Editing 1996 in music (section)

===July–September===
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! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[The Final Tic]]'' || [[Crucial Conflict]] ||-
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| ''[[It Was Written]]'' || [[Nas]] ||-
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| ''[[It's Martini Time]]'' || [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] ||-
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| ''[[Jawbox (album)|Jawbox]]'' || [[Jawbox]] ||-
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| ''[[Live from the Fall]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] || Live
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| ''[[Stakes Is High]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
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| ''[[Wax Ecstatic]]'' || [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[None So Vile]]'' || [[Cryptopsy]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|8
| ''[[Today Is Another Day]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
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| rowspan="5" align="center"|9
| ''[[Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)|Blue]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] ||-
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| ''[[Building the Bridge]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
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| ''[[Chaos and Disorder]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Irresistible Bliss]]'' || [[Soul Coughing]] ||-
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| ''[[Scenery and Fish]]'' || [[I Mother Earth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|15
| ''[[Shape (album)|Shape]]'' || [[Frente!]] ||-
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| ''[[It Ain't 4 Play]]'' || [[Funk Mobb]] ||-
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| rowspan="5" align="center"|16
| ''[[Stag (Melvins album)|Stag]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[12 Golden Country Greats]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
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| ''[[Lemon Parade]]'' || [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Lunch]]'' || [[D Generation]] ||-
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| ''[[Outpost (The Samples album)|Outpost]]'' || [[The Samples]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|20
| ''[[Sweet 19 Blues]]'' || [[Namie Amuro]] ||Debut solo album
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[Double Allergic]]'' || [[Powderfinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man (Neneh Cherry album)|Man]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||-
|-
|''[[Psyence]]''
|[[Hide (musician)|hide]]
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[Not in My Airforce]]'' || [[Robert Pollard]] ||-
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| ''[[Test for Echo]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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