Top 90s Tunes!

WYEP in Pittsburgh recently asked listeners for their top songs of the 90s. The station compiled the responses and created a Top 100 Songs of the 90s list. And a more hollow, predictable list you could not think up, I tell ya. Here is the top 10, just to give you the flavor of it:

10 Beck - Loser
9 Pearl Jam - Black
8 Breeders - Cannonball
7 The Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
6 Alanis Morrisette - You Oughta Know
5 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
4 R.E.M - Losing My Religion
3 Oasis - Wonderwall
2 U2 - One
1 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Yecch. Here is a link to the entire list, should you feel the need.

More importantly, though, it's time for me to unveil my own list. In the spirit of Kasey Kasem, I'm going with just the top 40. This was a difficult task, as I kept thinking of other songs while finalizing the list, and I know that I've left a bunch of gems off of this thing. And the number rankings are kinda arbitrary in some spots. But, I'm mostly happy with the list. Here goes:


40 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get – Morrissey
39 Find the River – R.E.M.
38 Saturday – Sparklehorse
37 Be Mine – R.E.M.
36 Harm's Way - 16 Horsepower
35 Hold On – Tom Waits
34 Cold Brains – Beck
33 Paranoid Android – Radiohead
32 Fast Enough for You – Phish
31 All Apologies – Nirvana
30 Black Wings - Tom Waits
29 Obvious Child – Paul Simon
28 Tracy I Love You - Luna
27 Sexy Boy – Air
26 Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley
25 Los Angeles - Frank Black
24 Cathedrals – Jump, Little Children
23 Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa – Sigur Ros
22 Glynis – The Smashing Pumpkins
21 Ride Into The Sun - Luna
20 Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
19 A Spoonful Weighs a Ton – Flaming Lips
18 Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan
17 Svefn-G-Englar – Sigur Ros
16 Only Son – Liz Phair
15 Goddess on a Hiway – Mercury Rev
14 Motorway to Roswell – Pixies
13 The Boy With the Arab Strap – Belle & Sebastian
12 Leave – R.E.M.
11 Let Down – Radiohead
10 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson
9 Sound of Lies – The Jayhawks
8 Tender - Blur
7 Jenny Ondioline – Stereolab
6 Olsen Olsen – Sigur Ros
5 Lazy Line Painter Jane – Belle & Sebastian
4 When the Circus Comes – Los Lobos
3 Nashville – Liz Phair
2 Staralfur – Sigur Ros
1 Billy Breathes – Phish