TOP 100 SONGS OF 1996

1.  Good Things - SLEATER-KINNEY Call The Doctor (Chainsaw)
2.  I Gave You Power - NAS It Was Written (Columbia)
3.  Something Changed - PULP Different Class (Island)
4.  Bulls On Parade - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Evil Empire (Epic)
5.  On Fire - SEBADOH Harmacy (Sub Pop)
6.  Come Home - MARTIN PHILLIPPS & THE CHILLS Sunburnt 
	(Flying Nun)
7.  Lovefool - THE CARDIGANS First Band On The Moon 
	(Trampolene/Stockholm/Mercury)
8.  Scooby Snacks - FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS Come Find Yourself 
	(Silver Spotlight/EMI)
9.  We Don't Need Nobody Else - WHIPPING BOY Heartworm 
	(Columbia)
10. You're Gorgeous - BABYBIRD You're Gorgeous (Echo import)
11. The Noise Of Carpet - STEREOLAB Emperor Tomato Ketchup 
	(Duophonic/Elektra) 
12. Technicolour Yawn - FLUFFY Black Eye (The Enclave)
13. Rubdown - MOOSE Live A Little Love A Lot 
	(Play It Again Sam import)
14. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine - BETH ORTON Trailer Park 
	(Heavenly/Deconstruction import)
15. Disco 2000 - PULP Different Class (Island)
16. If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) - NAS It Was Written 
	(Columbia) 
17. A Red Letter Day - PET SHOP BOYS Bilingual (Atlantic)
18. I Was Wrong - SOCIAL DISTORTION 
	White Light, White Heat, White Trash (550 Music/Epic)
19. Christiansands - TRICKY Pre-Millennium Tension (Island)
20. Big Time - NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE Broken Arrow (Reprise)
21. The Frog Princess - THE DIVINE COMEDY Casanova (Setanta)
22. Mission Rock Resort - MARK EITZEL 60 Watt Silver Lining 
	(Warner)
23. No - CHUCK D Autobiography Of Mistachuck (Mercury)
24. Say You Miss Me - WILCO Being There (Reprise)
25. Holiday Surprise 1,2,3 - OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL 
	Dusk At Cubist Castle (Flydaddy)
26. Something For The Weekend - SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Fuzzy Logic 
	(Creation/Epic)
27. 260 - GHOSTFACE KILLAH Ironman (Razor Sharp/Epic Street)
28. Trash - SUEDE Coming Up (Nude import)
29. Willing To Wait - SEBADOH Harmacy (Sub Pop)
30. Chips Rafferty - RICHARD DAVIES
	There's Never Been A Crowd Like This (Flydaddy)
31. Reject All American - BIKINI KILL Reject All American
	(Kill Rock Stars)
32. Bubbles - NEARLY GOD Heaven
	(Durban Poison/Island Independent)
33. Girls Doing Each Other's Hair - GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI 
	Introducing Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (Ankst '94/Mercury)
34. Galactic Funk (Tau Ceti mix) - DJ SPOOKY 
	Songs Of A Dead Dreamer (Asphodel)
35. Ring - YUM-YUM Dan Loves Patti (Tag/Atlantic)
36. Underwater Explosions - GUIDED BY VOICES 
	Under The Bushes Under The Stars (Matador)
37. Loneliness - ROBERT FORSTER Warm Nights (Beggars Banquet)
38. Thinking Of You - TONY TONI TONE House Of Music (Mercury)
39. Vogue Bambini - MOMUS 20 Vodka Jellies (Le Grand Majistery)
40. Pretty Noose - SOUNDGARDEN Down On The Upside (A&M)
41. Deny Everything - FLUFFY 5 Live EP (The Enclave)
42. Don't Need A Reason - BETH ORTON Trailer Park 
	(Heavenly/Deconstruction import)
43. Fighting Fit - GENE CD single (Costermonger/Polydor import)
44. Doin' It - LL COOL J Mr. Smith (Def Jam)
45. Gent - HOLIDAY Ready, Steady, Go! (March)
46. How To Make A Chandelier - ANIMALS THAT SWIM Workshy 
	(Elemental '94/Big Pop)
47. Nude As The News - CAT POWER What Would The Community Think 
	(Matador)
48. No Easy Way Down - MARK EITZEL 60 Watt Silver Lining (Warner)
49. Catapult - IDAHO Three Sheets To The Wind (Caroline)
50. Sorted For E's And Wizz - PULP Different Class (Island '95)
51. What Do I Do Now? - SLEEPER The It Girl (Indolent/Arista)
52. You Used To Call Me Sadness - STEREOLAB Fluorescences EP
	(Duophonic import)
53. Down Rodeo - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Evil Empire (Epic)
54. Ready Or Not - FUGEES The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
