1976: Songs of the Year

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102 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight

101 Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

100 Bob Seger - Night Moves

99 The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

98 Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing

97 Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle

96 Steve Miller Band - Wild Mountain Honey

95 ELO - Rockaria

94 Orleans - Still the One

93 Al Stewart - Year of the Cat

92 Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run

91 Donna Summer - Spring Affair

90 Queen - Tie Your Mother Down

89 Jean-Luc Ponty - Renaissance

88 Hall & Oates - Sara Smile

87 10cc - The Things We Do for Love

86 Henry Gross - Shannon

85 Thin Lizzy - Jail Break

84 Firefall - You Are the Woman

83 Queen - Somebody to Love

82 Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son

81 Chick Corea - Love Castle

80 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me

79 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By the Light

78 ELO - Livin' Thing

77 Hall & Oates - Rich Girl

76 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle

75 Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour

74 Pat Metheny - Road Trip / Broad Blues

73 James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing / Release That Pressure

72 Heart - Soul of the Sea

71 Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) the Reaper

70 Led Zeppelin - Hots On for Nowhere

69 Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine

68 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

67 ELO - Strange Magic

66 Chick Corea - Night Streets

65 Kansas - Miracles Out of Nowhere

64 Stevie Wonder - As

63 Jaco Pastorius - Donna Lee

62 Heart - Magic Man

61 George Benson - Breezin'

60 Chick Corea - Armando's Rhumba

59 Jack Lancaster/Robin Lumley - Realisation

58 The Alan Parsons Project - (The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

57 Billy Joel - New York State of Mind

56 The Alan Parsons Project - A Dream Within a Dream

55 Rush - Tears

54 Starcastle - Lady of the Lake

53 Styx - Crystal Ball

52 Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

51 Jack Lancaster/Robin Lumley - Take Off

50 Jon Anderson - Meeting (Garden of Geda) / Sound Out the Galleon

49 Donna Summer - Try Me, I Know We Can Make It

48 Geneiss - One for the Vine

47 Styx - Jennifer

46 Rush - The Twilight Zone

45 Genesis - Eleventh Earl of Mar

44 Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely

43 Genesis - Squonk

42 Rainbow - A Light in the Black

41 Queen - The Millionaire Waltz

40 Jack Lancaster/Robin Lumley - Phobos and Deimos

39 Styx - Claire de lune / Ballerina

38 Heart - Crazy on You

37 Billy Cobham / George Duke - Ivory Tattoo

36 Jon Anderson - Dance of Ranyart / Olias (To Build the Moorglade)

35 Boston - Foreplay / Long Time

34 Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy

33 Stanley Clarke - School Days

32 Jack Lancaster/Robin Lumley - Homelight

31 Boston - Peace of Mind

30 Styx - Mademoiselle

29 Rush - A Passage to Bangkok

28 Genesis - Afterglow

27 Stevie Wonder - Wish

26 Billy Cobham / George Duke - Almustafa the Beloved

25 Kansas - Cheyenne Anthem

24 Stevie Wonder - Contusion

23 Rush - Something for Nothing

22 Genesis - Entangled

21 David Bowie - Station to Station

20 Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

19 Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)

18 Jack Lancaster/Robin Lumley - Hopper

17 Kansas - Magnum Opus

16 Billy Cobham / George Duke - Hip Pocket

15 Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

14 Genesis - Ripples

13 Return to Forever - Sorceress

12 Return to Forever - Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant, Parts I & II

11 Shakti with John McLaughlin - Joy

10 Jack Lancaster/Robin Lumley - Arrival

9 Al Di Meola - Land of the Midnight Sun

8 Rainbow - Stargazer

7 Return to Forever - Medieval Overture

6 Weather Report - Black Market

5 Kansas - The Wall

4 Jon Anderson - QoQuaQ Ën Transic / Naon / Transic Tö

3 Jon Anderson - Flight of the Moorglade

2 Rush - 2112

1 Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

Neil Peart ...never forget..

Suddenly, you were gone
From all the lives you left your mark upon

I remember
How we talked and drank into the misty dawn
I hear the voices

We ran by the water on the wet summer lawn
I see the footprints
I remember

I feel the way you would
I feel the way you would

Tried to believe but you know it's no good
This is something that just can't be understood

I remember
The shouts of joy, skiing fast through the woods
I hear the echoes

I learned your love for life
I feel the way that you would
I feel your presence
I remember

I feel the way you would
This just can't be understood

Why they aren't my favorite band: RUSH

The question is raise-able.

I was addicted/attached to Rush when I was in High School and at least a year or maybe 2 years after it.

I suppose it really came to when I started listening to some of those bands in 1995 and 1996 that became favorites: Dream Theater, Marillion, King's X, Fates Warning.

Maybe the end came both when I saw the 1996 tour supporting Test for Echo and then the following unfortunate events that happened to Neil Pear which caused them to go on a hiatus around 1998.

The truth is, among every band/artist I enjoy, they have the highest percentage of quality albums compared to all others, considering quantity.

They have 19 studio albums, the 1st 15 I rate 3.5-stars or better (and among those, most of them are 4-5 stars). And their last 4, I still consider good records 3-3.5 stars.

So that's an amazing run of consistency, that really hasn't come close to being matched for me. There are some others who if they have a long enough career, could match or surpass it (The Dear Hunter comes to mind).

So WHY aren't they my favorite band? I guess it comes down to a couple of factors.

1) Some may see this as no reason to consider, but they are and have become even more popular/mainstream etc over the last decade especially. When I 1st became a fan, while they still were popular, I didn't know many others who loved them like me. In other words, THEY FELT LIKE MY BAND. In the time I took them off my favorite band place, it seems more and more casual/fringe fans arose. Even the hipsters grabbed onto them, which not to the fault of them or their music, made it feel less special for them to be my favorite.

2) I was so into them, listened to them so much for 3+ years especially, I kind of burnt out on them to an extent back then. I needed a break and to listen to other music at that point. Other music I needed to discover. After that happened, I kind of felt I didn't need to see them as the greatest band of all-time anymore.

I suppose the fact I have always thought of them as a favorite ever since that time frame after I took them off the top of the mountain, speaks to my all-time love of Rush. And the fact their catalog at this point is more or less unmatched, and may always be in terms of depth + quality.

But will they ever be #1 for me again? I doubt it per it is kind of past the point of no return. I think the underground factor being gone and the fact I discovered other bands who have maintained that special-ness to me, that Rush didn't quite do, hurts that. But, I dunno, it may just come down to mentality.

I seem to be someone whose gone more and more away from having favorite bands and just finding great albums and bands who I never expect to be an all-time favorite, but favorite every year, etc.

I.e. The Music Listening Buffet mentality.

And I hate trying to compete with being the biggest fan/collector with others because there often will always be dozens if not hundreds of other bigger/more attached/dedicated fans than I am.

Rapper Travi$ Scott RUSH T-Shirt: Article "Rush Isn't Cool"

Travi$ Scott wore this t-shirt the other night at the Grammy's

Message to Kids: Rush Isn’t Cool

I'm not sure whether to facepalm or just laugh at this pretentious (insincere) article seeming to draw click-bait. I suspect Scott nor his girlfriend Kylie Jenner even know much if anything about Rush (especially something more obscure like Counterparts which the tour of the t-shirt is from. A shirt I actually own and bought when seeing that tour in 1994).

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At least maybe some kids will discover Rush from Scott wearing the shirt?

Battlescar LIVE (ft Alex Lifeson w/ Kim Mitchell of MAX WEBSTER)

will be checking it later, and a song I haven't heard in decades. But I enjoyed, and have a bootleg of.

Max Webster, an untapped band for my ears.

Rush fans must watch this.

Marco Minneman + Alex Lifeson Project

Whose on bass and will their be vocals?

Some mention of Geddy in the comments. I hope if that happens, the Rush with Marco instead of Neil comparisons don't go far.

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Working on a new collaborative release together with Rush’s Alex Lifeson. Watch this space for more details to follow soon.
(Artwork by Tom Colbie)

Lost in Vegas - Rush-2112 REACTION

A lot of people have seen this already, and I commented on Twitter earlier about it.

I enjoyed this one a ton as I have with all of their Rush videos and many others.

The only issue is the edits for copyright concerns.

I mentioned they should check out the ANIMATED VIDEO that Rush themselves shared a few years ago.

Thanks for making this! This was a ton of fun!, even with having to edit some spots. I would suggest listening to 2112 without edits soon, and actually a great way to do that would be with the ANIMATED VIDEO: https://t.co/NrZTxGxMZU https://t.co/AmGJSGpyhc

— AllMediaReviews (@AllMediaReviews) July 7, 2018

And then I added another post on twitter tagging them and Rush that echos a ton of comments in support of them making a REACT TO video for Natural Science.

