100. Green Day - "J.A.R." 99. Pavement - "Grounded"98. Monica - "Angel of Mine" 97. NaS - "The World is Yours" (*One Love, If I Ruled the World)96. Sabres of Paradise - "Wilmot"95. Sneaker Pimps - "Six Underground" (*Portishead - "Sour Times")94. Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day"93. Blame - "2 Bad Mice Take You" 92. Donna Lewis - "I Love You Always Forever (* Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover") 91. Edwyn Collins - "A Girl Like You" 90. Beastie Boys - "So What'cha Want?" 89. Mr. Oizo - "Flat Beat"88. Moby - "Go"87. Human Resource - "Dominator"86. Amon Tobin - "Night Life" 85. Weezer - "Undone (The Sweater Song)"84. Oval - "Do While"83. My Bloody Valentine - "When You Sleep" (*Soon, To Here Knows When)82. Guided By Voices - "Game of Pricks"81. Mary J. Blige - "Real Love" 80. Manic Street Preachers - "A Design for Life" 79. Jawbox - "Savory" (*Sunny Day Real Estate - "In Circles") 78. Soul Asylum - "Somebody to Shove" 77. Bone Thugs n' Harmony - "Tha Crossroads"76. Pavement - "In the Mouth a Desert"75. Sonic Youth - "Kool Thing" 74. Underworld - "Rez" 73. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - "Stay (I Missed You)" 72. Alice in Chains - "Would?" 71. Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker" 70. The Sundays - "Here's Where the Story Ends" 69. Daft Punk - "Rollin' & Sctachin'" (*Da Funk, Rock n' Roll) 68. U2 - "One" 67. Manic Street Preachers - "Motorcycle Emptiness" 66. The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral" 65. OutKast - "Spottieottiedopalicious" 64. The House Crew - "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)"63. Blur - "Song 2"62. Primitive Radio Gods - "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hands" 61. Disco Inferno - "The Long Dance" 60. Bjork - "All is Full of Love (Single Version)" 59. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?" 58. New Order - "Regret"57. Underworld - "Cowgirl" (*Mmmmmm Skyscraper I Love You)56. Radiohead - "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" 55. R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"54. Depeche Mode - "Policy of Truth"53. The Orb - "Little Fluffy Clouds"52. Future Sound of London - "Papua New Guinea" 51. The Verve - "On Your Own" 50. Folk Implosion - "Natural One" 49. Shy FX w/ UK Apachi - "Original Nuttah" 48. Pulp - "Disco 2000"47. Warren G. f/ Nate Dogg - "Regulate"46. Blur - "Tender"45. 808 State - "Cubik (Album Version)" 44. Deee-Lite - "Groove is in the Heart" 43. Method Man f/ Mary J. Blige - "I'll Be There for You / You're All I Need to Get By"42. Oasis - "Live Forever" (*Slide Away)41. The Field Mice - "Missing the Moon" 40. The Prodigy - "Firestarter" 39. Geto Boys - "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me" 38. Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You"37. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"36. Josh Wink - "Higher State of Consciousness" 35. Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"34. Weezer - "Only in Dreams" 33. The Breeders - "Cannonball" 32. Goo Goo Dolls - "Name" 31. Acen - "Trip II the Moon (Parts I & II)" (*Close Your Eyes)30. EMF - "Unbelievable" 29. Joey Beltram - "Energy Flash" 28. Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" 27. Ash - "A Life Less Ordinary" 26. Orbital - "Are We Here?"25. Underworld - "Born Slippy (Nuxx)"24. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"23. Swervedriver - "Never Lose That Feeling / Never Learn"22. Oasis - "Champagne Supernova"21. Boredoms - "Super Going" 20. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)" 19. Lilys - "Claire Hates Me" 18. Primal Scream - "Come Together" 17. Ride - "Dreams Burn Down"16. Pulp - "Babies" 15. The Chemical Bros. - "Setting Sun" 14. Paul Westerberg - "Waiting for Somebody" 13. Teenage Fanclub - "Everything Flows" 12. Disco Inferno - "D.I. Go Pop" 11. Beck - "Loser"10. Blur - "Girls and Boys" 9. Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic" 8. Lilys - "Ginger" 7. Yo La Tengo - "Blue Line Swinger" 6. Radiohead - "Fake Plastic Trees" 5. Orbital - "Chime" 4. Primal Scream - "Loaded"3. Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy" 2. Archers of Loaf - "Web in Front" 1. Orbital - "Belfast"
top five more or less interchangable.
