TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 1996

1.  PULP - Different Class (Island)
2.  SLEATER-KINNEY - Call The Doctor (Chainsaw)
3.  BETH ORTON - Trailer Park (Heavenly/Deconstruction import)
4.  MOOSE - Live A Little Love A Lot (Play It Again Sam import)
5.  MARK EITZEL - 60 Watt Silver Lining (Warner)
6.  RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Evil Empire (Epic)
7.  NAS - It Was Written (Columbia)
8.  WHIPPING BOY - Heartworm (Columbia)
9.  MOMUS - 20 Vodka Jellies (Le Grand Majistery)
10. SEBADOH - Harmacy (Sub Pop)
11. MARTIN PHILLIPPS & THE CHILLS - Sunburnt (Flying Nun)
12. BIKINI KILL - Reject All American (Kill Rock Stars)
13. STEREOLAB - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Duophonic/Elektra)
14. FLUFFY - Black Eye (The Enclave)
15. THE CARDIGANS - First Band On The Moon 
	(Trampolene/Stockholm/Mercury)
16. WILCO - Being There (Reprise)
17. YUM-YUM - Dan Loves Patti (Tag/Atlantic)
18. TRICKY - Pre-Millennium Tension (Island)
19. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Fuzzy Logic (Creation/Epic)
20. RICHARD DAVIES - There's Never Been A Crowd Like This 
	(Flydaddy)
21. GUIDED BY VOICES - Under The Bushes Under The Stars (Matador)
22. BABYBIRD - You're Gorgeous (Echo import)
23. PET SHOP BOYS - Bilingual (Atlantic)
24. THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL - Dusk At Cubist Castle (Flydaddy)
25. FUGEES - The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
26. ROBERT FORSTER - Warm Nights (Beggars Banquet)
27. NEARLY GOD - Heaven (Durban Poison/Island Independent)
28. ANIMALS THAT SWIM - Workshy (Elemental '94/Big Pop)
29. IDAHO - Three Sheets To The Wind (Caroline)
30. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Ironman (Razor Sharp/Epic Street)
31. THE AUTEURS - After Murder Park (Hut/Vernon Yard/Caroline)
32. THE DIVINE COMEDY - Casanova (Setanta)
33. THE RAINCOATS - Looking In The Shadows (Geffen)
34. BOB MOULD - Bob Mould (Rykodisc)
35. HOLIDAY - Ready, Steady, Go! (March)
36. EAST RIVER PIPE - Mel (Hellgate/Merge)
37. GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI - Introducing Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 
	(Ankst '94'95/Mercury)
38. VIC CHESNUTT - About To Choke (Capitol)
39. AIMEE MANN - I'm With Stupid (Imago)
40. CAT POWER - What Would The Community Think (Matador)













41. NIRVANA - From The Banks Of the Muddy Wishkah (DGC)
42. KILLING JOKE - Democracy (Butterfly/Big Life/Zoo)
43. NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE - Broken Arrow (Reprise)
44. MAZZY STAR - Among My Swan (Capitol)
45. THE WIPERS - The Herd (Tim Kerr)
46. THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - Blue Is The Colour (Go! Discs import) 
47. SLEEPER - The It Girl (Indolent/RCA)
48. TONY TONI TONE - House Of Music (Mercury)
49. SUEDE - Coming Up (Nude import)
50. THE WEDDING PRESENT - Saturnalia (Cooking Vinyl)
51. BEDHEAD - Beheaded (Trance Syndicate)
52. CHUCK D - Autobiography Of Mistachuck (Mercury)
53. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Walking Wounded (Virgin)
54. ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO - Peace Beyond Passion 
	(Maverick/Reprise)
55. HEAVENLY - Operation Heavenly (K)
56. ROBERT POLLARD - Not In My Airplane (Matador)
57. PATTI SMITH - Gone Again (Arista)
58. SOUNDGARDEN - Down On The Upside (A&M)
59. KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE - Matapedia (Hannibal)
60. BAADER MEINHOF - Baader Meinhof (VC/T/A Hut import)
61. ASH - 1977 (Infectious/Reprise)
62. ABLE TASMANS - Store In A Cool Place (Flying Nun import)
63. ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE - Chaos & Disorder (Warner)
64. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi (Warner)
65. BUZZCOCKS - All Set (I.R.S.)
66. THE CURE - Wild Mood Swings (Elektra/Fiction)
67. CHINA DRUM - Goosefair (510/Uni)
68. SPORTSGUITAR - Fade Cliche (Sportsguitar '94/Derivative)
69. BECK - Odelay (Geffen)
70. JACK FROST - Snow Job (Karmic Hit/Beggars Banquet)
71. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Everything Must Go (Epic)
72. SOUNDTRACK - Trainspotting (Capitol)
73. THE CARDIGANS - Life (Trampolene/Stockholm '95/Minty Fresh)
74. ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE - Emancipation (NPG/EMI)
75. CIBO MATTO - Viva! La Woman (Warner)
76. TOBIN SPROUT - Carnival Boy (Matador)
77. AMY RIGBY - Diary Of A Mod Housewife (Koch)
78. NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - On Avery Island (Merge)
79. TORI AMOS - Boys For Pele (Atlantic)
80. JIMMIE DALE GILMORE - Braver New World (Elektra) 
81. GUV'NER - The Hunt (Merge)
82. DJ SPOOKY - Songs Of A Dead Dreamer (Asphodel)
83. SOCIAL DISTORTION - White Light, White Heat, White Trash 
	(550 Music/Epic)
84. JOHN PARISH & POLLY JEAN HARVEY - Dance Hall At Louse Point 
	(Island)
85. THE BLUETONES - Expecting To Fly (Superior Quality/A&M)
86. SCRAWL - Travel On, Rider (Elektra)
87. FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS - Come Find Yourself 
	(Silver Spotlight/EMI)
88. THE CANNANES - The Cannanes (Ajax)


89. DR OCTAGON - Dr Octagon (Bulk)
90. TOMMY KEENE - 10 Years After (Matador)
91. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Future Rhythm (Critique/Radikal)
92. LOU REED - Set The Twilight Reeling (Warner)
93. FASTBACKS - New Mansions In Sound (Sub Pop)
94. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - All This Useless Beauty 
	(Warner)
95. DE LA SOUL - Stakes Is High (Tommy Boy)
96. MOUNTAIN GOATS - Nothing But Juice (Ajax)
97. 60 FT. DOLLS - The Big Three (Indolent/DGC)
98. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Sweet Relief II: The Gravity Of The 
	Situation - A Tribute To Vic Chesnutt (Columbia)
99. PAUL WESTERBERG - Eventually (Reprise)
100.RICO BELL - The Return Of Rico Bell (Bloodshot)