Editing 1996 in music (section)

===October–December===
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!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| ''[[Ænima]]'' || [[Tool (band)|Tool]] ||-
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| ''[[From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Live Compilation
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| ''[[At the Speed of Life]]'' || [[Xzibit]] ||-
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| ''[[Belly to Belly]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||-
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| ''[[Black Dots]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
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| ''[[A Few Small Repairs]]'' || [[Shawn Colvin]] ||-
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| ''[[Fountains of Wayne (album)|Fountains of Wayne]]'' || [[Fountains of Wayne]] || Debut
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| ''[[The Graveyard (album)|The Graveyard]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||-
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| ''[[Greatest Hits (Thompson Twins album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] || Compilation
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| ''[[The Moment (Kenny G album)|The Moment]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
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| ''[[The Natural Bridge]]'' || [[Silver Jews]] ||-
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| ''[[Soul on Ice (album)|Soul on Ice]]'' || [[Ras Kass]] ||-
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| ''[[This Is the Time]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] || Christmas Album
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| ''[[Yourself or Someone Like You]]'' || [[Matchbox Twenty|Matchbox 20]] ||-
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| ''[[A Worm's Life]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] ||-
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| rowspan="1" align="center"|2
| ''[[Black Earth (Arch Enemy album)|Black Earth]]'' || [[Arch Enemy]] ||-
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| align="center"|3
| ''[[Plays Metallica by Four Cellos]]'' || [[Apocalyptica]] || Covers
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| align="center"|7
| ''[[Broken China]]'' || [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]] ||-
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| rowspan="15" align="center"|8
| ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] ||-
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| ''[[All Because of You (Daryle Singletary album)|All Because of You]]'' || [[Daryle Singletary]] ||-
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| ''[[Baja Sessions]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
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| ''[[Brown (P.O.D. album)|Brown]]'' || [[P.O.D.]] ||-
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| ''[[Christmas Island (Jimmy Buffett album)|Christmas Island]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] || Christmas
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| ''[[Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes]]'' || [[The Chipmunks]] || -
|-
| ''[[East Side Militia]]'' || [[Chemlab]] ||-
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| ''[[Factory Showroom]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
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| ''[[Ginuwine... the Bachelor]]'' || [[Ginuwine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Karen Carpenter (album)|Karen Carpenter]]'' || [[Karen Carpenter]] ||-
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| ''[[No Doubt (702 album)|No Doubt]]'' || [[702 (group)|702]] ||-
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| ''[[No Talking, Just Head]]'' || The Heads || Members of [[Talking Heads]]
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| ''[[Satan Is Real Again, or Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts]]'' || [[Country Teasers]] ||-
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| ''[[Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison]]'' || [[Van Morrison]], [[Georgie Fame]], [[Mose Allison]] and [[Ben Sidran]] ||-
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| ''[[Under These Rocks and Stones]]'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] || CAN
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| align="center"|11
| ''[[The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)]]'' || [[Current 93]] || EP
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| align="center"|14
| ''[[Sutras (album)|Sutras]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
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| rowspan="17" align="center"|15
| ''[[Billy Breathes]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
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| ''[[Breathe (Midnight Oil)|Breathe]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
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| ''[[Car Button Cloth]]'' || [[The Lemonheads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Corey Hart (album)|Corey Hart]]'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||-
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| ''[[Genius of America]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
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| ''[[Justus (album)|Justus]]'' || [[The Monkees]] ||-
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| ''Kind Hearted Woman'' || [[Michelle Shocked]] ||-
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| ''[[Life Is Peachy]]'' || [[Korn]] ||-
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| ''[[No Doy]]'' || [[Moe (band)|Moe]] ||-
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| ''[[Now I Got Worry]]'' || [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]] ||-
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| ''[[Overnight Sensation]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
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| ''[[Recovering the Satellites]]'' || [[Counting Crows]] ||-
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| ''[[Red Hot + Rio]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization]] AIDS benefit
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| ''[[Stories Told & Untold]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
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| ''[[This Fire (album)|This Fire]]'' || [[Paula Cole]] ||-
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| ''[[Wiseblood (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Wiseblood]]'' || [[Corrosion of Conformity]] ||-
