Best Alternative albums of 1996

5 records · chart score = each record's average, pulled toward the site average (8.0) until it has more than a few scores

1. 1
   DustScreaming Trees

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.60avg 9.5 · 2 scores
2. 2
   Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (Super Deluxe Edition) (2021 Remaster)Stone Temple Pilots

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.37avg 9.4 · 1 score
3. 3
   Bend SinisterThe Fall

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
4. 4
   New Adventures In Hi-FiR.E.M.

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
5. 5
   ElectriclarrylandButthole Surfers

   1996Alternative
   Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score