Gee! Excluding compilations and archival releases, this is all I have from 1996 in my collection: Broken Arrow, Neil Young & Crazy Horse Say No More, Charly GarcĂa Even though it's a collection of rarities, I would like to include the following one because it's one of the last projects Frank put together in his lifetime, and because it's one of my favorite releases ever: The Lost Episodes, Frank Zappa
Thin year Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded Jim Webb - Ten Easy Pieces Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth Lotion - Nobody's Cool Mark Eitzel - 60Watt Silver Lining R.E.M. - New Adventures Screaming Trees - Dust
John Entwistle The Rock Spock's Beard Beware of Darkness Caravan All Over You Camel Harbour of Tears Pendragon Masquerade Overture Shadowland Mad as a Hatter Galahad Live Steeleye Span Time Echolyn When the Sweet Turns Sour John Wesley Harding New Deal Sally Oldfield Secret Songs Wolfstone The Half Tail John Wetton Akustika Lindisfarne Live Cambridge Mike Oldfield Voyager Deep Purple Purpendicular Richard Thompson You Me Us The Rutles Archaeology The Beatles Anthology 2 & 3 Patti Smith Gone Again
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt 2Pac - All Eyez On Me Ghostface Killah - Ironman The High Llamas - Hawaii Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup Nas - It Was Written
Not a particularly deep year, but the top 3 are among my all-time favorites. In order: Lyle Lovett | The Road to Ensenada Robert Earl Keen | No. 2 Live Dinner Cowboy Junkies | Lay It Down Phish | Billy Breathes Tragically Hip | Trouble at the Henhouse Sublime Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men | Interstate City Squirrel Nut Zippers | Hot Afghan Whigs | Black Love Johnny Cash | Unchained Bill Frissel | Nashville Yo Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer | Appalachian Waltz Firewater | Get Off The Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire Keb' Mo' | Just Like Me Los Lobos | Colossal Head Rosanne Cash | 10 Song Demo
gillian welch : revival joe henry : trampoline the gourds : dems good beeble belle & sebastian : if you're feeling sinister / tigermilk wilco : being there scud mountain boys : massachusetts guided by voices : under the bushes, under the stars fountains of wayne : S/T blue mountain : dog days robert pollard - not in my airforce cake - fashion nugget sloan - one chord to another beck : odelay golden smog : down by the old mainstream mark eitzel : sixty watt silver lining vic chesnutt - about to choke jason falkner - presents author unknown red house painters - songs for a blue guitar brendan benson - one mississippi
The Beatles: Anthology 3 Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2 The Who: Live At The Isle of Wight 1970 Chris Isaak: Baja Sessions Neil Young And Crazy Horse: Broken Arrow Journey: Trial By Fire Pearl Jam: No Code Steve Vai: Fire Garden Brian Setzer Orchestra: Guitar Slinger Fiona Apple: Tidal
Type O Negative-October Rust Birmingham 6-Error of Judgement Eels-Beautiful Freak Frazier Chorus-Wide Awake (US Edition) KMFDM-XTORT Lycia-Cold The Refreshments- Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy Qkumba Zoo-Wake Up and Dream (US) Crash Test Dummies-A Worms Life OMD-Universal Ministry-Filth Pig Pet Shop Boys-Bilingual Electronic-Raise The Pressure Lightning Seeds-Dizzy Heights Bob Mould-S/T (See) The Ocean Blue
Tons of classics. 2pac: All Eyes on Me Beck: Odelay Belle and Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister Cake: Fashion Nugget DJ Shadow: Endtroducing Edge of Sanity: Crimson Modest Mouse: This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About Nas: It Was Written Outkast: ATliens Jay Z: Reasonable Doubt Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar Rage Against the Machine: Evil Empire Sublime: Sublime Swans: Soundtracks for the Blind The Cardigans: First Band on the Moon The Fugees: Score Tool: AEnima Type O Negative: October Rust Weezer: Pinkerton Wilco: Being There etc.
pretty lean year for me but I'm probably forgetting something Kula Shaker -K X-Legged Sally-Fired Richard Thompson-You Me Us Gillian Welch-Revival King Crimson--Trakattak
Weezer - Pinkerton Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi Ash - 1977 The Cure - Wild Mood Swings Johnny Cash - American II: Unchained Rush - Test For Echo Neil Young And Crazy Horse - Broken Arrow Bob Mould - Bob Mould King's X - Ear Candy Catatonia - Way Beyond Blue Journey - Trial By Fire
In alphabetical order: 1. ACCEPT - Predator 2. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Murder Ballads 3. COCKER, JOE - Organic 4. COCTEAU TWINS - Milk & Kisses 5. COWBOY JUNKIES - Lay It Down 6. DEEP PURPLE - Purpendicular 7. EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN - Ende Neu 8. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Walking Wounded 9. GAINSBOURG, SERGE - Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin 10. HELLOWEEN - The Time Of The Oath 11. ISAAK, CHRIS - Baja Sessions 12. JOHANSON, JAY-JAY - Whiskey 13. KRALL, DIANA - All For You 14. MANOWAR - Louder Then Hell 15. MANSON, MARILYN - Antichrist Superstar 16. METALLICA - Load 17. MICHAEL, GEORGE - Older 18. MORCHEEBA - Who Can You Trust? 19. PEYROUX, MADELEINE - Dreamland 20. RAGE - End Of All Days 21. SCORPIONS - Pure Instinct 22. SOUNDTRACK - Lost Highway 23. SOUNDTRACK - Kansas City 24. STING - Mercury Falling 25. STRATOVARIUS - Episode 26. WYLDE, ZAKK - Book Of Shadows 27. YOUNG, NEIL - Dead Man 28. ZZ TOP - Rhythmeen
Jason Falkner - Presents Author Unknown Underworld- Second Toughest in the Infants Mark Eitzel - 60 Watt Silver Lining Just a couple compared to others, not only favorites of 1996 but favorites still.
Tool - Aenima Porno for Pyros - Good God's Urge Beck - Odelay Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor Fiona Apple - Tidal Tori Amos - Boys for Pele Southern Culture on the Skids - Dirt Track Date
The Flower Kings - Retropolis Porcupine Tree - Signify Dave Matthews Band - Crash Eric Johnson - Venus Isle Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# (Infinity) Wilco - Being There The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
1. Beck - Odelay 2. Tool - Aenima 3. DJ Shadow - Entroducing 4. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup 5. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic 6. Wilco - Being There 7. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die 8. Los Lobos - Colossal Head 9. John Zorn - Bar Kokhba 10. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright 11. REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi 12. Screaming Trees - Dust 13. Ghostface Killah - Ironman 14. Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich 15. Paul Bley - Reality Check 16. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister 17. Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle 18. Vic Chesnutt - About to Choke 19. East River Pipe - Mel 20. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt 21. Koenji Hyakkei - II 22. Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes, Under the Stars 23. Dr. Octagon - ST 24. Gary Lucas - Evangeline 25. Dave Holland - Dream of the Elders