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 -
Enima - ToolThis is where I drifted off into my Neil Young rabbit hole and didnt really listen to anyone else for a few years. I've never heard most of these.
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Sublime - Sublime1996 was a “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” year if ever there was one for me, but I’ll always have fond memories of driving down the street with my friends during summer vacation with “What I Got” blaring out of the speakers.
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Sublime - SublimeExtremely HH worthy album
I don't cry when my dog runs away
I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay
I don't get angry when my mom smokes pot
Hits the bottle and goes right to the rock
Fuckin' and fightin', it's all the same
Livin' with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane
Let the lovin', let the lovin' come back to me -
Odelay - BeckBeck Odelay is a staple in my world. Sublime is okay, but like Red Hot Chili Peppers, they seem kind of lame as I get older. The dorm geeks at my college kind of ruined both Sublime and RHCP with their posters and listening to the same 4 songs.
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Enima - Tool
I...I have to admit that sounds slightly more fun than my summer full of "Stinkfist" and "Hooker With A Penis"Doog_de_Jour said:1996 was a “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” year if ever there was one for me, but I’ll always have fond memories of driving down the street with my friends during summer vacation with “What I Got” blaring out of the speakers.
Fuck, yet another of my many poor decisions in the 90's!
FML
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I abstain, but wanted to add that if possible I would do a negative vote for anything by Dave Mathews
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Odelay - Beck
I pretty much hate Dave and all of his fans, but Crash is a great song. I’ve heard many other Dave songs, but couldn’t name one of them because they didn’t make an impression.LebamDawg said:I abstain, but wanted to add that if possible I would do a negative vote for anything by Dave Mathews
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Crash - Dave Matthews Band
We would have to buy a whole CD just to get to one songYellowSnow said:
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 -
Enima - Tool
Stinkfist >>>>>>> Any other song mentioned in this thread and it isn't closeNoWarningJustDawg said:
I...I have to admit that sounds slightly more fun than my summer full of "Stinkfist" and "Hooker With A Penis"Doog_de_Jour said:1996 was a “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” year if ever there was one for me, but I’ll always have fond memories of driving down the street with my friends during summer vacation with “What I Got” blaring out of the speakers.
Fuck, yet another of my many poor decisions in the 90's!
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Not just a one-hitter album, it's pretty good.
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Crash - Dave Matthews Banddnc said:
Extremely HH worthy album
I don't cry when my dog runs away
I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay
I don't get angry when my mom smokes pot
Hits the bottle and goes right to the rock
Fuckin' and fightin', it's all the same
Livin' with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane
Let the lovin', let the lovin' come back to me
Pull out and unload on the small of her back
Or you'll be cooking for three days -
Enima - ToolThe fact that Sublime handily beat the masterwork from Tool means this place cannot be trusted with music poles. Idiots.
