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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.

99 SONGS • 6 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES

1Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted [Explicit]
03:16
2Paranoid Android
Paranoid Android
Radiohead
OK Computer
06:27
3Velouria
Velouria
Pixies
Bossanova
03:40
4Beetlebum (2012 Remaster)
Beetlebum (2012 Remaster)
Blur
Blur
05:05
5The New Pollution
The New Pollution
Beck
Odelay - Deluxe Edition
03:40
6Closer
Closer
E
Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral [Explicit]
06:13
7Scentless Apprentice
Scentless Apprentice
Nirvana
In Utero - 20th Anniversary Remaster
03:48
8when you sleep
when you sleep
my bloody valentine
loveless
04:11
9Sugar Kane
Sugar Kane
Sonic Youth
Dirty
05:57
10She Don't Use Jelly
She Don't Use Jelly
The Flaming Lips
Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
03:42
11High
High
The Cure
Wish
03:32
12Dry
Dry
PJ Harvey
Rid Of Me
03:23
13Papa Won't Leave You, Henry (2010 Remastered Version)
Papa Won't Leave You, Henry (2010 Remastered Version)
E
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Henry's Dream (2010 Remastered Version) [Explicit]
05:55
14Goin' Out West
Goin' Out West
Tom Waits
Bone Machine
03:20
15Sugarcube
Sugarcube
Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
03:21
16Feel the Pain
Feel the Pain
Dinosaur Jr.
Without a Sound
04:19
17Banned from the End of the World
Banned from the End of the World
Sleater-Kinney
The Hot Rock (Remastered)
02:08
18Cannonball
Cannonball
The Breeders
Cannonball
03:33
19Tired Of Sex
Tired Of Sex
Weezer
Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition
03:01
20Holland, 1945
Holland, 1945
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
03:12
21If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
If I Could Talk I'd Tell You
The Lemonheads
The 90's Studio Album Collection
02:50
22This Is a Call
This Is a Call
Foo Fighters
Greatest Hits [Explicit]
03:53
23I Am A Scientist
I Am A Scientist
Guided By Voices
Bee Thousand
02:24
24Alison
Alison
Slowdive
Souvlaki
03:52
25This Is Hardcore (Original Version)
This Is Hardcore (Original Version)
Pulp
This Is Hardcore
06:24
26Show Girl
Show Girl
The Auteurs
New Wave
04:06
27Cody
Cody
Mogwai
Come on Die Young (Deluxe Edition)
06:33
28Strange
Strange
Galaxie 500
On Fire
03:19
29Trailer Trash
Trailer Trash
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
05:49
30Three Years Ago Today
Three Years Ago Today
Built To Spill
Ultimate Alternative Wavers
03:56
31Flame
Flame
Sebadoh
The Sebadoh
04:54
32Bed for the Scraping
Bed for the Scraping
Fugazi
Red Medicine
02:50
33Suck You Dry (2008 Remaster)
Suck You Dry (2008 Remaster)
Mudhoney
Piece Of Cake [Expanded] [Explicit]
02:34
34Pepper
Pepper
E
Butthole Surfers
Electriclarryland [Explicit]
04:56
35Hit
Hit
The Sugarcubes
Stick Around For Joy
03:56
36Feed the Tree
Feed the Tree
Belly
Star
03:29
37Regular John
Regular John
Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
04:37
38Demon Cleaner
Demon Cleaner
Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley [Explicit]
05:11
39Good Morning, Captain (Remastered)
Good Morning, Captain (Remastered)
Slint
Spiderland (remastered)
07:41
40Mouth Breather
Mouth Breather
The Jesus Lizard
Goat (Remaster / Reissue)
02:17
41Touch Sensitive
Touch Sensitive
The Fall
A Past Gone Mad
03:17
42Headache
Headache
Frank Black
Teenager of the Year
02:52
43Vapour Trail
Vapour Trail
Ride
Nowhere [Remastered]
04:18
44Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs
02:19
45Cybele's Reverie
Cybele's Reverie
Stereolab
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
04:40
46Novocaine For The Soul
Novocaine For The Soul
E
Eels
Beautiful Freak
03:08
47Not Too Soon
Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
The Real Ramona [Explicit]
03:10
48Fade Into You
Fade Into You
Mazzy Star
So Tonight That I Might See
04:54
49Cherub Rock (Remastered 2011)
Cherub Rock (Remastered 2011)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream (2011 - Remaster) [Explicit]
04:58
50Violet
