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Post by like2throw on Oct 14, 2014 21:06:03 GMT -5
Get these five albums and you have the basis of 1996 covered
Mariah Carey - Daydream Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Fugees - The Score Celine Dion - Falling into You
And Ironically, three of the five came out late 95. Id say 1995-96 were the most "nineties" years of the 90s, if you know what i mean
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Post by johnm1120 on Oct 14, 2014 21:24:10 GMT -5
Celine, Mariah, Alanis, pure deserved domination. (At one point Mariah had 3 songs in the top 40).
Donna Lewis, Los Del Rio, Everything But the Girl, Merril Bainbridge for one-hit wonders (although Donna had another AC hit).
Jann Arden's Insensitive I'd call the sleeper hit of the year.
Flash in the pan hits for George Michael (Jesus To a Child), Seal (Fly Like An Eagle), and the theme from Mission Impossible by U2's Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen. I'd throw Tina Arena (Chains) in this category as well.
Christian crossovers from Jars of Clay (Flood) and DC Talk (Just Between You & Me)
Ace of Base, Bryan Adams and Melissa Etheridge were on the decline in terms of chart dominance, but still had good years.
Hootie & The Blowfish spent the entire year in the top 40 with at least 1 song per chart.
Lots of great stuff. There are very few songs I disliked that year.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 14, 2014 21:25:33 GMT -5
1996 was great for Alternative.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 14, 2014 21:26:40 GMT -5
I mean, look at this list of #1s...
Oasis - Wonderwall The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 Oasis - Champagne Supernova Sublime - What I Got Eels - Novocaine for the Soul Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken blah blah blah
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Oct 14, 2014 22:26:57 GMT -5
1996 is probably my favorite year of the 90s for pop music (it's still 1994 for 90s music period though).
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Post by halo19 on Oct 15, 2014 0:57:57 GMT -5
Electronic music was starting to be taken seriously by music critics and you had the big beat explosion that even had a legit American impact in the next couple of years. MTV even premiered Amp that year.
It's the genre of my favorite album that year, In Sides by Orbital.
The bases of most of the other genres are caught well and it's when I slowly started following CHR/pop.
Alternative had grunge waning with post grunge still prominent but you had a lot of artists on the chart that didn't just draw from rock music alone. For this, Odelay by Beck must still be remembered, as well as hits from aforementioned Eels, Sublime, 311, Ruby, and others. Garbage were at their peak of popularity then, though still seen as cool throughout the 90s.
Active rock was where the rise of alternative metal was truly felt and that carried well on to the next year. The Tool album carried almost two whole years in promotion.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 16, 2014 16:35:57 GMT -5
I went to my first rave in 1996. I didn't really even know what techno music was because it had not hit the mainstream yet. Although I did like a group called Starscream. Otherwise it was like listening to a brand new genre of music for the very first time.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 16, 2014 16:41:13 GMT -5
Active rock was where the rise of alternative metal was truly felt and that carried well on to the next year. The Tool album carried almost two whole years in promotion. By this, do you mean that the singles off of AEnima charted in a two-year span? Because from what I remember, "Stinkfist" charted in 1996 and the album had a total of five singles that surprisingly, did better on Active than Alternative. These were "Forty-Six & 2", "H.", "Eulogy" and "AEnema".
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Post by Albie on Oct 16, 2014 16:54:55 GMT -5
Active rock was where the rise of alternative metal was truly felt and that carried well on to the next year. The Tool album carried almost two whole years in promotion. By this, do you mean that the singles off of AEnima charted in a two-year span? Because from what I remember, "Stinkfist" charted in 1996 and the album had a total of five singles that surprisingly, did better on Active than Alternative. These were "Forty-Six & 2", "H.", "Eulogy" and "AEnema". No offense, but how do you remember anything? You weren't even around yet.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 16, 2014 16:57:31 GMT -5
By this, do you mean that the singles off of AEnima charted in a two-year span? Because from what I remember, "Stinkfist" charted in 1996 and the album had a total of five singles that surprisingly, did better on Active than Alternative. These were "Forty-Six & 2", "H.", "Eulogy" and "AEnema". No offense, but how do you remember anything? You weren't even around yet. BECAUSE it's my favorite album of all time.
