The 10 best songs from the 90's

See I was a tutor for a girl named Loretta in high school

Bjork's Unravel is an amazing track

I have serious trouble picking the best track from Homogenic, there’s so many classics in there. I think the only track that I tend to skip is “all neon like”, but I’ve been obssesed about every other track in there. There was a time where I’d have picked Pluto or Alarm Call. Then 5 Years was the one… I haven’t listened to it in years but I’d say from a diatance that Joga and Unravel are the two that seem to me like the safer choices for best songs. I’d probably change my mind if I hear the album again.

Oh and Hunter! Such a weird choice for a single, love it. Love the video, love the sort of martial beat. “How Scandinavian of me.” Yeah it’s a brilliant album.

I was supposed to work on a top 200 some months back and I've left it in the works, so I'll pretend I still need to pare it down and allow myself double the space.

Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
The Notorious B.I.G. - The What
Brandy - I wanna be down
Faith Evans - Love like this
Björk - All Neon Like
Talk Talk - After the Flood
Sonny Sharrock - Many Mansions
The Underground Solution - Luv Dancin'
Digable Planets - Where I'm From
Black Moon - Ack Like U Want It
David Sylvian - I surrender
The Coup - Takin' These
Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
Outkast - Git Up, Git Out
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Death - Lack of Comprehension
Romanthony - Hold On
Ginuwine - Pony
A tribe called quest - Bonita Applebum
Souls of Mischief - 93 'til infinity

Shit, I'm still missing Depeche Mode, Autechre, Cocteau Twins, Emperor, Ulver, Boubacar Traoré, Jeru, Penny Penny, Wu-Tang, EPMD, Sizzla and Los Fresones Rebeldes, what happened, oh yes it was a whole decade.

Hearing the Vulnicura live version of All Neon Like on YT made me return to it. It's the most Vespertine-like song on the album. My usual choice from Homogenic was Immature - which is this moment of solipsism, of crying and shouting and tearing the cocoon and loving it, power in vulnerability. Jóga, Unravel and Bachelorette are gorgeous but slightly demonstrative. I've never considered 5 years top Björk material - it's the beat... But that's redoing the poll all over again.

Mind Playing Tricks

Yessss

Supa Scooper rules.

― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, September 25, 2021 6:01 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

otm never heard it before!

Not dissing on “all neon like” at all, it’s still a brilliant song.

Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U; Dee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart; The Breeders - Cannonball
(Counted as one since they're popular picks here)
Cynthia & Johnny "O" - Dreamboy/Dreamgirl
Lush - De-Luxe
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
Lisette Melendez - Together Forever
Throwing Muses - Not Too Soon
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
Belly - Sweet Ride
Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love

1. David Wise, "Stickerbrush Symphony" (Donkey Kong Country 2, SNES)
2. Soyo Oka, "Megalopolis" (Sim City, SNES)
3. Ryu Umemoto, "Reminiscence" (YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world, NEC PC-98)
4. Akira Yamaoka, "Not Tomorrow" (Silent Hill, PSX)
5. Tim Follin, "Title Theme" (Solstice, NES)
6. Konami Kukeiha Club. "Theme of IRIS" (Lagrange Point, FC)
7. Masashi Kageyama, "Sophia" (Gimmick!, FC)
8. Masanori Adachi / Taro Kudo, "The Submerged City" (Super Castlevania IV, SFC)
9. Masaharu Iwata / Hitoshi Sakimoto, "Ovelia's Worries" (Final Fantasy Tactics, PSX)
10. Yuzo Koshiro, "The Shinobi" (Revenge of Shinobi, MD)

1. David Wise, "Stickerbrush Symphony" (Donkey Kong Country 2, SNES)

Yessss

3. Ryu Umemoto, "Reminiscence" (YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world, NEC PC-98)

This is also beautiful

1. inoj "love you down"
2. mazzy star "fade into you"
3. massive attack "unfinished sympathy"
4. britney spears "...baby one more time"
5. filter "take a picture"
6. sinéad o'connor "nothing compares 2 u"
7. brian mcknight "anytime"
8. primitive radio gods "standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand"
9. tamia "so into you"
10. pj harvey "down by the water"

Ten favorites not listed yet in rough preferential order. Clearly I was listening to a lot of punk/alternative then. These still hold up for me.
1. The Queers - "Love Love Love"
2. New Bomb Turks - "Tattooed Apathetic Boys"
3. Bis - "Everybody Thinks That They're Going To Get Theirs"
4. Heretix - "Egghead"
5. Nation of Ulysses - "Ulythium"
6. Belly - "Slow Dog"
7. Green Day - "Longview" (is this too obvious/played out for everyone)
8. Faith No More - "Midlife Crisis"
9. Sugar - "A Good Idea" (though if David Barbe could sing I would replace it with "Where Diamonds Are Haloes")
10. Jawbreaker - "Sea Foam Green"

