I’m currently obsessed with Bjork’s Homogenic.
100 Favorite Songs: 20-11
20. OutKast- B.O.B.
19. The Clash- Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
18. The Smiths- Is It Really So Strange?
17. New Order- Blue Monday
16. The Rolling Stones- Rocks Off
15. Guided by Voices- Smothered in Hugs
14. My Bloody Valentine- Sometimes
13. Bjork- Hyperballad
12. The Walkmen- The Rat
11. Sam Cooke- Bring It On Home to Me
See Also: My 100 Favorite Songs of All Time (2 years ago), My 100 Favorite Songs of the Decade (2 years ago), Top 10 Songs Of Each Hall of Fame Inductee Class: 1986-Present (2 years ago)
Top 10 Albums of 1997
1. Radiohead- OK Computer
Listen: “Let Down”
2. Bjork- Homogenic
Listen: “Joga”
3. Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Listen: “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space”
4. Teenage Fanclub- Songs from Northern Britain
Listen: “I Don’t Want Control of You”
5. Erykah Badu- Baduizm
Listen: “Next Lifetime”
6. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds- The Boatman’s Call
Listen: “Into My Arms”
7. Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
Listen: “My Little Corner of the World”
8. Bob Dylan- Time Out of Mind
Listen: “Standing in the Doorway”
9. Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly
Listen: “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”
10. Vigilantes of Love- Slow Dark Train
Honorable Mention: Blur’s Blur, The Chemical Brothers’ Dig Your Own Hole
Updated: May 12, 2012
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Top 10 Albums of 1995
1. Radiohead- The Bends
Listen: “Fake Plastic Trees”
2. Pulp- Different Class
Listen: “Common People”
3. Bjork- Post
Listen: “Hyperballad”
4. Oasis- (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Listen: “Some Might Say”
5. PJ Harvey- To Bring You My Love
Listen: “To Bring You My Love”
6. Pavement- Wowee Zowee
Listen: “Rattled by the Rush”
7. Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
Listen: “Incarcerated Scarfaces”
8. Elliott Smith- Elliott Smith
Listen: “Needle in the Hay”
9. Wilco- A.M.
Listen: “I Must Be High”
10. Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad
Listen: “The Ghost of Tom Joad” [Non-Album Live Version feat. Tom Morello]
Honorable Mention: Mariah Carey’s Daydream, Emmylou Harris’ Wrecking Ball, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, The Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Teenage Fanclub’s Grand Prix
Updated: May 21, 2012
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Top 10 Albums of 1993
1. Nirvana- In Utero
Listen: “Heart Shaped Box”
2. Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Listen: “C.R.E.A.M.”
3. A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Listen: “Award Tour”
4. PJ Harvey- Rid of Me
Listen: “Rid of Me”
5. Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle
Listen: “Gin and Juice”
6. U2- Zooropa
Listen: “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” [Non-Album Live Version]
7. Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville
Listen: “Never Said”
8. The Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Listen: “Disarm”
9. Uncle Tupelo- Anodyne
Listen: “The Long Cut”
10. Neil Young- Unplugged
Listen: “Mr. Soul”
Honorable Mention: Bjork’s Debut; Counting Crows’ August and Everything After; Rich Mullins’ A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band; Rod Stewart’s Unplugged…and Seated; Teenage Fanclub’s Thirteen
Updated: April 28, 2012
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