1996 Best Albums/Singles Music Poll

Here’s a Facebook group (Expert Witness) poll that I voted in: Top 20 albums and Top singles of 1996. 

Below my picks are the poll winners.

My Picks

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing  30

2. Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - 15

3. Fountains of Wayne - s/t  13

4. Beck - Odelay 11

5. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister  10

6. Amy Rigby - Diary of A Mod Housewife 9

7. Bobbie Cryner - Girl of Your Dreams 8

8. Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This 8

9. Fugees - The Score 8

10. Gillian Welch - Revival 8

11.  Iris DeMent - The Way I Should 8

12.  Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt 8

13.  Johnny Cash - Unchained 8

14.  Mandy Barnett - s/t 8

15. Outkast - Atliens 8

16.  REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi 8

17. Sheryl Crow - s/t 8

18. Steve Earle - I Feel Alright 8

19. Tony Toni Tone - House of Music 8

20. Willie Nelson - Spirit 8

Singles

2PAC - California Love

Beck - Where It's At

Blackstreet - No Diggity

Cardigans - Lovefool

Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back To Me Now 

Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine

En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

Everything but the Girl - Missing

Fountains of Wayne - Radiation Vibe 

Fugees - Ready or Not

Garbage - Stupid Girl

Ginuwine - Pony

Los Del Rio - Macarena

Mandy Barnett - Now That's All Right With Me

Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack

Oasis - Wonderwall

OMC - How Bizarre 

Pulp - Common People

Quad City DJs - C'mon N' Ride It

Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Spice Girls - Wannabe

Sublime - What I Got

The Prodigy - Firestarter

Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart

Poll Winners Albums

1. DJ Shadow: Endtroducing… (516 points/31 votes/highest points given 30)

2. Sleater-Kinney: Call the Doctor (370/22/30)

3. Amy Rigby: Diary of a Mod Housewife (337/26/25)

4. Fugees: The Score (185/19/22)

5. Beck: Odelay (181/19/17)

6. Los Lobos: Colossal Head (155/15/25)

7. Iris DeMent: The Way I Should (154/15/30)

8. Ghostface Killah: Ironman (129/13/23)

9. Belle and Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister (116/9/20)

10. Tony! Toni! Toné!: House of Music (115/13/12)

11. Imperial Teen: Seasick (112/15/10)

12. Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup (107/13/10)

13. Arto Lindsay: Mundo Civilizado (105/6/25)

14. Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne (99/10/15)

15. Pet Shop Boys: Bilingual (84/6/25)

16. R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi (80/11/10)

17. OutKast: ATLiens (76/7/25)

18. Willie Nelson: Spirit (68/8/15)

19. Fluffy: Black Eye (66/9/10)

20. James Carter: Conversin’ with the Elders (62/8/12)

21. Aphex Twin: Richard D. James Album (61/5/30)

22. Pulp: Different Class (54/7/10)

23. Spring Heel Jack: 68 Million Shades (52/5/19)

24. Prince: Emancipation (48/5/15)

25. Bikini Kill: Reject All American (45/5/10)

26. Weezer: Pinkerton (44/5/15)

27. Wilco: Being There (43/4/15)

28. Steve Earle: I Feel Alright (42/4/15)

29. Sex Pistols: Filthy Lucre Live (40/3/25)

30. Gillian Welch: Revival (39/3/20)

31. Ani DiFranco: Dilate (37/6/10)

32. Sebadoh: Harmacy (36/5/10)

33. Cibo Matto: Viva! La Woman (35/4/10)

34. Modest Mouse: This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (34/4/13)

35. John Zorn: Bar Kokhba (33/3/13)

36. The Beautiful South: Blue Is the Colour (33/3/15)

37=. Fiona Apple: Tidal (29/4/10)

37=. Tricky: Pre-Millennium Tension (29/4/10)

39. Toni Braxton: Secrets (28/3/10)

40. Sugar and Poison (25/2/15)

Singles Top 20

1. Quad City DJ’s: “C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)” (14 votes/average length 24)

2. Blackstreet, Dr. Dre, Queen Pen: “No Diggity” (10/31)

3. The Smashing Pumpkins: “1979” (9/22.7)

4. Spice Girls: “Wannabe” (9/23.1)

5. Pulp: “Common People” (8/20.4)

6. Fugees: “Ready or Not” (8/24)

7. Los Del Rio: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)“ (8/31.5)

8. Toni Braxton: “Un-Break My Heart” (7/28.9)

9. Beck: “Where It’s At” (6/24.3)

10. 2Pac, Dr. Dre: “California Love” (6/31.2)

11. Alanis Morissette: “Ironic” (5/19)

12. Fugees: “Fu-Gee-La” (5/26.4)

13. Ginuwine: “Pony” (5/33.4)

14. Butthole Surfers: “Pepper” (5/39)

15. OMC: “How Bizarre” (5/39)

16. Garbage: “Stupid Girl” (4/19.5)

17. The Cardigans: “Lovefool” (4/20)

18. Celine Dion: “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” (4/21.3)

19. Fluke: “Atom Bomb” (4/25)

20. Local H: “Bound for the Floor” (4/25)