The 10 best songs from the 90's

Forgot this one. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBCHE1Pbss

Superchunk- Slack Motherfucker
Digital Underground- Humpty Dance
DJ Shadow- Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
Tortoise- Djed
Godspeed You Black Emperor!- Dead Flag Blues
Autechre- Garbage
The Grifters- Black Fuel Incinerator
Nirvana- Aneurysm
Pavement- Here
Uncle Tupelo- Moonshiner
Plastikman- Consumed

nice to see the sleep at the bottom votes, since one of my closest friends played the guitar on that.

some of these songs seem so remote now, although if you'd told me they came out ten years ago I'd kind of blink...djed, for instance. wow that was quite a long time, adn I haven't listened to it in ages either, but it somehow doesn't seem that long. age and time flies.

Impossible task, but these are the first to come to my mind:

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
Touch & Go - Would You...?
Love Inc. - R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Meshell Ndegeocello - Leviticus: Faggot
Ahlam - Mskin
Eve feat. Drag-On - Let's Talk About
Nonplace Urban Field - Whimp
TLC - Waterfalls
Hardfloor - Once Again Back
Corona - Rhythm of the Night

10 great tracks off the top of my head -- mostly stuff I've been listening to lately:

Digable Planets - Black Ego
that dog. - Retreat from the Sun
Kelis - Caught Out There
Roddy Frame - Hymn to the Grace
Pram - The Mermaid Hotel
Oval - Mediaton
Tricky - Ponderosa
Cornelius - New Music Machine
Sam Phillips - I Need Love
Six Finger Satellite - Parlour Games

hmm, that Pram track is from the 00's, so it seems. I'll change that to "Pram - 'Chrysalis'" then.

currently my ten most listened to 90s tracks on last.fm

boards of canada - roygbiv
underground resistance - amazon
peshay - robotics
infiniti - game one
underworld - dark and long
808 state - reaper repo
carl craig - science fiction
dj shadow - changeling
shut up and dance - the green man
saint etienne - spring

curiously all but 2 of these are instrumentals

This is very, very difficult.

OK, deliberately limiting myself to one track per 'artist':

1) Ride - Close My Eyes (Ride EP, 1990)
2) My Bloody Valentine - Off Your Face (Glider EP, 1990)
3) Slowdive - Slowdive (Slowdive EP, 1990)
4) Boo Radleys - Foster's Van (Boo Up! EP, 1991)
5) Telescopes - Ocean's Drive (untitled album, 1992)
6) Aphex Twin - Ageispolis (Selected Ambient Works 85-92, 1992)
7) PJ Harvey - Plants and Rags (Dry, 1992)
8) Hardfloor - Acperience 5 (1993? - I got it in 94)
9) Stereolab - French Disko (1993? - heard it on the radio then, but got it in 96)
10) Blur - Badhead (Parklife, 1994)

I seem to have used up my ten in half the decade...

Still need to add these, though:

11) Tricky - Ponderosa
12) Motorbass - Flying Fingers / Les Ondes
13) Boards of Canada - Turquoise Hexagon Sun

it must have made it a little easier to have everyone on your list be from the same general geographical region.

What - Europe?

Should really include Dee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart as well.

they all make me think of england. though they are not all from there. i actually have no idea where hardfloor is from. and boards of canada are from canada, right?. same queen anyway.

Hardfloor were German. Motorbass were French, I think. I might be wrong, but I think Boards of Canada are/were Scottish.

Re: selections - Ride could easily have been Seagull or Chelsea Girl instead. My Bloody Valentine should probably have been Soon, but that's just too obvious. Boo Radleys could easily have chose something off of Giant Steps, but I really like that earlier EP. Telescopes could have been You Set My Soul instead. Aphex Twin could easily have been any of about 20 tracks from SAW I, SAW II and I Care Because You Do. Blur could have been Beetlebum. Motorbass is kind of cheating choosing two tracks, but they run straight from one to the other and I think of them as one thing.

or they make me think of english music magazines anyway. not criticizing! just saying, it would be easier to make a list of music if you excluded, like, 80% of the world from it.

I had a whole load of Sri Lankan jazz and Nigerian skiffle bubbling under my top 13.

