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1. Merriweather Post Pavilion- Animal Collective
2. Veckatimest- Grizzly Bear
3. Hospice- The Antlers
4. Monsters of Folk- Monsters of Folk
5. Gather, Form, And Fly- Megafaun
6. American Central Dust- Son Volt
7. Mantis- Umphrey's McGee
8. Born on Flag Day- Deer Tick
9. Fall Be Kind (EP)- Animal Collective
10. I And Love And You- The Avett Brothers
11. Bitte Orca- Dirty Projectors
12. Embryonic- The Flaming Lips
13. Wilco (the album)- Wilco
14. Noble Beast- Andrew Bird
15. Dark Was the Night (Compilation)- Various Artists
16. Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King- Dave Matthews Band
17. Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free- Akron/Family
18. Outer South- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
19. Man on the Moon: The End of the Day- Kid Cudi
20. One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur- Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard
21. The Ecstatic- Mos Def
22. Joy- Phish
23. Backspacer- Pearl Jam
24. Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures
25. Hold Time- M. Ward
26. Horehound- The Dead Weather
27. Together Through Life- Bob Dylan
28. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix- Phoenix
29. Roadhouse Sun- Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses
30. Back and Fourth- Pete Yorn
31. Live at the Olympia- R.E.M.
32. Winterland 1977: The Complete Recordings (Box Set)- Grateful Dead
33. White Lies For Dark Times- Ben Harper and The Relentless7
34. Upper Air- Bowerbirds
35. Humbug- Arctic Monkeys

01. What's your favorite song by Neutral Milk Hotel?
"Two-Headed Boy, Part Two".

02. How did you get into Felt?
Kathrin put "All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead" on a mixtape for me, and I fell hard for Lawrence.

03. Who is your favorite member in Orange Juice?
I'm probably contractually obliged to say Edwyn Collins, but I do have a soft spot for the songs by James Kirk.

04. What's your favorite lyric by The Magnetic Fields?
this is an unreasonably difficult question. actually, no:
"I could dress in black and read Camus / Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth / Like I was seventeen, that would be a scream / But I Don't Want to Get Over You."

05. Have you ever seen Sufjan Stevens live?
yes, in fact!

06. What's your favorite album from The Shins?
Wincing the Night Away.

07. Do you own any merchandise from The National?
nothing, sadly. (not even a tote bag from Wicker Park.)

08. What is a good memory you have of The New Pornographers?
dancing around my room to "Graceland" while packing for college.

09. Is there a member of the same age as you in Belle and Sebastian?
hahaha, no. they are all much older.

10. When did you first get into The Shins?
2003, right after Chutes Too Narrow was released. I heard "New Slang" on the college radio station and it was downhill from there.

11. Who likes The Smiths along with you?
many, many people. on my last.fm friends list, primarily Kathrin.

12. Which song did you first hear from of Montreal?
"So Begins Our Alabee", on a Polyvinyl sampler.

13. What song made you fall in love with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?
I believe it was "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood", after some blog described it as "David Byrne fronting The Cure".

14. Which song do you not like by The Only Ones?
there are actually quite a few, shamefully, but my least favorite is probably "Deadly Nightshade".

15. Why do you like Morrissey?
what a question! his stunning voice (even at such an age), his splendid pop sensibilities, his terrific way around a witty, erudite lyric...

16. Where did you first hear Voxtrot?
oh, wow, I don't actually know. I think I heard "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Wives" on a blog somewhere right after it came out, but I didn't really start to love them until I heard "The Start of Something".

17. How long were The Jesus and Mary Chain a band before you liked them?
haha. they were a band for sixteen years and weren't a band for three before I liked them.

18. Does Matthew Sweet have a song that gives you a bad memory?
well, yes. most of his songs are irrevocably linked to certain memories for me, but "Someone to Pull the Trigger" and "Life Without You" are the worst.

19. When did you get into The Cure?
the winter of sixth grade, when my brother burned a copy of Staring at the Sea: The Singles for me.

20. How long have you been into The Jesus and Mary Chain?
seven years.

21. If Jens Lekman had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
well, I can't drive. but if someone else were going, I would certainly consider it.

