90s SONGS Poll: The Results

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:24 pm

Welcome to the results thread of the 90s songs poll!

To help keep nicolas sane and as a thank-you for all the great music I have discovered through him, I have offered to do the presentation for this songs poll. 22 people participated in the poll:

beefsupreme
Brad
Chris K
Dan
Greg
Harold
Henrik
Henry
Honorio
Kingoftonga
listyguy
Michel
Miguel
Moonbeam
Nassim
Nick
nicolas
Olivier
Romain
sonofsamian
VanillaFire
Zorg

Just a couple of things about the presentation...

To those who participated: your name will appear in the “Fan” section of a song if that song was in your top 15 or if you are the biggest fan of a song that’s not in anyone’s top 15 (but if a song wasn’t in anyone’s top 25, then it had “none” fans). And your name will appear in the “Not a Fan” section if the song was in your bottom 10 (I have adjusted this slightly if you didn’t rank the majority of the songs).

Only Honorio, VanillaFire1000 and Listyguy submitted comments on songs, so the presentation might be a bit bare in comparison with the albums thread.

We’ll start off with #100-91. I’ll post #90-81 at about midnight forum time. (Following Henrik’s suggestion, I’ll reveal #100-1 first and then #101-150.)

Let’s go...

100 | The New Radicals| You Get What You Give| 1998| 740.04

Fan: Greg #10

Not a Fan: Henrik #145 , Listyguy #143

Place in 1998 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 68

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 104

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99 | Ice Cube| It Was A Good Day| 1992| 745.37

Fan: beefsupreme #4 , VanillaFire1000 #6

Not a Fan: Honorio #143

Place in 1992 poll: 7

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 99

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98 | Wu-Tang Clan| Protect Ya Neck| 1992| 749.36

Fan: sonofsamiam #1 , beefsupreme #8 , Nassim #8

Not a Fan: Henrik #148 , Henry #147 , Miguel #143 , Romain #142

Place in 1992 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 80

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97 | Oasis| Don't Look Back in Anger| 1995| 749.87

Fan: Henry #9

Not a Fan: Moonbeam #147 , beefsupreme #143 , Zorg #102/107

Place in 1995 poll: 11

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 36

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 190

YouTube Link

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96 | Pet Shop Boys| Being Boring| 1990| 750.37

Fan: Greg #9 , Henrik #9

Not a Fan: VanillaFire1000 #150 , Olivier #146 , Brad #143

Place in 1990 poll: 7

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 59

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95 | Fatboy Slim| The Rockafeller Skank| 1998| 752.98

Fan: Olivier #5 , Kingoftonga #14

Not a Fan: Listyguy #149 , sonofsamiam #145 , Chris K #144 , Henry #144 , Honorio #141

Place in 1998 poll: 11

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 22

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94 | Ride| Vapour Trail| 1990| 756.88

Fan: Zorg #24

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1990 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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93 | Beck| Where It's At| 1996| 758.63

Fan: Kingoftonga #21

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1996 poll: 1

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 36

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92 | Neutral Milk Hotel| Holland, 1945| 1998| 760.47

Fan: Harold #16 , Zorg #16

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1998 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 136

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91 | Björk| Human Behaviour| 1993| 762.00

Fan: Moonbeam #12 , Romain #13

Not a Fan: Greg #145

Place in 1993 poll: 15

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 63

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 175

Post by **nicolas** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:48 pm

That's great! Thanks Dan for your kind words. As for my sanity it is well preserved now!
Looking forwards to the following

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:56 pm

Spotify links make this look very professional!

Post by **Henrik** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:59 pm

Great presentation, Dan! The Spotify links came in handy, didn't they? I hope they won't make the thread heavy like the youtube videos.

Just a check..., there were six guys who ranked albums but not songs (including Stephan although miracously New Radicals made the top 100 without him)? I'm sure this is correct but personally I find it strange as it's a smaller task to listen and rank songs than albums.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:09 pm

Yes, the Spotify links are very handy - thanks for adding them to the forum Henrik!

