commercially disappointing major label rock/alternative albums of 1996

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Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

really debating which one of these album titles makes the best euphemism for alienating a fanbase. "oh yeah, they Razorblade Suitcased that shit up on that one." "jesus, they dropped a Fairweather Johnson on that second abum." "you think they went Tiny Music last time? this one is straight up Friction, Baby."

fyi i still probably listen to no code ~10 times per year.

I never really got that into No Code, not like I did the previous three. That was where I got off the PJ train, in fact. Aside from "Hail, Hail", which is pretty killer, I remember more about the packaging gimmicks than I do about the music. And that was during a summer when it was rattling around in my backpack with about 15 other tapes that were on near-constant Walkman rotation. It wasn't bad, but it just wasn't my thing (anymore).

And I have a deep emotional connection to most of those other albums (New Adventures In Hi-Fi, Sebadoh's Harmacy, Cibo Matto's Viva La Woman, and the Kids soundtrack, among others) as a result of the trials of that summer that's strangely absent wrt No Code.

Sebadoh's Harmacy, Cibo Matto's Viva La Woman, and the Kids soundtrack

what a time to be alive

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When I was 16 IIRC my top 5 albums of 1996 went something like 1. Tiny music 2. odelay 3. she's the one 4. evil empire 5. sublime s/t

yeah i loved tiny music when i was 12 or 13. thank god i got into indie rock.

Dust vs. Black Love vs New Adventures for me. I'm going to plump for New Adventures but it's very close. Probably sold more than anything except the Metallica album now I come to think of it.

I never realised so many people liked No Code... I remember in the late '90s I couldn't find a single person who had anything good to say about the record!

Are we supposed to choose the one we like or the most disappointing one?

that petty soundtrack is kind of great -- if only it weren't saddled to that horrible horrible movie.

Voting for best/favorite/etc.

I love that She's The One soundtrack, despite association with Ed Burns bleeeeegggggggghh

"Walls (Circus)" is still one of my favorite later-Petty songs

"Walls" is rull good. I used to listen to She's The One while playing PC games. Also I didn't realize "Asshole" was a Beck cover until I bought One Foot In The Grave a year or 2 later.

Considering the success of Wallflowers and "Mary Jane's Last Dance," I'd say She's The One would've fit into this poll perfectly.

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did markers vote twice?

Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge 4

wau

Stone Temple Pilots 6

It appears I don't understand a lot more things in this world than I thought

The Cranberries - To The Faithful Departed 0

DAMN RIGHT! :D

heavens to murgatroyd, this thing got nearly 150 responses! some kind of record?

heavens!

gracious!

The Cranberries - To The Faithful Departed 0

This one really deserves its last place.

It's a topic near and dear to everyone's heart.

its the last decade before most ilxors got jaded

now I wish She's The One had been a part of this

yeah Petty along w/ Cracker definitely shoulda been options but tbf they probably both would've been down in the 2 vote ghetto with Type O Negative.

i kinda figured this would have a good turnout and wide distribution of votes, but i really didn't think all but 3 albums would get votes!! also v happy that Hi-Fi beat Pinkerton.

Kinda sorta feel like Blow It Out Your Ass, It's Veruca Salt fits the bill here? Except for the pesky fact of it being an EP.

my favorite under-the-radar follow-up EP of 1996 is Ruth Ruth's The Little Death, which is fucking incredible and better than maybe 2 or 3 of the albums on this list

better than ALL BUT maybe 2 or 3 etc.

sd how old are u?

30, was 14 in '96

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wau

― mookieproof, Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:17 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

that really is bewildering -- i liked it ok at the time (mike watt!) but god has the production aged badly even in the context of this lot

ha man i remember 'october rust' getting a 5-star review in ALTERNATIVE PRESS

ha i think i read reviews of AT LEAST half of these in Alternative Press

i had a sub to that in hs :/

idk when i became the emo us weekly but it was after i was reading it

great stealth typo right there

ohhhh

some dude if you were 14 in '96 (and thirty now) do you think about these records as you heard them then or as you hear them now or some mix of the two?

(i'm not trying to shit on your ability/authority to criticize them at all, but i am curious)

a mix of the two, but it really depends because some of them i really HAVEN'T listened to in full in years and years, some i just revisited recently, some never left rotation.

but pretty much all of the ones i love or that have songs i love, i acknowledge that the albums have flaws or that the production hasn't dated well, etc.

Stone Temple Pilots 6
It appears I don't understand a lot more things in this world than I thought
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

It's really not that bad...

I think the huge response is that the overground notoriety of these albums intersects perfectly with the median ilxor age? I.E. Everyone has an opinion on this...

xpost yes, yes it is. My memory isn't that bad.

No. 4 was a p good album, but I remember Tiny Music had decent singles and a horrendous trumpet solo