What They Missed: Pitchfork's Top Tracks of the 1990s

Pitchfork’s list covered a lot of ground but it was almost entirely missing punk, hardcore, emo and metal which, in my opinion, had greatly impacted and progressed music in the 90s. To supplement my examination of the 90s (via Pitchfork’s Top Tracks of the 1990s), the following is a list of my top 100 of my favorite tracks that they missed. It features some songs that I would consider glaring missing entries. Keep in mind when reading this list that they gave a spot (not even the last one) to “The Humpty Dance”. The cover for the article is from the forgotten classic I am an Elastic Firecracker by Tripping Daisey. The list was compiled as I thought of them so don’t look too much into it. A player with all the songs is below followed by the full list.

1. Blind Melon - “No Rain”
2. Nada Surf - “Popular”
3. Live - “I Alone”
4. Rage Against the Machine - “Killing in the Name of”
5. Alanis Morrisette - “You Oughta Know”
6. Blink 182 - “Dammit”
7. Toadies - “Possum Kingdom”
8. Soundgarden - “Black Hole Sun”
9. Bush - “Glycerine”
10. Gin Blossoms - “Hey Jealousy”
11. Fiona Apple - “Criminal”
12. Cap’N Jazz - “Little League”
13. Les Savy Fav - “J’ Taime”
14. Drive Like Jehu - “Luau”
15. The Nation of Ulysses - “The Hickey Underworld”
16. Chavez - “Break Up Your Band”
17. Shellac - “My Black Ass”
18. Tom Waits - “Earth Died Screaming”
19. Talk Talk - “Ascension Day”
20. Brainiac - “Pussyfootin’”
21. Pantera - “Walk”
22. Kyuss - “Thumb”
23. Clutch - “The Elephant Riders”
24. Local H - ”High-Fiving MF”
25. Tool - “Ænema”
26. Converge - “The Saddest Day”
27. White Zombie - “More Human Than Human”
28. Deftones - “Be Quiet and Drive”
29. Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
30. Prodigy - “Firestarter”
31. Melvins - “Night Goat”
32. Queens of the Stone Age - “Walkin' on the Sidewalks”
33. Primus - “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”
34. Chris Isaak - “Wicked Game”
35. Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity”
36. Unkle - “Lonely Souls”
37. Cave In - “Juggernaut”
38. Dillinger Escape Plan - “Destro’s Secret”
39. Poison The Well - “Artist’s Rendering of Me”
40. At the Drive-In - “Initiation”
41. Vision of Disorder - “Landslide”
42. Life of Agony - “River Runs Red”
43. Only Living Witness - “Downpour”
44. Today is the Day - “My First Knife”
45. Unsane - “Scrape”
46. Unwound - “Corpse Pose”
47. Barkmarket - “Dumbjaw”
48. Burning Airlines - “The Escape Engine”
49. Polvo - “Vibracobra”
50. Manic Street Preachers - “Faster”
51. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - “A Perfect Teenhood”
52. Sunny Day Real Estate - “Seven”
53. Texas is the Reason - “Back and to the Left”
54. June of 44 - “The Dexterity of Luck”
55. The Sea and The Cake - “Jacking the Ball”
56. Hum - “Stars”
57. Codeine - ”Cave In”
58. Squirrel Nut Zippers - “Hell”
59. Social Distortion - “Ball and Chain”
60. Cake - “The Distance”
61. House of Pain - “Jump Around”
62. Cypress Hill - “Insane in the Brain”
63. System of a Down - “Suite-Pee”
64. Jimmy Eat World - “Lucky Denver Mint”
65. Helmet - “Unsung”
66. CIV – “Can’t Wait One Minute More”
67. Hot Water Music - “Trademark”
68. The Get Up Kids - “Holiday”
69. The Promise Ring - “Why Did We Ever Meet”
70. Piebald - “Grace Kelly with Wings”
71. Idlewild - “When I Argue I See Shapes”
72. The Goo Goo Dolls - “Slide”
73. The Replacements - “Merry Go Round”
74. Meat Puppets - “Backwater”
75. Bad Religion - “Infected”
76. Quicksand - “Head to Wall”
77. Monster Magnet - “Space Lord”
78. The Cranberries - “Linger”
79. The Verve Pipe - “The Freshman”
80. Chevelle - “Mia”
81. Dishwalla - “Counting Blue Cars”
82. Porno for Pyros - “Pets”
83. Tripping Daisy - “I Got a Girl”
84. Teenage Fanclub - “The Concept”
85. The Offspring - “Self Esteem”
86. Soul Asylum - “Misery”
87. Butthole Surfers - “Pepper”
88. Mudhoney - “Into Yer Shtik”
89. Babes in Toyland - “Dust Cake Boy”
90. Garbage - “Only Happy When It Rains”
91. Far - “Mother Mary”
92. Failure - “The Nurse Who Loved Me”
93. American Analog Set - “Magnificent Seventies”
94. Sharks Keep Moving - “Cashmere, Washington”
95. Sebadoh - “Black Haired Gurl”
96. Dredg - “Yatahaze”
97. Meshuggah - “Future Breed Machine”
98. Katatonia - “For My Demons”
99. Opeth - “The Night and the Silent Water”
100. Porcupine Tree - “Piano Lessons”

I’m sure that I’m not even close to finding all of the lost gems so leave some of your favorites in the comments!