year: Beck - Odelay

The rest in alphabetical order:
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
Johnny Cash - Unchained
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Neneh Cherry - Man
Come - Near Life Experience
Cracker - The Golden Age
Deus - In A Bar, Under The Sea
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
eels - Beautiful Freak
Element Of Crime - Die schönen Rosen
Gary Floyd - In A Dark Room
Girls Against Boys - House Of GVSB
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
symbol- Emancipation
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Kula Shaker - K
LFO - Advance
Lyle Lovett - The Road To Ensenada
Low - The Curtain Hits The Cast
Metallica - Load
Moby - Animal Rights
Nas - It Was Written
Nearly God - Nearly God
Orbital - In Sites
Pearl Jam - No Code
Radar Bros. - Radar Bros.
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
R.E.M. - Adventures In Hi-Fi
Duke Robillard - Duke's Blues
Rockers Hi-Fi - Mish Mash
Screaming Trees - Dust
Sebadoh - Harmacy
Sepultura - Roos
Patti Smith - Gone Again
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
Jon Spencer - Now I Got Worry
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Die Sterne - Posen
Tocotronic - Wir Kommen Um Uns Zu Beschweren
Tool - Aenima
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats
Weezer - Pinkerton
Wilco - Being There
Neil Young - Dead Man
Joe Zawinul - My People
Zion Train - Grow Together



Dagsavisen (Norway)

Album of the Year: R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi



Select (UK)

1. Manic street preachers - Everything must go
2. Orbital - In sides
3. Ash -1977
4. Suede - Coming up
5. Dodgy - Free peace sweet
6. Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
7. Julian Cope - Interpreter
8. Metalheads - Platinum breaks
9. The auteures - After murder park
10. DJ Jon Carter - Live at the social Vol 2
11. Boo radleys - C’mon kids
12. Denim - Denim on ice
13. Mazzy star - Among my swan
14. Super furry animals
15. Kula shaker - K
16. Stereolab - Emperor tomato ketchup
17. DJ shadow - Endtroducing
18. Various - Trainspotting OST
19. The aloof - Sinking
20. Shed seven - A maximum high
21. 60ft dolls - The big 3
22. Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
23. Space - Spiders
24. Nas - It was written
25. Sleeper - The it girl
26. Tortoise - Millions now living will never die
27. Ocean colour scene - Moseley shoals
28. Beck - Odelay
29. RL Burnside - A ass pocket of whiskey
30. The divine comedy - Casanova



Vox (UK)

1. Manic Street Preachers - Every Thing Must Go (Epic)
2. Beck - Odelay (Geffin)
3. Orbital - In Sides (Internal)
4. Dj Shadow - Endtroducing (Mo’wax)
5. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (Creation)
6. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants (Boy’s Own)
7. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (Mute)
8. Kula Shaker - K (Columbia)
9. Suede - Coming Up (Nude)
10. The Lemonheads Car Button Cloth (East West)
11. Screaming Trees - Dust (Epic)
12. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (Domino)
13. Ash - 1977 (Infectious)
14. Nicolette - Let No One Live Rent Free In Your Head (Island)
15. Fugees - The Score (Columbia)
16. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream (Elemental)
17. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself (Columbia)
18. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension (Lsland)
19. The Divine Comedy - Casanova (Setanta)
20. Rem - New Adventures In Hifi (Warners)
21. Beth Orton - Trailer Park (Heavenly)
22. Placebo - Placebo (Elevator Music)
23. Afghan Whigs - Black Love (Mute)
24. Alex Reece - The Story So Far (Island)
25. Nirvana - Live From The Muddy Banks Of The Wiskah (Geffen)
26. Boo Radleys - C'mon Kids (Creation)
27. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (City Slang)
28. Babybird - Ugly Beautiful (Echo)
29. Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet (A&M)
30. Patti Smith - Gone Again (Arista)
31. The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly (Superior Quality)
32. Chuck D - Autobiography Of Mistachuck (Island)
33. Animals That Swim - I Was The King, I Really Was The King (Elemental)
34. Ghostface Killah - Iron Man (Epic)
35. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Duphonic)
36. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap (Island)
37. Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals (Mca)
38. Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle (Blue Rose)
39. Tiger - We Are All Puppets (Island)
40. Sebadoh - Harmacy (Domino)
41. The Cardigans - The First Band On The Moon (Stockkolm)
42. Gallon Drunk - In The Long Still Night (Cityslang)
43. Nas - It Is Written (Columbia)
44. 2pac - The Don Illuminati - The Seven Day Theory (Island)
45. Lush - Lovelife (4ad)
46. Terrorvision - Regular Urban Survivor (Parlophone)
47. The Beatles Anthology Ii (Parlophone)
48. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright (Transatlantic)
49. Folk Implosion - Kids Soundtrack (London)
50. The Aloof - Sinking (East/West)



