Best Rock Album - 1996?
Best Rock Album - 1996? 29 votes
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Crash - Dave Matthews Band
I remember the Sonics-Bulls series played at Climate Pledge Arena -
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Being There - WilcoMy favorite albums from this year were by Wilco and Brian Jonestown Massacre and I had no idea of them until some years later. Never heard them on Seattle radio, but I didn't know what KEXP was in 1996.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVD8VIuX0bA
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My iTunes library is a wasteland for 1996. Favorite song from the year.
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Being There - Wilco
I thought it sucked at the Tim. Came around to it later in life. 1996 found me furiously buying all the classic rock CDs I could at Tower Records on the Ave. I had no idea of what was going on in contemporary music other that the big hits that got radio airplay.GrundleStiltzkin said:
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Odelay - BeckWilco is amazing. I tabbed them first, but like you I never got into them until later when I heard A Ghost is Born, then I was hooked. Odelay was/is such a cool album. I partied a lot that one and have some fun memories. It was a toss up really.
Also, Wild Mood Swings by The Cure came out that year. That might be their last good album. I can argue that Bloodflowers in 2000 was decent as well but WMS was really a fun listen. -
Being There - Wilco
I had no idea of Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt until circa 2009. It just wasn't on our collective radar in the mid 90s.theknowledge said:Wilco is amazing. I tabbed them first, but like you I never got into them until later when I heard A Ghost is Born, then I was hooked. Odelay was/is such a cool album. I partied a lot that one and have some fun memories. It was a toss up really.
Also, Wild Mood Swings by The Cure came out that year. That might be their last good album. I can argue that Bloodflowers in 2000 was decent as well but WMS was really a fun listen.
I'm more into the earlier Wilco stuff vs Tweedy's later body of work through. And all the Uncle Tupelo album's are essential. -
Being There - Wilco
Beck definitely was on the radar and the guy is a Bowie level genius. Plus he wrote my theme song.theknowledge said:Wilco is amazing. I tabbed them first, but like you I never got into them until later when I heard A Ghost is Born, then I was hooked. Odelay was/is such a cool album. I partied a lot that one and have some fun memories. It was a toss up really.
Also, Wild Mood Swings by The Cure came out that year. That might be their last good album. I can argue that Bloodflowers in 2000 was decent as well but WMS was really a fun listen.
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Odelay - Beck
My exact game during this time...hunkered down and started buying CDs of the classics...KEXP and KBCS has got me on to some really good stuff over the years, including Wilco...YellowSnow said:My favorite albums from this year were by Wilco and Brian Jonestown Massacre and I had no idea of them until some years later. Never heard them on Seattle radio, but I didn't know what KEXP was in 1996.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVD8VIuX0bAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45HPaTF0u7U
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Being There - Wilco
These millennial douche canoe whipper snappers don't realize how much more effort was involved in discovering music in the physical media era.Fishpo31 said:
My exact game during this time...hunkered down and started buying CDs of the classics...KEXP and KBCS has got me on to some really good stuff over the years, including Wilco...YellowSnow said:My favorite albums from this year were by Wilco and Brian Jonestown Massacre and I had no idea of them until some years later. Never heard them on Seattle radio, but I didn't know what KEXP was in 1996.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVD8VIuX0bAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45HPaTF0u7U
