Pulse Rankdown: 1990 Year-End Alternative Chart (Completed)
Oct 3, 2019 18:19:07 GMT -5
Post by singingrulebritannia on Oct 3, 2019 18:19:07 GMT -5
1) PM me (singingrulebritannia ) AND Albie the top 100 Alternative songs of 1990, all ranked to your preference. (e.g. if you like a song the most, rank it the highest and vice versa).
2) The points a song has will be totaled up based on an inverse point system. So if you rank a song #100, it gets 1 point, and if you rank a song #1, it gets 100 points. All the points from the participants will be totaled up.
3) The due date for submission is Friday, November 8th. The deadline time is 8PM ET/5PM ET.
4) ALL songs must be ranked.
5) To avoid posting with duplicate lines when you PM me, click BBCode below the text box before pasting your list.
6) While not a requirement, it would be appreciated if you sent your list in the Artist - Song format and kept the artist and song names as they are here (e.g. put The Stone Roses, not Stone Roses; or Cocteau Twins, not The Cocteau Twins).
7) All your rankings will be posted when I post a song in this thread.
8) You are allowed to make changes to your list, as long as you do so before the deadline.
9) For reference, here are the top 100 Alternative songs of 1990. The top 30 is from Billboard, the other 70 is compiled by Daryl the Beryl .
1. Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
2. Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
3. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
4. The Church - Metropolis
5. Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
6. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
7. Michael Penn - No Myth
8. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On
9. Kate Bush - Love and Anger
10. World Party - Way Down Now
11. Concrete Blonde - Joey
12. The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
13. The Creatures - Standing There
14. Ian McCulloch - Proud to Fall
15. Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
16. Gene Loves Jezebel - Jealous
17. The House of Love - I Don't Know Why But I Love You
18. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
19. The Psychedelic Furs - House
20. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
21. The Mission U.K. - Deliverance
22. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
23. Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up
24. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Blues from a Gun
25. The B-52's - Roam
26. David J - I'll Be Your Chauffeur
27. The Cure - Never Enough
28. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
29. Aztec Camera - The Crying Scene
30. Living Colour - Type
31. The Replacements - Merry Go Round
32. Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson - Candy
33. The Beloved - Hello
34. The Railway Children - Every Beat of the Heart
35. INXS - Suicide Blonde
36. The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
37. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
38. Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
39. Hunters and Collectors - When the River Runs Dry
40. Lloyd Cole - Downtown
41. Adrian Belew & David Bowie - Pretty Pink Rose
42. Electronic - Getting Away with It
43. The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime
44. Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
45. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
46. Pretenders - Never Do That
47. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
48. Midnight Oil - King of the Mountain
49. Jane's Addiction - Stop!
50. Billy Idol - Cradle of Love
51. The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
52. Pixies - Velouria
53. Iggy Pop - Home
54. Happy Mondays - Step On
55. The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
56. Lightning Seeds - Pure
57. D.N.A. with Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
58. That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus
59. The Darling Buds - Crystal Clear
60. Suzanne Vega - Book of Dreams
61. World Party - Put the Message in the Box
62. Laurie Anderson - Babydoll
63. Michael Penn - This and That
64. Bob Mould - It's Too Late
65. The Stranglers - Sweet Smell of Success
66. Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster
67. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Where Do We Go from Heaven
68. Boom Crash Opera - Onion Skin
69. Devo - Post Post-Modern Man
70. The Ocean Blue - Drifting, Falling
71. UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
72. Revenge - Pineapple Face
73. Lightning Seeds - All I Want
74. The Cure - Hello I Love You
75. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
76. New Order - World in Motion
77. The Stone Roses - One Love
78. The Rave-Ups - Respectfully King of Rain
79. Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
80. Big Audio - Contact
81. The The - Jealous of Youth
82. Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
83. Renegade Soundwave - Biting My Nails
84. The Primitives - Secrets
85. Soho - Hippychick
86. The Wonder Stuff - Don't Let Me Down, Gently
87. Nine Inch Nails - Down in It
88. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Show Me Your Soul
89. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
90. Steve Wynn - Tears Won't Help
91. Flesh for Lulu - Time and Space
92. Ian McCulloch - Faith and Healing
93. Something Happens - Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello...
94. The Alarm - Devolution Workin Man Blues
95. Del Amitri - Kiss This Thing Goodbye
96. The Silencers - Razor Blades of Love
97. Social Distortion - Let It Be Me
98. Robert Palmer - Life in Detail
99. Real Life - God Tonight
100. David Byrne - Dirty Old Town
As the years get further back, the number of songs not available on Spotify continues to grow--this time a whole 1/10 of the chart! Instead of shoving tons of embeds onto this post, I'll just link you to a YouTube playlist.