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Post by Albie on Oct 16, 2014 17:27:14 GMT -5
No offense, but how do you remember anything? You weren't even around yet. BECAUSE it's my favorite album of all time. Just giving you sh*t Baron. Trust me, by now I know that's your favorite album of all time. I was more referring to your choice of words. More than remember (because you lived it), you know (because you learned of it after it happened). Sorry - I get caught up in semantics.
"Forty Six & 2" was definitely out in the early part of '98 so yeah, I interpreted halo19's comment in the same way as you. And that is something I remember.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 16, 2014 17:33:53 GMT -5
BECAUSE it's my favorite album of all time. Just giving you sh*t Baron. Trust me, by now I know that's your favorite album of all time. I was more referring to your choice of words. More than remember (because you lived it), you know (because you learned of it after it happened). Sorry - I get caught up in semantics.
"Forty Six & 2" was definitely out in the early part of '98 so yeah, I interpreted halo19's comment in the same way as you. And that is something I remember.
My teacher was a big Tool fan in 1996. She even owned one of their shirts, but she stopped wearing it after finding out what it meant. I'm trying to get her to rewear it.
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Post by β The Manticore β― on Oct 16, 2014 17:50:26 GMT -5
1996 was a great year for music in terms of different genres. That was also the year the new WKTU launched in New york City as a dance format. There's already a mention of "Macarena", Robert Miles "Children" and more but "One More Try" by Kristine W. came out that year which is one of my favorites. And let's not forget 'Where Do You Go' by No Mercy and Brainbug's "Nightmare".
There was also "Nobody Knows" by the Tony Rich Project, Donna Lewis "I Love You Always Forever", Keith Sweat's "Twisted", Gin Blossom's "Follow You Down", 2 Pac's "California Love", Goo Goo Dolls "Name", Collective Soul's "The World I know", Madonna's "You'll See", Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Tha Crossroads", George Michaels "Fast Love" and many many more.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 16, 2014 21:46:55 GMT -5
Eulogy went top 30 on active rock in summer 1998. 46 & 2 was fall 1997 but carried well into '98. Promotion would also include touring. They had a headline tour about the time they took main stage on Ozzfest '98.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 22, 2014 16:53:54 GMT -5
My teacher was a big Tool Rude! >:( With a capital 'R'!
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Oct 22, 2014 19:57:25 GMT -5
Garbage <3 and Mariah <3 and No Doubt <3
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 22, 2014 20:13:33 GMT -5
My teacher was a big Tool Rude! >:( With a capital 'R'! She is.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 22, 2014 20:54:44 GMT -5
There were definitely some albums released in 96 that I spin today, or at least the album highlights.
Toni Braxton - Secrets Tori Amos - Boys For Pele Aaliyah - One In A Million Fiona Apple - Tidal Set It Off Soundtrack Lil' Kim - Hardcore... YAAAAAAAASSSSS!!!! Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack Outkast - ATLiens The Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack, which was a killer soundtrack. Space Jam soundtrack The Cardigans - First Band On The Moon and the inescapable "Lovefool" Total's debut album... YAAAAAS 2Pac - All Eyez On Me The Fugee's - The Score Maxwell's debut album Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out Jay-Z's debut album Moby - Animal Rights 702 - No Doubt Paula Cole - This Fire The Evita soundtrack from Madonna 112's debut album Sheryl Crow's self-titled album Weezer - Pinkerton Nas - It Was Written Ginuwine's debut album and "Pony," which still slays SWV - New Beginning Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry Beck - Odelay Blackstreet - Another Level and clearly "No Diggity" "Nobody Knows" by Tony Rich "My Boo" by Ghosttown DJs "C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by Quad City DJs "Firestarter" by The Prodigy still knocks The album sucked, but "Fastlove" by George Michael is still ace "Goldeneye" by Tina Turner, huge sucker for James Bond themes "Reach" by Gloria Estefan always stands out to me for this year because it was the theme to the Olympics, lmao. I'm OBSESSED with the Olympics.
And those are just the albums that were released that year. Doesn't include the hit songs from albums released before 96. No Doubt, Mariah Carey's Daydream, LL Cool J, Monica, Shania Twain, Tracy Chapman, Everything But The Girl, R Kelly, Alanis Morissette, Waiting To Exhale soundtrack, Nathalie Merchant, Garbage, Jewel, Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins all bled into 96.
