Bar Kokhba is a double album by John Zorn, recorded between 1994 and 1996.

On the other hand, in 1995 he toured in Japan with Kurtalan Ekspres, leading to Live In Japan ( 1996 ), his first and only live album.

* Collection ( The Rankin Family album ), 1996

* Collection ( Men Without Hats album ), 1996

Patti Smith recorded a song called " Beneath The Southern Cross " on her 1996 album Gone Again.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

In June 1996, at a press conference to announce the release of their greatest hits album Recurring Dream, Neil revealed that Crowded House were to disband.

The album debuted at number one in Australia, New Zealand and the UK in July 1996.

magazine ran a coverstory on Phenomena, In 1996, Meat Loaf released Welcome to the Neighborhood, a concept album that tells the story of a relationship.

Heavy metal band Iced Earth, released their 1996 album The Dark Saga which is based upon the comic book character Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane.

Leading contemporary composer Philip Glass described Low as " a work of genius " in 1992, when he used it as the basis for his Symphony No. 1 " Low "; subsequently, Glass used Bowie's next album as the basis for his 1996 Symphony No. 4 " Heroes ".

* The song " I Wish I Was Danny Kaye " on Miracle Legion's 1996 album Portrait of a Damaged Family

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

House of Pain abruptly broke up in 1996 after the release of their third album, Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, which featured guest appearances by rappers Sadat X of Brand Nubian, Guru of Gang Starr, producer / rapper Divine Styler and reggae singjay Cockni O ' Dire ( credited as the Scheme Team ).

His fiftieth birthday, in 1996, was celebrated with a show in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and the album ( of duets ) was released the same year.

* 50-The Soundtrack ( 1996 duets, a tribute album for his 50th birthday )

* Host ( Critters Buggin album ), 1996

Another album of his, VI-Return of the Real came out in 1996, followed by The Seventh Deadly Sin in 1999.

* Indian ( soundtrack ), an album from the 1996 film

The band's American breakthrough came with the third album, Travelling Without Moving in 1996, which yielded two big hits, " Virtual Insanity " and " Cosmic Girl ".

The album was released on February 12, 1996.

Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Derrick recorded a solo EP under the moniker Today's Sounds in 1996, and later on in 1999 took charge of re-issuing the Puppets ' original seven records on Rykodisc as well as putting out their first live album, Live in Montana.

* The New World Order ( album ), a 1996 album by Poor Righteous Teachers

In August 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series titled Dark Alliance, alleging that the contras contributed to the rise of crack cocaine in California.

*" Dark Alliance ", by Gary Webb, San Jose Mercury News, August 1996.

* Mercury ( TV series ), an Australian series launched in 1996

In August 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series titled Dark Alliance, linking the origins of crack cocaine in California ( largely aimed at its African-American population ) to the CIA-Contra alliance.

On 25 November 1996, a statue of Mercury was unveiled in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, almost five years to the day since his death.

Jarvis Cocker and the band became major figures in the Britpop movement, and were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 for His ' n ' Hers ; they won the prize in 1996 for Different Class.

In September 1996, Different Class won the Mercury Music Prize.

* Dancing Naked: Narrative Strategies for Writing Across Centuries ( Toronto: Mercury, 1996 ).

Stratford, Ontario: Mercury Press, 1996.

Alan also appeared on an episode of Home Improvement, singing his hit song Mercury Blues in 1996, appearing on Tool Time to sing about his 1950 Mercury.

The album was shortlisted for the 1996 Mercury Prize award for best album, and won the band two BRIT Awards for Best British Band and Best British album, as well as yielding the hit singles " Australia ", " Everything Must Go " and " Kevin Carter ".

After the discontinuation of the American-produced Chevrolet Caprice in 1996, the Crown Victoria and its twin, the Mercury Grand Marquis became the car of choice for large American car buyers in the region.

Colaiuta's studio work with Sting can be heard on Ten Summoner's Tales ( 1993 ), Mercury Falling ( 1996 ), three songs on Brand New Day ( 1999 ) and two songs on Sacred Love ( 2003 ).

* Mercury Falling ( 1996 )

It was also the launch site for the first spacecraft to ever fly past the other planets in the Solar System ( 1962 – 1977 ), the first spacecraft to orbit Mars ( 1971 ) and roam its surface ( 1996 ), the first American spacecraft to orbit and land on Venus ( 1978 ), the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn ( 2004 ), and to orbit Mercury ( 2011 ).

The Donna Summer track, " Highway Runner ", was initially recorded in 1981 for her double album entitled I'm a Rainbow ; however, the album was shelved by Summer's then-label, Geffen Records, but ultimately released in 1996 by Mercury Records.

The band followed up with Home of the Brave in 1994 with Jerry Harrison serving as producer, and a move from EMI to Mercury Records in 1996 followed with the release of Green Suede Shoes.

* Red Mercury is a 1996 novel by Max Barclay.

1996 – 1997 Mercury Cougar

Cinderella resumed activity in 1996, the same year Mercury Records released a greatest hits compilation titled Once Upon A ....

In October 1996, Mercury was merged with three cable operators in the UK ( Vidéotron, Nynex and Bell Cable media ) and renamed Cable & Wireless Communications ( in which Cable & Wireless plc owned a 53 % stake ).

Mercury pulled out of the PABX market in 1996, when it sold that part of the business to Siemens, creating Siemens Business Communication Systems ( SBCS ), which later became Siemens Communications.

In 1996, the Grand Marquis dropped the first-generation airbag steering wheel for the smaller one used in many other Ford and Mercury sedans.