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==Albums released== {{See also|:Category:1996 albums}} ===January–March=== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! colspan="2"|Date !Album !Artist !Notes |- | rowspan="34" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y''' | rowspan="3" align="center"|1 | ''[[Cut in Half and Also Double]]'' || [[Emily Haines]] ||- |- | ''[[Inquilaab (album)|Inquilaab]]'' || [[Junoon (band)|Junoon]] ||- |- | ''[[Splay (Shiner album)|Splay]]'' || [[Shiner (band)|Shiner]] ||- |- | align="center"|2 | ''[[Grom (album)|Grom]]'' || [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|9 | ''[[Victor (Alex Lifeson album)|Victor]]'' || [[Alex Lifeson]] ||- |- | ''[[Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp]]'' || [[Kid Rock]] ||- |- | ''[[Right in the Middle of It]]'' || [[Chely Wright]] ||- |- | ''[[Young, Rich & Dangerous]]'' || [[Kris Kross]] ||- |- | align="center"|12 | ''[[Music of My Life (Jo Stafford album)|Music of My Life]]'' || [[Jo Stafford]] ||- |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|15 | ''[[Loops of Fury]]'' || [[The Chemical Brothers]] || EP |- | ''[[Predator (album)|Predator]]'' || [[Accept (band)|Accept]] ||- |- | ''[[Total Death]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|16 | ''[[Viva! La Woman]]'' || [[Cibo Matto]] ||- |- | ''[[Words (Tony Rich album)|Words]]'' || [[Tony Rich]] ||- |- | align="center"|19 | ''[[Painting on Glass]]'' || [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] ||- |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|22 | ''[[The Cult of Ray]]'' || [[Frank Black]] ||- |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|23 | ''[[Boys for Pele]]'' || [[Tori Amos]] ||- |- | ''[[Wither Blister Burn & Peel]]'' || [[Stabbing Westward]] ||- |- | ''[[10 Speed (album)|10 Speed]]'' || [[Mystery Machine (band)|Mystery Machine]] ||- |- | ''[[Helter Skelter (The D.O.C. album)|Helter Skelter]]'' || [[The D.O.C.]] ||- |- | ''[[The Trouble with the Truth (album)|The Trouble with the Truth]]'' || [[Patty Loveless]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|25 | ''[[Hey Man]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||Japan |- | ''[[Stormblåst]]'' || [[Dimmu Borgir]] ||- |- | align="center"|26 | ''[[Maniacal Laughter]]'' || [[The Bouncing Souls]] ||- |- | align="center"|29 | ''[[Advance (album)|Advance]]'' || [[LFO (British band)|LFO]] ||<ref name="advance-lfo-warp">{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/lfo/advance|work=[[Warp Records]]|title=LFO:Advance|access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812082731/http://warp.net/records/releases/lfo/advance|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|30 | ''[[Millions Now Living Will Never Die]]'' || [[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]] ||- |- | ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Diatribes (album)|Diatribes]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||- |- | ''[[Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (soundtrack)|Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Filth Pig]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] ||- |- | ''[[Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton]]'' || [[Eazy-E]] ||- |- | ''[[Total (Total album)|Total]]'' || [[Total (band)|Total]] ||- |- | align="center"|31 | ''[[Heavy Petting Zoo]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||- |- | align="center"|? | ''[[The Secrets of the Black Arts]]'' || [[Dark Funeral]] || Debut |- | rowspan="33" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y''' | rowspan="3" align="center"|5 | ''[[Purpendicular]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||- |- | ''[[Don't Stop (Status Quo album)|Don't Stop]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||- |- | ''[[Free Spirit (Bonnie Tyler album)|Free Spirit]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||- |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|6 | ''[[Kids on the Street]]'' || [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] ||- |- | ''[[Sackcloth 'n' Ashes]]'' || [[16 Horsepower]] ||- |- | ''[[Tennessee Moon]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||- |- | align="center"|7 |''[[Beat Out!]]'' |[[Glay]] | - |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|13 | ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] || 2x CD |- | ''[[Congratulations I'm Sorry]]'' || [[Gin Blossoms]] ||- |- | ''[[Looking East]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||- |- | ''[[The Score (Fugees album)|The Score]]'' || [[Fugees]] ||- |- | align="center"|19 | ''[[Skunkworks (album)|Skunkworks]]'' || [[Bruce Dickinson]] ||- |- | rowspan="10" align="center"|20 | ''[[Affliction (album)|Affliction]]'' || [[Econoline Crush]] ||- |- | ''[[Bloom (Audio Adrenaline album)|Bloom]]'' || [[Audio Adrenaline]] ||- |- | ''[[Come Find Yourself]]'' || [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]] || Debut |- | ''[[Firewater (Silkworm album)|Firewater]]'' || [[Silkworm (band)|Silkworm]] ||- |- | ''[[The Jester Race]]'' || [[In Flames]] ||- |- | ''[[Murder Ballads]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||- |- | ''[[Pies Descalzos]]'' || [[Shakira]] ||- |- | ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||- |- | ''[[Set the Twilight Reeling]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||- |- | ''[[Take Me to Your Leader (Newsboys album)|Take Me to Your Leader]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||- |- | align="center"|23 | ''[[Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute to [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|26 | ''[[The Mission (Captain Jack album)|The Mission]]'' || [[Captain Jack (group)|Captain Jack]] || - |- | rowspan="9" align="center"|27 | ''[[Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy]]'' || [[The Refreshments (US band)|The Refreshments]] ||- |- | ''[[Goldfinger (album)|Goldfinger]]'' || [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] ||- |- | ''[[The Gray Race]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||- |- | ''[[Heartbreak Town (album)|Heartbreak Town]]'' || [[Steve Azar]] ||- |- | ''[[High on the Hog (The Band album)|High on the Hog]]'' || [[The Band]] ||- |- | ''[[Lay It Down (Cowboy Junkies album)|Lay It Down]]'' || [[Cowboy Junkies]] ||- |- | ''[[Peach Fuzz (album)|Peach Fuzz]]'' || [[Enuff Z'Nuff]] || US |- | ''[[Pogue Mahone]]'' || [[The Pogues]] ||- |- | ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||- |- | rowspan="52" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H''' | rowspan="4" align="center"|4 | ''[[Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)|Hits]]'' || [[Mike and the Mechanics|Mike + The Mechanics]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Arena (Asia album)|Arena]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] ||- |- | ''[[After Murder Park]]'' || [[The Auteurs]] ||- |- | ''[[Myra Lee]]'' || [[Cat Power]] ||- |- | rowspan="6" align="center"|5 | ''[[Gravity Kills (album)|Gravity Kills]]'' || [[Gravity Kills]] ||- |- | ''[[House of GVSB]]'' || [[Girls Against Boys]] ||- |- | ''[[I Feel Alright]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||- |- | ''[[Naughty