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Highest Rated Albums of 1996

Year

1996
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  - Acid Jazz
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  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient Techno
  - Americana
  - Art Pop
  - Britpop
  - Country
  - Dream Pop
  - Electronic
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  - Hip Hop
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  - Indie Pop
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1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

November 19, 1996

Hip Hop

Score

100

2. Walt Mink - El Producto

January 16, 1996

Indie Rock

Score

100

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3. 12 Rods - Gay?

January 14, 1996

Indie Rock

Score

100

4. Beck - Odelay

June 18, 1996

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5. Tanya Donelly - Sliding and Diving

November 25, 1996

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6. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi

September 9, 1996

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7. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot

June 4, 1996

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8. Amon Tobin - Adventures in Foam

September 16, 1996

Nu Jazz

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9. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

June 25, 1996

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10. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me

February 13, 1996

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11. Wilco - Being There

October 29, 1996

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12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads

February 5, 1996

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13. The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle

August 6, 1996

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14. James Taylor Quartet - Creation

May 27, 1996

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15. Orbital - In Sides

April 29, 1996

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16. Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman

January 16, 1996

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17. Fiona Apple - Tidal

July 23, 1996

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18. Red House Painters - Songs for a Blue Guitar

July 23, 1996

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19. Barkmarket - L. Ron

June 11, 1996

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20. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded

May 21, 1996

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21. Maxwell - Mawell's Urban Hang Suite

April 2, 1996

Neo-Soul

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22. Turbonegro - Ass Cobra

January 1, 1996

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23. Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne

October 1, 1996

Power Pop

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24. Spaceways - Trad

September 9, 1996

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25. Sebadoh - Harmacy

August 20, 1996

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 1996.

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