Close but not quite:
Afghan Whigs - "Crime Scene, Part One" Basement Jaxx - "Red Alert"Dinosaur Jr. - "Thumb" The Dismemberment Plan - "The City" Len - "Steal My Sunshine" Lush - "Ladykillers"Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You" Mercury Rev - "Chasing a Bee" Mobb Deep - "Survival of the Fittest," "Shook Ones (Part II)" Public Enemy - "Brothers Gonna Work it Out" Sl2 - "On a Ragga Tip" Soup Dragons - "Divine Thing"
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 12 November 2004 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 12 November 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)
I reserve the right to change my mind at any time, since I'm bound to forget loads of stuff.
I tried to choose singles as much as possible ... where I felt I needed to represent my fave albums, in some cases I opted to go with singles unless a particular album track *really* stood out for me.
Once out of the top 40 or so, the rankings get less precise -- the general trend, of course, is decreasing favouritism as the list progresses.
1 Drugstore -- "Accelerate"2 Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"3 Saint Etienne - "He's on the Phone"4 James – “Laid”5 Mogwai – “Mogwai Fear Satan”6 Orbital - "Belfast"7 My Bloody Valentine "When You Sleep"8 Primal Scream -- "Swastika Eyes"9 Flying Saucer Attack -- "Outdoor Miner"10 System 7 -- "Alphawave (Plastikman Acid Mix)"11 Adorable – “Sunshine Smile”12 Underworld – “Cowgirl”13 Yo La Tengo – “Nowhere Near”14 Pulp -- Pink Glove15 Eddie Amador – “House Music”16 Siouxsie and the Banshees -- "Kiss Them For Me"17 NIN -- "Closer"18 New Order - "Regret"19 Vainqueur -- "Elevation III"20 Saint Etienne - "Like a Motorway"21 Slowdive - "Avalyn"22 Pulp - "Disco 2000"23 My Bloody Valentine - "To Here Knows When"24 Third Eye Foundation -- "Corpses as Bedmates"25 Starfish Pool -- "Offday"26 Gescom -- Keynell 427 Monaco - "What Do You Want From Me?"27 Natalie Imbruglia -- "Torn"28 Pulp - "Common People"29 Torture vs K-Mart -- "Electrocution"30 Autechre -- "Teartear"31 Gravediggaz -- "Repentence Day"32 Pulp - "Something Changed"33 Slowdive -- "Here She Comes"34 Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"35 Wumpscut -- "Golgotha"36 The Breeders - "Cannonball"37 Two Little Boys -- "Stylophonia"38 Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"39 Tindersticks -- "Drunk Tank"40 Scorn -- "Do the Geek"41 Motorbass -- "Fabulous"42 Suede -- "Animal Nitrate"43 Snoop Doggy Dogg -- "Gin and Juice"44 777 – “Fay Deau Deau”45 Bardo Pond -- "Tommy Gun Angel46 Stereolab -- "Anamorphose"47 Orbital -- "Lush (Euro-Tunnel Disaster '94")48 Th Faith Healers – “Spin ½”49 Death in Vegas -- "Dirge"50 Enigma – “Sadeness Part I”51 Cyrus -- "Inversion/Prescence"52 808 State -- "In Yer Face"53 Sensational -- "Sewing Up Avenues"54 Tricky Disco -- "Tricky Disco"55 LFO -- "Advance"56 Travis -- "Driftwood"57 Yo La Tengo – “Speeding Motorcycle”58 Orbital – “Out There Somewhere”59 Blur -- "The Universal"60 Stereolab -- "Super Electric"61 Mike Dunn -- "Magic Feet"62 Teenage Fanclub -- "Everything Flows"63 Sweet Exorcist -- "Test Four"64 NIN -- "Down In It"65 Haddaway – “What is Love”66 Cranes -- "Adrift"67 Orbital -- "Attached"68 U2 -- "Numb"69 The Orb -- "Blue Room"70 Massive Attack - "Karmacoma"71 Madonna - "Ray of Light"72 Dubstar - "Not So Manic Now"73 Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock”74 Radiohead -- "No Surprises"75 Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"76 Jeru the Damaja - "Come Clean"77 Catherine Wheel -- "The Nude"78 Gas – “Koenigsforst #6”79 Magnetic Fields – “All My Little Words”80 Len – “Steal My Sunshine”81 Spiritualized -- "If I Were With Her Now"82 Russ Gabriel -- "Peace for Thought"83 Aphex Twin -- "#19" (from SAWII)84 Kid Unknown -- "Nightmare"85 Ride -- "Cool Your Boots"86 Saint Etienne -- "Former Lover"87 Autechre -- "Cichli"88 Cocteau Twins – “Cherry Coloured Funk” (Mark Clifford mix)89 Mogwai – “Helicon 1”90 Placebo - "Pure Morning"91 GYBE – “BBF3”92 Global Communication – “12 18”93 Sunscreem -- "Release Me"94 Flowered Up – “Weekender”95 Curve – “Ten Little Girls”96 Luke Slater – “Love”97 Round Three feat Tikiman – “Acting Crazy”98 Katharsis – “Gas Chamber”99 Etienne de Crecy -- "Super Disco"100 Slum Village -- "Get Dis Money"
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)
Damn, this was tricky because when it came to the artists who have made some of my favourite albums (e.g. SPZ, Orbital), I had trouble separating the tracks from the albums ... for instance, "Out There Somewhere" at #58 seems awfully low for the best track from my #2 album of the '90's. However, that track works better as the "In Sides" finale, rather than on its own. I suppose this shouldn't be surprising -- the necessity of hearing particular tracks in the context of their albums is just the hallmark of a great album, no? That's why it was far easier to pick singles, or standout tracks that I am accustomed to enjoying separate from their albums.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 07:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)
Opus III - It's a Fine DaySuzanne Vega / DNA - Tom's DinerDJ Tonka - She Knows YouOrbital - The BoxEddie Amador - House MusicWamdue Project - King of My CastleStardust - Music Sounds Better with YouCassius - Feeling for UBlackstreet - No DiggityAphex Twin - Come to Daddy
Mike Ink - ParolesSabres of Paradise - WilmotIsolée - Beau Mot PlageKraftwerk - Expo 2000Fünf Sterne Deluxe - Dein Herz Schlägt Schneller (Deejay Punk-Roc mix)Souls of Mischief - '93 'Til InfinityNirvana - Heart-Shaped BoxOffspring - Self-EsteemWeezer - Buddy HollyOl' Dirty Bastard - Baby I Got Your Money
Clarence G - Hyperspace Sound LabMassive Attack - Unfinished SympathyIce Cube - It Was a Good DayMinistry - Jesus Built My HotrodUgly Kid Joe - Cats in the CradleMr Oizo - Flat BeatThe Knack - My SharonaThe Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance)The Prodigy - Out of SpaceNymphomania - I Want Your Body
Radiohead - CreepBeck - LoserPhylyps - Trak IINotorious BIG - HypnotizedAutechre - Anvil VapreSquarepusher - Budakhan MindphoneBjörk - Possibly MaybeBucketheads - The Bomb!Drax - AmphetamineCocteau Twins - Otherness
Warren G - RegulateMighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet RideDoop - DoopEverything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Club mix)Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling OnCorona - Rhythm of the NightRednex - Cotton Eye JoeThomas Bangalter - OutrunAir - Modulor MixAir - All I Need
Takkyu Ishino - PolynasiaLL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You OutEd Rush + Optical + Fierce - Cutslo / Alien GirlDJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect WorldUnderworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)Seefeel - PlainsongTerrence Parker - Pure DiscoDJ Hell - Suicide CommandoSisters of Mercy + Ofra Haza - Temple of LoveLull - Time Box
Company Flow - End to End BurnersEctomorph - AbstractionGrungerman - Fackeln Im SturmPrimus - Shake Hands with BeefRadiohead - Karma PoliceStereolab + Nurse with Wound - Simple Headphone MindAdd N to (x) - Little Black Rocks in the SunBad Company - The NineDepeche Mode - Enjoy the SilenceBlue Boy - Remember Me
Beastie Boys - SabotageBeastie Boys - IntergalacticDaddy's Favourite - I Feel Good Things for YouPepe Bradock - BurningArmand Van Helden - KoochyGas - OktemberWhite Town - Your WomanNightmares on Wax - Les NuitsReel II Real - I Like to Move ItThe All Seeing Eye - Walk Like a Panther
Auftrieb - BallerlandChemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey GirlSuper_Collider - Darn (Cold Way o' Lovin')Jamiroquai - Canned HeatMoloko - Sing It BackSmashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly WingsNine Inch Nails - We're in This TogetherUNKLE - Rabbit in Your HeadlightsPush Button Objects - A Day in the LifeDawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)
Arrested Development - Everyday PeopleSoundgarden - Black Hole SunBasement Jaxx - Red AlertPortishead - All MineBeck - Where It's AtBusta Rhymes - Gimme Some MoreFugees - Ready or NotDeep Forest - Sweet LullabyThomas P. Heckmann - Welt in Scherben (any)Norma Jean Bell - I'm the Baddest Bitch (Baddest Mixes)
― :| (....), Saturday, 13 November 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)
Gescom -- Keynell 4
Barry I kiss you.
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Saturday, 13 November 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)
