It's the 90s that shaped my musical taste (good or bad, it doesn't really matter now). Earlier I used to listen to a few bands I liked, but music wasn't anything very, very special for me. In the beginning of the decade I got into punk and rock, started listening more and more. And then came late summer of 1991. And it really changed my whole life. Just check the list, you'll understand.
It's absolutely impossible to choose 50 best songs of the 90s (of any decade, to be precise). I'm sure I forgot about songs so obvious, that someday I'll check this list again and just weep silently, begging for forgiveness.
Almost all these songs represent also my favourite albums of the 90s. At least a very small part of my favourite albums of the 90s. And when you see, eg. Faith No More's 'Midlife Crisis' on the list, that really means something like that: Oh my god, I just love this album so fucking much that I didn't know which song to choose. More or less.
1. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (03.1990) – I know it was released as a single in 1989, but the album's release date is 1990. So it counts and if you don't agree, it's your problem.
2. Suicidal Tendencies – You Can't Bring Me Down (07.1990)
3. AC/DC – Thunderstruck (09.1990)
4. The Sisters of Mercy – More (11.1990)
5. Bad Religion – 21 Century (Digital Boy) (11.1990)
6. Proletaryat – Hej, naprzód marsz (1990)
7. A-Ha – Crying in the Rain (01.1991)
8. Queen – Innuendo (02.1991)
9. Metallica – Enter Sandman (08.1991)
10. Pearl Jam – Jeremy (08.1991)
11. Pixies – Alec Eiffel (09.1991)
12. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (09.1991)
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away (09.1991)
14. Armia – Opowieść zimowa (1991)
15. Beastie Boys – So What'cha Want (04.1992)
16. Faith No More – Midlife Crisis (06.1992)
17. Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction (07.1992)
18. Ministry – N.W.O. (07.1992)
19. Fear Factory – Martyr (08.1992)
20. Alice in Chains – Rain When I Die (09.1992)
21. Rage Against The Machine – Bullet in the Head (11.1992)
22. Post Regiment – Hałas (1992)
23. Tool – Sober (04.1993)
24. Primus – Bob (04.1993)
25. Anthrax – Hy Pro Glo (05.1993)
26. Death – The Philosopher (06.1993)
27. Cypress Hill – Insane in the Brain (07.1993)
28. Type O'Negative – Black No. 1 (08.1993)
29. Helmet & House of Pain – Just Another Victim (09.1993)
30. New Model Army – Here Comes the War (1993)
31. Nine Inch Nails – Hurt (03.1994)
32. Pantera – Shedding Skin (03.1994)
33. Soundgarden – Spoonman (03.1994)
34. Machine Head – Davidian (08.1994)
35. The Pharcyde – Drop (11.1995)
36. Rob D – Clubbed to Death (1995)
37. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – Where the Wild Roses Grow (02.1996)
38. Sepultura – Lookaway (03.1996)
39. Laibach – God is God (10.1996)
40. Blur – Song 2 (02.1997)
41. Strapping Young Lad – All Hail the New Flesh (02.1997)
42. Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy (10.1997)
43. Vader – Black to the Blind (10.1997)
44. Massive Attack – Angel (04.1998)
45. Soulfly – Eye for an Eye (04.1998)
46. Korn – Got the Life (08.1998)
47. Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl (08.1998)
48. Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now (10.1998)
49. Behemoth – Chwała mordercom Wojciecha (1998)
50. Slipknot – Wait and Bleed (06.1999)
PS. Some may notice that I've changed a name of one of the songs. That's not because I changed my mind, but simply I made a mistake. Sorry!
PS. Some may notice that I've changed a name of one of the songs. That's not because I changed my mind, but simply I made a mistake. Sorry!
There's a lot there that really reminds me of my 90s. Plenty I like as well although there are some tracks I don't recognise, so I'll listen to them open-mindedly and let you know what I think. We've both got Aphex Twin in our selections. I really wish I had included Sepultura but I feel Machine Head, Korn, Fear Factory and Soulfly have been shelved in my past apart from that occasion when you need to listen to something that's heavy and angry. Have you ever liked the Deftones?
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