1996 in music. • Page 4

and mike viola, who I mentioned earlier haha

 

There's a video of the two of them performing it together that I just love.

 

it’s a cool record, I really like Same Thing, No One Can Hurt Me, Everybody’s World, maybe another few, but songs like Very Best Years and that fucking Both Belong intro are just cloying

Jack Joseph Puig is one of my favorite mixers, never clicked as a producer though. Those records are way bloated

 

Y’all pop/rock heads gotta check out this JJP interview where he goes deep on tons of those records

 

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
2. Girls Against Boys - House Of GVSB
3. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

Ask me next week and it could be completely different. Too many great albums in 1996.

 

Descendents - Everything Sucks
MxPx - Life in General
Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
Donna Lewis - Now in a Minute

And this is probably a great time to inform everyone that Donna Lewis' album is finally on vinyl now!

 

This song is so awesome - I have never heard it before. What a blast.

 

Treat yourself to a full on rave 23 minute live cut of it;

 

1. 2pac - All Eyes On Me
2. Nas - It Was Written
3. Outkast - ATLiens

ALSO
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Sublime - Sublime
Weezer - Pinkerton
Reel Big Fish - Turn Off the Radio
Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
Makaveli (2pac) - The Don Kiluminati: The 7 Day Theory
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Fugees - The Score
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the House
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You
Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites
Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
Goldfinger - Goldfinger


What an incredible year for music and hip hop especially

 

OK you can have my list now

1. Sublime - Sublime
2. Weezer - Pinkerton
3. Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You
4. Tool - Ænima
5. Barenaked Ladies - Born On A Pirate Ship
6. The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse
7. Fiona Apple - Tidal
8. The Cure - Wild Mood Swings
9. Beck - Odelay
10. Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry
11. Fugees - The Score
12. Outkast - ATLiens
13. Descendents - Everything Sucks
14. Jay-z - Reasonable Doubt
15. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
16. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
17. Spoon - Telefono
18. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
19. Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants
20. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire

 

1996 mix

 

I wish I loved that album even a fraction as much as its single, which is one of the most wonderful to ever hit the airwaves.

 

the single is by far the best song, but there are some other ones i like a lot too. "without love", "nothing ever changes", and "fool's paradise" are also pretty great.

 

I somehow forgot that the final Cocteau Twins album came out in 1996. It remains very underrated; some fantastic tracks on there.

 

The Day by Babyface is downright fantastic.

 

1. Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites
2. Weezer - Pinkerton
3. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

 

I stole my copy of All Eyez On Me from my sister

 

Babyface is underrated by music consumers

 

Maybe not a true first listen, but I listened to Evil Empire by RATM for either the first time, or the first time in a long time. Whenever I'm in the mood to listen to Rage, I'll usually go for either of the albums either side of this. It's good though - aggressive and anthemic, some fun guitar riffs and De La Rocha's passionate vocals just belting it out.

Feels very similar to what comes before or after - which is kind of the thing for Rage for me in general, I feel like I could listen to any ten songs on shuffle and it'd be indistinguishable from an album.

 

I think this is def the consensus weakest album

 

1) Tool - Aenema
2) Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music
3) Weezer - Pinkerton
4) Beck - Odelay
5) Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
6) Tonic - Lemon Parade
7) Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
8) Goldfinger - Goldfinger
9) Sponge - Wax Ecstatic
10) Fiona Apple - Tidal
11) Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
12) Bad Religion - The Gray Race
13) Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
14) Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
15) Sublime - Sublime
16) Moist - Creature
17) Reel Big Fish - Turn The Radio Off
18) Pearl Jam - No Code
19) Matchbox 20 - Yourself Or Someone Like You
20) The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse

As a child of modern rock radio, if I were to leave off Tonic, Sponge, Bush or Matchbox 20 I'd be lying as I listened to those albums a fair amount. Tori Amos, Beck, Fiona Apple were all CD's I owned but I actually grew to appreciate them much later in life. Tool's 1996 album is, in my opinion, their peak as it's the best balance between their prog-leanings and big rock hooks. Moist I actually got into in 1997 due to, for some reason, Cablevision in the NYC area carrying MuchMusic (though they did have a minor US hit with "Resurrection"). Weezer, Counting Crows, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger all need no rationale to this group. For Pearl Jam fans, No Code is usually one of the "under-rated fan favorites" but I found it a little difficult in 1996 and still do but at times at age 38 but there's no denying it has some of their best material on it. The Bad Religion album usually gets a bad rap since it was their first without Brett at the time but I still think it's as solid as any Bad Religion 90's album and includes one of my favorite songs by them ("Pity The Dead").

 

Great List! Almost forgot about Reel Big Fish!

 

I still prefer EE over BOLA. Both are still great but BOLA has their most generic throw-always such as “Mic Check”

 

feels pretty safe to call this one, as it isn't particularly close. pinkerton wins with 39 points. the fugees' the score had 17 and wilco's being there had 13.

I have the day off tomorrow so I'll still post the thread, but it might be a bit later than usual depending on how late I sleep in