@lostinvegas83 I will echo many requests in the 2112-Reaction video, for your next @rushtheband Reaction Video, NATURAL SCIENCE. would be awesome. I find it simply a perfectly composed piece of music.

— AllMediaReviews (@AllMediaReviews) July 7, 2018

It is awesome they love Rush so much, and some of the comments asked about them reacting to some other names in progressive rock. Yes of course (Roundabout, which might make sense, although someone suggested Heart of the Sunrise which would be my suggestion).

And so I chimed in about Genesis and King Crimson which I thought they may have done a video for 21st Century Schizoid Man, but I'm not sure. They could react to Starless or Red I suppose if so.

Band/Artist and What Album-Generation Fan Are You? (Pt 1)

I was thinking about this in a discussion with the wife about her generation of being a fan of The Monkees. How she came along when The Monkees hit MTV and Nick at Nite in the mid 80's ('86-87) and the new studio album at that time was Pool It! for her.

It's not exactly a "1st Generation, 2nd Generation, 3rd Generation" (or 1st, 2nd or 3rd Wave, etc) exactly, but more based on the newest album released.

The 1st new album that comes out either after you become a fan, or I suppose it works best, before if it is relatively recently.



There were some fans that reacted to The Monkees album Good Times! in 2016 as being not nearly as good as Justus, which it was based on partially at least, Justus was the new/1st/most-recent album from The Monkees at-the-time they became a fan.

Mind you, some actually did or do prefer Justus, but my wife and many others thought that album sucked. And many like her and myself really liked Good Times!.



And she also likes Pool It more than Justus, maybe a lot of it just based on how much she likes the music, but also she says based on nostalgia for when it came out around the time she became a fan.

So she's a Pool It!-generation fan of The Monkees. Maybe consider 3rd generation or wave by some, but it seems easiest to just label per the album that was out or came out around the time she became a fan.




So I'm gonna make some more of these entries per time/discipline, etc. But here's 10 artists and the Generation I fall under.

Off the top of my head, I think only 2 or 3 artists I would be in the 1st release/album generation (The Dear Hunter, Kimbra, Janelle Monae kind of..and a few others..Hotel of the Laughing Tree).

Oddly enough though, I told her the whole nostalgia for the new/most recent when I got into the artist doesn't always work for me. Open Your Eyes and Calling All Stations are 2 perfect examples of that. 2 of my least favorite albums from those artists.

Kevin Gilbert: (2004) The Kaviar Demo-generation
Marillion: (1995) Afraid of Sunlight-generation
Fates Warning: (1995) Inside Out-generation
Rush: (1992) Roll the Bones-generation
Dream Theater: (1995) Awake-generation
King's X: (1996) Ear Candy-generation
The Dear Hunter: (2007) Act I: The Lake South, the River North-generation
Yes: (1996 or 1997) The Open Your Eyes-generation
Genesis: (1997) Calling All Stations-generation
Pink Floyd: (1991 or 1992) A Momentary Lapse of Reason-generation

The Peanuts do 2112

Possibly a bit stretched to try and fit something, anything that remotely finds the lyrics or mood from Peanuts animations, this seems still well worked with a lot of effort.

Hopefully some people who love The Peanuts who are unfamiliar with Rush and 2112 will now have found a new band they enjoy (and I suppose vice-versa for Rush fans, but I somehow suspect there are very few Rush fans who aren't familiar with The Peanuts, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, etc).

Of course there is also the animated short film from 2016.

893 Essential Songs (89.3 The Current) TOP 10

Well my prediction was correct

But one other thing that crossed my mind about this, in thinking about the likely, pretty eye-rolling list that I anticipate, is that in 2016 it was 893 albums, 2017 893 Artists, so in 2018 it might be 893 songs, if they haven't already done one for Songs (I somehow think they did, but maybe it wasn't in this so called voting process? I can't remember).

https://cloud.connect.mpr.org/essential_songs

893 Essential Songs

Submit your Top 10 Essential Songs — your favorite songs of all time!

Use this form to submit your 10 essential songs and enter the 893 Essential Songs giveaway between Tuesday, April 3 at 2 p.m. CDT and 11:59 p.m. CDT Monday, April 16, 2018.

One (1) winner will receive one (1) gift certificate redeemable at Amazon.com for $893.00. Winner must provide a signed prize acceptance and a W-9 before receiving prize. Three (3) back up names will be drawn.

Items with a red asteristk (*) are required.

