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So many great records in the bottom half of the charts during the 90s... Number 24 From a shortlist of 40... +20 The Wedding Present - Brassneck +19 Bomb The Bass feat Justin Warfield - Bug Powder Dust +18 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - Glam Rock Cops +17 Cud - Rich And Strange +16 Super Furry Animals - The International Language Of Screaming +15 Pop Will Eat Itself - Bulletproof! +14 The Cure - Pictures Of You +13 Orbital - Mutations (EP) +12 Sonic Youth - Bull In The Heather +11 Radiohead - My Iron Lung (EP) +10 Credit To The Nation - Teenage Sensation +09 Massive Attack - Sly +08 Mark 'Oh - Tears Don't Lie (GUILTY PLEASURE!) +07 Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride +06 The Charlatans - Can't Get Out Of Bed +05 Blur - Bang +04 Anticappella - The Square Root Of 231 +03 Black Grape - Get Higher +02 Julian Cope - Try Try Try +01 Happy Mondays - Judge Fudge Number 34s (a bit easier to filter) +20 Flowered Up - Take It +19 Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt +18 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - The Young Offender's Mum +17 DNA - La Serenissima +16 Julian Cope - I Come From Another Planet, Baby +15 Curve - Coast Is Clear +14 Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing +13 Ride - Fall (EP) +12 Tricky - Overcome +11 The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums +10 Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs A 303 +09 RAF - We've Got To Live Together +08 Julian Cope - Planetary Sit-In +07 Definition Of Sound - Moira Jane's Cafe +06 Cocteau Twins - Evangeline +05 Lionrock - Carnival +04 Funkdoobiest - Bow Wow Wow +03 Cardigans - Sick And Tired +02 Cocteau Twins - Tishbite +01 Bennet - Mum's Gone To Iceland ARGH, JUST SPOTTED THE TOP 30 OPTION - OH WELL, CAN YOU ADD 10 TO ALL MY SCORES?

Hooray - a brilliant no.39!

And 1990!

Interesting - did Madness play on the record or were they just larking about with Feargal on that episode of TOTP? Doesn't sound very Madness-ish.

I hate Wake Up Boo! even though I love all pretty much every other Boo Radleys record. I'm astounded that Ride would have had zero points but for my 30. I think I'm going to find myself agreeing much less with the choices in this rate than in the 80s and 70s ones. Still, one good record out of one so far (even if it was a re-release).

Salted - anything else is disgusting.

That's quite interesting. Sandi Toksvig is a great choice though - she's practically the female Stephen Fry.

Heh, no worries - was just checking!

Heh, that's not too surprising really. Like most indie acts, they went in at their highest position in week one, stayed for another week and then left. And I also wore trainers in the 90s! Well, mostly.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1035000/images/_1036941_flo_300.jpg ?

The chart is extremely boring now and has been for years. Songs hang around forever, multiple songs by the same artist bob up and down and everybody 'features' on everybody else's tracks. Practically no chance for anyone to breakthrough, let alone get to number one.

Yep, New Order's comeback was 100 times better than Blur's.

I'm still listening too. Side one is a winner for me (i.e. the first half) apart from Restless which I'm bored of now.

Hey, that used to be my catchphrase! Really didn't like Culture Beat at all...and, yes, I can't remember any of the follow ups to Mr Vain. Liked the joke about asking the DJ for Anything though :D

Does everyone realise that the lead track from the Pulp Sisters EP is Babies? Or are some not giving it marks as it was a re-release? :P

Er - nobody else even has a point to give to Ride? Jeez, one of the best songs of the 90s.

!!! I thought it was pretty decent. I really like all my top 10.

