UNITED KINGDOM (CIN) BEST ALBUMS OF 1996

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CIN POS Title - Act HP WKS PTS
  1   1 JAGGED LITTLE PILL-ALANIS MORISSETTE 1 52 1653.34
  2   2 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 1 52 1449.55
  4   3 Falling Into You - C?line Dion 1 42 1345.23
  3   4 Spice - Spice Girls 1 8 1076.66
  7   5 The Score - Fugees 2 46 1019.61
  5   6 Older - George Michael 1 33 877.77
 11   7 Moseley Shoals - Ocean Colour Scene 2 38 816.30
 13   8 Ocean Drive - Lighthouse Family 6 43 800.12
 12   9 Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of ... - Crowded House 1 27 751.06
 14  10 Bizarre Fruit / Bizarre Fruit II - M People 3 52 692.93
  9  11 Greatest Hits - Simply Red 1 12 648.26
  6  12 Take Two - Robson Green & Jerome Flynn 1 7 645.96
 10  13 Blue Is The Colour - The Beautiful South 1 10 628.98
 19  14 Different Class - Pulp 2 52 587.85
 17  15 The Smurfs Go Pop! - The Smurfs 2 27 500.44
  8  16 Greatest Hits - Take That 1 40 484.49
 21  17 Definitely Maybe - Oasis 9 52 483.62
 15  18 Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai 2 16 461.74
 16  19 K - Kula Shaker 1 15 444.55
 22  20 Hits - Mike & The Mechanics 3 43 434.77
 18  21 A Different Beat - Boyzone 1 9 427.49
 20  22 Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers 2 32 422.44
 27  23 All Change - Cast 8 52 412.51
 25  24 Garbage - Garbage 6 52 407.67
 26  25 Wildest Dreams - Tina Turner 4 39 375.90
 23  26 Around The World - The Journey So Far - East 17 3 8 372.39
 32  27 Stanley Road - Paul Weller 7 52 364.30
 24  28 18 Til I Die - Bryan Adams 1 29 358.59
 36  29 Said And Done - Boyzone 5 52 358.35
 29  30 1977 - Ash 1 34 328.55
 35  31 History - Past, Present And Future, Book 1 - Michael Jackson 4 52 328.37
 40  32 The Bends - Radiohead 4 52 321.92
 44  33 Life - Simply Red 9 37 298.75
 33  34 Free Peace Sweet - Dodgy 7 28 298.42
 28  35 Secrets - Toni Braxton 14 28 297.16
 31  36 Christmas Party - The Smurfs 8 8 288.07
 46  37 Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl 4 34 286.78
 39  38 Robson & Jerome - Robson Green & Jerome Flynn 2 41 280.99
 30  39 Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow 5 13 271.57
 48  40 The It Girl - Sleeper 5 34 237.31
 38  41 Spiders - Space 5 15 232.34
 42  42 Natural - Peter Andr 1 13 230.95
 37  43 Dreamland - Robert Miles 7 29 228.97
 41  44 Expecting To Fly - The Bluetones 1 46 226.18
 50  45 Mercury Falling - Sting 4 39 218.36
 45  46 Crocodile Shoes II - Jimmy Nail 10 6 211.31
 43  47 If We Fall In Love Tonight - Rod Stewart 8 8 203.44
 52  48 The Colour Of My Love - C?line Dion 11 52 195.79
 49  49 The Finest - Fine Young Cannibals 10 7 194.20
 34  50 New Adventures In Hi-Fi - REM 1 16 193.38
 55  51 Daydream - Mariah Carey 16 43 189.23
 61  52 Something To Remember - Madonna 6 36 182.05
 51  53 Naked - Louise 7 27 178.65
 65  54 Don't Stop - Status Quo 2 16 178.51
 47  55 Evita OST - Original Cast Recording 7 9 176.58
 59  56 To The Faithful Departed - The Cranberries 2 35 175.77
 62  57 Paranoid & Sunburnt - Skunk Anansie 12 43 172.93
 54  58 Coming Up - Suede 1 17 169.89
 60  59 The Memory Of Trees - Enya 8 38 157.37
 53  60 Gabrielle - Gabrielle 11 27 153.99
 57  61 Anthology 2 - The Beatles 1 29 153.25
 67  62 Power Of A Woman - Eternal 8 32 146.44
 74  63 Love Songs - Elton John 10 41 145.67
 70  64 Jollification - Lightning Seeds 12 45 144.95
 58  65 Load - Metallica 1 30 144.67
 56  66 Dance Into The Light - Phil Collins 4 10 142.37
 68  67 Made In Heaven - Queen 7 38 141.44
 66  68 The Ultimate Collection - Neil Diamond 5 19 141.16
 73  69 The Great Escape - Blur 13 36 139.40
 82  70 Golden Heart - Mark Knopfler 9 27 138.88
 77  71 Second Toughest In The Infants - Underworld 9 42 136.25