I was also amused that 6 less people voted for songs than albums. On the one hand it's a pity that more people didn't vote, but on the other hand it makes the results more unpredictable (like the song that was #1 in its year but ended up at #93 overall).

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:28 pm

Thanks for doing this, Dan! The presentation is superb.

I actually am "not a fan" of more than 10 of these songs. I assigned each song a rating and there were at least 25 that were rated below 5 out of 10. The 90s just aren't my decade. To the credit of the participants, though, the average rating was something like 6.5, which is a lot higher than I expected.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:51 pm

90 | Blur | Coffee and TV | 1999 | 762.04

Fan: Olivier #12

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1999 poll: 8

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 50

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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89 | Supergrass | Caught by the Fuzz | 1994 | 762.86

Fan: nicolas #9 , Brad #15

Not a Fan: Henry #143

Place in 1994 poll: 13

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 124

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88 | Tori Amos | Winter | 1992| 762.95

Fan: Zorg #7 , Harold #14

Not a Fan: VanillaFire1000 #143

Place in 1992 poll: 9

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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87 | Sonic Youth | Kool Thing | 1990 | 767.44

Fan: Brad #14 , Moonbeam #15

Not a Fan: Kingoftonga #148 , Dan #144 , VanillaFire1000 #141

Comments:
“Sonic Youth trying their luck at mainstream (and suceeding) with valuable help of Public Enemy's Chuck D. Fear of a female planet.” Honorio

“I would consider this song the closest thing to a parody Sonic Youth ever did.” VanillaFire1000

Place in 1990 poll: 13

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 106

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86 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Juicy | 1994 | 771.71

Fan: Greg #2 , Listyguy #2

Not a Fan: Henrik #150 , Chris K #148 , Olivier #147 , Michel #146 , Miguel #145 , Brad #144 , Honorio #144

Place in 1994 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 81

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85 | Sigur Rós | Starálfur | 1999 | 773.10

Fan: Zorg #25

Not a Fan: beefsupreme #142

Place in 1999 poll: 14

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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84 | Beastie Boys | Intergalactic | 1998 | 778.12

Fan: Moonbeam #13

Not a Fan: Honorio #150 , Miguel #148/148

Place in 1998 poll: 6

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 89

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 49

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83 | The Cure | Friday, I'm In Love | 1992| 778.29

Fan: Honorio #15

Not a Fan: Nassim #145

Comments:
“Timeless and classic pop song from a band you couldn't expect such a straightforward song. But even in the weirdest Cure albums Robert Smith always hided a pop heart. I recommend this to the guitar players on this Forum. “ Honorio

Place in 1992 poll: 14

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 69

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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82 | Sonic Youth | The Diamond Sea | 1995 | 778.78

Fan: beefsupreme #1 , Olivier #11 , Zorg #12

Not a Fan: Dan #149

Place in 1995 poll: 8

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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81 | Pavement | Here | 1992 | 779.29

Fan: Brad #8 , Kingoftonga #11

Not a Fan: Dan #146

Place in 1992 poll: 15

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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That's it for today. I won't be able to post more results when I'm at work tomorrow, so I'll be back with more at about 7pm forum time.

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:19 am

One thing I'll say is that I very rarely like 90s hip hop songs that sample 70s/80s funk tracks nearly as much as the original. "Juicy", for instance, takes the cool factor from "Juicy Fruit" but none of the magic.

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:22 am

Damn there are some serious Biggie haters.

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:28 am

Listyguy wrote:Damn there are some serious Biggie haters.

I don't hate "Juicy" or Biggie (aside from the awful "Mo Money Mo Problems" anyway), but listening to it after listening to "Juicy Fruit" is a stark contrast indeed.

