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100 Greatest Alternative 90s

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

Underground and above it, the 90s were alternative music's indisputable heyday.

98 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES

1Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Slanted & Enchanted [Explicit]
Pavement
03:16
2Paranoid Android
Paranoid Android
OK Computer
Radiohead
06:27
3Velouria
Velouria
Bossanova
Pixies
03:40
4Beetlebum (2012 Remaster)
Beetlebum (2012 Remaster)
Blur
Blur
05:05
5The New Pollution
The New Pollution
Odelay - Deluxe Edition
Beck
03:40
6Closer
Closer
E
The Downward Spiral [Explicit]
Nine Inch Nails
06:13
7Scentless Apprentice
Scentless Apprentice
In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster
Nirvana
03:48
8when you sleep
when you sleep
loveless
my bloody valentine
04:11
9Sugar Kane
Sugar Kane
Dirty
Sonic Youth
05:56
10She Don't Use Jelly
She Don't Use Jelly
Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
The Flaming Lips
03:42
11High
High
Wish
The Cure
03:32
12Dry
Dry
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
03:23
13Papa Won't Leave You, Henry (2010 Remastered Version)
Papa Won't Leave You, Henry (2010 Remastered Version)
E
Henry's Dream (2010 Remastered Version) [Explicit]
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
05:55
14Goin' Out West
Goin' Out West
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
03:20
15Sugarcube
Sugarcube
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Yo La Tengo
03:21
16Feel the Pain
Feel the Pain
Without a Sound
Dinosaur Jr.
04:19
17Banned from the End of the World
Banned from the End of the World
The Hot Rock (Remastered)
Sleater-Kinney
02:08
18Cannonball
Cannonball
Cannonball
The Breeders
03:36
19Tired Of Sex
Tired Of Sex
Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition
Weezer
03:01
20Holland, 1945
Holland, 1945
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
03:12
21If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
The Best Of The Lemonheads (The Atlantic Years)
The Lemonheads
02:50
22This Is a Call
This Is a Call
Greatest Hits [Explicit]
Foo Fighters
03:53
23I Am A Scientist
I Am A Scientist
Bee Thousand
Guided By Voices
02:24
24Alison
Alison
Souvlaki
Slowdive
03:52
25This Is Hardcore (Original Version)
This Is Hardcore (Original Version)
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
06:23
26Cody
Cody
Come on Die Young (Deluxe Edition)
Mogwai
06:33
27Strange
Strange
On Fire
Galaxie 500
03:19
28Trailer Trash
Trailer Trash
E
The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse
05:49
29Three Years Ago Today
Three Years Ago Today
Ultimate Alternative Wavers
Built To Spill
03:56
30Flame
Flame
The Sebadoh
Sebadoh
04:54
31Bed for the Scraping
Bed for the Scraping
Red Medicine
Fugazi
02:50
32Suck You Dry (2008 Remaster)
Suck You Dry (2008 Remaster)
Piece Of Cake [Expanded] [Explicit]
Mudhoney
02:34
33Pepper
Pepper
E
Electriclarryland [Explicit]
Butthole Surfers
04:56
34Hit
Hit
Stick Around For Joy
The Sugarcubes
03:56
35Feed the Tree
Feed the Tree
Star
Belly
03:29
36Regular John
Regular John
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens Of The Stone Age
04:37
37Demon Cleaner
Demon Cleaner
Welcome to Sky Valley [Explicit]
Kyuss
05:11
38Good Morning, Captain (Remastered)
Good Morning, Captain (Remastered)
Spiderland (remastered)
Slint
07:41
39Mouth Breather
Mouth Breather
Goat (Remaster / Reissue)
The Jesus Lizard
02:17
40Touch Sensitive
Touch Sensitive
A Past Gone Mad
The Fall
03:17
41Headache
Headache
Teenager of the Year
Frank Black
02:52
42Vapour Trail
Vapour Trail
Nowhere [Remastered]
Ride
04:18
43Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
02:19
44Cybele's Reverie
Cybele's Reverie
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
04:40
45Novocaine For The Soul
Novocaine For The Soul
E
Beautiful Freak
Eels
03:08
46Not Too Soon
Not Too Soon
The Real Ramona [Explicit]
Throwing Muses
03:10
47Fade Into You
Fade Into You
So Tonight That I Might See
Mazzy Star
04:54
48Cherub Rock (Remastered 2011)
Cherub Rock (Remastered 2011)
Siamese Dream (2011 - Remaster) [Explicit]
The Smashing Pumpkins
04:58
49Violet
