 Endtroducing ..... appeared in numerous critics ' lists of the best albums of 1996 . The album topped the year @-@ end polls of Muzik and OOR , while placing second in Melody Maker 's . It was voted fourth place on The Village Voice 's annual Pazz & Jop critics ' poll for 1996 . In his dean 's list , poll creator Robert Christgau named Endtroducing ..... the best album of the year . The album also ranked in the top ten of year @-@ end lists by the The Face , the Los Angeles Times , Mojo , NME , and Vox . 