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:49 am

Since going to university from October, I've been clubbing a lot more than I ever had. The music naturally sucks - most of the tracks are either cheap pop or really sucky hip-hop, but it seems like the ONLY rap song any of these clubs have EVER heard of is Juicy. It's not that I don't like it per se, but it annoys me so much. I think I've only willingly listened to the song twice or so, and I know every single lyric. I'm surprised I'm not one of the not-a-fans.

Listyguy · Post by **Listyguy** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:05 am

Moonbeam wrote:
Listyguy wrote:Damn there are some serious Biggie haters.
I don't hate "Juicy" or Biggie (aside from the awful "Mo Money Mo Problems" anyway), but listening to it after listening to "Juicy Fruit" is a stark contrast indeed.

I wasn't referring to your comment about the fill, I was referring to the 7(!) of 22 voters that had it in the bottom ten of their lists.

Post by **nicolas** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:30 pm

I love the "Intergalactic" cover

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:10 pm

I said I'd be back at about 7pm forum time with more results, but life's got in the way and I'll continue with the show when I get home later tonight.

Is it just my phone or have these Spotify links had a good Christmas (are they getting a bit heavy)? Maybe I need to use them more sparingly.

Post by **Honorio** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:50 pm

Woooonderful presentation, Dan (but the Spotify links don't seem to work on my computer, probably they are still celebrating Christmas, lol).

Post by **Henrik** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:09 pm

The Spotify links work for me.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:17 am

The Spotify links work for me too. They do seem to slow down the thread a little bit though, so I'll use them infrequently.

Here's #80-51. I'll be back on Wednesday to start counting down the top 50.

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80 | Stereolab | Cybele's Reverie | 1996 | 781.93

Fan: Zorg #10

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1996 poll: 11

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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79 | Elliott Smith | Angeles | 1996 | 782.47

Fan: Nassim #12

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1996 poll: 14

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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78 | R.E.M. | Man on the Moon | 1992 | 785.32

Fan: Miguel #18

Not a Fan: Zorg #105/107

Place in 1992 poll: 6

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 30

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 116

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77 | Beck | Devil's Haircut | 1996 | 791.44

Fan: beefsupreme #20

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1996 poll: 9

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 52

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 85

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76 | Blur | Girls and Boys | 1994 | 793.86

Fan: Nick #12 , Chris K #14

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1994 poll: 11

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 75

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 17

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75 | Rachid Taha | Ya Rayah | 1993 | 798.46

Fan: nicolas #3 , Dan #7 , Honorio #13

Not a Fan: None

Comments:
“The drama of Diaspora ("You, emigrant, where are you going? / You'll get tired and you'll come back / Many more regret it before you and me"), the hypnotic groove and the great oud part (counterpointed by the strings) defines the ultimate raï anthem.” Honorio
Place in 1993 poll: 7

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 1

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74 | Pulp | This Is Hardcore | 1998 | 805.41

Fan: Nassim #13

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1998 poll: 11

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 29

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 123

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73 | Slint | Good Morning, Captain | 1991 | 807.08

Fan: Zorg #1 , Henrik #4

Not a Fan: nicolas #150 , Henry #146

Place in 1991 poll: 7

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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72 | The Flaming Lips | Waitin' for a Superman | 1999 | 807.34

Fan: Greg #13 , Kingoftonga #13

Not a Fan: None

Comments:
“Exploring new ideas "just using our ears to guide us, not music culture" they came with something as strangely commercial as "Waitin' for a Superman". In Wayne Coyne own words: "Reality is like that. The more you think about it the less real it seems." Honorio

Place in 1999 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 61

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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71 | Pavement | Summer Babe | 1991 | 809.72

Fan: Brad #5 , Kingoftonga #9

Not a Fan: Zorg #103/107

Place in 1991 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 55

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 31

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70 | Alain Bashung | La nuit je mens | 1998 | 810.61