Violet
Live Through This
Hole
03:24
50Pretend We're Dead
Pretend We're Dead
Bricks Are Heavy [Explicit]
L7
03:55
51If I Can't Change Your Mind
If I Can't Change Your Mind
Copper Blue [Clean]
Sugar
03:18
52Between The Bars
Between The Bars
Either/Or
Elliott Smith
02:21
53Come Together
Come Together
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space [Explicit]
Spiritualized
04:40
54Sabotage
Sabotage
E
Ill Communication [Explicit]
Beastie Boys
02:58
55Army of Me
Army of Me
Army of Me - EP
Björk
03:57
56Cherry-coloured Funk
Cherry-coloured Funk
Heaven or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
03:12
57Ágaetis byrjun
Ágaetis byrjun
Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós
07:55
58The First Big Weekend
The First Big Weekend
E
Ten Years of Tears [Explicit]
Arab Strap
04:52
592-Step
2-Step
Secret Name
Low
05:49
60Nude As the News
Nude As the News
What Would the Community Think [Explicit]
Cat Power
04:23
61Outtasite (Outta Mind) [2017 Remaster]
Outtasite (Outta Mind) [2017 Remaster]
Being There (Deluxe Edition)
Wilco
02:34
62Tiny Tears
Tiny Tears
Tindersticks
Tindersticks
05:45
63Chasing A Bee
Chasing A Bee
Yerself Is Steam
Mercury Rev
07:11
64Copper
Copper
E
Terraform [Explicit]
Shellac
01:48
65What Do You Want Me to Say?
What Do You Want Me to Say?
E
Emergency & I
The Dismemberment Plan
04:18
66Web in Front
Web in Front
Icky Mettle (Deluxe Reissue)
Archers Of Loaf
02:06
67For Love
For Love
For Love
Lush
03:37
68Car Radio
Car Radio
A Series of Sneaks
Spoon
01:29
69Mistakes And Regrets
Mistakes And Regrets
Madonna
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
03:46
70Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri
In / Casino / Out
At The Drive-In
03:13
71New Noise
New Noise
The Shape Of Punk To Come [Explicit]
Refused
05:10
72Bullet Proof Cupid
Bullet Proof Cupid
E
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
04:50
73Here Come The Rome Plows
Here Come The Rome Plows
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
05:44
74Savory
Savory
For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Jawbox
04:39
75Bellbottoms
Bellbottoms
Orange
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
05:18
76Starry Configurations
Starry Configurations
Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Jets To Brazil
04:03
77Someday I Will Treat You Good
Someday I Will Treat You Good
Someday I Will Treat You Good
Sparklehorse
03:44
78Teenage Caveman
Teenage Caveman
You Turn Me On
Beat Happening
04:35
79Gentlemen
Gentlemen
Gentlemen (Gentlemen at 21 Deluxe Edition)
The Afghan Whigs
03:53
80Evidence (2016 Remaster)
Evidence (2016 Remaster)
King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime (2016 Remaster) [Deluxe Edition] [Explicit]
Faith No More
04:53
81Straight Up And Down
Straight Up And Down
Take It From The Man
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
04:30
82I Wish
I Wish
The Sky Is Too High [Explicit]
Graham Coxon
04:47
83Down with the Bass
Down with the Bass
Flyin' The Flannel
Firehose
02:47
84Never Said (Remastered)
Never Said (Remastered)
Exile In Guyville [Explicit]
Liz Phair
03:16
85Moon Moon
Moon Moon
Song Islands
The Microphones
02:24
86Ascension Day
Ascension Day
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
05:58
87The Man Who Loved Beer
The Man Who Loved Beer
How I Quit Smoking
Lambchop
02:49
88Farmer In The City
Farmer In The City
Tilt
Scott Walker
06:40
89Captain Badass
Captain Badass
Axxess & Ace
Songs: Ohia
07:40
90Grace Cathedral Park
Grace Cathedral Park
Red House Painters I
Red House Painters
03:51
91You And Your Sister (Remastered)
You And Your Sister (Remastered)
Blood (Remastered)
This Mortal Coil
03:14
92All The Pretty Little Horses
All The Pretty Little Horses
The Inmost Light
Current 93
02:31
93If I Only…
If I Only…
Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think
07:23
94On The Swing
On The Swing
Promised Works
The For Carnation
02:06
95Sirena
Sirena
E
Ocean Songs
Dirty Three
04:05
96Volcano
Volcano
Soundtracks for the Blind
Swans
05:19
97The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
California
Mr. Bungle
03:54
98Hooch
Hooch
Houdini
Melvins
02:49
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