22. How many The Replacements albums do you own?
christ. nine, not counting bootlegs and unreleased compilations.

23. Do Vampire Weekend have a song that makes you cry?
hahaha, definitely not.

24. Do The Wedding Present have a song that makes you happy?
of course! especially "This Boy Can Wait".

25. Do Wilco have a song that makes you smile?
yes indeed. "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)" is a guaranteed smile-maker.

26. What's the last song you've listened to of Guided by Voices?
"Twilight Campfighter".

27. Is there a song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions that you've listened to more than 30 times?
"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes", though my statistics don't show it... that was mostly in seventh grade.

28. What is a song from Joanna Newsom that you've only listened to once?
"Three Little Babes". NEVER AGAIN.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians?
I am not really a fan of "The Fly".

30. What song got you into Echo and the Bunnymen?
"Bring on the Dancing Horses", once again via the local college station.

31. What is your favorite single by Bright Eyes?
single? probably "If The Brakeman Turns My Way".

32. If The Weakerthans hated you, what would you do?
I would be really upset, probably. and regret not seeing them when I could have in September, before I learned of this sad development.

33. What would you say if one of the members from R.E.M. asked you out?
um, accept, obviously!! I don't care that all of them are either over fifty or almost there (yes, Michael, this means you). we would be the May/December romance for the ages.

34. Would you care if Editors had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
of course. I demand that Tom Smith remain perpetually single.

35. Who has the best voice in The Posies?
I prefer Jon Auer's songs.

36. Do you think Elvis Costello and the Attractions are good looking?
haha, I was actually just talking about this today. yes.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by Arcade Fire?
I have apparently only listened to "Intervention" 11 times. this might be wrong.

38. How many CDs do you own of Sparks?
I actually only own Kimono My House, but my mother has most everything else on vinyl.

39. Is there a song from Radiohead that makes you mad?
I don't think so.

40. Which member from Yo La Tengo do you want to see go solo?
I actually really like Dump, a.k.a. James McNew's side project. but I wouldn't want Ira and Georgia to split up.

41. What does your favorite song from The Velvet Underground remind you of?
"Sweet Jane" ... actually, reminds me of standing on the corner with a suitcase in my hand. hahaha. presumably because whenever I find myself in that situation, I start singing that song.

42. Did you hate Hüsker Dü at first?
no, I just thought they were really noisy. and Grant Hart was super cute. whatever, I was a twelve-year-old with priorities.

43. Does your best friend also listen to The Hold Steady?
haha, yes. although not without reservations. (no lyrics about Pringles cans, please.)

44. Do you think your parents would like The Broken West?
both my parents love them, actually.

45. Do Pixies have a song that makes you want to dance?
who doesn't dance to Debaser?

46. Have you ever seen Joy Division live?
yes. that time when I time-travelled.

47. Do you like The Broken West's name?
I guess so. I like it better than their previous name, "The Brokedown".

48. Is there someone in Paul Westerberg that you want to go out with?
this question is adorable. yes, I want to go out with the teenager in Paul Westerberg who wore his heart on his sleeve, rode his bike everywhere, and kissed girls under bridges on autumn nights, as described in "First Glimmer".

49. Do you know anyone that hates Shearwater?
I don't believe so.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from Sigur Rós?
it's probably happened.

sajmondee's top albums (overall) 1. Guitar - Tokyo (71) 2. Ostinato - Chasing the Form (67) 3. R.E.M. - Accelerate (60) 4. Helms Alee - Night Terror (51) 5. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (50) 6. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (49) 7. Mulatu Astatqé - Ethiopiques Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974 (48) 8. OTK - KOT (46) 9. Radiohead - The Best Of (46) 10. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (45)

First of all, there is one recent DJ set of theirs they've cut into three segments and uploaded to:

http://soundcloud.com/hybridsoundsystem

I need this set downloaded so completely desperately it hurts. I never wanted a permanent copy of a DJ set so badly in my entire life and they seem to have disabled downloading. It's almost better than the set they laid down for Avalon C2C in 2006. FUCK. Can anyone do anything to get it?