Fan: nicolas #1 , Romain #4

Not a Fan: Chris K #141 , Olivier #141

Place in 1998 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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69 | Spiritualized | Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space | 1997 | 814.75

Fan: Zorg #9 , Honorio #10 , beefsupreme #15

Not a Fan: None

Comments:
“Chamber-pop? Space-rock? Well, really both. The hypnotic drones of the previous albums get mixed here with chamber strings and 4 different vocal parts perfectly intertwined (please see this) in a classic structure of canon. The "spiritual" feel and the narcotic effect that produces fits perfectly with the album cover art: a pharmaceutical package wrapping a big drug.” Honorio

Place in 1997 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 34

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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68 | Eels | Novocaine For the Soul | 1996 | 815.13

Fan: Olivier #6 , Michel #12 , Miguel #12

Not a Fan: sonofsamiam #144

Place in 1996 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 38

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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67 | Bob Dylan | Blind Willie McTell | 1991 | 815.37

Fan: sonofsamiam #9 , nicolas #12

Not a Fan: Romain #143

Comments:
“Why in hell did Bob leave this off "Infidels"? Did he feel the song deserved a better album or something?” Listyguy

Place in 1991 poll: 9

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 172

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66 | Cesária Évora | Sodade | 1992 | 815.6

Fan: nicolas #2 , Dan #5 , sonofsamiam #12

Not a Fan: Harold #138/140 , VanillaFire1000 #147

Comments:
“The Barefoot Diva at her best. Cesária's warm and earthy voice surrounds you lazily immersing you into a sea of saudade (yearning).” Honorio

Place in 1992 poll: 8

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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65 | Pavement | Range Life | 1994 | 825.13

Fan: Brad #7 , Michel #13

Not a Fan: Henry #141

Place in 1994 poll: 14

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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64 | Oasis | Live Forever | 1994 | 827.6

Fan: Nick #4 , Harold #15

Not a Fan: Moonbeam #148

Place in 1994 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 10

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 8

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63 | Stereolab | French Disko | 1993 | 828.8

Fan: Moonbeam #11 , sonofsamiam #13

Not a Fan: Harold #133/140

Place in 1993 poll: 6

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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62 | Belle and Sebastian | Like Dylan in the Movies | 1996 | 837.33

Fan: Honorio #2 , Miguel #10

Not a Fan: None

Comments:
“"If they follow you don't look back / like Dylan in the movies." Fragile and sensitive pop from Scotland, with references to "Don't Look Back," the D.A. Pennebaker rockumentary about Dylan. A band of braggarts (being heavy-metal or hip-hop) would have not been bold enough to talk about the fear you feel when somebody follows you down the street. Because it's fear what you feel, isn't it?” Honorio

Place in 1996 poll: 13

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 45

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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61 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Disarm | 1993 | 841.0

Fan: Listyguy #10 , Brad #13 , Nassim #15

Not a Fan: None

Comments:
“The killer in meeeee is the killer in yooouuuu.” Listyguy

Place in 1993 poll: 9

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 46

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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60 | R.E.M. | Everybody Hurts | 1992 | 842.4

Fan: Romain #20

Not a Fan: Kingoftonga #145 , Moonbeam #142

Place in 1992 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 37

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 90

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59 | Air | Sexy Boy | 1998 | 845.01

Fan: Brad #17 , Miguel #17

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1998 poll: 10

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 57

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 66

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58 | Soundgarden | Black Hole Sun | 1994 | 846.24

Fan: Henry #5 , Harold #7 , Romain #14 , Chris K #15

Not a Fan: sonofsamiam #142

Place in 1994 poll: 2

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 64

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 54

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57 | R.E.M. | Try Not to Breathe | 1992 | 860.14

Fan: Greg #3 , VanillaFire1000 #14

Not a Fan: sonofsamiam #147

Comments:
“A great song about death. Does that sound right?” VanillaFire1000

Place in 1992 poll: 13

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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56 | DJ Shadow | Building Steam With a Grain of Salt | 1996 | 862.37

