100 Greatest Albums of 1996

  1. The Score - Fugees
  2. All Eyez on Me - 2pac
  3. Odelay - Beck
  4. Ænima - Tool
  5. Sublime - Sublime
  6. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
  7. Endtroducing... - DJ Shadow
  8. Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20
  9. Pinkerton - Weezer
10. ATLiens - Outkast
11. Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson
12. Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine
13. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
14. Spice - Spice Girls
15. Tidal - Fiona Apple
16. Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell
17. Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
18. New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.
19. It Was Written - Nas
20. No Code - Pearl Jam
21. Crash - Dave Matthews Band
22. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys
23. Secrets - Toni Braxton
24. Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai
25. Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
26. One in a Million - Aaliyah
27. Beautiful Freak - Eels
28. Bringing Down the Horse - Wallflowers
29. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - Makaveli
30. Being There - Wilco
31. Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin
32. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon
33. Roots - Sepultura
34. Ironman - Ghostface Killah
35. Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise
36. Unplugged - Alice In Chains
37. Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab
38. Another Level - Blackstreet
39. Tigermilk - Belle and Sebastian
40. Illadelph Halflife - Roots
41. Placebo - Placebo
42. Load - Metallica
43. Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
44. Hell on Earth - Mobb Deep
45. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah - Nirvana
46. Down on the Upside - Soundgarden
47. Walking Wounded - Everything but the Girl
48. Ridin' Dirty - UGK
49. First Band on the Moon - Cardigans
50. Pre-Millennium Tension - Tricky

51. Fashion Nugget - Cake
52. Recovering the Satellites - Counting Crows
53. Keith Sweat - Keith Sweat
54. This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About - Modest Mouse
55. Coming Up - Suede
56. Ginuwine...The Bachelor - Ginuwine
57. White Light White Heat White Trash - Social Distortion
58. Older - George Michael
59. Beats, Rhymes and Life - A Tribe Called Quest
60. On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel
61. Hard Core - Lil' Kim
62. Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican - Stone Temple Pilots
63. 1977 - Ash
64. In Sides - Orbital
65. Muddy Waters - Redman
66. Second Toughest in the Infants - Underworld
67. Dilate - Ani DiFranco
68. Stakes Is High - De La Soul
69. Turn the Radio Off - Reel Big Fish
70. Emancipation - Prince
71. K - Kula Shaker
72. Wrath of the Math - Jeru the Damaja
73. Moseley Shoals - Ocean Colour Scene
74. Razorblade Suitcase - Bush
75. Lamb - Lamb
76. Peace Beyond Passion - Me'Shell NdegéOcello
77. Dust - Screaming Trees
78. Dru Hill - Dru Hill
79. Revival - Gillian Welch
80. Bow Down - Westside Connection
81. A Few Small Repairs - Shawn Colvin
82. Come Find Yourself - Fun Lovin' Criminals
83. This Fire - Paula Cole
84. 112 - 112
85. The Jester Race - In Flames
86. Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle - Olivia Tremor Control
87. Trailer Park - Beth Orton
88. Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower
89. Through Silver in Blood - Neurosis
90. House of Music - Tony Toni Tone
91. The Coming - Busta Rhymes
92. Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
93. The Day - Babyface
94. Blue Is the Colour - Beautiful South
95. Call the Doctor - Sleater-Kinney
96. Home Again - New Edition
97. Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera
98. Nocturnal - Heltah Skeltah
99. To the Faithful Departed - Cranberries
100. Tha Doggfather - Snoop Doggy Dogg