Here is a tracklisting of all of it:

Tracklisting for it:

Oscillate Darkly 2 months ago

---------- Part1 ----------
01. ID 00:00
02. Moby - Porcelain (Remix) 5:14
03. ID 10:40
04. Sasha - Coma (Gabe & Dmitri Narkov Remix) [emFire] 15:10
05. Shiloh & Steve Andres vs Radiohead - Flywheel / Nude (Hybrid Re-Edit) 23:20
06. Tim Davison ft. Stacey Kitson - Deliver Me (Hush Remix) [Rapid Response] 30:07
07. ID 37:09
08. UNKLE - Restless (Fake Blood & Future Funk Squad Remix) [Surrender All] 43:10
09. Wolfgang Gartner - Montezuma [Kindergarten] 51:00
10. Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve - Yin [Toolroom] 57:19
11. Magik Johnson - East West Connection (James Talk Remix) [Underwater] 00:00
12. John Shelvin - Just Like You Said (Simon & Shaker Dub) [Shelvin] 05:36
13. Quivver - Surin [Boz Boz] 12:00
14. Guy Gerber - Timing [Cocoon] 17:40
15. Hybrid feat Charlotte James - The Formular Of Fear (Hybrid Remix) [Disctinctive] 25:36
16. Harry Gregson-Williams - Caspian (Hybrid Remix) 32:50
17. Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Hybrid Remix) 41:06
18. Rufus Wainwright - Tiergarten (Supermayer Remix) [Kompakt] 47:26
19. Orbital - Halcyon (Tom Middleton Remodel) [Warner Bros] 53:40
20. Sasha - Mongoose (emFire Edit)1:02:38
21. Nhar - Lotus [Time Has Changed] 7:11
22. Oliver Molden& Harada - Fortune Cookie (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) [Rapid Response] 14:03
23. Malente - Killer Applikation (The Aston Shuffle Badonkadonk Remix) Unknown Accape [Moonbootique] 20:23
24. Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Deadmau5 Remix) [Disctinctive] 26:06
25. Deadmau5 - The Reward is More Cheese [Network] 30:59
26. Tom Neville pres. Colouring In - Robot Restroom [Love Minus Zero] 35:28
27. Jeff Wayne – The Eve of the War (Hybrid’s Fire in the Sky Mix) [Columbia] 41:04
28. John Creamer & Stephane K Featuring Oliver Twisted - I Love You (Hybrid's Claustrophobic Remix) [Acetate Ltd] 48:33
29. R.E.M. - The Great Beyond (Hybrid Remix) 56:55
30. Hybrid - Sleepwalking [Distinctive] 1:02:05

News:

The New Album Is Ready...

We're very happy to announce that our new LP is finally finished and ready to be mastered. It's been 2 years in the making and we've been solidly in the studio since last summer piecing it together. The album is called Disappear Here and is set for a worldwide release in March/April next year on Distinctive Records.

Recently we've been recording the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for the album under the watchful eye of Andrew Skeet who we worked with on our second LP. Below are some photos from the session and a video clip of the recording.

Musically, we think this album isn't so much a departure from our sound, but a development and a fresh approach that has produced some of the most exciting music we've ever written. We'll be posting clips of the new LP and a host of free downloads in the coming months so watch this space....

Mike, Chris & Charlotte.x aka Hybrid

Vimeo files will not embed here that I'm aware of, so here's a link:
http://vimeo.com/7326952

In case you missed it, when they plugged for votes on the annual DJMag.com voting frenzy, they encouraged people to also vote for their friends, 16 Bit Lolitas, Stefan Anion, King Unique, Omid 16b, Jody Wisternoff, Steve Porter and D Ramierez. So get to it!

1.How did you get into 31?
Ice Cube
Was already into N.W.A., and then I borrowed Death Certificate and The Predator from a friend. Enjoyed. Alot! Then collected all the other studio albums.

2.What's the first song you ever heard by 22?
Hole
I do believe it was Celebrity Skin.

3.What's your favourite lyrics by 29?
R.E.M.
"This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I've left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love" The One I Love

4.What's your favourite album by 49?
John Frusciante
Hmmm tough one, it's either 'Niandra Lades And Usually Just A T-Shirt' or 'Smile From The Streets You Hold'. Both are scary but excellent.