Fan: Nassim #3 , sonofsamiam #3

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1996 poll: 6

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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55 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Tonight, Tonight | 1995 | 863.06

Fan: Nassim #14

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1995 poll: 14

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 48

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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54 | The Jayhawks | Blue | 1995 | 863.24

Fan: Miguel #4 , beefsupreme #12 , Henrik #13 , Honorio #14

Not a Fan: Chris K #147

Comments:
“In a time where nobody cared about vocal harmonies, Gary Louris and Mark Olson made of these harmonies the main feature of the Jayhawks sound. And they knew how to make it contemporary and still relevant.” Honorio

Place in 1995 poll: 10

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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53 | Radiohead | Fake Plastic Trees | 1995 | 868.32

Fan: Nassim #11 , Nick #13

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1995 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 12

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 21

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52 | Foo Fighters | Everlong | 1997 | 871.02

Fan: Henry #3 , Listyguy #6

Not a Fan: sonofsamiam #143

Comments:
“Maybe the best song of the post-grunge era? It was stuff like this that made Dave Grohl step out of Nirvana's shadow and be seen as a star of his own. A very haunting cut.” VanillaFire1000

Place in 1997 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 27

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 79

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51 | Björk | It's Oh So Quiet | 1995 | 873.24

Fan: Honorio #3 , nicolas #15

Not a Fan: Kingoftonga #144 , Greg #141

Comments:
“Lunatic jazz. Björk had shown previously in her Icelandic 1990 album "Gling-Gló" her fondness for recreating-perverting jazz standards. But in her cover of "It's Oh So Quiet," and in the splendid clip directed by Michel Gondry, she created a fantastic and unreal world that was a step forward from the Broadway musical comedies and served for sure as the departure point for Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark." Honorio

Place in 1995 poll: 12

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200):

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Post by **Henrik** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:06 pm

I think we are really onto something here. What a fantastic mix of genres!

"La nuit je mens" and "French Disko" made the biggest jumps when I did the final ranking. Great songs!

Is that Chris Cornell on the "Black Hole Sun" cover? I always think about Peter Gabriel when I see it.

Gillingham · Post by **Gillingham** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:04 pm

Henrik wrote:Great presentation, Dan! The Spotify links came in handy, didn't they? I hope they won't make the thread heavy like the youtube videos.

Just a check..., there were six guys who ranked albums but not songs (including Stephan although miracously New Radicals made the top 100 without him)? I'm sure this is correct but personally I find it strange as it's a smaller task to listen and rank songs than albums.

Although I like the songs polls, I'm an album listener and prefer to listen to/rank albums more than (to) songs. Because of a christmas trip I didn't have a lot of time on my hands during the polls, so I had to set priorities and that wasn't very hard for me.

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:32 pm

Gillingham wrote:
Henrik wrote:There were six guys who ranked albums but not songs (including Stephan although miracously New Radicals made the top 100 without him)? I'm sure this is correct but personally I find it strange as it's a smaller task to listen and rank songs than albums.

I've got a friend in Greg. And I think it's much easier to make an album list, because I can simply go through a couple of stages: first, I go through my all-time list, ranking all the 90s albums that made the poll. Then I go through my year lists and get all the albums in the top 10s that made the poll. Then I make a list of the remaining albums and go to RYM to get my rating, reorder them a little bit, and ta-da! album list. For songs that's last step in particular is much harder since I have no songs ratings on RYM.

Post by **nicolas** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:45 pm

i really came to love "it's oh so quiet" when wz studied it in music class a few months ago. The lesson was about music listening and how we future teachers can lead a music listening.lesson for kids. And our teacher who is really great (in addition to be a sexy blode and an excellent musician) chose It's oh so quiet for its great contrast in tempo and intensity. A vocal tour de force

Post by **Honorio** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:56 am

Sexy? Blonde? Musician? And she likes Björk? Nicolas, I need her phone number...

