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Thoughts on this box:

>>Disc One:
01 "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
of course - great way to kick off this box
02 "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
and follow it with this? that's a one-two punch!
03 "No Myth" - Michael Penn
but i don't remember this one
04 "Ladies First" - Queen Latifah (feat. Monie Love)
and Latifah had way better songs than this. "Unity", anyone?
05 "Ball and Chain" - Social Distortion
Excellent! i love these guys!
06 "Birdhouse in Your Soul" - They Might Be Giants
again, a poor choice from this band. "Istanbul" or "Particle Man" or even "Twisting", please
07 "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" - Mother Love Bone
Very surprised they included this one, a very obscure classic!
08 "Here's Where the Story Ends" - The Sundays
Another great one from a great band.
09 "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" - C & C Music Factory
I could do without this one, but it was all over the radio at that time.
10 "Groove Is in the Heart" - Deee-Lite
Of course. hopefully it's the video mix...
11 "Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
Yep. Great choice.
12 "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" - Ice-T
Another great choice, although there's better songs on this album.
13 "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls
Indeed, no complete 90s collection misses this one.
14 "Unbelievable" - EMF
This is a great disc so far, if a bit predictable.
15 "Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes
This song reminds me how much I love early 90s music.
16 "O.P.P." - Naughty By Nature
Yea you know me.
17 "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn
Don't remember this one.
18 "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - Boyz II Men
Of course.

>>Disc Two:
01 "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
Never cared for this one. "Building Empires" would have been a better choice.
02 "Into the Drink" - Mudhoney
Great band, poor choice of song.
03 "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
Ooh, love this one!
04 "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
Ugh.
05 "Calling All Angels" - Jane Siberry (with k.d. lang)
Don't remember this one.
06 "Only Shallow" - My Bloody Valentine
Great band, poor choice. "Ride" would have been great.
07 "It's a Shame About Ray" - The Lemonheads
See #6 and give me "Hey Jealousy"!
08 "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot
I guess you can't leave this one out. Cheese tho.
09 "They Want EFX" - DAS EFX
Classic, classic!
10 "Jump" - Kris Kross
Yep.
11 "Walk" - Pantera
I don't like pantera.
12 "N.W.O." - Ministry
Again, what's up with some of these selections? What about "Jesus Built My Hotrod?"
13 "Shitlist" - L7
GREAT! Love this one.
14 "Absynthe" - The Gits
I missed the Gits entirely.
15 "Coattail Rider" - Supersuckers
Missed this one too.
16 "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum
Classic.
17 "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" - Spin Doctors
Great, although "Two Princes" is even better.
18 "Dizz Knee Land" - dada
???
19 "Nearly Lost You" - Screaming Trees
Great choice.

>>Disc Three:
01 "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Of course.
02 "Unsung" - Helmet
Eh.
03 "Jump Around" - House Of Pain
Great.
04 "Free Your Mind" - En Vogue
I hate this song! Where's "hold on" or "my lovin"?
05 "Rump Shaker" - Wreckx-N-Effect
Yes, yes.
06 "Informer" - Snow
Ugh.
07 "Connected" - Stereo MCs
good one. "I wanna go higher" would be better tho.
08 "Detachable Penis" - King Missile
Haha, i'd forgotten about this one.
09 "Freak Me" - Silk
Nice.
10 "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
Hate the 90s Duran.
11 "If I Can't Change Your Mind" - Sugar
Don't remember this one.
12 "Three Little Pigs" - Green Jelly
Could really do without this one.
13 "Start Choppin" - Dinosaur Jr.
They had better stuff than this!
14 "The Devil's Chasing Me" - The Reverend Horton Heat
Hmm.
15 "Gone to the Moon" - Fastbacks
Nice.
16 "My Name Is Mud" - Primus
I hate primus.
17 "What's Up" - 4 Non Blondes
Of course.

>>Disc Four:
01 "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
Ugh.
02 "Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team
Of course.
03 "Broken Hearted Savior" - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Not a bad choice.
04 "Trust Me" - Guru with N'Dea Davenport
wow, forgot about this one.
05 "Here Comes" - Velocity Girl
Don't remember it.
06 "Gepetto" - Belly
WOW! Nice one!
07 "Eye to Eye" - The Muffs
Don't remember it.
08 "Gentlemen" - Afghan Whigs
Poor choice, good band tho.
09 "Leafy Incline" - Tad
Ugh. Hated them.
10 "Dream All Day" - The Posies
Great band. "bed of roses" would have been better tho.
11 "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
AHA. There it is! Love this one.
12 "My Sister" - The Juliana Hatfield Three
Of course. At least it's not "spin the bottle".
13 "Whatta Man" - Salt-N-Pepa
Yeah. This'll work.
14 "Back & Forth" - Aaliyah
Rest in peace girl.
15 "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" - Me'Shell Ndegéocello
WOW. I'm really surprised at this one. Great!
16 "Freedom of '76" - Ween
Heh. I remember ween! neat.
17 "Cut Your Hair" - Pavement
They had better songs but this'll do.
18 "God" - Tori Amos
Nice one. Odd choice tho.
19 "MMM MMM MMM MMM" - Crash Test Dummies
I guess you have to include this one.
20 "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan
Great one!