5.How many albums by 13 do you own?
Jane's Addiction
All 3 Studio albums, 2 Official Live Albums, A rarities collection, A 4 Disc Box Set, and several bootlegs, oh and some singles/EPs...... (Best band ever!)

6.What is your favourite song by 50?
The Breeders
Another tough question, gonna go with Cannonball, but to be honest, the entire 'Last Splash' album could qualify. Kim Deal <3

7.Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
Beastie Boys
Haha, not really a sad band/group... Maybe Alive, that's got a sad back story I believe...

8.What is your favourite song by 15?
Minutemen
Again, it's a very tough choice, possibly Viet Nam

9.What is your favourite song by 5?
Nine Inch Nails
To be honest, there is far too many candidates, the one that comes to mind though would be Something I Can Never Have, simply beautiful.

10.Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Almost every song on Freaky Styley to Blood Sugar Sex Magik... Subway To Venus makes me exceptionally happy though.

11.What is your favourite album by 40?
Nirvana
Studio album = Nevermind, but Unplugged In New York is also a very special album in my opinion.

12.What's your favourite song by 10?
Jay-Z
Damn I hate this favourite song question, it's always too hard to choose! I'm gonna go ahead and say either Bring It On or Friend or Foe, both classic examples of Mafioso Hip Hop.

13.What's a good memory you have involving 33?
Joy Division
Either discovering them and falling in love with the lyrics and music, or watching the movie 'Control' which is a biopic of lead singer Ian Curtis, R.I.P.

14.What's your favourite song by 37?
Slayer
Definately Angel of Death, fucking brutal song.

15.Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Portishead
Hmmm, all 3 of their albums are stunning, the song that makes me the happiest would have to be Sour Times though.

16.How many times have you seen 24 live?
Tool
None, which makes me very sad, unfortunatly they only tour every 4-5 years, so looks like I might have to wait, god damn it.

17.What's the first song you ever heard by 23?
The Prodigy
Errrrrrr, I imagine it would have to be eitherFirestarter or Breathe, as they were the biggest hits by the band when I was young.

18.What's your favourite album by 11?
Massive Attack
Aghhh don't make me choose between Blue Lines or Mezzanine, it's just not fair!

19.Who is your favourite member of 1?
Sonic Youth
I love em' all, but Kim Gordan is just unreal, idol <3

20.Have you ever seen 14 live?
Radiohead
Yes, saw them live on the In Rainbows tour, fucking epic.

21.What is good memory involving 45?
Dr. Dre
Driving around listening to The Chronic. Blazing to the remarkable production and hilarious skits. So many good times!

22.What is your favourite song by 16?
Pixies
Haha easilyGigantic, so hilarious, and wonderful.

23.What is the first song you heard by 47?
Metallica
Ermmmm, probably Enter Sandman when I was little.

24.What is your favourite album by 21?
Deconstruction
Their self-titled. Such a hidden gem, alternative classic for sure!

25.What is your favourite song by 18?
Primus
Hahaha they're all so wack. My Name Is Mud orJerry Was a Race Car Driver are both seriously insane.

26.What is the first song you heard by 38?
OutKast
I can't think of anything other thanMs. Jackson, that track was pretty big when I was about 11.

27.What's your favourite lyric by 3?
The Beatles
"All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?" Eleanor Rigby

28.What's your favourite song by 2?
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gosh, they have so many beautiful songs, I'm thinking Silverfuck, it is about as perfect as a song can be.

29.What's the first song you heard by 32?
De La Soul
I remember seeing the video to Me, Myself & I on MTV, they really do put the Hippie in Hip-Hop. Legends.

30.How many times have you seen 17 live?
Yo La Tengo
Never... I really hope they tour the UK soon, I imagine they are even more haunting live.

31.Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Deftones
Errrr more of an angry or depressing than happy band. Pink Cellphone makes me feel kinda trippy/happy at times.

32.What is your favourite album by 12?
Pink Floyd
If I said anything other than Dark Side of the Moon I'd probably be shot, but I also love A Piper At The Gates of Dawn, Echoes, Wish You Were Here and The Wall.

33.What is the worst song by 46?
Dizzee Rascal
Any of his new electro-pop shit on Tongue N'Cheek, bring back the grime rascal!!