SPIN (USA)

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Fugees - The Score
3. Pulp - Different Class
4. Imperial Teen - Seasick
5. Girls Against Boys - House of GVSB
6. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
7. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
8. Sublime - Sublime
9. Los Lobos - Colossal Head
10. Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
11. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
12. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing....
13. Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
14. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
15. Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
16. Various Artists - Waiting To Exhale OST
17. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
18. Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
19. L.T.J. Bukem - Presents Logical Progression
20. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife



Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll (Canada)

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Sloan - One Chord To Another
3. Wilco - Being There
4. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
5. The Tragically Hip - Trouble At The Henhouse
6. Patti Smith - Gone Again
7. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
8. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
9. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
10. Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
11. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
12. Various Artists - Trainspotting OST
13. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
14. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
15. Fugees - The Score
16. Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
17. Lamb - Lamb
18. Suede - Coming Up
19. Rheostatics - The Blue Hysteria
20. Cracker - The Golden Age
21. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
22. Pest 5000 - Inter/a/bang
23. Dirty Three - Horse Stories
24. Sebadoh - Harmacy
25. Afghan Whigs - Black Love
26. Los Lobos - Colossal Head
27. 54-40 - Trusted By Millions
28. Long Fin Killie - Valentino
29. Orbital - In Sides
30. Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts



Pop (Sweden)

1. Fugees - The Score
2. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - All This Useless Beauty
3. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
4. Dr. Octagon - Ecologyst
5. Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math
6. Willie Nelson - Spirit
7. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
8. Bob Hund - Omslag: Martin Kann
9. Black Science Orchestra - Walters Room
10. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
11. Johnny Cash - Unchained
12. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
13. A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life
14. The Chemical Brothers - Live at the Social Volume 1
15. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
16. Bounty Killer - My Xperience
17. Beck - Odelay
18. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
19. Busta Rhymes - The Coming
20. Motorbass - Pansoul
21. Gillian Welch - Revival
22. Palace Music - Arise Therefore
23. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
24. Bim Sherman - Miracle
25. Paul Schütze - Site Anubis
26. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
27. Kent - Verkligen
28. Omni Trio - Haunted Science
29. Suede - Coming Up
30. Ernest Ranglin - Below the Bassline

Re: 1996

The Wire (UK)

1. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
2. Nearly God - Nearly God
3. Einsturzende NEubauten - Ende Neu
4. Derek Bailey - Guitar, Drums 'N' Bass
5. Plug - Drum 'N' Bass For Papa
6. Arcana - The Last Wave
7. Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
8. Ornette Coleman - Sound Museum
9. David Toop - Pink Noir
10. Cristian Vogel - Specific Momentific
11. Photek - The Hidden Camera EP
12. Paul Schutze & Phantom City - Site Anubis
13. Ui - Unlike: Remixes
14. Lamb - Lamb
15. Patti Smith - Gone Again
16. DJ Spooky - Songs Of A Dead Dreamer
17. Steve Reich - City Life
18. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
19. Sheila Chandra - ABoneCroneDrone
20. David Shea - The Tower Of Mirrors
21. Ground Zero - Revolutionary Pekinese Opera
22. Joe Maneri Quartet - Let The Horse Go
23. AMM - Live In Allentown
24. Orbital - In Sides
25. Undark - Undark
26. Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
27. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
28. Erkki-Sven Tuur - Crystallisatio
29. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
30. David S Ware - Godspelized
31. Caspar Brotzmann & Page Hamilton - Zulutime
32. Jeremy Peyton Jones - North South East West
33. Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor
34. Nonplace URban Field - Raum Fur Notizen
35. Ghostface Killa - Ironman
36. Herbie Hancock - The New Standard
37. 0 - Olento
38. Fushitsusha - Purple Trap
39. Godflesh - Songs Of Love And Hate
40. Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
41. King Crimson - Thratattak
42. Ikue Mori/Kato Hideki/Fred Frith - Death Ambient
43. Oumou Sangare - Worotan
44. Gastr Del Sol - Upgrade And Afterlife
45. Rhys Chatham & Martin Wheeler - Neon 12"
46. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap
47. Microstoria - _snd
48. The Fall - Teh Light User Syndrome
49. John Butcher - London & Cologne
50. DJ Vadim - USSR Repertoire (The Theory Of Verticality)



Les Inrockuptibles (France)

Les 10 albums indispensables
Beck : Odelay
Deus : In a bar, under the sea
Diabologum : 3
The Divine Comedy : Casanova
DJ Shadow : Endtroducing...
Eels : Beautiful freak
Papas Fritas : Papas Fritas
Placebo : Placebo
Morcheeba : who can you trust?
Tricky : Pre-millenium tension

La suite...
Aphex Twins : Richard D. James lp
Fiona Apple : Tidal
Joseph Arthur : Big city secrets
Baby Bird : Ugly beautiful
Ben Folds Five : Ben Folds Five
Billy Bragg : William Bloke
Cat Power : What would the community think
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds : Murder ballads
Richard Davies : There's never been a crowd like this
Donovan : Sutras
Dr Octagon : The ecologyst
Mark Eitzel : 60 watt silver lining
Everything but the girl : Walking wounded
Fun Lovin Criminals : Come find yourself
Lisa Germano : Exepts from a love circus
Grant Lee Buffalo : Copperopolis
Jeru the Damaja : Wrath of the math
Katerine : Mes mauvaises frequentations
Labradford : Labradford
The Lemonheads : Car button cloth
Luscious Jackson : Fever in fever out
Maria Mc Kee : Life is sweet
The Married Monk : The Jim side
Mazzy Star : Among my swan
Murat : Dolores
Nearly God : Nearly God
Peter Perrett : Woke up sticky
Jonny Polonsky : Hi my name is Jonny
The Olivia Tremor Control : Dusk at cubist castle
Beth Orthon : Trailer park
Out Of My Hair : Drop the roof
Radar Bros : Radar bros
The Rentals : Return of the Rentals
Scud Mountain Boys : Massachussetts
Silver Jews : The natural bridge
Patti Smith : Gone again
Sparkehorse : Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
Suede : Coming up
Underworld : Second toughest of the infants
Suzanne Vega : Nine objects of desire



Rocksound (France)

