Non-Stop 90's Rock

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B00005NHOW
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #31 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1990s

Track Listings

1. Mr. Jones

2. Hey Jealousy

3. Sex and Candy

4. Breakfast at Tiffany's

5. Runaway Train

6. All I Want

7. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

8. Brick

9. Everything Falls Apart

10. Lump

11. The Freshman

12. No Rain

13. Pets

14. Pepper

15. Steal My Sunshine

16. Fade into You

17. Mother Mother

18. Save Tonight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Here's what it is..., August 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Non-Stop 90's Rock (Audio CD)

Poor, poor Mr. Whippy. What this IS is a compilation CD. A compilation CD of rock bands from the 90's, in point of fact, which - surprising as it may seem - actually did include more bands than just Counting Crows. Yes, we all loved "Mr. Jones." Big hit. Major reason why "August..." went on to sell a gazillion records, and the only reason why it's on this disc. But if all you want is one song? Well...I'm pretty sure that's what singles are for.

As for this compilation, it's decent. It's a pretty broad and rather populist perspective on all that was going on in those weird "explosive" 90's. Sure, stuff is missing. Mr. Whippy cited "Teen Spirit," which is a glaringly obvious omission for anything claiming to be a representation of 90's rock. But there's also no Teenage Fanclub, no Matthew Sweet, no Belly, no Green Day, no Breeders, no R.E.M., no Radiohead, no Beck, no Cracker, no "grunge" to be had at all (some would argue that's a good thing)...the list goes and goes. But such is the case with comp CDs. Logistics are involved with labels and rights and whatever else... I'm sure the powers behind this had a wonderful, great big long list of stuff they wanted on here, but just couldn't get the rights to add.

So all in all, you're left with just an average representation of the more mainstream end of the spectrum of 90's rock, which all in all isn't such a bad thing. Chances are, if you're even considering a purchase like this, it's because you already have some of this stuff and you'd just like one handy disc on which to enjoy it all. So you're already aware of its attributes and its shortcomings and you're cool with it. However, if you're looking for a more accurate account of what was going on then, well I'm sure there's a huge 15 CD box set somewhere with your name on it.

Oh, but...at what point in history did Len become a ROCK band?

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for those holes in your collection, January 16, 2002

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Timothy Horneman (Land o'Lincoln) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Non-Stop 90's Rock (Audio CD)

Finally, another unnecessary compilation CD with many songs you don't want but also with songs you actually want! Congratulations to the folks at Razor and Tie, their good songs/bad songs ratio is an amazing 5:1, but let's face it, most of these bands weren't that great and had only one good song-which is on here.

Cases in point: Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy." Do we know any other songs by Marcy Playground? I don't. Whatever happened to Deep Blue Something? Where's Soul Asylum when you need them? Dog's Eye View, come back, all is forgiven! I don't know much about Tracy Bonham or Len either-and those are just a few of the great songs on the album.

But what is Porno for Pyros' "Pets" doing here? Perry Farrell evidently wasn't thinking when he wrote this stinker, because it's a snoozefest, going about half as fast as his other band's song, "Been Caught Stealing." (Boy, I do miss Jane's Addiction.)

Nonetheless, this is a good CD for filling out those holes in your collection. Believe me, you won't want to buy snoozefests like the Verve Pipe's "Villains," and Eagle-Eye Cherry's-um, whatever he did, so just get this CD and avoid the stuff you really hate!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, September 2, 2001

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Kassie (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Non-Stop 90's Rock (Audio CD)

(i was born 1987)
You know all those songs you hear and hear and hear, and you know all the words to them, but you have no idea who they're by and havent heard anything like it since?

That's this CD

The first time I popped this CD into my boombox I was singing along all the way from Mr. Jones to Save Tonight. This CD symbolizes my childhood. The Freshman is my favorite on it, I have always absolutely loved that song. I hadnt heard the last two female-vocalled songs on the CD before, but theyre a nice addition. This CD is well worth the money