34.What's the first song you ever heard by 34?
The Cure
I think it was Close To Me, I saw the video on MTV, and what a classic video/song it is indeed.

35.What's your favourite album by 42?
LL Cool J
'Mama Said Knock You Out' easily. One of the best comebacks in Hip Hop ever.

36.How many times have you seen 39 live?
Morrissey
Again, I am yet to witness the legend that is Morrissey live, it will happen one day, hopefully as part of a Smiths reunion haha. Wishful thinking I know!

37.What is your favourite album by 36?
Wu-Tang Clan
Ohhhhh 'Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' without a doubt. One of my favourite albums of all time, classic.

38.What was the first song you heard by 28?
Kyuss
Whatever the opening track of 'Blues for the Red Sun' is. Epic album. (further research indicates that it was Thumb

39.What is your favourite album by 7?
Pearl Jam
They've had a lot of great albums, but how could it be anything but 'Ten', one of the cornerstones of grunge rock.

40.How did you get into 8?
The Smiths
I think I read so many rave reviews about their albums that I finally decided to purchase them all. I'm so glad I did!

41.What's the first song you heard by 9?
Wiley
That would be Ice Rink on a pirate radio station in East London.

42.What's your favourite lyric by 20?
Tori Amos
"Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces" Little Earthquakes. It's actually my break-up song. Hahaha lame....

43.What's your favourite album by 25?
Soundgarden
Aghh tough choice, so many good albums. It's definately between 'Badmotorfinger' or 'Superunknown'.

44.How many albums by 26 do you own?
Nas
7 studio albums, 1 rarities album.

45.What's your favourite song by 27?
Public Enemy
It's gotta be Fight The Power, such a great message, like most of their classic songs.

46.How did you get into 30?
Porno for Pyros
Well I already loved Jane's Addiction. So I decided to check out Perry Farrell's next band. Two quality albums.

47.What's your favourite lyric by 35?
My Bloody Valentine
"(Look)
In the mirror
She's not there
Where she won't care
Somewhere" Only Shallow, such a lovely song.

48.What's your favourite album by 41?
Tricky
Both the first two albums, 'Maxinquaye' and 'Nearly God' are brilliant examples of how to make a Trip-Hop album.

49.How many albums by 48 do you own?
The Velvet Underground
4 Studio albums, 1 compilation, 1 Box Set, God damn it I love that Box Set.

50.How did you get into 43?
Skinny Puppy
Last.Fm recommendation. Thank you Last.Fm!

Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01a: 200 to 181
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.01b: 180 to 161
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02a: 160 to 141
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02b: 140 to 121
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.03a: 120 to 101
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.03b: 100 to 81
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04a: 80 to 61
Previously: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.04b: 60 to 41


Part five - and the final part - of my tracks of the 90s rundown.

40
R.E.M.
Man on the Moon
Automatic for the People
1992

Ironic that from their darkest, bleakest (and most critically popular) album would come R.E.M.'s most joyous, uplifting song of all - this tender tribute to Andy Kaufman should perhaps be sad, but instead it's euphoric - and not to mention, has a brilliantly silly Elvis impersonation, too...

39
Curve
Chinese Burn
Come Clean
1998

For those of us who were fans of Curve from some time before 1997 or so - i.e. their shoegaze-y days - their transition into female-fronted industrial was a little bit of shock, notwithstanding the NIN-esque textures that Cuckoo introduced. No, not even that could have prepared us for Chinese Burn, a monstrously loud industrial track that was a quite spectacular change of direction - and resurrected a near-forgotten band, too...

38
The Cure
Burn
The Crow
1995

The greatest moment of a brilliantly diverse soundtrack, this was written specifically for the film, and for me is one of the best songs The Cure every wrote - the pitch black darkness and desperation of the song matches the rainy environment of the film perfectly, and it's also a near-perfect encompassing of everything that was so great about The Cure musically.