Little Doggie]]'' || [[Iggy Pop]] ||- |- | ''[[Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot]] AIDS benefit |- | ''[[The Time of the Oath]]'' || [[Helloween]] || US |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|8 | ''[[Mercury Falling]]'' || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|11 | ''[[Beat the Bastards]]'' || [[The Exploited]] ||- |- | ''[[Refresh the Demon]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||- |- | ''[[Regular Urban Survivors]]'' || [[Terrorvision]] ||- |- | ''Thomas Wade & Wayward'' || [[Thomas Wade (singer)|Thomas Wade & Wayward]] ||- |- | rowspan="6" align="center"|12 | ''[[Bad Hair Day]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||- |- | ''[[Black Love (The Afghan Whigs album)|Black Love]]'' || [[The Afghan Whigs]] ||- |- | ''[[Falling into You]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || US |- | ''[[Gato Negro]]'' || [[7 Year Bitch]] ||- |- | ''[[Kiss Unplugged]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Live |- | ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|18 | ''[[Emperor Tomato Ketchup (album)|Emperor Tomato Ketchup]]'' || [[Stereolab]] ||- |- | ''Another Way to Shine'' || [[Spiritual Beggars]] ||- |- | ''[[The Beatles Anthology]], [[Anthology 2|Volume 2]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation +1 new track |- | ''[[Karate (Karate album)|Karate]]'' || [[Karate (band)|Karate]] ||- |- | rowspan="9" align="center"|19 | ''[[Born on a Pirate Ship]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] ||- |- | ''[[The Burdens of Being Upright]]'' || [[Tracy Bonham]] || Debut |- | ''[[Colossal Head]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||- |- | ''[[Girl 6 (album)|Girl 6]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack |- | ''[[No. 2 Live Dinner]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] || Live |- | ''[[Off Parole]]'' || [[Rappin' 4-Tay]] ||- |- | ''[[The Resurrection (Geto Boys album)|The Resurrection]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||- |- | ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]'' || [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] ||- |- | ''[[Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack to [[The X-Files]] TV series |- | align="center"|23 | ''[[Holy Land (album)|Holy Land]]'' || [[Angra (band)|Angra]] || – |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|25 | ''[[Greatest Hits (Take That album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Take That]] ||Compilation |- | ''[[Golden Heart]]'' || [[Mark Knopfler]] ||- |- | ''[[Made Again (album)|Made Again]]'' || [[Marillion]] || 2x CD; Live |- | ''[[Call the Doctor]]'' || [[Sleater-Kinney]] ||- |- | ''Now That's What I Call Music! 33'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation |- | rowspan="19" align="center"|26 | ''[[40 More Reasons to Hate Us]]'' || [[Anal Cunt]] ||- |- | ''[[The Coming]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] || Solo Debut |- | ''[[Deathshead Extermination]]'' || [[Crisis (metal band)|Crisis]] ||- |- | ''[[Hissing Prigs in Static Couture]]'' || [[Brainiac (band)|Brainiac]] ||- |- | ''[[Jo Dee Messina (album)|Jo Dee Messina]]'' || [[Jo Dee Messina]] ||- |- | ''[[On Avery Island]]'' || [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] ||- |- | ''[[Regretfully Yours]]'' || [[Superdrag]] ||- |- | ''[[Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop]]'' || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] ||- |- | ''[[Under the Bushes Under the Stars]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||- |- | ''[[Villains (The Verve Pipe album)|Villains]]'' || [[The Verve Pipe]] ||- |} ===April–June=== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! colspan="2"|Date !Album !Artist !Notes |- | rowspan="61" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L''' | rowspan="3" align="center"|1 | ''[[A Maximum High]]'' || [[Shed Seven]] || UK |- | ''[[Milk & Kisses]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] || UK |- | ''[[Democracy (album)|Democracy]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] || UK |- | rowspan="8" align="center"|2 | ''Count the Days'' || [[Citizen King]] || EP |- | ''[[The In Sound from Way Out! (Beastie Boys album)|The In Sound from Way Out!]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||- |- | ''[[Crimson (Edge of Sanity album)|Crimson]]'' || [[Edge of Sanity]] ||- |- | ''[[Dopesick (album)|Dopesick]]'' || [[Eyehategod]] ||- |- | ''[[The Golden Age (Cracker album)|The Golden Age]]'' || [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]] ||- |- | ''[[Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite]]'' || [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]] || Debut |- | ''[[Oz Factor (album)|Oz Factor]]'' || [[Unwritten Law]] ||- |- | ''[[10 Song Demo]]'' || [[Rosanne Cash]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|5 | ''[[Reject All American]]'' || [[Bikini Kill]] ||- |- | ''[[Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds]]'' || [[Amon Amarth]] || EP |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|8 | ''[[Moseley Shoals]]'' || [[Ocean Colour Scene]] ||- |- | rowspan="6" align="center"|9 | ''[[Repetition (Unwound album)|Repetition]]'' || [[Unwound]] ||- |- | ''[[Death Threatz]]'' || [[MC Eiht]] ||- |- | ''[[Great Divide (Semisonic album)|The Great Divide]]'' || [[Semisonic]] ||- |- | ''[[Here to Save You All]]'' || [[Chino XL]] ||- |- | ''[[Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute |- | ''[[The Villain in Black]]'' || [[MC Ren]] ||- |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|15 | ''[[Today's Specials]]'' || [[The Specials]] || Covers album |- | rowspan="13" align="center"|16 | ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]'' || [[Rage Against the Machine]] ||- |- | ''[[The Forgotten Tales]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] || Compilation |- | ''[[As Good as Dead (album)|As Good as Dead]]'' || [[Local H]] ||- |- | ''[[Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt]]'' || [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] || EP |- | ''[[Blue Moon (Toby Keith album)|Blue Moon]]'' || [[Toby Keith]] ||- |- | ''[[Borderline (Brooks & Dunn album)|Borderline]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] ||- |- | ''[[Farewell (Oingo Boingo album)|Farewell]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||- |- | ''[[Ice Cream Man (album)|Ice Cream Man]]'' || [[Master P]] ||- |- | ''[[Make Your Mama Proud]]'' || [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]] ||- |- | ''[[Sell, Sell, Sell]]'' || [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]] ||- |- | ''[[Shot (album)|Shot]]'' || [[The Jesus Lizard]] ||- |- | ''[[This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || Debut |- | ''[[You? Me? Us?]