Violet
Hole
Live Through This [Explicit]
03:24
51Pretend We're Dead
Pretend We're Dead
L7
Bricks Are Heavy [Explicit]
03:55
52If I Can't Change Your Mind
If I Can't Change Your Mind
Sugar
Copper Blue [Clean]
03:18
53Between The Bars
Between The Bars
Elliott Smith
Either/Or
02:21
54Come Together
Come Together
E
Spiritualized
Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space [Explicit]
04:40
55Sabotage
Sabotage
E
Beastie Boys
Ill Communication [Explicit]
02:58
56Army Of Me
Army Of Me
Björk
Greatest Hits
03:57
57Cherry-coloured Funk
Cherry-coloured Funk
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
03:12
58Ágætis byrjun
Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós
Ágætis byrjun
07:55
59The First Big Weekend
The First Big Weekend
E
Arab Strap
Arab Strap [Explicit]
04:54
602-Step
2-Step
Low
Secret Name
05:49
61Nude As the News
Nude As the News
Cat Power
What Would the Community Think [Explicit]
04:23
62Outtasite (Outta Mind) [2017 Remaster]
Outtasite (Outta Mind) [2017 Remaster]
Wilco
Being There (Deluxe Edition)
02:34
63Tiny Tears
Tiny Tears
Tindersticks
Tindersticks
05:45
64Chasing A Bee
Chasing A Bee
Mercury Rev
Yerself Is Steam
07:11
65Copper
Copper
E
Shellac
Terraform [Explicit]
01:48
66What Do You Want Me to Say?
What Do You Want Me to Say?
E
The Dismemberment Plan
Emergency & I
04:18
67Web In Front
Web In Front
Archers Of Loaf
The Loaf's Revenge
02:05
68For Love
For Love
Lush
Ciao! Best Of
03:29
69Car Radio
Car Radio
Spoon
A Series of Sneaks
01:29
70Mistakes And Regrets
Mistakes And Regrets
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Madonna
03:46
71Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri
At The Drive-In
In / Casino / Out
03:13
72New Noise
New Noise
Refused
The Shape Of Punk To Come (Deluxe Edition) [Explicit]
05:10
73Bullet Proof Cupid
Bullet Proof Cupid
E
Girls Against Boys
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
04:50
74Here Come The Rome Plows
Here Come The Rome Plows
Drive Like Jehu
Yank Crime
05:44
75Savory
Savory
Jawbox
For Your Own Special Sweetheart
04:39
76Bellbottoms
Bellbottoms
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Orange
05:18
77Starry Configurations
Starry Configurations
Jets To Brazil
Orange Rhyming Dictionary
04:03
78Someday I Will Treat You Good
Someday I Will Treat You Good
Sparklehorse
Someday I Will Treat You Good
03:44
79Teenage Caveman
Teenage Caveman
Beat Happening
You Turn Me On
04:35
80Gentlemen
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Gentlemen (Gentlemen at 21 Deluxe Edition)
03:53
81Evidence (2016 Remaster)
Evidence (2016 Remaster)
Faith No More
King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime (2016 Remaster) [Deluxe Edition] [Explicit]
04:53
82Straight Up And Down
Straight Up And Down
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Take It From The Man
04:30
83I Wish
I Wish
E
Graham Coxon
The Sky Is Too High [Explicit]
04:47
84Down with the Bass
Down with the Bass
Firehose
Flyin' The Flannel
02:47
85Never Said (Remastered)
Never Said (Remastered)
Liz Phair
Exile In Guyville [Explicit]
03:16
86Moon Moon
Moon Moon
The Microphones
Song Islands
02:24
87Ascension Day
Ascension Day
Talk Talk
Laughing Stock
05:58
88The Man Who Loved Beer
The Man Who Loved Beer
Lambchop
How I Quit Smoking
02:49
89Farmer In The City
Farmer In The City
Scott Walker
Tilt
06:40
90Captain Badass
Captain Badass
Songs: Ohia
Axxess & Ace
07:40
91Grace Cathedral Park
Grace Cathedral Park
Red House Painters
Red House Painters I
03:51
92You And Your Sister (Remastered)
You And Your Sister (Remastered)
This Mortal Coil
Blood (Remastered)
03:14
93All The Pretty Little Horses
All The Pretty Little Horses
Current 93
The Inmost Light
02:31
94If I Only…
If I Only…
Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think
07:23
95On The Swing
On The Swing
The For Carnation
Promised Works
02:06
96Sirena
Sirena
E
Dirty Three
Ocean Songs
04:05
97Volcano
Volcano
Swans
Soundtracks for the Blind
05:19
98The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Mr. Bungle
California
03:54
99Hooch
Hooch
Melvins
Houdini
02:49