37
Chemlab
Suicide Jag
Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar
1993

Ah, the golden era of "machine rock", or "coldwave", if you prefer. Either way, this is back from the earlier days of industrial rock, when rock acts first were trying to bring together synth programming with a traditional rock structure, and indeed vice versa. Jared Louche's Chemlab seem to have been around for ever, notwithstanding the odd break in service, but this is one of their earlier songs, and still probably their best - it's not quite rock, not quite industrial, but either way it's great, and Jared's somewhat cryptic lyrics - while still being anthemic - make it even better.

36
Pitchshifter
Underachiever
Infotainment?
1996

The first sign that PSI were changing from their Godflesh-influenced grind into something more radically different was this track - the quasi-drum'n'bass beat, the sheets of guitar riffs raining down, and the more melodic vocals. Even so, we are talking a matter of degrees here, and this was considerably more abrasive still than the material that gained them so much success subsequently...

35
Strapping Young Lad
Oh My Fucking God
City
1997

Really, how does he do it? Producing album after album of wildly inventive, chaotic metal that is always, without fail, of interest. Particularly the material from this album, where Devin Townsend really hit paydirt. Apparently this track in particular was inspired by a particularly intense acid trip, or something like, and it's sense of humour along with the astonishing musicianship on display are what make this track so fantastic (and yes, this track is better than Detox).

34
Senser
Eject
Stacked Up
1994

Back in the days pre-Nu Metal, Rap Metal was for a while actually pretty good. It all seems so long ago, of course, but back then there were a few bands willing to mix politics and incendiary music in a big way, too. I've already covered Rage, but for some reason I always come back to Senser - and in particular this track - first. Hidden away at the tail end of Stacked Up, this always seemed like the forgotten single from the album, despite it being miles better than both Age Of Panic and Switch. Each to their own, I guess. Back to this track - a searing, rampaging beast, with Heitham Al-Sayed's machine-gun-fire rapping matching more perfectly than ever with co-vocalist Kerstin Haigh's more melodic chorus, and lyrics suggesting a way of life where you find your own path. Being sixteen when I first heard this, it made a lot of sense.

33
Cubanate
It
Interference
1998

The opening track to Marc Heal's industrial titan's last album, reputedly the lyrics were recorded in one furious take at the end of the album sessions - and they dovetail perfectly with the bruising, low-end roar of the music - a thunderous wall of drum'n'bass, well, mostly bass, frankly, that still terrorizes dancefloors now.

32
Gravity Kills
Enough
Gravity Kills
1996

Yeah, they might be derided as another band riding on the coattails of NIN or whoever, but I don't dare - I still love this album (and the follow-up, actually, but that's beside the point). This was one of the first tracks I came across, it's rampaging industrial metal beat lighting up clubs and my stereo for some time (and still does).

31
Smashing Pumpkins
Silverfuck
Siamese Dream
1993

The glory days of the 'Pumpkins are long, long time ago, the memory of how great they used to be sadly superseded in many ways by just how much of a poor caricature they have become. But anyway, enough about the recent past, let's delve back into history. Siamese Dream - their best album, don't let anyone tell you it's Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness, really, it's most certainly not - was a balancing act of chart-bothering singles and sweeping epics, and this particular track was the epic that Billy Corgan tried to better at least once on every album that followed, and he never came close. Eight-minute of blistering rock, ambience, prog and tenderness, every single thing that was great about this band was contained at one point or another in this song.

30
Nine Inch Nails
Gave Up (Remixed by Coil with Danny Hyde)
Fixed
1992

I read somewhere that the unusual, cut-up vocals (it sounds as if certain syllables were cut out to break things up) were done because of Coil's distain for choruses, and if so, all the better. This is one of the best remixes I've ever heard, the clanking, dark ambient intro giving way to fast-paced electronics with the cut-up vocals on top, and all-in it's way, way better than the more conventional original version...

29
Ministry
Jesus Built My Hotrod
[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way To Suck Eggs]
1992
Who knows what the fuck Gibby Haynes was on about in his deranged rants on this track, but whatever it was, it sounded like fantastic fun. As was the track itself - a supercharged, speeding industrial metal behemoth hurtling towards the barriers and not giving a shit.