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||- |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|18 | ''[[Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan]]'' || [[Raven (band)|Raven]] || Live |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|22 | ''[[Episode (Stratovarius album)|Episode]]''|| [[Stratovarius]] ||- |- | ''[[Return of the Mack (album)|Return of the Mack]]'' || [[Mark Morrison]] ||- |- | ''[[Style (Luna Sea album)|Style]]'' || [[Luna Sea]] ||- |- | ''[[To the Faithful Departed]]'' || [[The Cranberries]] ||- |- | ''[[Wildest Dreams (Tina Turner album)|Wildest Dreams]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] || UK |- | rowspan="8" align="center"|23 | ''[[Blue Clear Sky]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||- |- | ''[[Fairweather Johnson]]'' || [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] ||- |- | ''[[Guitar Slinger (The Brian Setzer Orchestra album)|Guitar Slinger]]'' || [[The Brian Setzer Orchestra]] ||- |- | ''[[Just Fred]]'' || [[Fred Schneider]] ||- |- | ''[[Less Talk, More Rock]]'' || [[Propagandhi]] ||- |- | ''[[New Beginning (SWV album)|New Beginning]]'' || [[SWV]] ||- |- | ''[[Through Silver in Blood]]'' || [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] ||- |- | ''[[Telephono]]'' || [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] ||- |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|29 | ''[[Arise Therefore]]'' || [[Will Oldham|Palace]] ||- |- | ''[[Casanova (The Divine Comedy album)|Casanova]]'' || [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ||- |- | ''[[In Sides]]'' || [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] ||- |- | ''[[Nearly God]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ||- |- | ''[[Klassics with a "K"]]'' || [[Kostars]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|30 | ''[[Az Yet (album)|Az Yet]]'' || [[Az Yet]] || Debut |- | ''[[Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash]]'' || [[Dave Matthews Band]] ||- |- | ''[[Do You Know Who You Are?]]'' || [[Texas Is the Reason]] ||- |- | ''[[Ten Thousand Angels]]'' || [[Mindy McCready]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|? | ''[[Drunk on the Moon]]'' || [[No Knife]] ||- |- | ''[[Eventually (album)|Eventually]]'' || [[Paul Westerberg]] ||- |- | ''[[Tin Cans with Strings to You]]'' || [[Far (band)|Far]] ||- |- | ''[[Wake Up Jeff!]]'' || [[The Wiggles]] ||- |- | rowspan="58" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y''' | rowspan="2" align="center"|1 | ''[[7 (Apoptygma Berzerk album)|7]]'' || [[Apoptygma Berzerk]] ||- |- | ''[[Ass Cobra]]'' || [[Turbonegro]] ||- |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|6 | ''[[Wild Mood Swings]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||- |- | ''[[1977 (Ash album)|1977]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] ||- |- | ''[[Backstreet Boys (1996 album)|Backstreet Boys]]'' || [[Backstreet Boys]] || Debut; Europe only |- | ''[[Dr. Octagonecologyst]]'' || [[Kool Keith]] ||- |- | ''[[Electriclarryland]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] ||- |- | ''[[The It Girl (album)|The It Girl]]'' || [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] ||- |- | ''[[Seasick (album)|Seasick]]'' || [[Imperial Teen]] ||- |- | rowspan="7" align="center" |7 | ''[[The Great Southern Trendkill]]'' || [[Pantera]] ||- |- | ''[[Imperial Drag (album)|Imperial Drag]]'' || [[Imperial Drag]] ||- |- | ''[[Infotainment?]]'' || [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] ||- |- | ''[[Now in a Minute]]'' || [[Donna Lewis]] || Debut |- | ''[[Teri Yakimoto]]'' || [[Guttermouth]] ||- |- | ''[[Trouble at the Henhouse]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] ||- |- | ''[[Twister (1996 film)#Rock Soundtrack|Twister: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Twister (1996 film)#Rock Soundtrack|reason= The anchor (Rock Soundtrack) [[Special:Diff/523439765|has been deleted]].}}'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | align="center" | 12 | ''Backstreet Boys'' || Backstreet Boys || Debut: US only |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|13 | ''[[Older (George Michael album)|Older]]'' || [[George Michael]] ||- |- | ''[[Slang (album)|Slang]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||- |- | ''[[Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection]]'' || The Specials || Compilation |- | rowspan="8" align="center"|14 | ''[[All This Useless Beauty]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] ||- |- | ''[[Elegy (Amorphis album)|Elegy]]'' || [[Amorphis]] ||- |- | ''[[Amazing Disgrace]]'' || [[The Posies]] ||- |- | ''[[Long Line]]'' || [[Peter Wolf]] ||- |- | ''[[Looking in the Shadows]]'' || [[The Raincoats]] ||- |- | ''Now & Forever'' || [[Color Me Badd]] ||- |- | ''[[Milk and Scissors]]'' || [[The Handsome Family]] ||- |- | ''[[You've Got to Believe in Something]]'' || [[Spin Doctors]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|15 | ''[[Curb (album)|Curb]]'' || [[Nickelback]] || Debut |- | ''[[The Cleanest War]]'' || [[Morning Again]] || Debut EP |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|20 | ''[[The Beautiful Game (compilation album)|The Beautiful Game]]'' || Various artists ||- |- | ''[[Duncan Sheik (album)|Duncan Sheik]]'' || [[Duncan Sheik]] ||- |- | ''[[Ear Candy (King's X album)|Ear Candy]]'' || [[King's X]] ||- |- | ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] ||- |- | ''[[Fuzzy Logic (Super Furry Animals album)|Fuzzy Logic]]'' || [[Super Furry Animals]] || Debut |- | ''[[Love in Space]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live |- | ''Prozaic'' || [[Honeycrack]] || Debut |- | rowspan="13" align="center"|21 | ''[[Bringing Down the Horse]]'' || [[The Wallflowers]] ||- |- | ''[[Chim Chim's Badass Revenge]]'' || [[Fishbone]] ||- |- | ''[[Destruction by Definition]]'' || [[The Suicide Machines]] || Debut |- | ''[[Dilate (Ani DiFranco album)|Dilate]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] ||- |- | ''[[Down on the Upside]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] ||- |- | ''[[Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)|Gettin' It]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||- |- | ''[[Let It Rock (Great White album)|Let It Rock]]'' || [[Great White (band)|Great White]] ||- |- | ''[[Perspective (Jason Becker album)|Perspective]]'' || [[Jason Becker]] ||- |- | ''[[Pure Instinct]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||- |- | ''[[Rubbing Doesn't Help]]'' || [[Magnapop]] ||- |- | ''[[Steel on a Mission]]'' || Lil' ½ Dead ||- |- | ''[[Vile (album)|Vile]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||- |- | ''[[Walking Wounded]]'' || [[Everything but the Girl]] ||- |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|22 | ''[[Live at the Budokan (Blur album)|Live at the Budokan]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || Japan |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|25 | ''[[Retropolis]]'' || [[The Flower Kings]] ||- |- | ''[[Roomic Cube]]'' || [[Takako Minekawa]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|27 | ''[[Blood on Ice]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||- |- | ''[[Gabrielle (album)|Gabrielle]]'' || [[Gabrielle (singer)|Gabrielle]] ||- |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|28 | ''[[Good God's Urge]]'' || [[Porno for Pyros]] ||- |- | ''[[Take It From The Man!]