Johnny's Top CDs for 1996


Ah, a magical year, 1996. Why else would I put it on the back of my hockey jersey? The first three CDs, I've totally ruined I've played them so much. The ranking here was pretty much a coin toss. Maybe next week I'll decide to change them yet again.


#1

Tori Amos
Boys for Pele

Recommended Tracks: Hey Jupiter; Marianne; In the Springtime of his Voodoo; Way Down; Caught a Lite Sneeze

#2

Bob Mould

Recommended Tracks: Deep Karma Canyon; Egoverride; Roll Over And Die; Fort Knox, King Solomon

#3

Booth and the Bad Angel

Recommended Tracks: I Believe; Butterfly's Dream; Life Gets Better; Dance of the Bad Angels

#4

Low & Sweet Orchestra
Goodbye to All That

Recommended Tracks: Miss Her Anyway; Nail Won't Fix a Broken Heart; There I Thought I Saw You Once Again; Sometimes the Truth Is All You Get

#5

Pure
Generation Six-Pack

Recommended Tracks: Denial; Anna; What It Is; Nobody Knows I'm New Wave

#6

Orbit
Libido Speedway

Recommended Tracks: Medicine; Bicycle Song; Yeah

#7

R. L. Burnside
A Ass Pocket Full of Whiskey

Recommended Tracks: Snake Drive; Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue); Boogie Chillen

#8

Dead Can Dance
Spiritchaser

Recommended Tracks: Song of the Stars; Nierika; Devorzhum

#9

Red Five
Flash

Recommended Tracks: Turn It On; Making Waves On The Future Ocean; Space; Hold Me Down

#10

The Tragically Hip
Trouble at the Henhouse

Recommended Tracks: Ahead By A Century; Gift Shop



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