28
Faith No More
Everything's Ruined
Angel Dust
1992

Angel Dust was awesome - and a hell of a step into the unknown following the mildly more straightforward The Real Thing - and perhaps unexpectedly, for such a insanely experimental album, was a big success. This has been my favourite of the singles from this album for years, and always seemed to be the forgotten single, as it were - and was ignored again on the band's reformation this year. It's bass-heavy charge is simply the finest moment on the album, although the video doesn't half look dated...

27
Nirvana
Come As You Are
Nevermind
1991

So it might have borrowed (ok, nicked wholesale) the bassline from Killing Joke's Eighties, but it turned it into something wholly darker, strangely. One of the least likely singles from the all-conquering Nevermind, perhaps, at least until the chorus kicks through the door, it's also the best four minutes Kurt Cobain's band ever wrote, and one of the few Nirvana songs I still go back to time and time again.

26
Tool
Forty Six & 2
Ænima
1996

Like many Tool songs, this song has deeper lyrical meanings that many of us might well have missed otherwise, but musically is one of the more straightforward songs on the album (it's even in 4/4 for most of the time!). This latter point doesn't reduce the astonishing power of this track, though, particularly as it picks up the pace later in the track.

25
Mazzy Star
Fade Into You
So Tonight That I Might See
1993

Mazzy Star's bluesy, minimalist ballads were something of an acquired taste, and were really for a particular time, too - after dark. But it was always all about Hope Sandoval's utterly gorgeous voice, and it's certainly the case with this track - her voice dominates proceedings, not that anyone was complaining... (Also of note from this era is the glorious Jesus & Mary Chain's Sometimes Always, that she duetted on - I'd forgotten all about that until researching this...)

24
Manic Street Preachers
Yes
The Holy Bible
1994

The searing, burning opener to one of the most astonishingly hate-fuelled albums ever released, Richey Edwards' lyrics appear to compare the idea of "selling out" to prostitution, and it's perhaps even more incredible that the band were actually considering this to be a single at one point. Not that it's a bad song, by any stretch - it's by miles my favourite Manics track - it's just that it's not really the type of song that would be considered, er, pop. The spiky, edgy rock, the only-just understandable lyrics, oh, and the use of the word "cunt" within the first two lines...

23
KMFDM
Juke Joint Jezebel
Nihil
1994

It certainly had a helping hand from appearing on the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack, but this eternally popular industrial dancefloor track would surely have ended up with the same status even if it hadn't been used. I mean, how could we resist a thumping beat, crunching guitars and a gospel-based chorus? By a long chalk the most uplifting industrial track I've ever heard, I'm not entirely sure this will ever go out of fashion.

22
Daft Punk
Da Funk
Homework
1997

Daft Punk's ascent to the mainstream seemed to have taken all of, oh, five minutes, but I'm sure it took longer than that. But with tracks as great as this, it's not hard to see why they became so popular so fast. A thumping, um, funk house track that is a masterpiece of simplicity, it's video is also of note for being so wilfully odd (and sad, too...).

21
Front Line Assembly
Vigilante
Millenium
1992

The stonking, predatory opener to FLA's most "metal" album of all, it's judicious use of samples from Falling Down only heighten the tension as it kicks in, all guns-blazing - figuratively and literally, thanks to the samples. Best experienced live, so the full force of it can be appreciated...

Shortly: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.05b: 20 to 1

Owned:

