Weekly Rock Top 30 for December 7, 1996 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 5 | 1 | Lady Picture Show | ▲ | 21 |
| Stone Temple Pilots |
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| 1 | 2 | Swallowed | 1 | 20 |
| Bush |
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| 6 | 3 | Blow Up The Outside World | 1 |
| Soundgarden |
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| 2 | 4 | The Distance | 2 | 12 |
| Cake |
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| 7 | 5 | All Mixed Up | 2 | 6 |
| 311 |
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| 3 | 6 | Don't Speak | 3 | 1 |
| No Doubt |
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| 9 | 7 | #1 Crush | 1 | 12 |
| Garbage |
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| 8 | 8 | Stinkfist | 7 |
| Tool |
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| 4 | 9 | Bound For The Floor | 2 |
| Local H |
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| 13 | 10 | Tattva | ▲ |
| Kula Shaker |
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| 10 | 11 | Mach 5 | 10 |
| The Presidents Of The United States Of America |
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| 17 | 12 | Would? | ▲ |
| Alice In Chains |
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| 15 | 13 | Love Rollercoaster | 11 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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| 12 | 14 | Angels Of The Silences | 1 |
| Counting Crows |
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| 11 | 15 | Hero Of The Day | 1 |
| Metallica |
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| 20 | 16 | Free | ▲ |
| Phish |
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| 23 | 17 | Desperately Wanting | 4 | 11 |
| Better Than Ezra |
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| 16 | 18 | What I Got | 1 | 12 |
| Sublime |
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| 24 | 19 | Thirty-Three | 2 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
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| - | 20 | One Headlight | 1 | 1 |
| The Wallflowers |
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| 19 | 21 | Muzzle | 2 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
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| - | 22 | A Long December | 3 | 2 |
| Counting Crows |
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| 27 | 23 | Naked Eye | 11 | 25 |
| Luscious Jackson |
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| - | 24 | Hello | 9 |
| Poe |
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| 28 | 25 | Super Bon Bon | 9 |
| Soul Coughing |
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| - | 26 | Long Day | 20 |
| Matchbox 20 |
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| 26 | 27 | Half The World | 23 |
| Rush |
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| 18 | 28 | Me Wise Magic | 14 |
| Van Halen |
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| 14 | 29 | Bittersweet Me | 5 | 25 |
| R.E.M. |
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| - | 30 | Have You Seen Mary | 24 |
| Sponge |
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