Number 29 +20 Faith No More - A Small Victory +19 My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When +18 Kingmaker - Queen Jane +17 The Shamen - Hyperreal +16 Therapy? - Die Laughing +15 The Wedding Present - Dalliance +14 Primal Scream - Jailbird +13 Slo-Moshun - Bells Of NY +12 Gigolo Aunts - Where I Find My Heaven +11 EMF - They're Here +10 Air - All I Need +09 Dandy Warhols - Every Day Should Be A Holiday +08 PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy +07 The Cardigans - Rise And Shine +06 Bjork - Venus As A Boy +05 Finley Quaye - It's Great When We're Together +04 Pulp - Party Hard +03 Therapy? - Church Of Noise +02 PM Dawn - Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine +01 Manic Street Preachers - Little Baby Nothing Number 39s +20 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart/Filthy +19 Spiritualized - The Abbey Road EP +18 Dream Warriors - Ludi +17 Electronic - Feel Every Beat +16 Echobelly - I Can't Imagine The World Without Me +15 R.E.M - It's The End Of The World As We Know It +14 Senser - Switch +13 Convert - Nightbird +12 Curve - Blackerthreetracker (EP) +11 David Holmes - My Mate Paul +10 The Beloved - Your Love Takes Me Higher +09 Travis - All I Want To Do Is Rock +08 Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe - The Masterplan +07 Goldie - Inner City Life +06 Jellyfish - The King Is Half Undressed +05 Black Crowes - Hard To Handle +04 Praga Khan - Rave Alert! +03 Lemonheads - If I Could Talk I'd Tell You +02 Dream Frequency - Take Me +01 Beck - Tropicalia

+30 Pulp - The Sisters EP +29 The Charlatans - Weirdo +28 Jesus Jones - Real Real Real +27 Senseless Things - Hold It Down +26 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Not Sleeping Around +25 Aztec Camera & Mick Jones - Good Morning Britain +24 Cicero - Love Is Everywhere +23 EMF - Children +22 Beastie Boys - Sabotage/Get It Together +21 Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson/Being Around +20 The Bluetones - Bluetonic +19 The Beloved - Hello +18 Bell Biv Devoe - Poison +17 Shara Nelson - Down That Road +16 Basement Jaxx - Fly Life +15 Propellerheads ft Miss Shirley Bassey - History Repeating +14 The Wonder Stuff - Hot Love Now! EP +13 Audioweb - Bankrobber +12 The Wedding Present - Boing! +11 Radiohead - Just +10 The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex +09 Blur - End Of A Century +08 Morrissey - You're The One For Me, Fatty +07 R.E.M - Losing My Religion +06 Cypress Hill - When The Sh** Goes Down +05 Messiah ft Precious Wilson - I Feel Love +04 Dodgy - Staying Out For The Summer +03 CJ Bolland - The Prophet +02 Groove Armada - At The River +01 Stereo MCs - Ground Level

Hooray, it's the 90s! Loads of good records reached no.9 early in the decade, not so much following Britpop. +30 Ride - Leave Them All Behind +29 Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape +28 808 State - In Yer Face +27 Charlatans - The Only One I Know +26 Therapy? - Shortsharpshock EP +25 New Order - True Faith '94 +24 James - Sound +23 Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm +22 Pop Will Eat Itself - Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies! +21 De'Lacy - Hideaway +20 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives +19 Blackstreet ft Dr Dre - No Diggity +18 Nirvana - Come As You Are +17 Technotronic ft Ya Kid K - Rockin' Over The Beat +16 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away +15 R.E.M - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? +14 Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter +13 Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By +12 Beats International - Won't Talk About It +11 Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be +10 FPI Project & Rich In Paradise - Going Back To My Roots/Rich In Paradise +09 Erma Franklin - (Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart +08 Eels - Susan's House +07 James - She's A Star +06 Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid +05 Space - Me And You Versus The World +04 Cast - Walkaway +03 Supergrass - Moving +02 187 Lockdown - Kung Fu +01 Garbage - Push It

Two great things about Anticappella 1. They sounded exactly the same as Cappella 2. They had a hit with a song called 2 times the square root of 231 As for Cappella, Helyom Halib, Take Me Away and U Got 2 Know are good records but U Got 2 Let the Music and Move On Baby were not so good.

Great for Northern Ireland but how lucky are they that Greece have crashed and burned so spectacularly? At least it'll finally stop Greece being seeded first in future qualifiers - I've always thought they're a very weak top seed, they just keep on achieving that seeding by winning weak groups...no more now!

They did get worse as they went on. I did really like How Can I Love You More? when it first came out though.

That means I probably haven't ever heard the original vocal mix. Wow.

Feels like history has been changed somewhere - how come I had never heard about this until now?