Same deal as last year; per I don't pay attention nor listen to 89.3 for obvious reasons, I didn't realize they were doing another 1 of these for these dates, although per last year it began on April 4th, I suppose that would have been something to remember/plan.

So for 2019, it'll probably be April 1st or April 8th 2019 which are both Mondays. But Albums, Artists, Songs. 2019???? Career Discographies? Live Albums? although Career Discographies is basically the same thing as Artists.

I still think the thing to do is my idea posted last year. 89 minutes and 30 seconds for people who win a contest. Hell, even just 1 listener, although that doesn't occupy more than 1 day and just an isolated amount of time for that matter. If it were like 10 winners or more, than it could at least be done for those 90 minutes once-a-day. It would give reason to tune in then. Their issue would be, 24 hours in the day, and only 1.5 for the special reason to tune-in. Which might suggest more than once-per-day. Say like 10 times per day, and like 100 winners or something, lol.

Maybe that sounds far-fetched, but I know i would be interested in those playlists.

I suppose though if they are doing the Pledge Drive, the winner might get 89 minutes of music or even time for their own, per they would have to talk and beg for money they do during the Pledge Drive. Although I dunno if they could do it where the winners would have their 89 minutes AFTER THE PLEDGE DRIVE IS OVER, etc.

Anyway, that all being said, like the previous submissions, none of my songs or artists likely will end up in their 893 list. Well, not sure, but the only ones would be the obvious classic rock names, but the songs I picked, there's next to no chance for, other than maybe Zeppelin and Queen.

Link for MY list (below)

0. Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow 

1. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book Two: Hemispheres
2. Yes - The Gates of Delirium
3. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
4. Marillion - Grendel
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show
6. Dream Theater - Scarred
7. Fates Warning - Still Remains
8. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
9. Queen - The Prophet's Song
10. Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand


11. Toy Matinee - Last Plane Out
12. Ours - The Worst Things Beautiful
13. dredg - The Canyon Behind Her
14. The Dear Hunter - His Hands Matched His Tongue
15. Oceansize - The Frame
16. Pink Floyd - Dogs

edit: Gonna publish this now and then Edit in more later I think per time right now.

edit 2:
So I suppose 1 idea as a Reaction-To the list of 893 Songs that I'm sure less than 30% will be
a) Songs I like
b) Artists I even think are okay or like

So what I may do is come up with I dunno, 500 SONGS let's say, with the interest to never repeat an Artist Twice. Although I suppose if I struggle to find 500 Artists with 1 song, which now thinking about it, shouldn't be all that hard, just time-consuming of course, I may consider more than 1 song per artist.

I kind of suspect 89.3 will do more than 1 song per artist, especially if they truly use the Voting results, which I'm pretty sure they do not 100%.

But as far as my vote, honestly I just threw it together to not invest hours upon days on it up until the deadline next week. Are those 10 or 15 songs above MY DEFINITIVE TOP 10 OR 15 SONGS??? HELL TO THE NO. But they certainly are 10 or 15 songs I love, and if I ever really made as close to a definitive Favorite Songs List, all of them would be very high.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow has been and likely always will remain my favorite song of all-time, largely pure childhood sentimentality and nostalgia. But I didn't vote for it per it probably will get more than enough votes to make it anyway. And it kind of goes into a different category for me, more like most cherished childhood song, etc.

The others though, and the rankings?..meh, I just threw them down and the numbers don't really mean a lot. Hemispheres over Gates of Delirium? lol..why maybe if I ever make a close-to definitive list, it'll just be UNRANKED or tiered or something. Will the React-To be THAT close-to-definitive list? Unlikely.

I suppose maybe 2 lists, if somehow time permits it. 1 being the 500+ Songs with only 1 artist? and the other is just honestly? taking as many favorite artists and puting 5-25 songs in a hat and see where the number goes. And then the whole issue of artist who have 1 amazing song, or 2 amazing songs, etc like Under the Influence of Giants or Aviatic or whatever.

Lost in Vegas - Reacts to RUSH - WORKING MAN

Another funny and smile-inducing Rush song reaction video. These guys are GOLD with more or less any prog or metal videos. My only beef is it sounded like some of the version they heard was edited, but so be it.

Keep em coming guys!

"The Trees" would be AWESOME!

also 2112 (The Overture + The Temples of Syrinx sections)

I'd love to request/suggest some others, but many that come to mind (Natural Science for 1) are probably TOO LONG for them.  But if they keep loving Rush, who knows?