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| ''[[Wrath of the Math]]'' || [[Jeru the Damaja]] ||-
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|21
| ''[[Dance into the Light]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||-
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| ''Young in Love'' || [[Aaron Pritchett]] ||-
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| rowspan="12" align="center"|22
| ''[[Best Of – Volume I (Van Halen album)|Best Of – Volume I]]'' || [[Van Halen]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
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| ''[[12 Soulful Nights of Christmas]]'' || [[Jermaine Dupri]] || Christmas
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| ''[[Autobiography of Mistachuck]]'' || [[Chuck D]] ||-
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| ''[[Bow Down]]'' || [[Westside Connection]] ||-
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| ''[[Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire]]'' || [[Firewater (band)|Firewater]] || Debut
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| ''[[Motel California]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||-
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| ''[[Public Cowboy No. 1 (album)|Public Cowboy #1: The Music of Gene Autry]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
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| ''[[Remember (Rusted Root album)|Remember]]'' || [[Rusted Root]] ||-
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| ''[[Soundtracks for the Blind]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
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| ''[[Time Will Reveal]]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
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| ''[[Trial by Fire (Journey album)|Trial by Fire]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
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| ''[[Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again]]'' || [[House of Pain]] ||-
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| align="center"|23
| ''[[Actual Fantasy]]'' || [[Ayreon]] ||-
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| align="center"|24
| ''[[Goatlord (album)|Goatlord]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] || Demo
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|25
| ''[[Long Season]]'' || [[Fishmans]] ||-
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| ''[[Thank God for Mental Illness]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
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| rowspan="5" align="center"|28
| ''[[The Beatles Anthology]], [[Anthology 3|Volume 3]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation; UK
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| ''[[Evita (soundtrack)|Evita]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Soundtrack
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| ''[[Keys to Ascension]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Studio + Live
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| ''[[A Different Beat (Boyzone album)|A Different Beat]]'' || [[Boyzone]] ||-
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| ''[[Hubert Kah (album)|Hubert Kah]]'' || [[Hubert Kah]] ||-
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| rowspan="12" align="center"|29
| ''[[Space Jam (soundtrack)|Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
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| ''[[Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)|Romeo + Juliet]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
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| ''[[American Hardcore (album)|American Hardcore]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
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| ''[[Among My Swan]]'' || [[Mazzy Star]] ||-
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| ''[[Archaeology (album)|Archaeology]]'' || [[The Rutles]] ||-
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| ''[[Being There (Wilco album)|Being There]]'' || [[Wilco]] || Double album
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| ''[[Blackacidevil|Danzig 5: Blackacidevil]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
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| ''[[Da Storm]]'' || [[O.G.C.]] ||-
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| ''[[Fever In Fever Out]]'' || [[Luscious Jackson]] ||-
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| ''[[From I Extreme II Another]]'' || [[II D Extreme]] ||-
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| ''[[Ironman (Ghostface Killah album)|Ironman]]'' || [[Ghostface Killah]] ||-
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| ''[[Skillet (album)|Skillet]]'' || [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] ||-
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|31
| ''Back in the Shootin' Match'' || [[Ace Troubleshooter]] ||-
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| ''[[Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.]]'' || [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] ||-
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| 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>
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| ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'' || [[Spice Girls]] || UK
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| 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]] ||-
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| ''[[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]] ||-
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| ''[[Just the Same]]'' || [[Terri Clark]] ||-
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| ''[[Star Bright (Vanessa Williams album)|Star Bright]]'' || [[Vanessa Williams]] || Christmas
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| ''Take You There'' || [[k-os]] ||-
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| ''[[Tierna La Noche]]'' || [[Fey (singer)|Fey]] ||-
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| ''[[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|Unchained]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
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| ''[[Unknown Country]]'' || [[The Clean]] ||-
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| align="center"|8
| ''[[Sahra]]'' || [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] || –
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| rowspan="3" align="center"|11
| ''[[Voice of Love]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
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| ''Spice'' || Spice Girls || US