all of them. same goes for the other listed eps. yes its cheating but what top 100 do eps fit in if not this one?
― :| (....), Saturday, 13 November 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 13 November 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 13 November 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 13 November 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Pulp - "Common People"2. Underworld - "Born Slippy NUXX"3. Pulp - Pink Glove4. Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"5. TLC - "No Scrubs"6. Deee-Lite "Groove is in the Heart"7. Pulp - "Babies"8. Kelis - Get Along With You9. Massive Attack - One Love10. Underworld - Cowgirl11. Pulp - "Something Changed"12. DJ SS - Lighter13. Pulp - Razzmatazz14. KLF and Tammy Wynette - "Justified and Ancient"15. Jonny L - Uneasy16. Pulp - I Spy17. TLC - Waterfalls18. Hanson - Mmmbop19. Fall - Bill Is Dead20. Pet Shop Boys - I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing21. Pulp - Underwear22. DJ Shadow - "High Noon" 23. Underworld - mmm...Skyscraper I Love You24. Eminem - "My Name Is"25. Wu-Tang Clan - Shame on a Nigga26. UltraViolence - Die Alone Screaming27. Pulp - Lipgloss28. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert29. Jonny L - 20 Degrees (Scratch Perverts Mix)30. Pet Shop Boys - Go West31. DJ Krust - True Stories32. Pulp - do you remember the first time33. The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love (remix)34. Underworld - "King of Snake" 35. Beres Hammond - Emptiness36. Take That - Back For Good37. Shy FX - Original Nuttah38. Underworld - Pearls Girl39. Pulp - Sorted for Es and Wizz40. Omni Trio - "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"41. MC Buzz B - The Last Tree42. destiny's child - say my name43. Daddy Freddy - Pain Killa44. Willie Nelson - I Never Cared For You45. Massive Attack - Safe From Harm46. Primal Scream - Loaded47. Fall - Glam Racket48. Massive Attack - Angel49. TLC - "Creep"50. Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby?51. Underworld - "Jumbo"52. Basement Jaxx - "Rendez-Vu"53. The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral"54. Prince - "Gett Off"55. Orbital - "Chime"56. Wu-Tang Clan - "Triumph"57. Nena - 99 Red Balloons (Jimmy J Remix)58. Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Got Your Money"59. Pet Shop Boys - "Can You Forgive Her"60. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank61. Primal Scream - Come Together62. Delgados - Pull The Wires From The Wall63. Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune64. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords65. Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance)66. Culture - Riverside67. Gang Starr - The Militia68. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats69. Ghostface Killah - Winter Warz70. PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss71. Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps72. Orbital - Halcyon73. Nicolette - Nightmare74. Dave Angel - This Is Disco75. Robert Ward - Fear No Evil76. Genius/GZA - Cold World77. Macka B - Pam Pam Cameroon78. Portishead - Sour Times79. All Saints - Never Ever80. DJ Krust - Set Speed81. Go Mental - Hold Me Now82. Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon83. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You84. DJ E-Rick & Tactics - Move Dammit85. Portishead - Glory Box86. Daft Punk - Around The World87. Greylox - Call The Cops88. Attila the Stockbroker - This is Free Europe89. DJ Krust - Warhead90. Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her?91. Orbital - Satan Live92. Prodigy - Breathe93. Daft Punk - Da Funk94. Dale Watson - Cheating Heart Attack95. Saint Etienne - Avenue96. Fall - A Past Gone Mad97. Portishead - Mysterons98. Four Brothers - Vimbayi99. Grynner - Get Out De Way100. Lifers Group - Belly Of The Beast101. Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway102. Arcwelder - Favor103. Robert Lloyd & the New Four Seasons - Nothing Matters104. Junior Reid - Mashing Up The Earth105. Bible Launcher - Let Me Hear You Say Yeah106. Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin107. Leftfield - Open Up108. Supergrass - Alright109. Lionrock - Straight At Yer Head110. Saint Etienne - Hug My Soul111. Eggs - The Government Administrator