The Year 1996 Albums Calendar and Rankings

1996 was a year that I was amidst in listening to progressive metal and getting my 1st taste of progressive rock beyond Rush. Although it was odd how '96, '97, '98 I did check out a lot of it, to mixed success. But I guess 1996 maybe was best known for waiting for the next Dream Theater album after being obsessed with them, buying bootlegs and loving their new EP from 1995, despite the departure of Kevin Moore.

King's X and Fates Warning were the other go-to's around that time. Ear Candy came out in May, but it was actually in July or August I 1st checked them out and did enjoy their newest album quite a bit after initially thinking they were a Lenny Kravitz wannabe band.

I went on to see King's X live in 1996 along with Galactic Cowboys, another new band to me. And their new album Machine Fish was a record I enjoyed and have since.

Rush of course released their 1st album in 3 years in Test For Echo, which I can't say was a huge disappointment, but ultimately, seems a bit sad given it was really the 1st new album they released after me being an addicted fan (I suppose 2nd, but when Counterparts came out in 1993, I didn't even know it was coming out, and I was still digesting some of their massive catalog).

But I guess when I was only luke warm about the new Rush album, and my almost impatience waiting for a new Dream Theater album. A couple of things filled that void for me.

1) The Rush tribute album  from Magna Carta Working Man. It had a bunch of musicians I enjoyed including I recall all of the Dream Theater guys aside from Derek Sherinian I think.Plus it was co-produced by Mike Portnoy, lol.

But the likes of Fates Warning, Shadow Gallery, Devin Townsend and some others.

2) Victor, the Alex Lifeson side/solo project, which I later came to learn about the singer being Edwin from I Mother Earth

3) The underground progressive rock and metal scene. "Neoprog" and Power Metal along with labels like Magna Carta and these Import prog and metal companies like Impulse music which I came across selling cds at Record Shows and they were originally based in the Twin Cities, but eventually moved to Roselle, IL.

And it was through Impulse I first hear about Angra, a brazilian band who played incredible fast and technical, and had this soaring singer named Andre Matos that I absolute loved. And their album Holy Land I eventually came to love the most.

Another one I read about 1st on the Ytsejam through the Dream Theater fans, and eventually purchased the debut album Behind, from Germany's Superior.

Oddly Andre even later went on to sing on a Superior tune on their next album.

The other records from 1996, Spock's Beard, I Mother Earth, DJ Shadow, Porcupine Tree, Eric Johnson among others actually make 1996 a pretty deep year that also is somewhat top heavy. I mean Holy Land is an all-time classic, but after that there's just a long list of very good records that extend into the 20's or more.

1. Angra - Holy Land
2. Superior - Behind
3. Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness
4. King's X - Ear Candy
5. I Mother Earth - Scenery and Fish
6. Victor - Victor
7. Galactic Cowboys - Machine Fish
8. DJ Shadow - Entroducing....
9. Eric Johnson - Venus Isle
10. Porcupine Tree - Signify
11. Enchant - Wounded
12. Marillion - Made Again
13. The Tea Party - Alhambra [EP]
14. Various Artists - Working Man: A Show of Bands
15. The Flower Kings - Retropolis
16. Super 8 - Super 8
17. Galactic Cowboys - Feel the Rage [EP]
18. Lemur Voice - Insights
19. Jason Falkner - Presents Author Unknown
20. Rush - Test for Echo
21. sElf - The Half-Baked Serenade
22. Orphaned Land - El Norra Alla
23. Screaming Headless Torsos - Live!!
24. Altura - Mercy
25. Visionary - Visionary
26. Yes - Keys 2 Ascension
27. 24-7 Spyz - Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound
28. Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
29. George Michael - Older
30. Paula Cole - This Fire
31. dredg - Conscious [EP]
32. The Wondermints - Wonderful World of the Wondermints
33. The Wishing Tree - Carnival of Souls
34. Archive - Londium

Tony Williams - Wilderness
Afro Celt Sound System; Volume 1: Sound Magic
Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding
Visionary - Visionary
dredg - Conscious [EP]