 69  72 A Maximum High - Shed Seven 8 39 134.38
 75  73 The Presidents Of The United States Of America 14 40 133.50
 64  74 Only Human - Dina Carroll 2 11 132.74
 80  75 Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison 4 34 121.67
 91  76 Welcome To The Neighbourhood - Meat Loaf 9 26 120.08
 79  77 These Days - Bon Jovi 11 37 119.20
 81  78 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins 18 52 117.74
 63  79 Songs Of Inspiration - Daniel O'Donnell 11 11 117.23
 88  80 Crazysexycool - TLC 9 22 115.33
 76  81 The Very Best Of ... - The Moody Blues 13 14 113.08
 72  82 Song Review - A Greatest Hits Collection - Stevie Wonder 19 7 110.10
 71  83 The Very Best Of ... - Roy Orbison 18 8 107.10
107  84 It's A Man's World - Cher 10 17 105.01
 96  85 Relish - Joan Osborne 5 23 102.62
 84  86 Leftism - Leftfield 23 47 99.77
 95  87 Greatest Hits 1985-1995 - Michael Bolton 12 28 97.29
 97  88 Brotherhood - 3T 11 34 96.45
 86  89 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! - Enigma 12 5 94.03
 78  90 The Musicals - Michael Ball 20 8 93.55
 83  91 Dizzy Heights - Lightning Seeds 11 7 91.41
 94  92 Post / Telegram - Bj?rk 22 25 88.18
 92  93 The Very Best Of ... - Buddy Holly 24 5 84.01
 98  94 Pablo Honey - Radiohead 31 48 83.77
 85  95 Anthology 3 - The Beatles 4 9 80.78
 90  96 Music For The Jilted Generation - The Prodigy 43 52 79.13
100  97 It's Great When You're Straight ... Yeah - Black Grape 25 46 78.39
 87  98 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 29 52 77.56
 93  99 Alisha Rules The World - Alisha's Attic 16 7 77.17
101 100 The War Of The Worlds [rem. ri] - Jeff Wayne 24 27 76.70
139 101 Boys For Pele - Tori Amos 2 10 76.23
117 102 Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & The Blowfish 9 20 75.96
 89 103 Carry On Up The Charts-Best Of ...-Beautiful South 29 52 74.20
120 104 Bilingual - Pet Shop Boys 4 17 73.22
110 105 Voices Of Tranquility - Hypnosis 16 20 71.09
123 106 Regular Urban Survivors - Terrorvision 8 18 67.28 
    107 First Love - Michael Ball 4 10 66.60
 99 108 Hank Plays Holly - Hank Marvin 34 7 65.58
124 109 From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah - Nirvana 4 13 65.01
118 110 Singles - Alison Moyet 17 25 64.45
103 111 Greatest Hits - Queen 27 52 64.44
146 112 Tennessee Moon - Neil Diamond 12 17 64.41
106 113 The Very Best Of ... - The Eagles 34 52 64.03
129 114 In Sides - Orbital 5 18 62.64
137 115 Evil Empire - Rage Against The Machine 4 13 62.45
116 116 Hell Freezes Over - The Eagles 18 23 62.38
    117 No Code - Pearl Jam 3 11 62.34
108 118 Emmerdance - Woolpackers 26 4 61.98
104 119 Blue Lines - Massive Attack 21 44 61.43
121 120 Stoosh - Skunk Anansie 9 12 60.85
140 121 Recovering The Satellites - Counting Crows 4 11 60.09
102 122 Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers 31 48 59.83
    123 Countdown 1992-1983 - Pulp 10 7 59.33
    124 The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes - Babylon Zoo 6 11 59.23
135 125 Destiny - Gloria Estefan 12 22 59.07
147 126 Slang - Def Leppard 5 13 59.04
119 127 Disgraceful - Dubstar 30 32 58.25
    128 My Generation - The Very Best Of ... - The Who 11 8 57.85
    129 Lore - Clannad 14 10 56.32
112 130 Chants & Dances Of Native American Indian-Sacred Spirit 31 40 54.70
125 131 Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 - Janet Jackson 21 20 53.51
132 132 Long Distance - The Best Of ... - Runrig 13 12 53.18
131 133 Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio 30 22 52.94
111 134 Fields Of Gold - The Best Of ... - Sting 36 51 52.10
    135 Together For The Children Of Bosnia - Pavarotti & Friends 11 8 51.98
    136 Same Oul' Town - The Saw Doctors 6 7 51.94
114 137 Music From Riverdance The Show - Bill Whelan 37 44 51.76