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||- |- | ''[[Undisputed Attitude]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||- |- | rowspan="61" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; text color:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E''' | rowspan="2" align="center"|1 | ''[[Oh Lord! When? How?]]'' || [[The Hives]] || Debut EP |- | ''[[Supershitty to the Max!]]'' || [[The Hellacopters]] || Debut |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|3 | ''Love Brace'' || [[Tomomi Kahara]] ||- |- | ''[[Romeo's Heart]]'' || [[John Farnham]] ||- |- | rowspan="16" align="center"|4 | ''[[18 til I Die]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||- |- | ''[[Banana Wind]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||- |- | ''[[Copperopolis (album)|Copperopolis]]'' || [[Grant Lee Buffalo]] ||- |- | ''[[Delinquent Habits (album)|Delinquent Habits]]'' || [[Delinquent Habits]] || Debut |- | ''[[Destiny (Gloria Estefan album)|Destiny]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || US |- | ''Dimestore Hoods'' || Dimestore Hoods || US |- | ''[[Future Rhythm]]'' || [[Digital Underground]] ||- |- | ''[[Hot (Squirrel Nut Zippers album)|Hot]]'' || [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] ||- |- | ''[[Ice-T VI: Return of the Real]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||- |- | ''[[Legal Drug Money]]'' || [[Lost Boyz]] || Debut |- | ''[[Load (album)|Load]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||- |- | ''[[Me and You (Kenny Chesney album)|Me and You]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||- |- | ''[[My Heart (Donell Jones album)|My Heart]]'' || [[Donell Jones]] ||- |- | ''Revival'' || [[Core (band)|Core]] || US |- | ''[[Somebody New (album)|Somebody New]]'' || [[Rhett Akins]] ||- |- | ''[[Spirit (Willie Nelson album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||- |- | align="center"|6 | ''[[Tigermilk]]'' || [[Belle & Sebastian]] ||- |- | align="center"|7 | ''[[Dreamland (Robert Miles album)|Dreamland]]'' || [[Robert Miles]] ||- |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|10 | ''[[The Light User Syndrome]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||- |- | ''[[Peace at Last (The Blue Nile album)|Peace at Last]]'' || [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]] ||- |- | ''[[Swansong (album)|Swansong]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||- |- | align="center"|11 | ''[[T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.]]'' || [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] and the [[P-Funk All Stars]] ||- |- | align="center"|12 | ''[[One Chord to Another]]'' || [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] || Canada |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|17 | ''[[Don Solaris]]'' || [[808 State]] ||- |- | ''[[Placebo (Placebo album)|Placebo]]'' || [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] || Debut |- | ''[[Macarena Non Stop]]'' || [[Los del Río]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Nocturnal (Heltah Skeltah album)|Nocturnal]]'' || [[Heltah Skeltah]] ||- |- | ''[[Upgrade & Afterlife]]'' || [[Gastr del Sol]] ||- |- | rowspan="15" align="center"|18 | ''[[Book of Shadows (album)|Book of Shadows]]'' || [[Zakk Wylde]] ||- |- | ''[[Gone Again]]'' || [[Patti Smith]] ||- |- | ''[[High/Low (album)|High/Low]]'' || [[Nada Surf]] ||- |- | ''[[Just Like You (Keb' Mo' album)|Just Like You]]'' || [[Keb' Mo']] ||- |- | ''[[Live from Neon Park]]'' || [[Little Feat]] || Live |- | ''[[Nocturnal (Heltah Skeltah album)|Nocturnal]]'' || [[Heltah Skeltah]] ||- |- | ''[[Odelay]]'' || [[Beck]] ||- |- | ''[[The Patti Smith Masters]]'' || Patti Smith || Box set |- | ''[[The Road to Ensenada]]'' || [[Lyle Lovett]] ||- |- | ''[[Rocket (Primitive Radio Gods album)|Rocket]]'' || [[Primitive Radio Gods]] ||- |- | ''[[Secrets (Toni Braxton album)|Secrets]]'' || [[Toni Braxton]] ||- |- | ''[[Somewhere Inside (album)|Somewhere Inside]]'' || [[Chris Cummings]] ||- |- | ''[[Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||- |- | ''[[Third Day (album)|Third Day]]'' || [[Third Day]] ||- |- | ''[[Very Proud of Ya]]'' || [[AFI (band)|AFI]] ||- |- | align="center"|24 | ''[[Morningrise]]'' || [[Opeth]] || Europe |- | rowspan="11" align="center"|25 | ''[[America Is Dying Slowly]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot]] AIDS benefit |- | ''[[Back to the World (Tevin Campbell album)|Back To The World]]'' || [[Tevin Campbell]] ||- |- | ''[[Braver Newer World]]'' || [[Jimmie Dale Gilmore]] ||- |- | ''[[Dust (Screaming Trees album)|Dust]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||- |- | ''[[Get On Up and Dance]]'' || [[Quad City DJ's]] ||- |- | ''[[H2O (H2O album)|H<sub>2</sub>O]]'' || [[H2O (American band)|H<sub>2</sub>O]] || Debut |- | ''[[Peace Beyond Passion]]'' || [[Meshell Ndegeocello|Me'shell Ndegeocello]] ||- |- | ''Ranetoe Serdce (Broken Heart)'' || [[Lyapis Trubetskoy]] ||- |- | ''[[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]]'' || [[Jay-Z]] || Debut |- | ''[[Xtort]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||- |- | ''[[You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Live |- | align="center"|26 | ''Vibe∞'' || [[Penicillin (band)|Penicillin]] ||- |- | align="center"|27 | ''[[The Power of Sex]]'' || [[E-Rotic]] ||- |- |} ===July–September=== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! colspan="2"|Date !Album !Artist !Notes |- | rowspan="45" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y''' | rowspan="8" align="center"|2 | ''[[Broken Arrow (album)|Broken Arrow]]'' || [[Neil Young]] and [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||- |- | ''[[The Final Tic]]'' || [[Crucial Conflict]] ||- |- | ''[[It Was Written]]'' || [[Nas]] ||- |- | ''[[It's Martini Time]]'' || [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] ||- |- | ''[[Jawbox (album)|Jawbox]]'' || [[Jawbox]] ||- |- | ''[[Live from the Fall]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] || Live |- | ''[[Stakes Is High]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||- |- | ''[[Wax Ecstatic]]'' || [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]] ||- |- | align="center"|3 | ''[[None So Vile]]'' || [[Cryptopsy]] ||- |- | align="center"|8 | ''[[Today Is Another Day]]'' || [[Zard]] ||- |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|9 | ''[[Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)|Blue]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] ||- |- | ''[[Building the Bridge]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||- |- | ''[[Chaos and Disorder]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||- |- | ''[[Irresistible Bliss]]'' || [[Soul Coughing]] ||- |- | ''[[Scenery and Fish]]'' || [[I Mother Earth]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|15 | ''[[Shape (album)|Shape]]'' || [[Frente!]] ||- |- | ''[[It Ain't 4 Play]]'' || [[Funk Mobb]] ||- |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|16 | ''[[Stag (Melvins album)|Stag]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||- |- | ''[[12 Golden Country Greats]]'' || [[Ween]] ||- |- | ''[[Lemon Parade]]'' || [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]] ||- |- | ''[[No Lunch]]'' || [[D Generation]] ||- |- | ''[[Outpost (The Samples album)|Outpost]]'' || [[The Samples]] ||- |- | align="center"|20 | ''[[Sweet 19 Blues]]'' || [[Namie Amuro]] ||Debut solo album |- | align="center"|22 | ''[[Technicolour (Disco Inferno album)|Technicolour]]'' || [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]] ||- |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|23 | ''Demo Evergreen Terrace 1996'' || [[Evergreen Terrace]] || EP |- | ''[[The Dark Saga]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] ||- |- | ''Miracle of Science'' || [[Marshall Crenshaw]] ||- |- | ''[[Songs for a Blue Guitar]]'' || [[Red House Painters]] ||- |- | ''[[Static Prevails]]'' || [[Jimmy Eat World]] ||- |- | ''[[Three Snakes and One Charm]]'' || [[The Black Crowes]] ||- |- | ''[[Tidal (album)|Tidal]]'' || [[Fiona Apple]] ||- |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|24 | ''Indwell'' || Penicillin ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|29 | ''[[The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack)|The Crow: City of Angels]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Drum 'n' Bass for Papa]]'' || [[Luke Vibert|Plug]] ||- |- | ''[[Irreligious (album)|Irreligious]]'' || [[Moonspell]] ||- |- | ''[[A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular]]'' || [[Hooverphonic]] || Belgium |- | rowspan="6" align="center"|30 | ''[[Beats, Rhymes and Life]]'' || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] ||- |- | ''[[Mista (album)|Mista]]'' || [[Mista (band)|Mista]] ||- |- | ''[[Republica (album)|Republica]]'' || [[Republica]] ||- |- | ''[[Songs (Rich Mullins album)|Songs]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Sublime (album)|Sublime]]'' || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] ||- |- | ''[[Unplugged (Alice in Chains album)|Unplugged]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] || Live |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|? | ''[[Not So Tough Now]]'' || [[Frenzal Rhomb]] ||- |- | ''[[Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] || Live |- | ''[[This World (This World album)|This World]]'' || [[This World (band)|This World]] ||- |- | rowspan="52" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T''' | rowspan="2" align="center" |1 | ''[[Brave Murder Day]]'' || [[Katatonia]] ||- |- | ''[[Ravendusk in My Heart]]'' || [[Diabolical Masquerade]] ||- |- | align="center"|5 | ''[[One Fierce Beer Coaster]]'' || [[Bloodhound Gang]] || Republic release |- | rowspan="8" align="center" |6 | ''[[Anne Murray (album)|Anne Murray]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||- |- | ''[[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || EP |- | ''[[Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle]]'' || [[The Olivia Tremor Control]] ||- |- | ''[[No End of Love]]'' || [[John Hartford]] ||- |- | ''[[Oedipus Schmoedipus]]'' || [[Barry Adamson]] ||- |- | ''[[Shake a Lil' Somethin']]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||- |- | ''[[Songs and Music from "She's the One"]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation]]'' || Various Artists || [[Vic Chesnutt]] benefit album |- | align="center"|9 | ''[[Theli (album)|Theli]]'' || [[Therion (band)|Therion]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|12 | ''[[First Band on the Moon]]'' || [[The Cardigans]] || Sweden |- | ''Now That's What I Call Music! 34'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation |- | rowspan="10" align="center"|13 | ''[[Beautiful Freak]]'' || [[Eels (band)|Eels]] ||- |- | ''[[Presents Author Unknown]]'' || [[Jason Falkner]] ||- |- | ''[[The Curtain Hits the Cast]]'' || [[Low (band)|Low]] ||- |- | ''[[Fantastic Planet (album)|Fantastic Planet]]'' || [[Failure (band)|Failure]] ||- |- | ''[[Friction, Baby]]'' || [[Better Than Ezra]] ||- |- | ''[[Full Circle (Randy Travis album)|Full Circle]]'' || [[Randy Travis]] ||- |- | ''[[Put it in Your Mouth]]'' || [[Akinyele (rapper)|Akinyele]] || EP |- | ''[[Turn the Radio Off]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] ||- |- | ''[[Unreleased and Revamped]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] || EP |- | ''[[Supersexy Swingin' Sounds]]'' || [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] || Remix |- | align="center"|18 | ''[[Acrobatic Tenement]]'' || [[At the Drive-In]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|19 | ''[[Becoming X]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] ||- |- | ''[[Nothing for Juice]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||- |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|20 | ''[[Cowboy Songs (Riders in the Sky album)|Cowboy Songs]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||- |- | ''[[Die for the Government]]'' || [[Anti-Flag]] ||- |- | ''[[Into the Unknown (Mercyful Fate album)|Into the Unknown]]'' || [[Mercyful Fate]] ||- |- | ''[[Nada Es Igual (Luis Miguel album)|Nada Es Igual]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||- |- | ''[[October Rust]]'' || [[Type O Negative]] ||- |- | ''[[Paradise in Me]]'' || [[K's Choice]] || US |- | ''[[Songs of Love and Hate (Godflesh album)|Songs of Love and Hate]]'' || [[Godflesh]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|26 | ''[[Awaken (The Blood Divine album)|Awaken]]'' || [[The Blood Divine]] ||- |- | ''[[The Half Tail]]'' || [[Wolfstone]] ||- |- | ''[[Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap!]]'' || [[Snap!]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Voyager (Mike Oldfield album)|Voyager]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||- |- | rowspan="12" align="center"|27 | ''[[112 (album)|112]]'' || [[112 (band)|112]] ||- |- | ''[[ATLiens]]'' || [[OutKast]] ||- |- | ''[[Bad As I Wanna B]]'' || [[MC Lyte]] ||- |- | ''[[Don't Back Down (album)|Don't Back Down]]'' || [[The Queers]] ||- |- | ''[[Joe Nichols (album)|Joe Nichols]]'' || [[Joe Nichols]] ||- |- | ''[[The Latch-Key Child]]'' || [[A+ (rapper)|A+]] ||- |- | ''[[No Code]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] ||- |- | ''[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]'' || [[Aaliyah]] ||- |- | ''[[Rent (albums)|Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording]]'' || Broadway cast of [[Rent (musical)|Rent]] ||- |- | ''[[The Restless Kind]]'' || [[Travis Tritt]] ||- |- | ''A Small Circle of Friends: Germs'' || Various Artists || [[Germs (band)|Germs]] tribute |- | ''[[Veiled (Leah Andreone album)|Veiled]]'' || [[Leah Andreone]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|28 | ''[[Still Life (The Paradise Motel album)|Still Life]]'' || [[The Paradise Motel]] ||- |- | ''[[Written in the Sand (album)|Written in the Sand]]'' || [[Michael Schenker Group]] ||- |- | rowspan="59" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R''' | rowspan="5" align="center" |2 | ''[[Bilingual (album)|Bilingual]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || UK |- | ''[[Coming Up (album)|Coming Up]]'' || [[Suede (band)|Suede]] ||- |- | ''[[Double Allergic]]'' || [[Powderfinger]] ||- |- | ''[[Man (Neneh Cherry album)|Man]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||- |- |''[[Psyence]]'' |[[Hide (musician)|hide]] | - |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|3 | ''[[Did I Shave My Legs for This?]]'' || [[Deana Carter]] || US |- | ''[[Jennifer Love Hewitt (album)|Jennifer Love Hewitt]]'' || [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] ||- |- | rowspan="8" align="center"|9 | ''[[Another Level (Blackstreet album)|Another Level]]'' || [[Blackstreet]] ||- |- | ''[[C'mon Kids]]'' || [[The Boo Radleys]] ||- |- | ''[[Excerpts from a Love Circus]]'' || [[Lisa Germano]] ||- |- | ''[[Face to Face (1996 Face to Face album)|Face to Face]]'' || [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] ||- |- | ''[[Forever Alone, Immortal]]'' || [[Lux Occulta]] ||- |- | ''[[Like Cats and Dogs]]'' || [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]'' || [[Jamiroquai]] || UK |- | ''Wrong Side of Beautiful'' || [[Dub War]] || Debut |- | rowspan="11" align="center"|10 | ''[[30° Everywhere]]'' || [[The Promise Ring]] ||- |- | ''[[The Doctor Came at Dawn]]'' || [[Smog (band)|Smog]] ||- |- | ''[[High School High (soundtrack)|High School High soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Home Again (New Edition album)|Home Again]]'' || [[New Edition]] ||- |- | ''[[Mr. Happy Go Lucky]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||- |- | ''[[New Adventures in Hi-Fi]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] || US |- | ''[[Nine Objects of Desire]]'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||- |- | ''[[Not in My Airforce]]'' || [[Robert Pollard]] ||- |- | ''[[Test for Echo]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||- |- | ''[[What Would the Community Think]]'' || [[Cat Power]] ||- |- | ''[[William Bloke]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||- |- | align="center"|13 | ''[[Dynamite (Stina Nordenstam album)|Dynamite]]'' || [[Stina Nordenstam]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|16 | ''[[Endtroducing.....]]'' || [[DJ Shadow]] || UK |- | ''[[K (album)|K]]'' || [[Kula Shaker]] || UK |- | ''[[In a Bar, Under the Sea]]'' || [[Deus (band)|dEUS]] ||- |- | ''[[Spiders (album)|Spiders]]'' || [[Space (English band)|Space]] ||- |- | rowspan="6" align="center"|17 | ''[[Black Eye (album)|Black Eye]]'' || [[Fluffy (band)|Fluffy]] ||- |- | ''[[Fashion Nugget]]'' || [[Cake (band)|Cake]] ||- |- | ''[[Fire Garden]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] ||- |- | ''[[Rhythmeen]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||- |- | ''[[Six (Whodini album)|Six]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||- |- | ''[[White Light, White Heat, White Trash]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||- |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|23 | ''[[Angry Machines]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] || Europe |- | ''[[Animal Rights (album)|Animal Rights]]'' || [[Moby]] ||- |- | ''[[Better Living Through Chemistry (album)|Better Living Through Chemistry]]'' || [[Fatboy Slim]] ||- |- | ''[[Best of the Beast]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Louder Than Hell (Manowar album)|Louder Than Hell]]'' || [[Manowar (band)|Manowar]] || Europe |- | ''[[Londinium (album)|Londinium]]'' || [[Archive (band)|Archive]] ||- |- | ''[[Dance Hall at Louse Point]]'' || [[PJ Harvey]] and [[John Parish]] ||- |- | rowspan="11" align="center"|24 | ''Acid Bubblegum'' || [[Graham Parker]] ||- |- | ''[[All the Nations Airports]]'' || [[Archers of Loaf]] ||- |- | ''[[Everything Sucks (Descendents album)|Everything Sucks]]'' || [[Descendents]] ||- |- | ''[[The Garden (Merril Bainbridge album)|The Garden]]'' || [[Merril Bainbridge]] || US |- | ''[[Illadelph Halflife]]'' || [[The Roots]] ||- |- | ''[[Pinkerton (album)|Pinkerton]]'' || [[Weezer]] ||- |- | ''[[Sheryl Crow (album)|Sheryl Crow]]'' || [[Sheryl Crow]] ||- |- | ''[[Susanna Hoffs (album)|Susanna Hoffs]]'' || [[Susanna Hoffs]] ||- |- | ''[[That Thing You Do!#Soundtrack|That Thing You Do! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Walking on Locusts]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||- |- | ''[[Who Can You Trust? (album)|Who Can You Trust?]]'' || [[Morcheeba]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|27 | ''[[How Bizarre (album)|How Bizarre]]'' || [[OMC (band)|OMC]] ||- |- | ''[[Northern Exposure (album)|Northern Exposure]]'' || [[Sasha and Digweed]] || [[DJ mix]] |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|30 | ''[[Signify (album)|Signify]]'' || [[Porcupine Tree]] ||- |- | ''[[First Grand Constitution and Bylaws]]'' || [[Secret Chiefs 3]] ||- |- |} ===October–December=== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! colspan="2"|Date !Album !Artist !Notes |- | rowspan="89" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R''' | rowspan="15" align="center"|1 | ''[[Ænima]]'' || [[Tool (band)|Tool]] ||- |- | ''[[From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Live Compilation |- | ''[[At the Speed of Life]]'' || [[Xzibit]] ||- |- | ''[[Belly to Belly]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||- |- | ''[[Black Dots]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||- |- | ''[[A Few Small Repairs]]'' || [[Shawn Colvin]] ||- |- | ''[[Fountains of Wayne (album)|Fountains of Wayne]]'' || [[Fountains of Wayne]] || Debut |- | ''[[The Graveyard (album)|The Graveyard]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||- |- | ''[[Greatest Hits (Thompson Twins album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] || Compilation |- | ''[[The Moment (Kenny G album)|The Moment]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||- |- | ''[[The Natural Bridge]]'' || [[Silver Jews]] ||- |- | ''[[Soul on Ice (album)|Soul on Ice]]'' || [[Ras Kass]] ||- |- | ''[[This Is the Time]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] || Christmas Album |- | ''[[Yourself or Someone Like You]]'' || [[Matchbox Twenty|Matchbox 20]] ||- |- | ''[[A Worm's Life]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] ||- |- | rowspan="1" align="center"|2 | ''[[Black Earth (Arch Enemy album)|Black Earth]]'' || [[Arch Enemy]] ||- |- | align="center"|3 | ''[[Plays Metallica by Four Cellos]]'' || [[Apocalyptica]] || Covers |- | align="center"|7 | ''[[Broken China]]'' || [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]] ||- |- | rowspan="15" align="center"|8 | ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] ||- |- | ''[[All Because of You (Daryle Singletary album)|All Because of You]]'' || [[Daryle Singletary]] ||- |- | ''[[Baja Sessions]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||- |- | ''[[Brown (P.O.D. album)|Brown]]'' || [[P.O.D.]] ||- |- | ''[[Christmas Island (Jimmy Buffett album)|Christmas Island]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] || Christmas |- | ''[[Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes]]'' || [[The Chipmunks]] || - |- | ''[[East Side Militia]]'' || [[Chemlab]] ||- |- | ''[[Factory Showroom]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||- |- | ''[[Ginuwine... the Bachelor]]'' || [[Ginuwine]] ||- |- | ''[[Karen Carpenter (album)|Karen Carpenter]]'' || [[Karen Carpenter]] ||- |- | ''[[No Doubt (702 album)|No Doubt]]'' || [[702 (group)|702]] ||- |- | ''[[No Talking, Just Head]]'' || The Heads || Members of [[Talking