TOP TEN SONGS of 1990s


1999
1. MY FRIEND WILL BE ME (Of Montreal,The Gay Parade)
2. CARRY THE ZERO (Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret)
3. I SEE A DARKNESS (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, I See a Darkness)
4. TIME TRAP (Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret)
5. THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE (Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs)
6. FAST AS YOU CAN (Fiona Apple, When the Pawn Hits…)
7. SUDDENLY EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED (The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin)
8. MAJOR LEAGUES (Pavement, Terror Twilight)
9. TEMPORARILY BLIND (Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret)
10. KEEP THE COSMIC TRIGGER HAPPY (Super Furry Animals, Guerrilla)

1998
1. TWO-HEADED BOY, PT. 2 (Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over the Sea)
2. WALTZ #2 (Elliott Smith, XO)
3. DISHES (Pulp, This is Hardcore)
4. OH COMELY (Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over the Sea)
5. COLORS AND THE KIDS (Cat Power, Moon Pix)
6. RANDOM RULES (The Silver Jews, American Water)
7. GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH (Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach, Painted From Memory)
8. DIRTY DREAM NUMBER TWO (Belle and Sebastion, The Boy With the Arab Strap)
9 . INDEPENDENCE DAY (Elliott Smith, XO)
10. SCHOOL, AND THE GIRLS WHO GO THERE (Destroyer, City of Daughters)

1997
1. PARANOID ANDROID (Radiohead, OK Computer)
2. LET DOWN (Radiohead, OK Computer)
3. STEREO (Pavement, Brighten the Corners)
4 . HERMANN LOVES PAULINE (Super Furry Animals, Radiator)
5. I WOULD HURT A FLY (Built to Spill, Perfect From Now On)
6. BALLAD OF A BIG NOTHING (Elliott Smith, Either/Or)
7. THE TOURIST (Radiohead, OK Computer)
8. INTO MY ARMS (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Boatman's Call)
9 . KARMA POLICE (Radiohead, OK Computer)
10. MAKE-OUT MUSIC (12Rods, Gay?)

1996
1. GARDENHEAD/LEAVE ME ALONE (Neutral Milk Hotel, On Avery Island)
2. THE BOY DONE WRONG AGAIN (Belle & Sebastion, If You're Feeling Sinister)
3. IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER (Belle & Sebastion, If You're Feeling Sinister)
4. SONG AGAINST SEX (Neutral Milk Hotel, On Avery Island)
5. ME AND THE MAJOR (Belle & Sebastion, If You're Feeling Sinister)
6. EL SCORCHO (Weezer, Pinkerton)
7. SONGS OF LOVE (The Divine Comedy, Casanova)
8. THE STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD (Belle & Sebastion, If You're Feeling Sinister)
9. PINK TRIANGLE (Weezer, Pinkerton)
10. NUDE AS THE NEWS (Cat Power, What Would the Community Think)

1995
1. COMMON PEOPLE (Pulp, Different Class)
2. STREET SPIRIT (Radiohead, The Bends)
3. JUST (Radiohead, The Bends)
4. MIS-SHAPES (Pulp, Different Class)
5. DISCO 2000 (Pulp, Different Class)
6. BLACK STAR (Radiohead, The Bends)
7. WE DANCE (Pavement, Wowee Zowee)
8. NEEDLE IN THE HAY (Elliott Smith, S/T)
9. 1979 (The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)
10. AT&T (Pavement, Wowee Zowee)

1994
1. LAST CALL (Elliott Smith, Roman Candle)
2. RANGE LIFE (Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
3. NO NAME #1 (Elliott Smith, Roman Candle)
4. TRACTOR RAPE CHAIN (Guided By Voices, Bee Thousand)
5. CAR (Built to Spill, There's Nothing Wrong With Love)
6. WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT? (Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York)
7. STOP BREATHING (Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
8. CLOSER (Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral)
9. HEADACHE (Frank Black, Teenager of the Year)
10. HALLELUJAH (Jeff Buckley, Grace)

1993
1. ALL APOLOGIES (Nirvana, In Utero)
2. DISARM (The Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream)
3. DUMB (Nirvana, In Utero)
4. LOSER (Beck, Mellow Gold)
5. HEART SHAPED BOX (Nirvana, In Utero)
6. FALLIN' (Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul, Judgement Night)
7. GO (Pearl Jam, VS.)
8. WEB IN FRONT (Archers of Loaf, Icky Mettle)
9. DO YOU LOVE ME NOW? (The Breeders, Last Splash)
10. SHE DON'T USE JELLY (The Flaming Lips, Transmissions From the Satellite Heart)

1992
1. HERE (Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted)
2. KILLING IN THE NAME (Rage Against the Machine, S/T)
3. SO WHAT'CHA WANT (Beastie Boys, Check Your Head)
4. MIDLIFE CRISIS (Faith No More, Angel Dust)
5. DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTA (Geto Boys, Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best)
6. TRIGGER CUT/WOUNDED KITE AT: 17 (Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted)
7. CREEP (Radiohead, Pablo Honey)
8. WOULD? (Alice in Chains, Dirt)
9. CALL MR. LEE (Television, S/T)
10. IN THE MOUTH OF THE DESERT (Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted)

1991
1. SCENARIO (A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory)
2. LOSING MY RELIGION (REM, Out of Time)
3. MIND PLAYING TRICKS ON ME (Geto Boys, We Can't Be Stopped)
4. BLACK (Pearl Jam, Ten)
5. LITHIUM (Nirvana, Nevermind)
6. JEREMY (Pearl Jam, Ten)
7. ESTRANGED (Guns N' Roses, Use Your Illusion II)
8. HAND ON THE PUMP (Cypress Hill, S/T)
9. TERRITORIAL PISSING (Nirvana Nevermind)
10. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik)

1990
1. MAN IN A BOX (Alice in Chains, Facelift)
2. THE SHIP SONG (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Good Son)
3. IS SHE WEIRD (Pixies, Bossanova)
4. BEEN CAUGHT STEALING (Janes Addiction, Ritual de lo Habitual)
5. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U (Sinéad O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got)
6. ALL OVER THE WORLD (Pixies, Bossanova)
7. THE GOOD SON (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Good Son)
8. FLESH CARTOONS (Robyn Hitchcock, Eye)
9. DOE (The Breeders, Pod)
10. WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME (Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet)