Best albums of 1996

15 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
   No CodePearl Jam

   1996Rock
   Chart score8.44avg 9.1 · 2 scores
3. 3
   Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (Super Deluxe Edition) (2021 Remaster)Stone Temple Pilots

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.37avg 9.4 · 1 score
4. 4
   Angels in the Flesh and Devils in the BoneFloater

   1996Rock
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
5. 5
   Bend SinisterThe Fall

   1996Alternative
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
6. 6
   Down On The UpsideSoundgarden

   1996Rock
   Chart score8.27avg 9.0 · 1 score
7. 7
   Antichrist SuperstarMarilyn Manson

   1996Rock
   Chart score8.07avg 8.2 · 1 score
8. 8
   12 Golden Country GreatsWeen

   1996Pop
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
9. 9
   EasterPatti Smith

   1996Pop
   Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
10. 10
    New Adventures In Hi-FiR.E.M.

    1996Alternative
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
11. 11
    The Who By Numbers (Expanded Edition)The Who

    1996Rock
    Chart score8.02avg 8.0 · 1 score
12. 12
    ElectriclarrylandButthole Surfers

    1996Alternative
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
13. 13
    The Light User SyndromeThe Fall

    1996Rock
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
14. 14
    Who Are YouThe Who

    1996Rock
    Chart score7.77avg 7.0 · 1 score
15. 15
    It Was WrittenNas

    1996Hip-Hop
    Chart score7.55avg 6.1 · 1 score