Air - Moon Safari
Air - The Virgin Suicides
The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
Arab Strap - Elephant Shoe
Arab Strap - The Red Thread
Atlas Sound - Logos
Barzin - Barzin
Barzin - My Life in Rooms
Beach House - Beach House
Beach House - Devotion
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Revolver
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Beirut - Lon Gisland EP
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace
The Black Heart Procession - Six
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bram Stadhouders - The Ship Comes
Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
Club 8 - Club 8
Club 8 - Nouvelle
Club 8 - Spring Came, Rain Fell
Coastal - Halfway to You
Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Café
Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig Ep
Cocteau Twins - Lullabies EP
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Con Dolore - Sailor's Warning
Con Dolore - This Sad Movie
Copeland - In Motion
The Cure - Faith
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
The Cure - Disintegration
Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
Daydream Nation - Bella Vendetta
Daydream Nation - Daydream Nation
The Daysleepers - Drowned In a Sea of Sound
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door EP
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour
Delays - You See Colours
Delays - Everything's The Rush
dEUS - Vantage Point
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Doves - Lost Souls
Doves - Lost Sides
Doves - Some Cities
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
Embrace - Out of Nothing
Embrace - Fireworks
Engineers - Three Fact Fader
Feeder - Polythene
Feeder - Swim
Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon
Feeder - Echo Park
Feeder - Comfort in Sound
Feeder - Pushing the Senses
Feeder - Silent Cry
Feist - The Reminder
Fiel Garvie - Caught Laughing
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
For Against - Coalesced
For Against - Shade Side Sunny Side
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Garbage - Garbage
The High Violets - To Where You Are
The Horrors - Primary Colours
The House of Love - The House of Love
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
Idlewild - Make Another World
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Imogen Heap - Ellipse
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Interpol - Antics
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is...Skyscraper
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Joy Devision - Unknown Pleasures
Kill Hannah - For Never & Ever
Kill Hannah - Until There's Nothing Left Of Us
Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall
The Long Winters - When I Pretend to Fall
The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
Lorna - Writing Down Things To Say
Lush - Split
Lush - Spooky
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
The Magic Numbers - Those the broken
Magic Bullets - a Child but in life yet a DOCTOR in love
The Meeting Places - Numbered Days
The Meeting Places - Find Yourself Along the Way
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I’m Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is Grey I’m Tired Let’s Wash Away
Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow
Mojave 3 - Out of Tune
Mojave 3 - Excuses For Travellers
Mojave 3 - Spoon & Rafter
Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
Muse - Sing for absolution EP
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Nada Surf - Let Go
Nada Surf - Lucky
Neil Halstead - Sleeping On Roads
Nirvana - Incesticide
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - In Utero
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
Oceansize - Everyone Into Position
Oceansize - Home & Minor EP
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The Stars EP
Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here
Placebo - Placebo
Placebo - Black Market Music
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts
Placebo - Meds
Placebo - Battle For The Sun
Placebo - Once More With Feeling
Pulp - Different Class
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Ride - Nowhere
Ride - Birdman EP
Ride - Leave them all behind EP
Ride - Twisterella EP
Saybia - Eyes On The Highway
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Should - Feed Like Fishes
Sigur Rós - ( )
Sigur Rós - Takk...
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós - Hvarf - Heim
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Slowdive - Just For A Day
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Slowdive - Catch the Breeze
Slowdive - Pygmalion
Slowdive - Pygmalion Outtakes
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Sonic Youth - Goo
Sonic Youth - EVOL
Soul Whirling Somewhere - Please Sennd Help
Starrfadu - A Narrow Road to Silence
Starrfadu - And Yes... Our Thoughts Were Elsewhere
Starsailor - Love Is Here
Starsailor - Silence Is Easy
Starsailor - All The Plans
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone
Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider
Suede - Coming Up
The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Syd Barret - The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barret - Barret
Tegan and Sara - The Con
The Thrills - Teenager
Thirteen Senses - Contact
Tim Christensen - Honeyburst
Travis - The Invisible Band
Travis - The Man Who
Travis - 12 Memories
The Upper Room - Other People's Problems
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
U2 - The Best Of 1980 - 1990
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground - The Best Of The Velvet Underground
The Verve - Urban Hymns
The Vines - Winning Days

Wanted:

Airiel - The Battle Of Sealand
The Album Leaf - One Day I'll Be on Time
The Appleseed Cast - Two Conversations
Adorable - Against Perfection
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Carissa's Wierd - Songs about Leaving
The Clientele - Strange Geometry
Club 8 - The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming
Club 8 - Strangely Beautiful
City & Colour - Sometimes
Cranes - Forever
The Daysleepers - Hide Your Eyes EP
The Daysleepers - The Soft Attack
Eisley - Room Noises
Eisley - Combinations
Edward Shearmur - K-Pax: Original Motion Picture
Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
Explosions in the Sky - The Rescue
Fosca - The Painted Side Of The Rocket
Hammock - Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo
Idaho - Hearts of Palm
Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker
Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
The Mary Onettes - The Mary Onettes
The Mary Onettes - Islands
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
Sway - The Millia Pink and Green EP
Sway - winter heart ep