Heads]] |- | ''[[Satan Is Real Again, or Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts]]'' || [[Country Teasers]] ||- |- | ''[[Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison]]'' || [[Van Morrison]], [[Georgie Fame]], [[Mose Allison]] and [[Ben Sidran]] ||- |- | ''[[Under These Rocks and Stones]]'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] || CAN |- | align="center"|11 | ''[[The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)]]'' || [[Current 93]] || EP |- | align="center"|14 | ''[[Sutras (album)|Sutras]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||- |- | rowspan="17" align="center"|15 | ''[[Billy Breathes]]'' || [[Phish]] ||- |- | ''[[Breathe (Midnight Oil)|Breathe]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||- |- | ''[[Car Button Cloth]]'' || [[The Lemonheads]] ||- |- | ''[[Corey Hart (album)|Corey Hart]]'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||- |- | ''[[Genius of America]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||- |- | ''[[Justus (album)|Justus]]'' || [[The Monkees]] ||- |- | ''Kind Hearted Woman'' || [[Michelle Shocked]] ||- |- | ''[[Life Is Peachy]]'' || [[Korn]] ||- |- | ''[[No Doy]]'' || [[Moe (band)|Moe]] ||- |- | ''[[Now I Got Worry]]'' || [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]] ||- |- | ''[[Overnight Sensation]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||- |- | ''[[Recovering the Satellites]]'' || [[Counting Crows]] ||- |- | ''[[Red Hot + Rio]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization]] AIDS benefit |- | ''[[Stories Told & Untold]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||- |- | ''[[This Fire (album)|This Fire]]'' || [[Paula Cole]] ||- |- | ''[[Wiseblood (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Wiseblood]]'' || [[Corrosion of Conformity]] ||- |- | ''[[Wrath of the Math]]'' || [[Jeru the Damaja]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|21 | ''[[Dance into the Light]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||- |- | ''Young in Love'' || [[Aaron Pritchett]] ||- |- | rowspan="12" align="center"|22 | ''[[Best Of – Volume I (Van Halen album)|Best Of – Volume I]]'' || [[Van Halen]] || Compilation +2 new tracks |- | ''[[12 Soulful Nights of Christmas]]'' || [[Jermaine Dupri]] || Christmas |- | ''[[Autobiography of Mistachuck]]'' || [[Chuck D]] ||- |- | ''[[Bow Down]]'' || [[Westside Connection]] ||- |- | ''[[Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire]]'' || [[Firewater (band)|Firewater]] || Debut |- | ''[[Motel California]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||- |- | ''[[Public Cowboy No. 1 (album)|Public Cowboy #1: The Music of Gene Autry]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||- |- | ''[[Remember (Rusted Root album)|Remember]]'' || [[Rusted Root]] ||- |- | ''[[Soundtracks for the Blind]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||- |- | ''[[Time Will Reveal]]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||- |- | ''[[Trial by Fire (Journey album)|Trial by Fire]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||- |- | ''[[Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again]]'' || [[House of Pain]] ||- |- | align="center"|23 | ''[[Actual Fantasy]]'' || [[Ayreon]] ||- |- | align="center"|24 | ''[[Goatlord (album)|Goatlord]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] || Demo |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|25 | ''[[Long Season]]'' || [[Fishmans]] ||- |- | ''[[Thank God for Mental Illness]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||- |- | rowspan="5" align="center"|28 | ''[[The Beatles Anthology]], [[Anthology 3|Volume 3]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation; UK |- | ''[[Evita (soundtrack)|Evita]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Keys to Ascension]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Studio + Live |- | ''[[A Different Beat (Boyzone album)|A Different Beat]]'' || [[Boyzone]] ||- |- | ''[[Hubert Kah (album)|Hubert Kah]]'' || [[Hubert Kah]] ||- |- | rowspan="12" align="center"|29 | ''[[Space Jam (soundtrack)|Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)|Romeo + Juliet]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[American Hardcore (album)|American Hardcore]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||- |- | ''[[Among My Swan]]'' || [[Mazzy Star]] ||- |- | ''[[Archaeology (album)|Archaeology]]'' || [[The Rutles]] ||- |- | ''[[Being There (Wilco album)|Being There]]'' || [[Wilco]] || Double album |- | ''[[Blackacidevil|Danzig 5: Blackacidevil]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||- |- | ''[[Da Storm]]'' || [[O.G.C.]] ||- |- | ''[[Fever In Fever Out]]'' || [[Luscious Jackson]] ||- |- | ''[[From I Extreme II Another]]'' || [[II D Extreme]] ||- |- | ''[[Ironman (Ghostface Killah album)|Ironman]]'' || [[Ghostface Killah]] ||- |- | ''[[Skillet (album)|Skillet]]'' || [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|31 | ''Back in the Shootin' Match'' || [[Ace Troubleshooter]] ||- |- | ''[[Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.]]'' || [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] ||- |- | rowspan="55" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R''' | rowspan="4" align="center"|4 | ''[[Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far]]'' || [[East 17]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Dahlia (album)|Dahlia]]'' || |[[X Japan]] ||- |- | ''[[Richard D. James Album]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/releases/richard-d-james-album/|publisher=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|title= Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album|access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref> |- | ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'' || [[Spice Girls]] || UK |- | rowspan="9" align="center"|5 | ''[[Beavis and Butthead Do America#Soundtrack|Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|Makaveli]] ||- |- | ''[[II (The Presidents of the United States of America album)|II]]'' || [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] ||- |- | ''[[Just the Same]]'' || [[Terri Clark]] ||- |- | ''[[Star Bright (Vanessa Williams album)|Star Bright]]'' || [[Vanessa Williams]] || Christmas |- | ''Take You There'' || [[k-os]] ||- |- | ''[[Tierna La Noche]]'' || [[Fey (singer)|Fey]] ||- |- | ''[[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|Unchained]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||- |- | ''[[Unknown Country]]'' || [[The Clean]] ||- |- | align="center"|8 | ''[[Sahra]]'' || [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] || – |- | rowspan="3" align="center"|11 | ''[[Voice of Love]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] || Compilation +3 new tracks |- | ''Spice'' || Spice Girls || US |- | ''[[Pre-Millennium Tension]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ||- |- | rowspan="7" align="center"|12 | ''[[About to Choke]]'' || [[Vic Chesnutt]] ||- |- | ''[[Tha Doggfather]]'' || [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] ||- |- | ''[[Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] || Compilation |- | ''[[Hard Core (Lil' Kim album)|Hard Core]]'' || [[Lil' Kim]] || Debut |- | ''[[Infinite (Eminem album)|Infinite]]'' || [[Eminem]] || Debut |- | ''[[Losing Streak]]'' || [[Less Than Jake]] ||- |- | ''[[Nico (album)|Nico]]'' || [[Blind Melon]] || Compilation |- | rowspan="3" |18 | ''[[Beloved (Glay album)|Beloved]]'' || [[Glay]] ||- |- | ''[[If You're Feeling Sinister]]'' || [[Belle & Sebastian]] ||- |- | ''Now That's What I Call Music! 