1. Beck : O-de-lay
2. REM : New adventures in Hi-Fi
3. Alice in Chains : MTV Unplugged
4. Screaming Trees : Dust
5. Eels : Beautiful freaks
6. Nirvana : From the muddy banks of the Wishkah
7. Pearl Jam : No code
8. Chokebore : A taste for bitters
9. Ash : 1977
10. The Descendents : Everything sucks
11. Sepultura : Roots
12. Metallica : Load
13. Marylin Manson : Antichrist superstar
14. Noir Desir : 666.667 Club
15. Social Distorsion : White light, white heat, white trash
16. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Now I got worry
17. The Posies : Broken record
18. Drive Blind : Be a vegetable
19. Deus : In a bar, under the sea
20. Fun Lovin' Criminal : Come find yourself
21. Les Thugs : Strike
22. Sebadoh : Harmacy
23. Burning Heads : Super modern world
24. The Fugees : The score
25. Nada Surf : High/Low
26. Girls against Boys : The house of GVSB
27. Placebo : Placebo
28. Weezer : Pinkerton
29. The President of the USA : II
30. Hayden : Everything I long for
31. Cracker : The golden age
32. R.L. Burnside : A ass pocket of whiskey
33. Three Fish : Three fish
34. Condense : Placebo
35. Porno for Pyros : Good gods - urge
36. Johnny Polonsky : Hi, My name is Johnny
37. The Beastie Boys : The in sound from way out
38. Stabbing Westward : Wither blister burn & peel
39. Stone Temple Pilots : Tiny music... songs from the Vatican gift shop
40. Ween : 12. Golden country greats
41. The Walkabouts : Devil's road
42. Afghan Whigs : Black love
43. The Lemonheads : Car button cloth
44. Amonia : Mint 400
45. Korn : Life is peachy
46. Satchel : The family
47. Manic Street Preachers : Everything must go
48. The Butthole Surfers : Electriclarryland
49. Tool : Aenemia
50. Terrorvision : Regular urban survivors



Magnet (USA)

1. under the bushes under the stars - guided by voices
2. horse stories - dirty three
3. ain't my lookout - the grifters
4. harmacy - sebadoh
5. exploded drawing - polvo
6. not in my airforce - robert pollard
7. odelay - beck
8. gone again - patti smith
9. repetition - unwound
10. elf gulf bore waltz - home
11. wattle & daub - strapping fieldhands
12. horsedrawn wishes - rollerksate skinny
13. on avery island - neutral milk hotel
14. there's never been a crowd like this - richard davies
15. firewater - silkworm
16. emperor tomato ketchup - stereolab
17. near life experience - come
18. better can't make your life better - lilys
19. millions now living will never die - tortoise
20. secaucus - the wrens
21. amanita - bardo pond
22. all the nations airports - archers of loaf
23. secret swingers - versus
24. arise therefore - palace
25. china gate - cul de sac

The best of the rest (26-41)
ride the fader - chavez
a taste for bitters - chokebore
mel - east river pipe
skyward in triumph - godheadsilo
don't tell me now - halo benders
moss elixir - robyn hitchcock
jawbox - jawbox
dirty and divine - moonshake
the year you were born - moviola
dusk at cubist castle - olivia tremor control
new adventures in hi-fi - r.e.m.
carnival boy - tobin sprout
twentieth century - those bastard souls
saturnalia - wedding present
drawing of sound - windy & carl
broken arrow - neil young



Mojo (UK)

1. Beck - Odelay
2. Maria McKee - Life is sweet
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
4. REM - New adventures in hi-fi
5. The blue nile - Peace at last
6. R. L. Burnside - A ass pocket of whiskey
7. Everything but the girl - Walking wounded
8. Joe Henry - Trampoline
9. Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor
10. Gillian Welch - Revival
11. Ben folds five - Ben folds five
12. Suede - Coming up
13. Patti Smith - Gone again
14. Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
15. Fugees - The score
16. ZZ Top - Rhythmeen
17. The high lamas - Hawaii
18. Willie Nelson - Sprit
19. Elvis Costello - All this useless beauty
20. George Clinton - T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.
21. Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - Night song
22. The Lemonheads - Car button cloth
23. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Braver newer world
24. Screaming trees - Dust
25. Gretchen Peters - The secret of life
26. Steve Earl - I feel alright
27. Oumou Sangare - Worotan
28. Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
29. Manic Street Preachers - Everything must go
30. Lou Reed - Set the twilight reeling
31. Norma Waterson - Norma Waterson
32. Tasmin Archer - Bloom
33. Cassandra Wilson - New moon daughter
34. Ernist Ranglin - Below the bassline
35. Nirvana - From the muddy banks of the wishkah
36. Kula Shaker - K
37. Babybird - Ugly beautiful
38. Weezer - Pinkerton
39. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
40. Rocket from the crypt - Scream dracula scream