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:05 pm

I suppose one way to make sure that the Spotify links don't get too heavy is to try and reach 50 posts (at which point page 2 of the thread opens and the size of page 1 becomes irrelevant). So I'm going to post the rest of the results song by song...

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:13 pm

50 | R.E.M. | Drive | 1992 | 874.73

Fan: VanillaFire1000 #4 , Listyguy #7

Not a Fan: sonofsamiam #146

Place in 1992 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 39

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 161

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:18 pm

49 | Björk | Hyper-Ballad | 1995 | 878.68

Fan: Moonbeam #5 , Kingoftonga #12

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1995 poll: 9

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 49

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 69

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:20 pm

48 | Radiohead | Just | 1995 | 887.68

Fan: Olivier #4 , Kingoftonga #5 , Brad #11

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1995 poll: 7

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:22 pm

47 | Jeff Buckley | Grace | 1994 | 890.21

Fan: Nassim #5 , Romain #12

Not a Fan: Henrik #142

Comments:
“A great song, but I prefer "Last Goodbye", which was sadly stiffed from this list.” Listyguy

Place in 1994 poll: 10

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:23 pm

46 | Nirvana | Heart-Shaped Box | 1993 | 895.05

Fan: Listyguy #5 , Moonbeam #9 , beefsupreme #13

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1993 poll: 13

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 53

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 50

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:25 pm

45 | Björk | Jóga | 1997 | 896.03

Fan: Moonbeam #6 , Kingoftonga #8 , nicolas #8

Not a Fan: None

Comments:
“Emotional landscapes. Few songs (and clips) can describe so accurately the core of an artist, frozen on the outside but burning on the inside.” Honorio

Place in 1997 poll: 12

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:29 pm

44 | The Flaming Lips | Race for the Prize | 1999 | 896.64

Fan: sonofsamiam #4 , Miguel #8 , Greg #11

Not a Fan: Michel #144

Comments:
“ A great album starter that really started one of the greatest second acts in rock.” VanillaFire1000

Place in 1999 poll: 1

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 19

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 118

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:34 pm

43 | My Bloody Valentine | Only Shallow | 1991 | 897.35

Fan: Harold #6 , Olivier #7 , VanillaFire1000 #7 , Brad #10

Not a Fan: Listyguy #147

Place in 1991 poll: 11

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 44

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 30

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:38 pm

42 | Elliott Smith | Between the Bars | 1997 | 898.27

Fan: Nassim #2

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1997 poll: 13

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 171

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:43 pm

41 | The Beta Band | Dry the Rain | 1997 | 903.14

Fan: Michel #1 , Kingoftonga #3 , Zorg #6

Not a Fan: Greg #148

Place in 1997 poll: 8

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 15

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 110

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:08 pm

40 | Radiohead | Creep | 1992 | 905.41

Fan: Henry #2 , Nick #15

Not a Fan: None

Comments
“Despite the overexposure it retains the unstoppable force of an ugly man exposing his rage and anger after years of bearing other people jokes. Ugly ones of the world, united!” Honorio

Place in 1992 poll: 1

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 23

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 12

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:11 pm

39 | The Smashing Pumpkins | 1979 | 1995 | 906.77

Fan: VanillaFire1000 #1 , Greg #14

Not a Fan: None

Comments
“One of the greatest songs of all time...It captures something inside of you. Maybe its the “rolling” nature of the beat. I don't know. It is just too good.” VanillaFire1000

Place in 1995 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 47

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 23

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:14 pm

38 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Today | 1993 | 910.56

Fan: Chris K #6 , Harold #13 , Olivier #14

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1993 poll: 3

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 25

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 109

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:15 pm

37 | Mercury Rev | Holes | 1998 | 915.5

Fan: Miguel #7 , sonofsamiam #8 , Zorg #13

Not a Fan: VanillaFire1000 #145

Place in 1998 poll: 7

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:17 pm

36 | PJ Harvey | Down by the Water | 1995 | 918.53

Fan: Henrik #3 , sonofsamiam #7 , Michel #11 , Dan #14

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1995 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 92

