The 10 best songs from the 90's

Bel Biv Devoe "Poison" - Yes.

A Tribe Called Quest "Electric Relaxation"
Souls Of Mischief "'93 Til Infinity" - Yesss.

Ween "Baby Bitch" Jackpot!

I realize that I also neglected to mention Future Sound of London. I would really have to go with "Q" (as Mental Cube). Ah, screw it, "Papau New Guniea" is their best song but the other one's really good too.

Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls

The only good song of the nineies.

Top 10 (in order):
Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II
Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb
XTC - Harvest Festival
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Basic Channel - Phylyps trak II_II
Portishead - Glory Box
Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz

Honorable Mentions (no particular order):
Kelis - Caught Out There
Pulp - Common People
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Earth - Seven Angels
OutKast - Elevators (Me & You)
Pearl Jam - Corduroy
Elliott Smith - Say Yes
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper 12" Mix)
Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

Off the top of my head....

Pavement - Summer Babe
Nirvana - All Apologies (In Utero version)
Pulp - Common People
The Silos - Let's Take Some Drugs and Drive Around
Pearl Jam - Corduroy
Paul Simon - The Obvious Child
Sleater-Kinney - Turn It On
Radiohead - Let Down
Bob Dylan - Blood In My Eyes
Wilco - California Stars

it's kinda funny how everyone is choosing what seem to be the exact same artists for their lists - i'd imagine that wouldnt be nearly as true for this decade

Nobody has pointed out yet that The Stone Roses' song in my list is actually from 1989.

when did ilx turn into magnet magazine

barkmarket - static
braniac - I am a cracked machine
built to spill - I would hurt a fly
cop shoot cop - if tomorrow ever comes
firewater - bourbon and division
idiot flesh - black sand
jawbox - savory
John zorn - a shot in the dark
karp - we ate sand
magnetic fields - strange powers
moloko - party weirdo
mr. Bungle - goodbye sober day
pj Harvey - oh my lover
sepultura - refuse/resist
wu-tang clan - method man

ok fuck it you get slightly more than 10, im bored w editing this down.

'savory' is a great call even though i can only ever listen to jawbox in small doses these days

10 more peaches:

unwound - corpse pose
lush - kiss chase
nas - the world is yours
tindersticks - her
swans - killing for company
tom waits - dirt in the ground
the jesus lizard - monkey trick
kent - bianca
blur - tracy jacks
elliott smith - ballad of big nothing

this is endless, i haven't even mentioned some of my very favourite artists in either of my lists.
plus i'm keeping this metal-free, because... well, i've been writing a lot of metal lists lately.

and some songs from 'perfect from now on', jesus. that's like my favourite album.

when did ilx turn into magnet magazine

― bau hau haus (electricsound)

I've never heard of this magnet magazine you speak of but in any case I think the real question you're trying to ask here is:

Since when did magnet magazine stopped caring about awesome music? And also at which point did I became such a jaded and pedantic person that feels the need to oppose idealisticaly the almost perfect homogeneity and righteousness of the hivemind.

birth

Pfft that's impossible. Noone is born jaded.

nirvana - negative creep
pavement - conduit for sale
pj harvey - sheela na gig
beck - forcefield
palace - more brother rides
flaming lips - unconsciously screamin
ween - awesome sound
neutral milk hotel - king of carrot flowers, pt. 1
cat power - nude as the news
built to spill - car
le tigre - deceptacon
white stripes - cannon

Here's one for each year:

“Any Other Way,” Posies (1990)
“Girlwish,” Fudge (1991)
“Chainsaw the Horse,” Dentists (1992)
“Divorce Song,” Liz Phair (1993)
“Anti-Pleasure Dissertation,” Bikini Kill (1994)
“Motor Away,” Guided By Voices (1995)
“You’re One,” Imperial Teen (1996)
“Ru Tenone,” Turn On (1997)
“Positively Jeff Oliphant,” Dump (1998)
“Beautiful Stranger,” Madonna (1999)

"Coldest Day of the Year" by Cop Shoot Cop
"Visible Cow" by Barkmarket
"Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your neck" by Prong
"Suckerpunch" by The Wildhearts
"R.A.M.O.N.E.S." by Motorhead
"Ditch" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
"Wandering Star" by Portishead
"Repeater" by Fugazi
"Leave Them All Behind" by Ride
"Protection" by Massive Attack
"Money is Not Our God" by Killing Joke

Strictly off the top of my head. yeah, that's 11. Too bad.

Left out soooo much stuff, now realizing. Alas...

well this should get good soon.

still waiting

You forgot Summerhead, Alex in NYC.

Too true. Easily my fave Cocteau Twins song from the 90s.

10 more of my favorites..
Screaming Trees "Nearly Lost You"
Spacehog "In The Meantime"
Raekwon "Ice Cream"
Chemical Brothers "Setting Sun"
Aphex Twin "Girl/Boy Song"
Elastica "Connection"
Digital Underground "The Humpty Dance"
Weezer "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams"
Sloan "Underwhelmed"
Beastie Boys "Get It Together"

10 more that are also really good..
The Breeders "Divine Hammer"
Supergrass "Caught By The Fuzz"
Hum "I'd Like Your Hair Long"
Dinosaur Jr "Out There"
Ash "Girl From Mars"
Folk Implosion "Natural One"
Summercamp "Drawer"
The Notorious B.I.G. "Everyday Struggle"
Smashing Pumpkins "Love"
Helmet "Unsung"
Weezer "El Scorcho"

“Any Other Way,” Posies (1990)
“Girlwish,” Fudge (1991)

I'd never heard these before but just checked them out and they're kinda awesome.

Also "Savory" is a really good choice.

Fuck it, ten more...

"Goldfinger" by Ash
"De-Luxxe" by Lush
"Like a Daydream" by Ride
"Fait Accompli" by Curve
"Smiling" by Kitchens of Distinction
"Double Vegetation" by Julian Cope
"Caruso" by Gavin Friday
"Blue Eyes" by The Wedding Present
"Some Strange Reaction" by Firewater
"Wide Open" by Skeleton Key

I see nothing wrong with a "10 more" list. (clearly)

Sebadoh - Willing to Wait
Liz Phair - Never Said
Silkworm - Couldn't You Wait
White Town - Your Woman
Dinosaur Jr - Feel the Pain
Black Star - Definition
Boot Camp Clik - Headz Are Reddee (Part II)
2pac - To Live and Die in LA
Notorious BIG - Juicy
KMD - Peach Fuzz
Luniz - I Got Five On It

That was off the top of the head... and I got 11 also... I'm probably missing a million songs.

peach fuzz lol .. that song has girl lols in it

Mobb Deep - Give Up The Goods (Just Step)
and 9 others.

^^^

Saint Etienne - Avenue
Moose - Last Night I fell Again
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
Lush - For Love
Portishead - Sour Times
Tricky - Hell Is Around The Corner
Slowdive - Alison
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA
Tindersticks - Bathtime

My top ten songs of the '90s from those posted above:

Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline
3. Massive Attack - Unfinished Symphaty
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Slowdive - When the Sun Hits
Orbital - "Belfast"
Portishead - Glory Box
pj Harvey - oh my lover
tom waits - dirt in the ground
Chemical Brothers "Setting Sun"
Saint Etienne - Avenue

(There's many more I would choose had I elected to give this some thought on my own.)

Mobb Deep - Give Up The Goods (Just Step)
and 9 others.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:45 PM (2 days ago)

^^^

― deej, Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:01 PM (2 days ago)

No doubt it's a classic, but surely it's not even the best song on that album...

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"

Today's top 10 (in no particular order)

69 - Desire
TLC - No Scrubs
Smif-N-Wessun - Sound Bwoy Bureill (Re-Edit)
Björk - Hyper-Ballad
Myalansky & Joe Mafia - Where Was Heaven
Low - Weight of Water
Faith No More - Last Cup Of Sorrow
D'Angelo - Shit, Damn, Motherfucker
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
UGK - One Day
Wilco - Via Chicago

Argh. Just remembered that I'd meant to put in:

R. Kelly - Bump N' Grind (Old School Mix)

This really should be a "ROLLING 10 Best Songs from the 90's" thread.

1. "Show Me Love" - Robin S
2. "Sexy MF" - Prince
3. "The Great Nations of Europe" - Randy Newman
4. "Waltz Across Texas Tonight" - Emmylou Harris
5. "No Diggity" - Blackstreet
6. "Motownphilly" - Boys II Men
7. "Champagne Supernova" - Oasis
8. "Je T'Aimais, Je T'Aime, Je T'Aimerai" - Francis Cabrel
9. "California Love" - 2Pac/Dr. Dre
10. "Warning" - The Notorious B.I.G.

Consolation prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1FTLFajUo

"No Diggity" - Blackstreet

Yes!

The Wedding List - Kate Bush
Schindler's List - John Williams
The List of Dorms - Pavement
Next on the List - Napalm Death
Wish List - Pearl Jam
Shit List - L7
Guest List - Eels
See What I Did There - the Rofflecopters

rofflecopters is 00's n00b

Damn.

"Smiling" by Kitchens of Distinction

This song needs it own thread already.

So does "The Humpty Dance".

KLF - 3AM Eternal
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
The Boo Radleys - Lazarus
Blur - This Is A Low
Boards Of Canada - ROYGBIV
Beastie Boys - The Move
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Nirvana - Aneurysm
Pavement - Range Life
Radiohead - Karma Police

(those were off the top of my head)

My favorites that haven't been mentioned (in no order off the top of my head)

Sonic Youth - Unwind
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
Cub - Magic 8-ball
They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm
Aphex Twin - Flim
Shallow - King of the Wide Eyed Girls
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
R.E.M. - Why Not Smile
Rainer Maria - Planetary/Broken Radio
Pain - Umbrella

Songs that have been mentioned that might have made the list and I would like to give a hearty FUCK YEAH!! to:

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Cardigans - Lovefool
Bikini Kill - Anti-Pleasure Dissertatation
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Air - Ce Matin La
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Kleenex Girl Wonder - Tendency Right Foot Forward

I like about three-quarters of everything on this thread so far, so I am getting a warm nostalgic buzz here but also the feeling that I could never, ever narrow it down

I've no idea why I'm doing this because it's impossible but here's ten I typed out without thinking.

Pulp - This is Hardcore (Swedish Erotica Mix)
Fantastic Plastic Machine - You Must Learn All Night Long
Local Rabbits - Stomp Those BKs Down
Cardiacs - Sleep All Eyes Open
Bachelor Pad - Country Pancake
KLF - America: What Time is Love
Air - Kelly Watch The Stars (Moog Cookbook Mix)
Saint Etienne - Cool Kids of Death (Underworld mix)
Redd Kross - Jimmy's Fantasy
Denim - Council Houses

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)