Landberk - Indian Summer
rel January 1, 1996


Victor - Victor
rel January 9, 1996


Galactic Cowboys - Machine Fish
rel January 30, 1996


Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
rel January 30, 1996


Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness
rel January 1996

Miriodor - Jongleries Élastiques

rel February 13, 1996

In Flames - The Jester Race
rel February 20, 1996


Helloween - The Time of the Oath
rel March 1, 1996


The Tea Party - Alhambra
rel March 1, 1996


Freak Kitchen - Spanking Hour
rel March 12, 1996


Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
rel March 18, 1996



Angra - Holy Land
rel March 23, 1996


Marillion - Made Again
rel March 25, 1996


Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
rel March 26, 1996


Ulver - Kveldssanger
rel March 1996


Edge of Sanity - Crimson
rel April 2, 1996


Steve Morse Band - StressFest
rel April 9, 1996


Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
rel April 16, 1996


I Mother Earth - Scenery and Fish
rel April 23, 1996


Dave Mathews Band - Crash
rel April 30, 1996


Super 8 - Super 8
rel May 7, 1996


George Michael - Older
rel May 13, 1996


Amorphis - Elegy
rel May 14, 1996


Vernon Reid - Mistaken Identity
rel May 14, 1996


King's X - Ear Candy
rel May 20, 1996


Jason Becker - Perspective
rel May 21, 1996


The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
rel May 21, 1996


The Flower Kings - Retropolis
rel May 25, 1996


Porno for Pyros - Good God's Urge
rel May 28, 1996


Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
rel June 6, 1996


Cardiacs - Sing to God
rel June 11, 1996


Sloan - One Chord to Another
rel June 12, 1996


Beck - Odelay!
rel June 18, 1996


Opeth - Morningrise
rel June 24, 1996


Ars Nova - The Goddess of Darkness
rel June 1996


Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding
rel July 1, 1996


Orphaned Land - El Norra Alla
rel July 18, 1996


Altura - Mercy
rel July 23, 1996



Various Artists - Working Man: A Show of Bands
rel August 2, 1996


Olivia Tremor Control - Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
rel August 6, 1996


Failure - Fantastic Planet
rel August 13, 1996


Jason Falkner - Presents Author Unknown
rel August 13, 1996


At the Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement
rel August 18, 1996


Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
rel August 18, 1996


The Church - Magician Among the Spirits
rel August 19, 1996


Enchant - Wounded
rel August 27, 1996


Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
rel August 28, 1996


Eric Johnson - Venus Isle
rel September 3, 1996


Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live Art
rel September 10, 1996


Lemur Voice - Insights
rel September 10, 1996


Rush - Test for Echo
rel September 10, 1996


dEUS - In a Bar, Under the Sea
rel September 14, 1996


DJ Shadow - Entroducing....
rel September 16, 1996


Kula Shaker - K
rel September 16, 1996


The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon
rel September 17, 1996


Tool - Ænima
rel September 17, 1996


Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor - Appalachia Waltz
rel September 17, 1996


Archive - Londium
rel September 23, 1996


24-7 Spyz - Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound
rel September 24, 1996


Afro Celt Sound System; Volume 1: Sound Magic
rel September 24, 1996


Adrian Belew - Op Zop Too Wah
rel September 24, 1996


Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
rel September 24, 1996


Alan Parsons - On Air
rel September 24, 1996


John Scofield - Quiet
rel September 24, 1996


Weezer - Pinkerton
rel September 24, 1996


Lamb - Lamb
rel September 30, 1996


No-Man - Wild Opera
rel September 1996


Porcupine Tree - Signify
rel September 1996


The Wishing Tree - Carnival of Souls
rel September 1996


Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
rel October 1, 1996


Galactic Cowboys - Feel the Rage [EP]
rel October 8, 1996


Paula Cole - This Fire
rel October 15, 1996


Yes - Keys 2 Ascension
rel October 28, 1996


Jerry Garcia and Dave Grisman - Shady Grove
rel October 29, 1996


Superior - Behind
rel October 1996


X Japan - Dahlia
rel November 4, 1996


The Wondermints - Wonderful World of the Wondermints
rel November 5, 1996


Anathema - Eternity
rel November 11, 1996


Pat Metheny - Quartet
rel November 19, 1996


Rick Wright - Broken China
rel November 26, 1996

sElf - The Half-Baked Serenade
rel November 1996


Tony Williams - Wilderness
rel December 1996


Anglagard - Buried Alive
rel 1996


Michael Brecker - Tales from the Hudson
rel 1996


dredg - Conscious [EP]
rel 1996


Steve Hackett - Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited
rel 1996


Screaming Headless Torsos - Live!!
rel 1996


Somnambulist - Somnambulist
rel 1996


Tipsy - Trip Tease
rel 1996


Visionary - Visionary
rel 1996