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Post by like2throw on Oct 22, 2014 23:04:24 GMT -5
also if I may add Bullet With Butterfly Wings is arguably the heaviest song to ever become a CHR Top 20 hit.
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Post by MiniMusic on Oct 22, 2014 23:31:26 GMT -5
So I listened to Toni Braxton's Secrets and I am SO in love !! I cannot believe I've never heard this before... Got it on my iPod real quick. What a beautiful, husky voice and perfect songs. I also listened to Jagged Little Pill, I liked it but it's not my favorite type of music. The singles were my favorite from that. But Toni's album literally slays me. I'm definitely more of a large r&b fan than alternative or rock, which album should I listen to next then? I think I'm gonna try Tragic Kingdom too because I have No Doubt's greatest hits album and really like that a lot.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 23, 2014 5:14:49 GMT -5
also if I may add Bullet With Butterfly Wings is arguably the heaviest song to ever become a CHR Top 20 hit. It probably would have been had it made the CHR charts at all.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 23, 2014 10:34:10 GMT -5
So I listened to Toni Braxton's Secrets and I am SO in love !! I cannot believe I've never heard this before... Got it on my iPod real quick. What a beautiful, husky voice and perfect songs. I also listened to Jagged Little Pill, I liked it but it's not my favorite type of music. The singles were my favorite from that. But Toni's album literally slays me. I'm definitely more of a large r&b fan than alternative or rock, which album should I listen to next then? I think I'm gonna try Tragic Kingdom too because I have No Doubt's greatest hits album and really like that a lot. Aaliyah's One In A Million is pretty solid. The Waiting To Exhale soundtrack had some hits that bled into 1996, including "Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton, which is also on Secrets. Total's debut album is still really hot IMO. Maxwell's debut album and Ginuwine's both have some solid R&B jams on them. R Kelly's self-titled album was released in late 95 and had several hits in 96. The Set It Off and Space Jam soundtracks have some good R&B tracks on them. The Romeo & Juliet soundtrack is probably the best sdtk released that year, but it's more alternative. The Preacher's Wife, if you like Whitney Houston, has some highlights. Mariah's Daydream had hits in 96. And SWV's New Beginning is okay, but I prefer their debut.
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Post by like2throw on Oct 23, 2014 22:46:21 GMT -5
also if I may add Bullet With Butterfly Wings is arguably the heaviest song to ever become a CHR Top 20 hit. It probably would have been had it made the CHR charts at all. didnt it peak at number 18 in late 95?
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 23, 2014 22:49:28 GMT -5
It probably would have been had it made the CHR charts at all. didnt it peak at number 18 in late 95? That's 1979. Peaked at #10 on CHR.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 23, 2014 23:42:31 GMT -5
It probably would have been had it made the CHR charts at all. didnt it peak at number 18 in late 95? Maybe on the hot 100. Postscript: #22, actually. 1979's crossover to pop was entirely 96, chartwise. Made #9 and was one of the first recurrents there, though prematurely. Their only major pop hit.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 23, 2014 23:45:18 GMT -5
didnt it peak at number 18 in late 95? Maybe on the hot 100. 1979's crossover to pop was entirely 96, chartwise. Made #9 and was one of the first recurrents there, though prematurely. Their only major pop hit. I'm surprised it was a Pop hit tbh. It didn't seem like the type of song that would engage Pop listeners.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 24, 2014 5:18:37 GMT -5
Maybe on the hot 100. 1979's crossover to pop was entirely 96, chartwise. Made #9 and was one of the first recurrents there, though prematurely. Their only major pop hit. I'm surprised it was a Pop hit tbh. It didn't seem like the type of song that would engage Pop listeners. It was a different time back then.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 24, 2014 8:18:37 GMT -5
I actually think it was by far their most pop friendly song and considering how popular they were in the mid 90s it was the right song to push them in the stratosphere.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 24, 2014 9:07:43 GMT -5
I actually think it was by far their most pop friendly song and considering how popular they were in the mid 90s it was the right song to push them in the stratosphere. I thought Disarm or Eye could have helped.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 24, 2014 9:56:55 GMT -5
Disarm was a minor hit, but also their first real mainstream rock major hit.
Thirty-Three peaked in winter and maybe could have been a crossover for then. Probably wasn't promoted because Tonight Tonight flopped on CHR. Was a big MTV hit when the network was about music videos, though. (So were Disarm, BWBW, and 1979).
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