| 1 | Counting Crows– | Mr. Jones Written-By – Adam Frederic Duritz*, Charles Thomas Gillingham*, David Lynn Bryson*, Matthew Mark Malley*, Steve BowmanWritten-By – Adam Frederic Duritz*, Charles Thomas Gillingham*, David Lynn Bryson*, Matthew Mark Malley*, Steve Bowman | 4:34 |
| 2 | Gin Blossoms– | Hey Jealousy Written-By – Doug HopkinsWritten-By – Doug Hopkins | 3:58 |
| 3 | Marcy Playground– | Sex And Candy Written-By – John K. Wozniak*Written-By – John K. Wozniak* | 2:55 |
| 4 | Deep Blue Something– | Breakfast At Tiffany’s Written-By – Todd PipesWritten-By – Todd Pipes | 4:20 |
| 5 | Soul Asylum (2)– | Runaway Train Written-By – David PirnerWritten-By – David Pirner | 4:29 |
| 6 | Toad The Wet Sprocket– | All I Want Written-By – Dean Dinning, Glen Phillips, Randel Guss*, Todd NicholsWritten-By – Dean Dinning, Glen Phillips, Randel Guss*, Todd Nichols | 3:19 |
| 7 | Spin Doctors– | Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong Written-By – Aaron Comess, Chris Barron, Eric Schenkman, Mark White (2)Written-By – Aaron Comess, Chris Barron, Eric Schenkman, Mark White (2) | 3:57 |
| 8 | Ben Folds Five– | Brick Written-By – Ben Folds, Darren JesseeWritten-By – Ben Folds, Darren Jessee | 4:35 |
| 9 | Dog’s Eye View– | Everything Falls Apart Written-By – P. Stuart*Written-By – P. Stuart* | 3:56 |
| 10 | The Presidents Of The United States Of America– | Lump Written-By – Chris Ballew, David Dederer*, Jason FinnWritten-By – Chris Ballew, David Dederer*, Jason Finn | 2:16 |
| 11 | Verve Pipe*– | The Freshmen Written-By – Brian Vander ArkWritten-By – Brian Vander Ark | 4:32 |
| 12 | Blind Melon– | No Rain Written-By – Eric Smith*, Chris Thorn*, Glen Graham, Thomas Stevens*, Richard Hoon*Written-By – Eric Smith*, Chris Thorn*, Glen Graham, Thomas Stevens*, Richard Hoon* | 3:38 |
| 13 | Porno For Pyros– | Pets Written-By – Martyn LeNoble, Perry Farrell, Peter DiStefano, Stephen PerkinsWritten-By – Martyn LeNoble, Perry Farrell, Peter DiStefano, Stephen Perkins | 3:39 |
| 14 | Butthole Surfers– | Pepper Written-By – G. Haynes*, K. Coffey*, P. Leary*Written-By – G. Haynes*, K. Coffey*, P. Leary* | 4:58 |
| 15 | Len– | Steal My Sunshine Written-By – Gregg Diamond, Marc CostanzoWritten-By – Gregg Diamond, Marc Costanzo | 4:29 |
| 16 | Mazzy Star– | Fade Into You Written-By – David Roback, Hope SandovalWritten-By – David Roback, Hope Sandoval | 4:54 |
| 17 | Tracy Bonham– | Mother Mother Written-By – Tracy BonhamWritten-By – Tracy Bonham | 3:03 |
| 18 | Eagle-Eye Cherry– | Save Tonight Written-By – Eagle-Eye CherryWritten-By – Eagle-Eye Cherry | 3:59 |
Other than the Mazzy Star there is nothing here I much care for. Guess they couldn’t get Nirvana, Pearl Jam. REM, U2 or Beck. I would give this a D.
Steve, I agree. I think they went for bargain-basement groups.
I’ve heard most of these songs and I like a few of them—“Hey Jealousy,” “Mr. Jones, “Steal My Sunshine” (which samples that disco classic “More, More, More” by the Andrea True Connection), “All I Want,” and “The Freshmen”—but I’m with Steve in that this CD includes none of the important or lasting acts/songs of the 1990s.
Deb, you’re right. The assemblers of NON-STOP ’90s ROCK included a few popular songs and then went for filler.
Strange – I don’t remember any of the titles nor the artists …
Maybe I heard some.
But I have to admit that I’ve always been a fan of classic Blues and Rock – and the few artists who revitalised those sounds.
Wolf, most of the performers on NON-STOP ’90s ROCK enjoyed brief success…then faded away fast.
I remember about a third of these and don’t actively hate any of the ones I remember. Mazzy Star is the real standout, but I must admit to liking some of Counting Crows stuff, especially ” A Long December”. Also like Ben Folds “Brick”, which I still hear on the radio now and then. All in all, though, a pretty weak collection.
Michael, I agree with your assessment of the mediocrity of this CD.
How many of these songs do I remember? Absolutely none.
My theory: Either these songs or I come from an alternate universe.
Jerry, you’d have to be a teeny-bopper listener of TOP 40 radio back in the 1990s to be familiar with these songs! But, I do like your alternative universe theory, too!
Perhaps if I heard them I would recognize them but not from the titles.
Patti, some of these songs found their way into various TV commercials over the years.
I’m with Wolf and Jerry’s alternate universe – I know none of them, and I am perfectly OK with that.
Jeff, there were a lot of “fluff” songs in the 1990s.
I don’t think I’ve heard any of them, at least not from the titles. I’ve heard of only one or two of the groups. Probably haven’t missed anything
Maggie, the music of the 1990s was not as good as the music of the Sixties, Seventies, or Eighties.
Still, there was a lot of good music in the 90’s. U2 and REM were doing some of their best work. Springsteen, Tom Petty were still doing strong work. New artists like Wilco, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Beck came along. Unfortunately with the changing nature of mainstream radio towards Hip Hop, pop and rap you had to look harder to hear these artists.
Steve, you’re right, of course. I was being a little too dismissive of the music of the 1990s. The whole radio format was changing and Napster was on the horizon.
I stopped listening to new music around 1975! None of this is in my wheelhouse!
Bob, are you going to buy the new John & Oko CD?
I did not enjoy/really listen to the music of the ’90s.
The only one I recognize is Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train.
Honestly, I don’t think I missed much.
Beth, I spend a lot of my time listening to Oldies!
And a number of these artists did their best work before they were signed to the big labels which could force their work into radio rotation/charts (aside from college radio charts, where the big commercial labels went hunting)
There are four bands I don’t remember at all, and some of them, such as the Gin Blossoms, did what I remember as undistinguished pop music. But, yes, this album, like all these HITS OF THE 1900s WE CAN AFFORD! albums, was put together on the utmost cheap.
People like to pretend that, say, Husker Du or Chumbawamba had Maybe One Hit and that’s all one should remember them for, when in both those cases, the one song was rather at the middle of their range at best. But they were the songs on WB and Universal records, as opposed to the albums and albums on small labels. The same sort of logic that would insist The Weavers Sucked, Man, after 1952. Or, that, say, Joe Turner didn’t record any good music after he left Atlantic (check out his Pablo albums).
Todd, I agree that money probably guided the selection of the songs on NON-STOP ’90s ROCK.