133 138 Wild One - The Very Best Of ... - Thin Lizzy 18 18 50.19
127 139 Something Special - 100 Golden Love Songs - Foster & Allen 46 11 49.32
148 140 Tha Doggfather - Snoop Doggy Dogg 15 7 49.30
    141 Pure Sax - State Of The Heart 18 8 48.96
    142 The Ultimate Collection - Jim Reeves 17 15 48.42
115 143 No Need To Argue - The Cranberries 49 45 48.36
    144 Portrait (So Long Ago, So Clear) - Vangelis 14 9 48.31
105 145 Only Yesterday - The Carpenters 28 30 48.27
    146 Odelay - Beck 18 21 48.11
136 147 The Very Best Of ... - Robert Palmer 28 29 47.68
    148 Deliverance - Baby D 5 12 47.67
    149 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys 12 16 47.61
    150 Roots - Sepultura 4 10 47.55
113 151 Dummy - Portishead 48 45 47.34
122 152 The Best Of ... - Van Morrison 65 52 46.14
    153 Raindance - Raindance 15 9 45.93
130 154 Simply The Best - Tina Turner 55 47 45.37
    155 The Moment - Kenny G 19 12 45.26
    156 Ugly Beautiful - Baby Bird 9 10 44.59
134 157 Songs Of Sanctuary - Adiemus 35 43 44.53
    158 On - Echobelly 27 23 44.46
109 159 Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers 61 51 43.73
    160 Voyager - Mike Oldfield 12 7 43.41
    161 Words - Tony Rich Project 27 19 43.19
143 162 Voice Of Love - Diana Ross 42 7 43.18
    163 Man - Neneh Cherry 16 17 42.87
    164 Down On The Upside - Soundgarden 7 11 42.07
    165 Lovelife - Lush 8 12 42.02
    166 A Woman & A Man - Belinda Carlisle 12 13 41.85
126 167 Protection / No Protection - Massive Attack 53 45 41.55
144 168 Forgiven, Not Forgotten - The Corrs 36 36 40.96
138 169 Wild Wood - Paul Weller 54 47 40.79
128 170 Cross Road - The Best Of ... - Bon Jovi 50 48 40.49
    171 Your Secret Love - Luther Vandross 14 12 40.35
    172 The Sun Is Often Out - Longpigs 26 33 39.31
    173 One More Dream - The Very Best Of ... - Gerry Rafferty 26 16 39.08
    174 Passion - Jos? Carreras 21 10 38.75
    175 Raise The Pressure - Electronic 8 7 38.67
    176 Green Man - Mark Owen 33 4 38.15
149 177 Elegant Slumming - M People 38 20 38.13
    178 Emancipation - Prince 18 6 37.87
    179 Louder Than Words - Lionel Richie 11 7 37.86
    180 The Best Of ... - Everything But The Girl 23 9 37.40
    181 Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 8 8 37.13
    182 The Very Best Of ... - Across America - Art Garfunkel 35 4 36.83
    183 Ballroom Hitz - Very Best Of ... - The Sweet 15 11 36.62
    184 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 19 16 36.62
    185 Picture This - Wet Wet Wet 24 22 36.11
    186 Wild Mood Swings - The Cure 9 9 35.99
    187 Another Level - Blackstreet 26 16 35.85
    188 Best Live-Headlights White Lines Black Tar River-Levellers 13 6 35.59
    189 Forever Ella - Ella Fitzgerald 19 13 35.21
145 190 So Far So Good - Bryan Adams 50 36 35.16
150 191 Greatest Hits II - Queen 82 46 35.02
141 192 Parklife - Blur 32 26 34.92
    193 Pan Pipe Images - Inspirations 23 9 34.71
    194 The Very Best Of The Osmonds - The Osmonds 17 6 34.35
    195 Heathcliff Live (The Show) - Original Cast Recording 41 4 34.06
    196 Timeless - Daniel O'Donnell & Mary Duff 13 9 33.47
    197 BPM ... The Very Best Of ... - The Beat 13 5 33.16
    198 Peace At Last - The Blue Nile 13 11 33.00
    199 Pure Lightning Seeds - Lightning Seeds 27 18 32.86
    200 The Very Best Of The Pan Pipes - Inspirations 37 13 32.13
Notes:
CIN official ranking as published by Music Week. ? 1996 CIN Ltd, London
POS ranking is based on the second revised version of the Chartwatch Sales-Related Points System. ? 1996-1997 T. Zywietz
PTS Chartwatch Sales-Related Points System Revision 2
HP Highest position reached during the chart year
WKS Total number of weeks on the Top 200 during the chart year
The original underlying chart is ? Copyright 1996 by CIN Ltd., London