Being pretty much stuck in the nineties cuturaly I was extremely excited to see that NME magazine have compiled a list of their favourite 100 songs of that decade.

Quickly skimming throughthe 100 best tracks of the nineties, I was pleased to see many of my favourites in there, even if a lot of them were in the 91-100 section. Overall it’s a pretty balanced list with more examples of rap such as Dr Dre, Wu Tang Clan and Missy Elliot than I would have expected. There’s even a Madonna tune and Brandy & Monica, a tiny bit of trip hop and a smidgen of techno.

Being an indie and rock fan myself my top 100 would include everyone NME have selected. They’ve picked out Metallica’s Enter Sandman (88 ) and a couple of Nirvana traks (Lithium 52 and Smells Like Teen Spirit 2 ). There’s your usual Blur, Charlatans, Stone Roses – every band that stood out in the 90s.

However the top ten contains some surprises – for a start no, Oasis aren’t number one! It’s Pulp’s Common People. Only Paranoid Android by Radiohead was released after 1995, and Suede’s Stay Together is at number three, which I think is a fairly obscure one to pick.

I completely agree with the inclusion of McAlmont & Butler’s Yes – a triumphant break up song which includes some rousing strings and the falsetto voice of David McAlmont. Beastie Boys’ Sabotage and Daft Punk’s Da Funk are also genius inclusions and less predictable than the others.

Screaming omissions from the list are Everything But the Girl’s Missing (you couldn’t leave the building without hearing that in 1995) and Sugarcubes Hit. Where are the Chillies? In fact there are so many more – what about Chumbawumba Tubthumping, some Terrorvision or Levellers? And being really ridiculous, why include Madonna’s Vogue but not Ray of Light? Where is Lenny Kravitz? Ok, there’s only space for 100 songs but still….I’m not a massive fan but I would have thought that Paul Weller would have appeared higher up than number 98 especially when he was so influential over the 90s scene. And, as I am currently sat here watching My So Called Life and they are dancing to Haddaway’s What is love, what would have been wrong with throwing in a few dance tunes for amusement? D:Ream’s Things can only get better; some Baby D? What about Clock? We all danced to them at our college and university parties, just admit it.

For me the top ten should have been as follows:

10 Leftfield and Lydon – Open Up

9 Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name

8 Boo Radleys – Lazarus

7 Beastie Boys – Sabotage

6 Ash – Girl from Mars

5 Oasis – Live Forever

4 Everything but the Girl – Missing

3 Smashing Pumpkins – 1979

2 James – Laid

1 McAlmont & Butler – Yes

Despite the things they’ve left out I still love this list and am seriously considering printing it out and laminating it.