35'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation |- | rowspan="13" align="center"|19 | ''Daylight: Music from the Motion Picture'' || Ralph Edelman and Various Artists || Soundtrack |- | ''[[Dru Hill (album)|Dru Hill]]'' || [[Dru Hill]] ||- |- | ''[[Dusk and Her Embrace]]'' || [[Cradle of Filth]] ||- |- | ''[[Emancipation (Prince album)|Emancipation]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || 3xCD |- | ''Endtroducing.....'' || DJ Shadow || US |- | ''[[Hell on Earth (Mobb Deep album)|Hell on Earth]]'' || [[Mobb Deep]] ||- |- | ''[[House of Music]]'' || [[Tony! Toni! Toné!]] ||- |- | ''[[Ill Na Na]]'' || [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] ||- |- | ''[[Life in General (album)|Life in General]]'' || [[MxPx]] ||- |- | ''[[Razorblade Suitcase]]'' || [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] || US |- | ''[[Rock Spectacle]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] || Live album |- | ''[[Summer of '78]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||- |- | ''[[Sunfish Holy Breakfast]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|22 | ''Cacy Cacy Fleischmaschine'' || [[Świetliki]] ||- |- | ''[[Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!]]'' || [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] ||- |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |25 | ''[[Enter Suicidal Angels]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] ||- |- | ''[[Friends II]]'' || [[B'z]] || EP |- | ''[[Present (Sun Electric album)|Present]]'' || [[Sun Electric (band)|Sun Electric]] ||- |- | ''[[Someday Maybe]]'' || [[The Clarks]] ||- |- | ''[[Telegram (album)|Telegram]]'' || [[Björk]] || UK; Remix |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|26 | ''[[The Aeroplane Flies High]]'' || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || Box Set |- | ''[[Enigma (Keith Murray album)|Enigma]]'' || [[Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray]] ||- |- | ''[[Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] || Compilation |- | ''[[The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] || Soundtrack |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|29 | ''[[Switchstance (album)|Switchstance]]'' || [[Quarashi]] || EP |- | ''[[Tormented (Staind album)|Tormented]]'' || [[Staind]] ||- |- | rowspan="2" align="center"|? | ''[[Live Around the World (Meat Loaf album)|Live Around the World]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] || Live |- | ''[[Further Along]]'' || [[The Dubliners]] ||- |- | rowspan="13" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R''' | style="text-align:center;"|2 | ''[[Telling Everybody]]'' || [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]] ||- |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|3 | ''[[Christmas on Death Row]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas |- | ''[[Nerf Herder (album)|Nerf Herder]]'' || [[Nerf Herder]] ||- |- | ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' || Bloodhound Gang || Geffen re-release |- | ''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2'' || Various Artists || Compilation |- | rowspan="4" align="center"|10 | ''[[Five Smokin' Tracks from Lit]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] || EP |- | ''[[Lama Rabi Rabi]]'' || [[Ghost (1984 band)|Ghost]] ||- |- | ''[[Muddy Waters (album)|Muddy Waters]]'' || [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] ||- |- | ''[[This Is Teen-C Power!]]'' || [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] || EP |- | align="center"|12 |''[[True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)|True]]'' |[[L'Arc-en-Ciel]] | - |- | align="center"|16 | ''Machines Against the Rage'' || [[TISM]] || Live |- | align="center"|17 | ''[[666.667 Club]]'' || [[Noir Désir]] ||- |- | align="center"|18 |''[[Imaginator]]'' |[[Nelson (band)|Nelson]] |Japanese release date |- |} ===Release date unknown=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * ''[[All the Pretty Little Horses (album)|All the Pretty Little Horses]]'' – [[Current 93]] * ''[[Atom-Powered Action!]]'' – [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] – EP * ''[[Better Can't Make Your Life Better]]'' – [[Lilys]] * ''[[Bis vs. the D.I.Y. Corps]]'' – [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] * ''[[Boc Maxima]]'' – [[Boards of Canada]] * ''[[Chixdiggit! (album)|Chixdiggit!]]'' – [[Chixdiggit]] * ''[[Classics (Joey Beltram album)|Classics]]'' – [[Joey Beltram]] * ''[[The Closing Chronicles]]'' – Nightingale * ''[[Corey Hart (album)|Corey Hart]]'' – [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] * ''[[Dead Man Walking (soundtrack)|Dead Man Walking]]'' – Various Artists * ''[[Digilogue]]'' (compact disc version) – [[Zoviet France|:zoviet*France:]] * ''[[Creature (Moist album)|Creature]]'' – [[Moist (Canadian band)|Moist]] * ''[[Eleventeen (EP)|Eleventeen]]'' (EP) – [[Eve 6]] * ''Garibaldi Guard!'' – [[U.S. Bombs]] * ''[[G. (Gotthard album)|G.]]'' – [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]] * ''[[Get Fired Up]]'' – [[Murk (band)|Murk]] * ''[[Get Your Legs Broke]]'' – [[Len (band)|Len]] * ''Hamsters of Rock'' (EP) – [[Spacehog]] * ''Hank Plays Holly'' – [[Hank Marvin]] * ''Hank Plays Live'' – Hank Marvin * ''[[Introducing Save Ferris]]'' (EP) – [[Save Ferris]] * ''[[Katatonia/Primordial]]'' – Katatonia/Primordial * ''[[La Passione (1996 film)|La Passione]]'' – [[Chris Rea]] {{col-2}} * ''Lucky'' – [[Skin (British band)|Skin]] * ''Lynda'' – [[Lynda Thomas]] * ''[[Petitioning the Empty Sky]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]] * ''A Man Amongst Men'' – [[Bo Diddley]] * ''[[Music of Hair]]'' – [[Andrew Bird]] * ''[[Nénette et Boni (soundtrack)|Nénette et Boni]]'' – [[Tindersticks]] * ''[[Neu! '72 Live in Düsseldorf]]'' – [[Neu!]] * ''[[Not in My Airforce]]'' – [[Robert Pollard]] * ''Out of the Everywhere'' – [[Angie Aparo]] * ''[[The Secret Vampire Soundtrack]]'' – [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] – EP * ''[[Shakespearean Fish]]'' – [[Melanie Doane]] * ''[[Six Pence for the Sauces]]'' (EP) – [[Drake Tungsten]] * ''[[The Smiths Is Dead]]'' – Various Artists – [[The Smiths]] tribute * ''Tao of the One Inch Punch'' – [[One Inch Punch (band)|One Inch Punch]] * ''[[Time (Steeleye Span album)|Time]]'' – [[Steeleye Span]] * ''Vans Warped Music Sampler 1996'' – Various Artists * ''[[Welcome to the Infant Freebase]]'' – [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]] * ''[[Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas]]'' - [[The Wiggles]] * ''[[Wild Hog in the Red Brush]]'' – [[John Hartford]] * ''[[XTC (album)|XTC]]'' – [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]] {{col-end}}
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