>>Disc Five:
01 "Shine" - Collective Soul
Yep. Don't front like yall wasn't.
02 "Far Behind" - Candlebox
WONDERFUL as long as it's not the edited version.
03 "You Gotta Be" - Des'ree
I never really felt this one but here it is.
04 "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill
Great choice!
05 "She Don't Use Jelly" - The Flaming Lips
Another classic.
06 "m.i.a." - 7 Year Bitch
Nice one.
07 "21st Century (Digital Boy)" - Bad Religion
They had better songs. "Stranger Than Fiction", anyone?
08 "Sugar Free Jazz" - Soul Coughing
Never dug this band.
09 "Mockingbirds" - Grant Lee Buffalo
Heh. remember this guy barely.
10 "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
Nice, but i'd rather have "bang & blame"
11 "Revolve" - Melvins
Ok.
12 "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
Yeah, gotta have this one.
13 "Here and Now" - Letters to Cleo
"Let's get high" is better.
14 "Good" - Better Than Ezra
ah, nice one!
15 "Run-Around" - Blues Traveler
"Hook" is the classic, but this'll do.
16 "I'll Be There for You" (Theme From "Friends") - The Rembrandts
ugh, must we?
17 "Tomorrow" - Silverchair
OOH NICE. "It's twelve o clock and weeee sound like pearl jam..." great song tho.
18 "Not a Pretty Girl" - Ani DiFranco
I have all of Ani's stuff and I have to question including this one. There's a hundred songs better than this one. How about "Cradle and all"?
19 "Carnival" - Natalie Merchant
Nice, although the radio mix of "jealousy" is much better.

>>Disc Six:
01 "Wonderwall" - Oasis
I guess. Decent song.
02 "Birthday Cake" - Cibo Matto
Haha. Cibo Matto. How about "Sugar Water"?
03 "Cumbersome" - Seven Mary Three
Classic
04 "One of Us" - Joan Osborne
Classic.
05 "Caught by the Fuzz" - Supergrass
Nice. I remember this one.
06 "Sweet 69" - Babes In Toyland
Decent, yeah.
07 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
Uh huh. could do without it, but ok.
08 "Photograph" - The Verve Pipe
Not "Freshmen"???
09 "In the Meantime" - Spacehog
missed this one entirely.
10 "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" - Busta Rhymes (Feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout)
I fear this collection is about to take a turn...
11 "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel
Still her best track.
12 "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods
HA! Nice!
13 "Cybele's Reverie" - Stereolab
Missed this one entirely.
14 "Capri Pants" - Bikini Kill
They had better than this.
15 "What I Got" - Sublime
Of course, although they had much better songs than this. I hate to sound like a broken record. "Santeria"???
16 "Kung Fu" - Ash
I forgot about this one.
17 "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai
OK. Fine.
18 "Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson
Of course. Classic.
19 "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" - Wilco
missed this one.

>>Disc Seven:
01 "itszoweezee (hot)" - De La Soul
Out of all De La's stuff, this is what they pick?
02 "LoveFool" - The Cardigans
Great, although "My Favorite Game" would have been welcome.
03 "Radiation Vibe" - Fountains Of Wayne
hmm.
04 "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
alright, that'll work.
05 "Turn It On" - Sleater-Kinney
don't remember it.
06 "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks
I never really felt this one, but then i'm a man.
07 "MMMBop" - Hanson
Of course. it's cute tho.
08 "Brian Wilson" (live) - Barenaked Ladies
Classic.
09 "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
Eh.
10 "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
Yep. Dug it. They don't make em like this one anymore.
11 "Walking on the Sun" - Smash Mouth
The only smashmouth song worth a fuck.
12 "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE THIS SONG.
13 "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps
missed this one.
14 "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
of course. i love it.
15 "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
"Name" is way better.
16 "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer
Sick of this one totally.
17 "Steal My Sunshine" - LEN
i guess. works, i guess.
18 "What It's Like" - Everlast
Classic.
19 "Natural Blues" - Moby
"flower" would have been better, but ok.


overall, i'll give it an 8 out of 10 and if i could afford it, i'd buy this.

Wow,I don't even know most of those songs! The 90s was the decade when I officially stopped listening to the radio,lol.But at least they included "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai

I'm suddenly feeling very nostalgic. They're obviously number ones. No really ginormous Hip Hop records but a little bit. I'd buy it though. Taking me back to high school...wait my ten yr reunion is this year. YIKES!!!!!

Anxiety said:

I MUST HAVE THESE CDS NOWWWWW!!!