55. Break A Promise - GUV'NER The Hunt (Merge)
56. Regulo 7 - MOOSE Live A Little Love A Lot
	(Play It Again Sam import)
57. Pretty - THE RAINCOATS Looking In The Shadows (Geffen)
58. Amateur - AIMEE MANN I'm With Stupid (DGC)
59. Stay Where You Are - SLEATER-KINNEY Call The Doctor 
	(Chainsaw)
60. Oh Yeah - ASH 1977 (Infectious/Reprise)
61. Jet Girl - THE WEDDING PRESENT Miniplus (Cooking Vinyl)
62. Everything You Say Will Destroy You - THE AUTEURS 
	After Murder Park (Hut/Vernon Yard/Caroline)
63. Anymore Time Between - BOB MOULD Bob Mould (Rykodisc)
64. Birthday Cake - CIBO MATTO Viva! La Woman (Warner)
65. Beer And Kisses - AMY RIGBY Diary Of A Mod Housewife (Koch)
66. Personality - WHIPPING BOY Heartworm (Columbia)
67. What Am I Supposed To Do - BUZZCOCKS All Set (I.R.S.)
68. Been It - THE CARDIGANS First Band On The Moon 
	(Trampolene/Stockholm/Mercury)
69. Don't Marry Her - THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH Blue Is The Colour
	(Go! Discs import)
70. Dinner With Delores - ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE
	Chaos & Disorder (Warner)
71. Gong Gong - SPORTSGUITAR Fade Cliche
	(Sportsguitar '94/Derivative import)
72. Piano - TRICKY Pre-Millennium Tension (Island)
73. Defiant - THE WIPERS The Herd (Tim Kerr)
74. Surrounded - MARTIN PHILLIPPS & THE CHILLS Sunburnt
	(Flying Nun)
75. Take Everything - MAZZY STAR Among My Swan (Capitol)
76. Democracy - KILLING JOKE Democracy (Butterfly/Big Life/Zoo)
77. Who Is He And What Is He To You - ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO
	Peace Beyond Passion (Maverick/Reprise)
78. Guilty As Charged - EAST RIVER PIPE Mel (Hell Gate/Merge)
79. Degenerate - VIC CHESNUTT About To Choke (Capitol)
80. Braver Newer World - JIMMIE DALE GILMORE Braver Newer World 
	(Elektra)
81. Jack Frost Blues - JACK FROST Snow Job
	(Karmic Hit/Beggars Banquet)
82. Purple Bike - SUGAR PLANT Cage Of The Sun EP (Pop Narcotic)
83. The Other End Of The Telescope - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE 
	ATTRACTIONS All This Useless Beauty (Warner)
84. Therapy - HELTAH SKELTAH Nocturnal (Duck Down/Priority)
85. Dead Opera Star - SPARKLEHORSE Chords I've Known EP (Capitol) 
86. Mary Tyler Moore - ABLE TASMANS Store In A Cool Place
	(Flying Nun '95 import)
87. Can't Stop These Things - CHINA DRUM Goosefair (510/Uni)
88. Baader Meinhof - BAADER MEINHOF Baader Meinhof
	(VC/T/A Hut import)
89. That Was My Veil - JOHN PARISH & POLLY JEAN HARVEY
	Dance Hall At Louse Point (Island)
90. How Can I Face Tomorrow - A LOOSE CONFEDERATION OF SATURDAY 
	CITY-STATES 7" single (Slow River)
91. Ben Sherman - HEAVENLY Operation Heavenly (K)
92. Give it A Day - PAVEMENT Pacific Trim 7" EP (Matador)
93. Single - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Walking Wounded (Virgin)
94. Strange Attraction - THE CURE Wild Mood Swings 
	(Elektra/Fiction)
95. How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us - R.E.M.
	New Adventures In Hi-Fi (Warner)
96. Been There Done That - DR. DRE 
	Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath (Aftermath/Interscope)
97. Talking To Clarry - THE BLUETONES Expecting To Fly
	(Superior Quality/A&M)
98. The Rest Of The Day - BEDHEAD Beheaded (Trance Syndicate)
99. Sing - BLUR Trainspotting Soundtrack (Capitol)
100.Maggie Turns To Flies - ROBERT POLLARD Not In My Airplane 
	(Matador)

Top 10 EPs
1.  FLUFFY - 5 Live (The Enclave)
2.  THE WEDDING PRESENT - Miniplus (Cooking Vinyl)
3.  STEREOLAB - Fluorescences (Duophonic import)
4.  SUGAR PLANT - Cage Of The Sun (Pop Narcotic) 
5.  DJ SPOOKY - Galactic Funk (Asphodel)
6.  SPARKLEHORSE - Chords I've Known (Capitol)
7.  PAVEMENT - Pacific Trim (Matador)
8.  GUIDED BY VOICES - Sunfish Holy Breakfast (Matador)
9.  TRICKY - Tricky Presents Grassroots 
	(Durban Poison/Payday/FFRR)
10. EDWYN COLLINS - Keep On Burning (Setanta import)

					David Rawson