1996
I am a person that likes
On Avery Island better than
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. And that reminds me, I'm supposed to have purchased tickets to see NMH next June. I bet now they are sold out. Ok they still have balcony seats, cool. I don't think I really need to spend much time explaining the rest. Some favorites of the time have gone down a bit in the list - Download for example. A mind-blowing post-Skinny Puppy album that to me was "like a bass CD from the future" in addition to just being amazing destroyed techno, just doesn't get as much play as it used to. Two other mind-blowing favorites of the time, Tool and Aphex Twin, remain high on the list. The rest of the list is populated with really great albums I didn't discover until the 2000s. Other notable releases from the year include those from A Tribe Called Quest, Squarepusher, Tortoise, Orbital, Beck, Underworld, Meat Beat Manifesto, Polvo, Nas, Pulley, The Roots, UGK, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Swingin' Utters, Snuff, Stone Temple Pilots (probably the one album from them I would still be interested in listening to), Ween, Strung Out, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and the list goes on. I could stand to get far more familiar with a lot of those, and there are 20 additional on my wish list I've yet to hear. A very solid year indeed.
1.
Tool -
Ænima
2.
Neutral Milk Hotel -
On Avery Island
3.
Aphex Twin -
Richard D. James Album
4.
Swirlies -
They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons
5.
Download -
The Eyes of Stanley Pain
6.
Modest Mouse -
This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
7.
Sebadoh -
Harmacy
8.
Failure -
Fantastic Planet
9.
June of 44 -
Tropics and Meridians
10.
Unwound -
Repetition