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:19 pm

35 | Portishead | Sour Times | 1994 | 921.02

Fan: Miguel #6 , Dan #12

Not a Fan: None

Comments
“I remember, just a few years ago, my father came up to me with a copy of Dummy to play “Sour Times” for me. This is a man who spends most of his time listening to classical music. He will usually ask for me to listen to that with him, so this was a bit of a suprise. Of course, I had already heard the song before, but it was just the way he treated the song...like it was a work of art. I'll always remember that.” VanillaFire1000

Place in 1994 poll: 8

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 27

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:20 pm

34 | Radiohead | Let Down | 1997 | 924.11

Fan: Dan #3 , Romain #3 , Honorio #5

Not a Fan: Nassim #143

Comments
“If the last minute of "God Only Knows" is my favourite minute of music ever, the half minute from 3'55" to 4'25" is my favourite half minute of music, at the risk of sounding really freaky. Thom Yorke is singing the second melody of the song and at that moment he raises his voice while a second Yorke voice takes up again the same melody. Then the first voice cracks in a falsetto that doesn't stop until the chorus comes back in an exultant manner that vividly contrasts with the lyrics: "Let down and hanging around / Crushed like a bug in the ground." Honorio

Place in 1997 poll: 10

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 9

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:22 pm

33 | My Bloody Valentine | Soon | 1990 | 927.3

Fan: Olivier #1 , Brad #2 , sonofsamiam #6 , Chris K #7

Not a Fan: nicolas #143

Place in 1990 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 28

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 62

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:23 pm

32 | Beastie Boys | Sabotage | 1994 | 930.05

Fan: VanillaFire1000 #3 , sonofsamiam #14 , Listyguy #15

Not a Fan: Miguel #147 , nicolas #141

Place in 1994 poll: 6

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 41

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 19

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:25 pm

31 | Portishead | Roads | 1994 | 930.99

Fan: Nassim #4 , Honorio #7 , Michel #9

Not a Fan: None

Comments
“After Portishead's "Roads" a Fender Rhodes electric piano won't sound the same way. Before its warm sound was mainly used for jazz-rock and funk music but here it sounded mysterious, alien and even menacing. And that was only the song intro, then came the desolate vocals, the throbbing drumbeat, the dreamy strings and wah-wahs. Oh, can't anybody see.” Honorio

Place in 1994 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Post by **Honorio** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:29 pm

Great presentation, Dan. So elegant.

Post by **Henrik** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:02 pm

That's a great run of songs. Cool to see Roads ahead of Sour Times.

Post by **Henrik** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:08 pm

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:47 pm

30 | Mazzy Star | Fade into You | 1993 | 934.45

Fan: Michel #7 , Miguel #9 , Henrik #12

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1993 poll: 5

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 52

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:53 pm

29 | Björk | Isobel | 1995 | 935.51

Fan: Moonbeam #1 , sonofsamiam #5 , Zorg #5

Not a Fan: VanillaFire1000 #146

Place in 1995 poll: 6

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): -

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:56 pm

28 | Pearl Jam | Alive | 1991 | 938.9

Fan: Chris K #3 , Harold #5 , VanillaFire1000 #10 , Listyguy #13 , Henry #15

Not a Fan: Honorio #147

Place in 1991 poll: 8

Place in 90s poll of 2007: -

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 141

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Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:58 pm

27 | The Breeders | Cannonball | 1993 | 944.68

Fan: Michel #5 , beefsupreme #9 , Olivier #13

Not a Fan: None

Place in 1993 poll: 4

Place in 90s poll of 2007: 22

Acclaimed Music 90s rank (top 200): 16

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