Muzik (UK)

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
2. Jeru The Damaja - The Wrath Of The Math
3. The Fugees - The Score
4. Faithless - Reverence
5. Slam - Headstates
6. John Beltran - Ten Days Of Blue
7. Sweetback - Sweetback
8. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
9. Motorbass - Pansoul
10. Terry Lee Brown Junior - Brother For Real
11. Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
12. Dr Octagon - Dr Octagon
13. Herbert - 100lbs
14. Larry Heard - Alien
15. Dave Clarke - Archive One
16. Orbital - Insides
17. Two Lone Swordsmen - The Fifth Mission
18. Tek 9 - It's Not What You Think It Is
19. George Michael - Older
20. Dimitri From Paris - Sacrebleu
21. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
22. A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes And Life
23. Lionrock - An Instinct For Detection
24. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
25. Wamdue Project - Resource Toolbox Volume One



Magic (France)

1. DJ Shadow : Endtroducing
2. Denim : Denim on ice
3. Beck : Odelay
4. Placebo : Placebo
5. Orbital : In sides
6. Tricky : Pre-milenium tension
7. Katerine : Mes mauvaises fréquentations
8. Dr Octagon : Ecologyst
9. The Boo Radleys : C'mon kids
10. Diabologum : #3
11. DJ Cam : Substances
12. Tortoise : Million now living will never die
13. Lush : Lovelife
14. Suede : Coming up
15. Kostars : Klassics with a K
16. Luscious Jacksons : Fever in fever out
17. Compilation : Headz 2
18. Etienne Daho : Eden
19. Divine Comedy : Casanova
20. Barry Adamson : Oedipus schmoedipus
21. Manic Street Preachers : Everything must go
22. Smog : The doctor came at dawn
23. Red Snapper : Prince Blimey
24. Nick Cave : The murder ballads
25. Girl Against Boys : The house of GVSB
26. Jeru The Jamaja : Wrath of the math
27. Morcheeba : Who can you trust ?
28. The Married Monk : The Jim Side Lp
29. Labradford : Labradford
30. Black Science Orchestra : Walter's room
31. Cocteau twins : Milk & kisses



Mixmag (UK)

1. Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
2. Fugees - The Score
3. Orbital - Insides
4. Everything but the girl - Walking wounded
5. Dave Clarke - Archive one
6. Dimitri from Paris - Sacre blue
7. CJ Bolland - The analogue theater
8. Tricky - Pre-millenium tension
9. Lionrock - An instinct for detection
10. Various - Logical progression
11. A tribe called quest - Beats, rhymes and life
12. Fila Brazillia - Black market gardening
13. Genaside II - New 4 for the haunted
14. The future sound of London - Dead cities
15. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
16. Enforcers - Above the law
17. Fatboy slim - Better living through chemistry
18. Various - Central heating
19. T. Power - Waveform
20. Slam - Headstates



Blow Up (Italy)

1) Gastr Del Sol – Upgrate & Afterlife
2) Nearly God - Nearly God
3) Polvo – Exploded Drawning
4) Kletke Red – Hijacking
5) Derek Bailey – Guitar, Drum ‘n’ Bass
6) Roof – The Untraceable Cigar
7) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
8) Cibo Matto – Viva! La Woman
9) Beck - Odelay
10) CSI – Linea Gotica



Metal Hammer (UK)

1. Sepultura - Roots
2. Corrosion Of Conformity - Wiseblood
3. Type O Negative - October Rust
4= Pearl Jam - No Code
4= Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
6. Imperial Drag - Imperial Drag
7. Metallica - Load
8. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
9. Screaming Trees - Dust
10. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah



BigO (Singapore)

1. Nicolette - Let No One Live Rent Free in Your Head (Talkin' Loud/Polygram)
2. Beck - Odelay (Geffen)
3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (Mo Wax)
4. Makaveli - The Don Killuminati (MCA)
5. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Duophonic)
6. London Funk Allstars - Flesh Easting Zombies Versus The Bionic Hookers From Mars (Ninja Tune)
7. Ash - 1977 (Reprise)
8. Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants (BMG)
9. Red House Painters - Songs For A Blue Guitar (Island)
10. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (City Slang)
11. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (Mute)
12. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords (Geffen)
13. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Warner Bros)
14. The High Llamas - Hawaii (Alpaca Park)
15. De la Soul - Stakes Is High (Tommy Boy)
16. Lamb - Lamb (Fontana)
17. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright (Warner Bros)
18. Gillian Welch - Revival (Almo Sounds)
19. Raincoats - Looking In The Shadows (Geffen)
20. PJ Harvey and John Parrish - Dance Hall At Louse Point (Island)
21. Paul Westerberg - Eventually (Reprise)
22. Suede - Coming Up (Nude)
23. Screaming Trees - Dust (Sony)
24. Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (Warner Bros)
25. Iris Dement - The Way I Should (Warner Bros)
26. Palace Music - Arise Therefore (Drag City)
27. Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperpolis (London)
28. Mark Eitzel - 60 Watt Silver Lining (Virgin)
29. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (Epic)
30. Butthole Surfers - Electric Larryland (Capitol)
31. Longpigs - The Sun is Often Out (Mother)
32. Sebadoh - Harmacy (Sub Pop)
33. Alex Reece - So Far (Island)
34. Fugees - The Score (Columbia)
35. Bob Mould - Bob Mould (Rykodisc)
36. Sepultura - Roots (Roadrunner)
37. Neneh Cherry - Man (EMI)
38. Patti Smith - Gone Again (Arista)
39. Curtis Mayfield - New World Order (Warner Bros)
40. Prince - Chaos and Disorder (Warner Bros)



Machina (Poland)

1. Tricky "Nearly God"
2. R.E.M. "New Adventures In Hi-Fi"
3. Kula Shaker "K"
4. Nirvana "From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah"
5. Los Lobos "Colossal Head"
6. Porno for Pyros "Good Gods Urge"
7. Beck "Odelay"
8. Deus "In a Bar, Under the Sea"
9. Stereolab "Emperor Tomato Ketchup"
10. Frank Zappa "Lather"
11. Pearl Jam "No Code"
12. Suede "Coming Up"
13. Patti Smith "Gone Again"
14. The John Spencer Blues Explosion "now I Got Worry"
15. Combustible Edison "Schizophonic"
16. Tricky "Pre-Millenium Tension"
17. Screaming Trees "Dust"
18. Prince "Emancipation"
19. Metalheadz "Platinum Breakz"
20. Tortoise "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"



Terrorizer (UK)

1. Type O Negative – October Rust
2. Godflesh – Songs Of Love And Hate
3. Neurosis – Through Silver In Blood
4. Swans – Soundtracks For The Blind
5. Tool – Aenima
6. Samael – Passage
7. Earth Crisis – Gomorrah's Season Ends
8. Whitehouse – Quality Time
9. Sepultura – Roots
10. Blood Axis – The Gospel Of Inhumanity
11. 16 – Drop Out
12. Arch Enemy – Black Earth
13. Fu Manchu – In Search Of…
14. Crisis – Deathshread Extermination
15. The 3rd & The Mortal – Painting On Glass
16. C.O.C – Wiseblood
17. Vader – De Profundis
18. Cradle Of Filth – Dusk And Her Embrace
19. Laibach – Jesus Christ Superstars
20. Korn – Life Is Peachy
21. Katatonia – Brave Murder Day
22. Gehenna – Malice
23. Turmoil – From Bleeding Hands
24. Crowbar – Broken Glass
25. Various Artists – Nordic Metal
26. Bloodlet – Entheogen
27. Downset – Do We Speak A Dead Language?
28. Stuck Mojo – Pigwalk
29. My Dying Bride – Like Gods Of The Sun
30. Burzum – Filosofem

Re: 1996

1. Suede - Coming up
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
3. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
4. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
5. Kula Shaker - K

Re: 1996

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