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 13 November 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 13 November 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 13 November 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 13 November 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 14 November 2004 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)
1. basement jaxx - fly life2. air - la femme d'argent3. prodigy - out of space4. dj shadow - changeling5. beastie boys - intergalactic6. underworld - pearls girl7. happy mondays - kinky afro8. depeche mode - enjoy the silence9. 808 state - cubik10. klf - justified and ancient11. dance conspiracy - dub war12. breeders - canonball13. beastie boys - sure shot14. de'lacy - hideaway (deep dish mix)15. klf - 3am eternal16. future sound of london - papua new guinea17. lo fidelity all stars - battleflag18. tori amos - professional widow (avh mix)19. dj shadow - midnight in a perfect world20. daft punk - da funk21. hardfloor - acperience22. nomad - devotion23. underworld - jumbo (jedis sugar hit mix)24. orbital - lush25. foo fighters - everlong26. primal scream - come together27. stereolab - cybele's reverie28. my bloody valentine - soon29. orb - blue room30. klf - what time is love?31. j majik - your sound32. portishead - strangers33. chemical brothers - life is sweet34. craig mack - flava in ya ear (bad boy mix)35. bjork - hyperballad36. carl craig - science fiction37. altern 8 - full on megamix38. outkast - rosa parks39. black grape - reverend black grape40. prodigy - everybody in the place41. underworld - born slippy (nuxx)42. stardust - music sounds better with you43. st etienne - only love can break your heart44. way out west - domination45. prodigy - charly46. isotonik - different strokes47. u2 - stay (faraway so close!)48. boards of canada - roygbiv49. massive attack - protection50. 808 state - in yer face51. air - le soleil est pres de moi52. basement jaxx - rendez-vu53. happy mondays - step on54. massive attack - unfinished sympathy55. prodigy - no good (start the dance)56. broadcast - message from home57. death in vegas - dirt58. radiohead - any track off ok computer59. chemical brothers - setting sun60. nirvana - come as you are61. army of lovers - crucified62. busta rhymes - put your hands where my eyes can see63. goldie - inner city life64. aphex twin - windowlicker65. a tribe called quest - electric relaxation66. bell biv devoe - poison67. faithless - salva mea68. double 99 - rip groove69. digital underground - the humpty dance70. erasure - love to hate you71. zero b - lock up72. ltj bukem - music (peshay rework)73. sonz of a loop da loop era - far out74. splash - babylon75. underworld - cowgirl76. pharcyde - drop77. souls of mischief - '93 til infinity78. shut up and dance - the green man79. underworld - dark & long80. vernon - vernon's wonderland81. orbital - way out82. house crew - euphoria (nino's dream)83. public enemy - brothers gonna work it out84. betty boo - where are you baby?85. boymerang - still86. dj q - we are one87. foul play - finest illusion88. gentle people - journey (aphex twin care mix)89. house crew - the theme90. leila - feeling (vidmix)91. ll cool j - mama said knock you out92. madonna - bedtime story93. martine girault - revival94. moby - move95. oasis - supersonic96. tricky - black steel97. cocteau twins - fifty-fifty clown98. daisy chainsaw - love your money99. mr vegas - heads high100. outkast - elevators
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 22 November 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― nick.K (nick.K), Monday, 22 November 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)
"Intergalactic" and "La Femme D'Argent" top five, though, dunno about that.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 22 November 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 22 November 2004 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 22 November 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 11:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)
-- I started with the top 30 that I carefully composed at the end of 1999 (most of which I still stand behind) and slotted in the stuff I've discovered or re-evaluated since then. Then I did the same for the next twenty albums or so, etc.
