WYEP Music Blog

This summer we asked WYEP listeners to vote for their 10 favorite songs from the 1990’s. We tallied the votes, and turned the list into a countdown show that aired on Labor Day. There’s some surprises here, along with some “sure things”. Overall, we think its a pretty good list, our listeners have good taste.

Here it is…

100 Cake - The Distance “Fashion Nugget” 1996
99 Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbirds “Mighty Joe Moon” 1994
98 Natalie Merchant - Wonder “Tigerlily” 1995
97 Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine “Blue Sky Mining” 1990
96 Cracker - Low “Kerosene Hat” 1993
95 Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth “Violator” 1990
94 Liz Phair - Polyester Bride “whitechocolatespaceegg” 1998
93 Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning “Rumour and Sigh” 1991
92 Nirvana - Come As You Are “Nevermind” 1991
91 Dave Matthews Band - Two Step “Crash” 1996
90 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris “Dizzy Up the Girl” 1998
89 No Doubt - Don’t Speak “Tragic Kingdom” 1995
88 Pavement - Summer Babe “Slanted & Enchanted” 1992
87 Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches “Presidents of the U.S.A.” 1995
86 Counting Crows - Round Here “August & Everything After” 1993
85 Pearl Jam - Better Man “Vitalogy” 1994
84 Aimee Mann - Save Me “Magnolia Soundtrack” 1999
83 Beck - Devil’s Haircut “Odelay” 1996
82 Blues Traveler - Run Around “Four” 1994
81 Concrete Blonde - Joey “Bloodletting” 1990
80 R.E.M. - Man On The Moon “Automatic for the People” 1992
79 Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealin’ “Ritual De Lo Habitual” 1990
78 Dar Williams - As Cool As I Am “Mortal City” 1996
77 Pulp - Common People “A Different Class” 1995
76 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it away “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” 1991
75 Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm “Siamese Dream” 1993
74 Tori Amos - Silent All These Years “Little Earthquakes” 1992
73 U2 - Mysterious Ways “Achtung Baby” 1991
72 Weezer - Buddy Holly “Blue Album” 1994
71 Wilco - Misunderstood “Being There” 1996
70 Ben Folds Five - Battle of Who Could Care Less “Whatever and Ever Amen” 1997
69 Blur - Song 2 “Blur” 1997
68 Counting Crows - Rain King “August & Everything After” 1993
67 Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me “Crash” 1996
66 Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 “XO” 1998
65 Iggy Pop - Candy “Brick by Brick” 1990
64 KD Lang - Constant Craving “Ingenue” 1992
63 Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray “It’s A Shame About Ray” 1992
62 Tori Amos - Crucify “Little Earthquakes” 1992
61 Portishead - Sour Times “Dummy” 1994
60 Bush - Glycerine “Sixteen Stone” 1994
59 Cranberries - Zombie “No Need to Argue” 1994
58 Foo Fighters - Everlong “The Color and the Shape” 1997
57 Spin Doctors - Two Princes “Pocket Full of Kryptonite” 1991
56 They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) “Flood” 1990
55 Pearl Jam - Even Flow “Ten” 1991
54 Belly - Feed the Tree “Star” 1993
53 Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars “Mermaid Avenue” 1998
52 Mazzy Star - Fade into You “So Tonight that I Might See” 1993
51 Soul Asylum - Runaway Train “Grave Dancer’s Union” 1992
50 Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt “Us” 1992
49 James - Laid “Laid” 1993
48 Cranberries - Dreams Everyone “Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We?” 1993
47 Whiskeytown - 16 Days “Strangers Almanac” 1997
46 Cornershop - Brimful of Asha “When I was Born for the 7th Time” 1997
45 Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl “Under the Pink” 1994
44 Radiohead - Karma Police “OK Computer” 1997
43 Alanis Morrisette - Ironic “Jagged Little Pill” 1995
42 Seal - Crazy “Seal” 1991
41 Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching “Under the Table and Dreaming” 1994
40 Sublime - Santeria “Sublime” 1996
39 Fiona Apple - Criminal “Tidal” 1996
38 Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson “Gordon” 1992
37 Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy “New Miserable Experience” 1992
36 Indigo Girls - Galileo “Rites of Passage” 1992
35 Fugees - Killing Me Softly “The Score” 1996
34 The Wallflowers - One Headlight “Bringing Down the House” 1996
33 Lisa Loeb - Stay “Tails ” 1995
32 Smashing Pumpkins - Today “Siamese Dream” 1993
31 Pavement - Cut Your Hair “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain ” 1994
30 Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger “What’s the Story Morning Glory?” 1995
29 Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend “Girlfriend ” 1991
28 Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet “Time Out of Mind” 1997
27 Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees “The Bends” 1995
26 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah “Grace” 1994
25 R.E.M. - Nightswimming “Automatic for the People” 1992
24 Blind Melon - No Rain “Blind Melon ” 1992
23 Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” 1995
22 They Might be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul “Flood ” 1990
21 The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” 1991
20 Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way “Cruel Sun ” 1992
19 Radiohead - Paranoid Android “OK Computer” 1997
18 Live - Lightning Crashes “Throwing Copper” 1994
17 Radiohead - Creep “Pablo Honey” 1993
16 Pearl Jam - Alive “Ten ” 1991
15 Ben Folds Five - Brick “Whatever and Ever Amen ” 1997
14 Cranberries - Linger Everybody “Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We?” 1993
13 Sarah McLachlan - Possesion “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ” 1993
12 Sinead O’Connor - Nothing compares 2 U “I Do Not Want…” 1990
11 Pearl Jam - Jeremy “Ten ” 1991
10 Beck - Loser “Mellow Gold” 1994
9 Pearl Jam - Black “Ten ” 1991
8 Breeders - Cannonball “Last Spash ” 1993
7 The Counting Crows - Mr. Jones “August and Everything After” 1993
6 Alanis Morrisette - You Oughta Know “Jagged Little Pill” 1995
5 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony “Urban Hymns” 1997
4 R.E.M - Losing My Religion “Out of Time” 1991
3 Oasis - Wonderwall “What’s the Story Morning Glory?” 1995
2 U2 - One “Achtung Baby ” 1991
1 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit “Nevermind ” 1991