So, over on a message board, we had a poll on what were the Top 100 Singles of the 1990s. Here is my list, there are some rather large oversights (Who knew Jawbreaker had two awesome singles in the 90s in "Fireman" and "Chesterfield King"? Not allmusic, that's for sure). Anyways, here's my list.
01. Bjork - Hyperballad
02. New Order - Regret
03. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
04. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
05. Phoenix - Too Young
06. Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
07. Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block
08. The Get Up Kids - Action and Action
09. Underworld - Born Slippy [NUXX]
10. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
11. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In My Hands
12. Pavement - Gold Soundz
13. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
14. Elastica - Stutter
15. Foo Fighters - Everlong
16. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
17. Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
18. Ben Folds Five - Brick
19. Bjork - Possibly Maybe
20. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
21. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better
22. The Afghan Whigs - What Jail Is Like
23. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
24. SIANspheric - I Like the Ride
25. Refused - New Noise
26. Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay
27. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Moya
28. Moby - Feeling So Real
29. The Cranberries - Linger
30. The Cranberries - Dreams
31. Bjork - Joga
32. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
33. Sleater-Kinney - One More Hour
34. Bjork - All Is Full of Love
35. The Roots featuring Erykah Badu - You Got Me
36. Underworld - Jumbo
37. Foo Fighters - My Hero
38. Tom Waits I Don't Want To Grow Up
39. Liz Phair - Supernova
40. The Jesus and Mary Chain featuring Hope Sandoval - Sometimes Always
41. The Flaming Lips - Race For the Prize
42. Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life
43. The Wedding Present - Montreal
44. U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close)
45. Beck - Jackass
46. Bjork - Hunter
47. Pavement - Range Life
48. Built To Spill - Carry the Zero
49. Everclear - Santa Monica
50. Weezer - The Good Life
51. Looper - Impossible Things
52. Underworld - Dark & Long
53. INXS - Beautiful Girl
54. Lauryn Hill - X-Factor
55. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
56. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
57. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
58. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
59. The Dismemberment Plan - The Ice of Boston
60. Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
61. Archers of Loaf - Web In Front
62. Cat Power - Nude As the News
63. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
64. Radiohead - High and Dry
65. Pavement - Stereo
66. Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
67. Underworld - Moaner
68. New Order - World
69. Superchunk - Driveway To Driveway
70. The Afghan Whigs - Can't Get Enough of Your Love
71. Radiohead - No Surprises
72. Ben Folds Five - Battle of Who Could Care Less
73. U2 - One
74. Sonic Youth - Superstar
75. Sloan - Coax Me
76. Radiohead - Karma Police
77. Pulp - Common People
78. DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
79. U.N.K.L.E. featuring Thom Yorke - Rabbit In Your Headlights
80. Pavement - Shady Lane
81. Daft Punk - Around the World
82. Len - Steal My Sunshine
83. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
84. Nada Surf - Popular
85. Forest For the Trees - Dream
86. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
87. Weezer - El Scorcho
88. Bush - Glycerine
89. Mogwai - Angels vs. Aliens
90. Portishead - Glory Box
91. Savage Garden - Truly, Madly, Deeply
92. The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
93. Bjork - Venus As A Boy
94. The Rentals - Waiting
95. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
96. Slowdive - Slowdive
97. Green Day - When I Come Around
98. REM - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
99. Nirvana - All Apologies
100. Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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