External Link: http://www.spin.com/2016/08/96-best-alternative-rock-songs-1996/5/

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Once, on Facebook I wrote:

Top 20:

  1. Foo Fighters, “Big Me”
  2. Nada Surf, “Popular”
  3. Underworld, “Born Slippy .NUXX”
  4. Sublime, “What I Got”
  5. Green Day, “Brain Stew”/“Jaded”
  6. Primitive Radio Gods, “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand”
  7. Radiohead, “Just”
  8. Belle and Sebastian, “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying”
  9. Spacehog, “In the Meantime”
  10. The Chemical Brothers, “Setting Sun”
  11. Butthole Surfers, “Pepper”
  12. The Cardigans, “Lovefool”
  13. The Prodigy, “Firestarter”
  14. No Doubt, “Just a Girl”
  15. Weezer, “El Scorcho”
  16. Garbage, “Stupid Girl”
  17. Rage Against the Machine, “Bulls on Parade”
  18. Oasis, “Champagne Supernova”
  19. Beck, “Where It’s At”
  20. Smashing Pumpkins, “1979”

Seems like a decent summary. Spotify playlist:

It was a weird year for music.