THE RECORD HOSPITAL DECEMBER TOP 50 1. Gerty Farish- Dangerous Attackers (Menlo Park) 2. Le Tigre- self-titled (Kill Rock Stars) 3. Outhud/ !!! split (GSC) 4. Stereo Total- My Melody (Bobsled) 5. The Faint- Blank Wave Arcade (Saddle Creek) 6. Bright Eyes- Every Day Every Night (Saddle Creek) 7. Saetia- self-titled (Mountain Cooperative) 8. Comet Gain- Tigertown Pictures (Kill Rock Stars) 9. The Yips- The Seven Pillars of the Yips 10. Mountain Goats 11. Uz Jzme Doma- In the Middle of Words (Skoda) 12. V/A- Extreme Music of Africa 13. Lucksmiths- Staring at the Sky (Matinee) 14. Going Stagg 15. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci- Spanish Dance Troupe (Mental) 16. Red Essentials- Little Drummer Boy (English Muffin Records) 17. Billy Childish/ Holiday Golighty split 18. Three Penny Opera- Countless Trips from Here to There (Spectra Sonic Sound) 19. Bob Tilton- Crescent (Southern) 20. Crom Tech- untitled (Slowdime) 21. Jawbreaker- Live 4/30/96 (Blackball) 22. Melt Banana- Cactuses Come in Flocks- (A-ZAP) 23. V/A- La Foresta Della Arte: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Toyo) 24. Essex Green- Everything is Green (Kindercore) 25. Robert Pollard 26. Uberhund- Inexpensively Embalmed (Cream Cloud) 27. Exploder/Griver split 28. The Catholic Church- Sad Magician (Capillary) 29. Curriback County 30. Rainer Marie 31. The Clocks- self-titled (Track Star) 32. Volume Eleven- Prole Art Threat (self-released) 33. Tej Leo/ 99,1000 TGLOM split 34. Knit Seperates- Swords then Diamonds (Acre Floor) 35. Twelve Hour Turn-The Victory of Flight(No Idea) 36. Bastard Noise/ Painjerk split (Alternative Tentacles) 37. Icebreaker- Distant Early Warning (Aesthetics) 38. Destroyer 39. Binary System- From the Epicenter (Atavistic) 40. J.P. Phelps Trio 41. Asshole Parade 42. Caretaker- Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom (V/VM) 43. The Lies- Underdogs and Infidels (Kill Rock Stars) 44. Reversal of Man 45. Thingy 46. The Busy Signals 47. Roads to Space Travel- Ballad Jazz Waltz (Amish) 48. Hatti Fatteners 49. Album Leaf 50. Retsin (Polyvinyl)