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| ''[[Pre-Millennium Tension]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ||-
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| rowspan="7" align="center"|12
| ''[[About to Choke]]'' || [[Vic Chesnutt]] ||-
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| ''[[Tha Doggfather]]'' || [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] ||-
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| ''[[Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] || Compilation
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| ''[[Hard Core (Lil' Kim album)|Hard Core]]'' || [[Lil' Kim]] || Debut
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| ''[[Infinite (Eminem album)|Infinite]]'' || [[Eminem]] || Debut
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| ''[[Losing Streak]]'' || [[Less Than Jake]] ||-
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| ''[[Nico (album)|Nico]]'' || [[Blind Melon]] || Compilation 
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| rowspan="3" |18
| ''[[Beloved (Glay album)|Beloved]]'' || [[Glay]] ||-
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| ''[[If You're Feeling Sinister]]'' || [[Belle & Sebastian]] ||-
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| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 35'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
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| rowspan="13" align="center"|19
| ''Daylight: Music from the Motion Picture'' || Ralph Edelman and Various Artists || Soundtrack
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| ''[[Dru Hill (album)|Dru Hill]]'' || [[Dru Hill]] ||-
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| ''[[Dusk and Her Embrace]]'' || [[Cradle of Filth]] ||-
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| ''[[Emancipation (Prince album)|Emancipation]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || 3xCD
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| ''Endtroducing.....'' || DJ Shadow || US
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| ''[[Hell on Earth (Mobb Deep album)|Hell on Earth]]'' || [[Mobb Deep]] ||-
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| ''[[House of Music]]'' || [[Tony! Toni! Toné!]] ||-
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| ''[[Ill Na Na]]'' || [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] ||-
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| ''[[Life in General (album)|Life in General]]'' || [[MxPx]] ||-
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| ''[[Razorblade Suitcase]]'' || [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] || US
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| ''[[Rock Spectacle]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] || Live album
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| ''[[Summer of '78]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
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| ''[[Sunfish Holy Breakfast]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|22
| ''Cacy Cacy Fleischmaschine'' || [[Świetliki]] ||-
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| ''[[Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!]]'' || [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] ||-
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| rowspan="5" align="center" |25
| ''[[Enter Suicidal Angels]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] ||-
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| ''[[Friends II]]'' || [[B'z]] || EP
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| ''[[Present (Sun Electric album)|Present]]'' || [[Sun Electric (band)|Sun Electric]] ||-
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| ''[[Someday Maybe]]'' || [[The Clarks]] ||-
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| ''[[Telegram (album)|Telegram]]'' || [[Björk]] || UK; Remix
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| rowspan="4" align="center"|26
| ''[[The Aeroplane Flies High]]'' || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Enigma (Keith Murray album)|Enigma]]'' || [[Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray]] ||-
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| ''[[Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] || Compilation
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| ''[[The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] || Soundtrack
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|29
| ''[[Switchstance (album)|Switchstance]]'' || [[Quarashi]] || EP
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| ''[[Tormented (Staind album)|Tormented]]'' || [[Staind]] ||-
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| ''[[Live Around the World (Meat Loaf album)|Live Around the World]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] || Live
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| ''[[Further Along]]'' || [[The Dubliners]] ||-
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| ''[[Telling Everybody]]'' || [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]] ||-
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| rowspan="4" align="center"|3
| ''[[Christmas on Death Row]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas
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| ''[[Nerf Herder (album)|Nerf Herder]]'' || [[Nerf Herder]] ||-
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| ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' || Bloodhound Gang || Geffen re-release
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| ''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2'' || Various Artists || Compilation
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| rowspan="4" align="center"|10
| ''[[Five Smokin' Tracks from Lit]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Lama Rabi Rabi]]'' || [[Ghost (1984 band)|Ghost]] ||-
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| ''[[Muddy Waters (album)|Muddy Waters]]'' || [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] ||-
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| ''[[This Is Teen-C Power!]]'' || [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] || EP
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| align="center"|12
|''[[True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)|True]]''
|[[L'Arc-en-Ciel]]
| -
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| align="center"|16
| ''Machines Against the Rage'' || [[TISM]] || Live
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| align="center"|17
| ''[[666.667 Club]]'' || [[Noir Désir]] ||-
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| align="center"|18
|''[[Imaginator]]''
|[[Nelson (band)|Nelson]]
|Japanese release date
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