-- As with the singles list, once out of the top 40 or so, the rankings get less precise -- the general trend, of course, is decreasing favouritism as the list progresses. If I look at this list anymore my mind will explode from thoughts such as "WTF? How can that album possibly be all the way down at #72???".
-- Compilations ... there are several on the list... obviously all tracks had to be recorded in the 90's*. DJ mixes that were released in the 90's are exceptions (there was only one such exception anyhow). Comps that I would normally disqualify my from year-end lists because not all the tracks were new from the year in question or previously unreleased (e.g. #88 or #59) were eligible here, since all their tracks were recorded in the 90's.
-- There are 101 albums here. Remain calm.
*one comp (#87) has a track from 1989 -- the lone exception
1. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless2. Orbital - In Sides3. Spiritualized – Pure Phase4. Pulp - His'n'Hers5. Orbital – Snivilization6. Drugstore -- Drugstore7. Woob – Woob 11:948. The Orb – The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld9. Vainqueur – Elevations10. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
11. Orbital - Brown Album12. Tindersticks -- Tindersticks13. Mogwai -- Come On Die Young 14. Pulp - Different Class15. Autechre -- Chiastic Slide 16. Various -- In a Field of Their Own (Glastonbury 1992)17. Depeche Mode - Violator18. Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet19. Catherine Wheel -- Chrome20. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
21. Blur -- Parklife 22. Pulp -- This Is Hardcore23. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible 24. Luke Slater -- Freek Funk25. Super Furry Animals – Guerilla26. Godspeed You Black Emperor! -- Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada 27. 808 State – Ex: El28. Slowdive – Souvlaki29. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream30. Verve -- A Storm in Heaven 31. Autechre - Amber32. Spectrum – Highs, Lows, and Heavenly Blows33. Cranes – Forever34. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque35. Suede -- Coming Up36. LFO – Advance37. Third Eye Foundation -- Semtex38. Gas – Koenigsforst39. Bardo Pond – Lapsed40. Suede -- Dog Man Star 41. Various – Basic Channel42. Global Communication – 76:1443. Green Velvet – Green Velvet44. Electronic – Electronic45. Sinead ‘O Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got46. The Breeders – Last Splash 47. Various -- Skampler48. Jeff Mills - Live at the Liquid Room) 49. Tindersticks -- Curtains50. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
51. Darkthrone – Transylvanian Hunger52. Slint – Spiderland53. Various – Artifical Intelligence II (Warp)54. Various – Excursions in Ambience 455. Polygon Window -- Surfing On Sine Waves 56. Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay57. Labradford - Mi Media Naranja58. Th'Faith Healers – Lido59. Curve - Pubic Fruit60. The Orb – Orb Live ‘93
61. Hash Jar Tempo – Well Oiled62. Various – Tribute to Spacemen 363. Verve -- A Northern Soul 64. Travis – The Man Who 65. Various -- Apollo 2 - The Divine Compilation66. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me67. Yo La Tengo – Painful68. Inspiral Carpets – Revenge of the Goldfish69. Starfish Pool – Interference ‘9670. Inspiral Carpets – The Beast Inside
71. Lucid Dreams -- Lucid Dreams 72. Depeche Mode -- Ultra 73. Various -- New Electronica UK -174. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle75. Techno Animal – Re-Entry76. Third Eye Foundation – Ghost77. Pentatonik – Anthology78. Spice Girls – Spice79. Various – Excursions in Ambience 380. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Vol II
81. Spiritualized – Laser Guided Melodies82. Ben Neill – Green Machine83. Stereolab -- Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements 84. Smashing Pumpkins -- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 85. Autechre -- Tri Repetae86. Coldcut -- 70 Minutes of Madness87. Various – Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove (Warp records)88. Stereolab – Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Vol. 2)89. Brighter Death Now – Innerwar90. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange
91. Catatonia – International Velvet92. James – Laid93. David Holmes – This Film’s Crap Let’s Slash the Seats94. Mark van Hoen – The Last Flowers From the Darkness95. Autechre -- Incunabula 96. Seefeel -- Quique 97. EAR -- The Koner Experiment98. Luke Slater – Wireless99. Various – Em:t Explorer100. Loop – A Gilded Eternity101. Galaxie 500 – Copenhagen
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)
It's pretty boring, all things considered. I need to listen to more albums.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)
I'm reasonably happy with my top 100's. The albums list was easier to make since obviously the number of 90's tracks I've heard is greater than the number of albums I've heard. Also, the albums list is more a list of my favourite artists (who are relatively easy to identify), while the track list is more of a mixed bag. But both lists came out fairly representative of what I was listening to in the 90's.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 04:36 (twenty-one years ago)
Anyway:
100. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand99. The Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu: The 36 Chambers98. The Cure - Wish97. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde96. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Mecca and Soul Brother95. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience94. The Prodigy - Fat of the Land93. Etienne de Crecy - Super Discount!92. A Certain Ratio - MCR91. Radiohead - Pablo Honey90. Yo La Tengo - Painful89. Various Artists - MTV's AMP Compilation88. Lush - Lovelife87. Slowdive - Souvlaki86. Depeche Mode - Violator85. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead84. Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country83. Oval - 94 Diskont82. Orbital - Orbital 281. Happy Mondays - Pills n Thrills n Bellyaches80. Belly - Star79. The Pixies - Bossanova78. Bjork - Homogenic77. U.N.K.L.E. - Psyence Fiction76. New Order - Republic75. The KLF - Chill Out74. Roni Size - New Forms73. Sonic Youth - Goo72. Slint - Spiderland71. Fugazi - Repeater70. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 269. This Mortal Coil - Blood68. Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle67. The Beta Band - The Beta Band66. Amon Tobin - Bricolage65. His Name is Alive - Stars on ESP64. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral63. Brainiac - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture62. Beck - Midnite Vultures61. Boo Radleys - Giant Steps60. The KLF - The White Room59. Moby - Everything is Wrong58. Orbital - Orbital 157. DJ Shadow - …Endtroducing56. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head55. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space54. The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation53. Blur - Parklife52. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point51. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?50. The Wedding Present - Seamonsters49. Lush - Split48. Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura47. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet46. Weezer - Pinkerton45. The Wrens - Secaucus44. Wilco - Summerteeth43. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead42. Swervedriver - Mezcal Head41. Wilco - Being There40. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen39. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders38. Daft Punk - Homework37. Massive Attack - Mezzanine36. Portishead - Dummy35. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind34. The Breeders - Last Splash33. Nirvana - Nevermind32. The Chemical Bros. - Exit Planet Dust31. Sonic Youth - Dirty30. The Verve - A Storm in Heaven29. Pavement - Wowee Zowee28. Pulp - Different Class27. OutKast - Aquemini26. The Pixies - Trompe Le Monde25. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain24. The Prodigy - The Prodigy Experience23. Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing22. Various Artists - Singles OST21. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman20. Weezer - Weezer19. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One18. Orbital - Snivilisation17. Boredoms - Super AE16. Oasis - Definitely Maybe15. U2 - Achtung Baby14. Various Artists - Trainspotting OST13. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs12. Lilys - Eccsame the Photon Band11. Bjork - Post10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless9. Blur - Blur8. Lilys - A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns7. Nas - Illmatic6. Blur - 135. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted4. The Chemical Bros. - Dig Your Own Hole3. Radiohead - OK Computer2. Primal Scream - Screamadelica1. Orbital - In Sides
I like my songs list a whole lot more.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 05:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)
1 Mobb Deep Shook Ones pt II 2 Genaside II Narra Mine 3 Joey Beltram Energy Flash 4 Green Velvet Flash 5 Notorious BIG Ready to die 6 Orbital Halcyon 7 MOP Downtown Swinga 8 Hyper on experience Lord of the null lines 9 Geto Boys Mind Playing tricks on me 10 Aaliyah If your girl only knew
11 Krome and Time Ganja Man 12 Brand Nubian Slow Down (Pete Rock remix) 13 Cutty Ranks Limb by Limb 14 Q Tex The Power of Love 15 Lil Kim How many licks? 16 Krome and Time The License 17 Jay-Z Can't knock the hustle 18 Infiniti Game One 19 Spiritualised Sway 20 Lord Finesse ft Big L Yes you may (remix) 21 I-F Space Invaders are smoking grass22 Teenage Fanclub Alcoholiday 23 D'Angelo Devil's pie 24 Notorious BIG Mo Money Mo Problems 25 Brand Nubian Punks jump up to get beat down 26 2 Bad Mice Bombscare 27 Big L Devil's son 28 Spiritualised Why don't you smile now? 29 Remarc RIP 30 Human Resource Dominator 31 House of Pain Jump around (Pete Rock remix) 32 Daft Punk Da Funk 33 DJ Brisk Airhead 34 TLC No Scrubs 35 Shy FX The Chopper 36 Dead Dred Dred Bass 37 Warren G Regulate 38 Mescalinum United We have arrived 39 Main Source Looking at the front door 40 ODB Shimmy shimmy ya 41 2Pac California Love 42 My Bloody Valentine Soon 43 Hixxy and Sharkey Toytown 44 Boo Williams Cloudburst 45 Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz Uptown baby 46 Leisha Moore Damn! What a feeling 47 Wu Tang Clan Bring da ruckus 48 DJ Rush It really doesn't matter with me now49 Lord Finesse Funky technician 50 Isolee Beau mot plage 51 Destiny's Child Say my name 52 4 Hero Mr Kirk's Nightmare 53 Sonz of a Loop da Loop era Far Out 54 Paul Johnson Candy Cane 55 Ramsey and Fen Style 56 Nuyorican soul It's alright (I feel it) (Armand's dark side of the moon mix) 57 Cajmere Only 4 You (Derrick Carter's only 4 DJs mix) 58 London Posse How's life in London? 59 Basement Jaxx Fly Life 60 Notorious BIG Who shot ya?
61 Organised Konfusion Stress (Extra P remix) 62 New Fast Automatic Daffodils Stockholm 63 Ginuwine Pony 64 Big Pun Still not a player 65 Beatnuts Watch out now 66 Java Cosmos 67 Jeff Buckley Hallelujah 68 Cajmere The Percolator 69 Sneaker Pimps Spin, spin sugar (Armand's dark garage mix) 70 Love Inc RESPECT 71 I: Cube Disco Cubizm 72 Laurent Garnier Acid Eiffel 73 Jay Z Big pimpin 74 Kool G Rap Talk like sex 75 CJ Bolland Horsepower 76 Urban Shakedown Some Justice 77 Motorbass Ezio 78 Romanthony Everybody dancin' 79 Cybersonik Technarky 80 Daft Punk Revolution 909 81 Planet Love Ink Living in pain 82 Aphrohead Thee light 83 T99 Anaesthesia 84 Scott Brown & Rab S Now is the time 85 DJ Sneak On a sneak tip 86 Evelyn Jean Town near you 87 Mercury Rev Carwash Hair 88 Etienne de Crecy Prix Choc 89 The Breeders Cannonball 90 Phil Asher Brastrap 91 Dubtribe Sunshine's theme 92 Bizz O.D. I'm coming out of your speaker 93 DJ Assault Ass 'n Titties 94 Artful Dodger Re-rewind 95 Thelma Houston All of that (Crash dub) 96 Byron Stingily C'mon get up everybody 97 Nikolai Ready to flow 98 Curve Horror Head 99 187 Lockdown Gunman 100 Harddrive Deep Inside
― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 07:52 (twenty-one years ago)