1. The Beloved X
2. Marion This World & Body
3. Tricky Pre-Millenium Tension
4. Trainspotting Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
5. Orbital In Sides
6. Beck Odelay
7. Everything But The Girl Walking Wounded
8. The Bluetones Expecting To Fly
9. Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik
10. Tori Amos Boys For Pele

Coming Close: Ash 1977, Kula Shaker K, Nearly God Nearly God, Cast All Change, Underworld Second Toughest In The Infants, Lush Lovelife, John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey Dance Hall At Louse Point, Cibo Matto Viva! La Woman

And the Flop Of The Year Award goes to .... Ministry Filth Pig.

Coming Close: The Beloved Ease The Pressure, Sleeper Sale Of The Century, Gene Fighting Fit, Bush Greedy Fly, Alice in Chains Again, Kula Shaker Govinda, Soundgarden Pretty Noose, Marion Fallen Through, The Bluetones Cut Some Rug, and Lush Ciao!

If I could, I would probably crown the Todd Terry remix of Everything But The Girl's Missing as "Single of the Year." Though first released years ago, with this new version arriving in late 1995, it owned the first few months of 1996. Also, two songs that deserve mention are Radiohead's Street Spirit (Fade Out) and echobelly's Dark Therapy. These two brilliant singles were released officially in 1996, but I have not included them here because they first appeared on 1995 albums.