Air - New Star in the Sky
Bjork - Come to Me
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Digable Planets - Blowing Down
Lush - Lovelife
Nas - One Love
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You
Saint Etienne - London Belongs to Me
Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxin'
Digital Underground - Humpty Dance

many xposts oh man I would have included "chrysalis" if I'd thought of it. What a song!

1. Pavement-Here
2. Kitchens of Distinction-Drive Fast
3. Future Sound of London-Papua New Gunea
4. Massive Attack-Man Next Door
5. Daft Punk-Alive
6. My Bloody Valentine-Soon
7. Depeche Mode-Personal Jesus
8. Basement Jaxx-Rendevous
9. Air-Kelly Watch the Stars
10.Portishead-Sour Times

Air - New Star in the Sky
Bjork - Come to Me
Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Digable Planets - Blowing Down
Lush - Lovelife
Nas - One Love
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You
Saint Etienne - London Belongs to Me
Wu Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxin'
Digital Underground - Humpty Dance

replacing "Come to Me" with "Possibly Maybe", and "Humpty Dance" with "93 til Infinity".

'Everlong' is killing me right now and it wasn't even my favorite song off of that album. Might be getting nostalgic because everyone I known is in the process of parting ways... moving to different cities, different circles of friends, getting married, working all day long, etc... and the lyrics and the memories they evoke are aching very hard today.

I hate when music makes me feel nostalgic. Sod 'everlong', then. You will never be one of my favorite songs of the 90s, 'everlong'. Never!

Play Filter's 'Take a Picture' to go along with the feel of 'Everlong'

Beck "Beercan"
Bjork "Unravel"
Bobby Conn "Axis '67"
Boredoms "Super Are"
Cornelius "Mic Check"
Nirvana "On a Plane"
Pavement "Range Life"
Pixies "The Happening"
Smashing Pumpkins "Zero"
Weezer "Say It Ain't So"

Damn, forgot about Elephant 3, Spacemen 3 & Spiritualized...

Flaming Lips' "Riding to Work in the Year 2025" definitely deserves a place in the top 5 of the decade.

“Girlwish,” Fudge (1991)

- clemenza

Wow! Someone else here knows Fudge. My favorite song by them is "Drive"

Kung Fu - Ash
Old Man Sam - Spiderbait
Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Purple Sneakers - You Am I
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - Nirvana
Opiate - Tool
Papa Won't Leave You Henry - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sheela Na Gig - PJ Harvey
Red Mosquito - Pearl Jam
Blue - Jayhawks
Mockingbirds - Grant Lee Buffalo

Ack. There's bound to be at least 5 revisions. I'm already arguing with myself.

Nas - NY state of mind
Breeders - Cannonball
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
Pulp - Dishes
Belle and Sebastian - The State That I am in
Big L - Put It On
Notorious BIG - Machine Gun Funk
Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg - Deep Cover
Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean

"I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" - A Tribe Called Quest
"Regret" - New Order
"Scattered" - The Kinks
"Bring Da Ruckus" - Wu Tang Clan
"Speedy Marie" - Frank Black
"Everyday Struggle" - Notorious BIG
"Gold Soundz" - Pavement
"Waterfalls" - TLC
"Common People" - Pulp
"Together Again" - Janet Jackson

1.McAlmont & Butler-Yes
2.Stereolab-French Disko
3.Bjork-Hyperballad
4.Pet Shop Boys-Being Boring
5.The Divine Comedy-Tonight We Fly
6.St Etienne-Nothing Can Stop Us
7.Morrissey-Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
8.Earl Brutus-On Me, Not In Me
9.Spiritualized-Broken Heart
10.Plush-Found a Little Baby

These all deserve a place too..
The Boo Radleys-Lazarus
Suede-Killing Of a Flash boy
Disco Inferno-Sleight Of Hand
Underworld-Jumbo
David Sylvian-Darkest Dreaming

Impossible to do this without some tokenism, but this is fairly representative of my decade.

Corona - Rhythm of the Night
Curve - Coast is Clear
Goran Bregovic - Kalasnjikov
Insides - Darling Effect
Lamb - Cotton Wool
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (VIP mix)
Shy FX & UK Apache - Original Nuttah
Slowdive - When the Sun Hits
Tricky - Overcome

Hon mention: The Power, Give it Away, Jump Around, I'm Gonna be (500 Miles), Lovefool, Common People, Missing, He's on the Phone

Pale Saints - You Tear the World in Two
Elliot Smith - Between the Bars
Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
Tindersticks - Drunk Tank
Praga Khan - Injected With a Poison
Lush - De-Luxe
Sheep on Drugs - 15 Minutes of Fame
The Field Mice - So Said Kay
Beth Orton - Sweetest Decline
Saint Etienne - Spring

Cheating, they also served, extra tracks:
Warren G - Regulate, Portishead - It Could Be Sweet, Gallon Drunk - Arlington Road, Morrissey - Boxers, Pulp - Acrylic Afternoons, Shanice - I Love Your Smile, 808 State - In Yer Face, 2 Unlimited - No Limit, The Wedding Present - Niagra, Slowdive - Avalyn II, Moonshake - Two Tracks, Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money, A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? etc

10 more...

Shampoo - Trouble
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Moose - Jack
Pale Saints - Half-Life, Remembered
Electronic - Disappointed
Dubstar - Stars (Motiv8 remix)
Pulp - This is Hardcore
The Magnetic Fields - Smoke and Mirrors
Air - Sexy Boy
The Field Mice - Sensitive

Airbag
Paranoid Android
Subterranean Homesick Alien
Exit Music
Letdown
Karama Police
Climbing Up the Walls
No Suprises
Lucky
The Tourist

Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger
Sonic Youth - Disappearer
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
Nirvana - All Apologies
Guided by Voices - Tractor Rape Chain
Sonic Youth - JC
Beck - Jackass
Liz Phair - Explain It to Me
MF Doom - Dead Bent
Clinic - Porno

honorable mentions:
Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Melvins - Night Goat
The Breeders - Divine Hammer
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World
The Amps - Breaking the Split Screen Barrier
The Vaselines - Slushy
Sonic Youth - Sweet Shine
Polara - Taupe
Remy Zero - Shadowcasting
Phish - Bouncing Around the Room
My Bloody Valentine - What You want

a couple more deserving mention:

Sunny Day Real Estate - Guitar and Video Games
Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinocerous
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze

As of this moment:
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
Common People - Pulp
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Date with Ikea - Pavement
Ginger - Lilys
Breaking the Split-Screen Barrier - The Amps
Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer
Midget Love (7" version) - Hula Hoop
Tomorrow Is Already Here - Stereolab
Radiation Vibe - Fountains of Wayne

Radiation Vibe - Fountains of Wayne

Oh yes.

Great song. It's sad that the actual store Fountains Of Wayne in New Jersey closed down about a year ago.

Here's my current 10 that I haven't already posted...

Aaliyah "One In A Million"
Mobb Deep "Shook Ones Part 2"
Weezer "Falling For You"
Ginuwine "Pony"
Eric B & Rakim "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em"
Radiohead "Black Star"
Underworld "Dirty Epic"
The Cure "End"
Smashing Pumpkins "Cupid De Locke"
Teenage Fanclub "Alcoholiday"

kornrulez6969 are you from around there?!

Bonus #11 song:
Drive Somewhere - Vulgar Boatmen

Karama Police
No Suprises

Haven't heard these Radiohead songs, are they rare!?

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Ok Dyslexia

Skee-Lo - I Wish

1. Lali Puna - 603
2. Magnetic Fields - The Dreaming Moon
3. Oval - Hallodraußen
4. Land of the Loops - Multi-Family Garage Sale
5. Clinic - Porno
6. Len - Steal my Sunshine
7. Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
8. Pinback - Loro
9. Mano Negra - Out of Time Man
10. Kid Loco - Love Me Sweet

NO ORDER-nobody's but my own-Beck
Gold soundz-Pavement
Motorway to Roswell-Pixies
Fight the power-Public Enemy(a bit 89ish but..)
On a plain-Nirvana
Poison-The Prodigy
The Rockafeller skank-Fatboy slim
Defective trip(tripin')-Gravediggaz
Long before-The palace brothers
Breadcrumb trail-Slint