1. Brian Conley - Resurrection Shuffle
2. Brian Conley - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
3. Brian Conley - Pink Cadillac
4. Brian Conley - Shake a Tail Feather
5. Brian Conley - Every Little Heartbeat
6. Shane Richie - Just When I Needed You Most
7. Brian Conley - Rescue Me
8. Brian Conley - Love Really Hurts Without You
9. Brian Conley - Misty Blue
10. Ninjaman - Bwoy Go Sit Down

if i had made the list on jan 1 2000 it woulda looked like this i think:

snoop – doggy dogg world
kurupt – we can freak it
tony tone toni – lets get down (ft dj quik)
too short – gettin it
naughty by nature – feel me flow
rbl posse – dont give me no bammer
wu – triumph
outkast – ATLiens
master p – burbons and lacs
3 6 mafia – late nite tip
e-40 – sprinkle me
2pac – how do you want it

think it would look a little different now but these would all easily be in my top 30 or so.

― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie)

Just realized this list by Spottie does not have “spottieottiedopaliscious” in it. Username neglected.

i know i was gonna put it in over ATLiens but had to be honest with myself... ATLiens had a bigger impact on me in the 90s

Balil - 3/4 Heart
LTJ Bukem - Demon's Theme
Levitation - Smile (EP version)

....

Dunno. Lemme get back to you.

Basically replicating what I did on the '70s thread, but I'm bored, so why not -- not a top ten list per se, but one song from my favorite album of each year of the decade:
1990: Jane's Addiction - "Ritual de lo Habitual": "Three Days"
1991: Nirvana - "Nevermind": "Drain You"
1992: Alice in Chains - "Dirt": "Down in a Hole"
1993: Nirvana - "In Utero": "Scentless Apprentice"
1994: Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral": "Closer"
1995: Smashing Pumpkins - "Mellon Collie...": "1979"
1996: Stone Temple Pilots - "Tiny Music...": "Big Bang Baby"
1997: Radiohead - "OK Computer": "Climbing up the Walls"
1998: Outkast - "Aquemini": "SpottieOttieDopaliscious"
1999: Eminem - "The Slim Shady LP": "'97 Bonnie and Clyde"

Honorary mention to that live performance of LONG SEASON by Fishmans that has become popular through social media. Believe the hype, it’s worth the runtime.

More discussion on the phenomenon here

Decades-old stuff that was fairly unknown in the West but suddenly got very famous online (aka: the Fishmans thread)

the best fishmans track is "yurameki in the air" fwiw

Show Me Love - Robin S
Freedom '90 - George Michael
I Must Be Getting Over You - Nick Lowe
The Lakes of Canada - The Innocence Mission
Born At The Right Time - Paul Simon
Where Will I Be - Emmylou Harris
New Year's Day - Chuck Prophet
Round Midnight - James Carter
Closing Time - Leonard Cohen
Past The Mission - Tori Amos

Should've fit "Flagpole Sitta" in there somewhere.

For years I woke up every morning with Flagpole Sitta stuck in my head and I could never figure out why.

I'm sorry I posted 7 different lists in this thread.

10+2:

01 Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (DNA remix)
02 Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry remix)
03 Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Supa Fly)
04 The Wrens - I've Made Enough Friends
05 Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
06 my bloody valentine - Don't Ask Why
07 of Montreal - Don't Ask Me to Explain
08 Jeff Buckley - Grace
09 The Cranberries - Dreams
10 The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

+1 Nas feat. AZ - Life's a Bitch
+2 Stan Ridgway - Picasso's Tear

Teenage Fanclub - "God Knows It's True"
They Might Be Goants - "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
The Future Sound of London - "Papua New Guinea"
Blur - "There's No Other Way"
Blur - "Chemical World"
Underworld - "Cowgirl"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Hummer"
Stereo MCs - "Connected"
Cardigans - "Lovefool"
Badly Drawn Boy - "The Treeclimber"

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:30 AM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Fuck this shit. “The Treeclimber”? Two Blur songs? There was way too much great music released in the ‘90s for me to seriously consider narrowing down all my favorite songs to only ten.

Isn't seeing how well/how poorly they age half the fun of listmaking exercises like this?

(Stereo MCs "Connected" made my shortlist, fwiw)