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Daryl the Beryl
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Az Paynter
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peacebone
lyhom
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2) The points a song has will be totaled up based on an inverse point system. So if you rank a song #100, it gets 1 point, and if you rank a song #1, it gets 100 points. All the points from the participants will be totaled up.
3) The due date for submission is Friday, November 8th. The deadline time is 8PM ET/5PM ET.
4) ALL songs must be ranked.
5) To avoid posting with duplicate lines when you PM me, click BBCode below the text box before pasting your list.
6) While not a requirement, it would be appreciated if you sent your list in the Artist - Song format and kept the artist and song names as they are here (e.g. put The Stone Roses, not Stone Roses; or Cocteau Twins, not The Cocteau Twins).
7) All your rankings will be posted when I post a song in this thread.
8) You are allowed to make changes to your list, as long as you do so before the deadline.
9) For reference, here are the top 100 Alternative songs of 1990. The top 30 is from Billboard, the other 70 is compiled by Daryl the Beryl .
1. Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
2. Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
3. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
4. The Church - Metropolis
5. Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
6. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
7. Michael Penn - No Myth
8. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On
9. Kate Bush - Love and Anger
10. World Party - Way Down Now
11. Concrete Blonde - Joey
12. The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
13. The Creatures - Standing There
14. Ian McCulloch - Proud to Fall
15. Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
16. Gene Loves Jezebel - Jealous
17. The House of Love - I Don't Know Why But I Love You
18. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
19. The Psychedelic Furs - House
20. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
21. The Mission U.K. - Deliverance
22. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
23. Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up
24. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Blues from a Gun
25. The B-52's - Roam
26. David J - I'll Be Your Chauffeur
27. The Cure - Never Enough
28. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
29. Aztec Camera - The Crying Scene
30. Living Colour - Type
31. The Replacements - Merry Go Round
32. Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson - Candy
33. The Beloved - Hello
34. The Railway Children - Every Beat of the Heart
35. INXS - Suicide Blonde
36. The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
37. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
38. Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
39. Hunters and Collectors - When the River Runs Dry
40. Lloyd Cole - Downtown
41. Adrian Belew & David Bowie - Pretty Pink Rose
42. Electronic - Getting Away with It
43. The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime
44. Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
45. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
46. Pretenders - Never Do That
47. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
48. Midnight Oil - King of the Mountain
49. Jane's Addiction - Stop!
50. Billy Idol - Cradle of Love
51. The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
52. Pixies - Velouria
53. Iggy Pop - Home
54. Happy Mondays - Step On
55. The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
56. Lightning Seeds - Pure
57. D.N.A. with Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
58. That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus
59. The Darling Buds - Crystal Clear
60. Suzanne Vega - Book of Dreams
61. World Party - Put the Message in the Box
62. Laurie Anderson - Babydoll
63. Michael Penn - This and That
64. Bob Mould - It's Too Late
65. The Stranglers - Sweet Smell of Success
66. Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster
67. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Where Do We Go from Heaven
68. Boom Crash Opera - Onion Skin
69. Devo - Post Post-Modern Man
70. The Ocean Blue - Drifting, Falling
71. UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
72. Revenge - Pineapple Face
73. Lightning Seeds - All I Want
74. The Cure - Hello I Love You
75. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
76. New Order - World in Motion
77. The Stone Roses - One Love
78. The Rave-Ups - Respectfully King of Rain
79. Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
80. Big Audio - Contact
81. The The - Jealous of Youth
82. Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
83. Renegade Soundwave - Biting My Nails
84. The Primitives - Secrets
85. Soho - Hippychick
86. The Wonder Stuff - Don't Let Me Down, Gently
87. Nine Inch Nails - Down in It
88. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Show Me Your Soul
89. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
90. Steve Wynn - Tears Won't Help
91. Flesh for Lulu - Time and Space
92. Ian McCulloch - Faith and Healing
93. Something Happens - Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello...
94. The Alarm - Devolution Workin Man Blues
95. Del Amitri - Kiss This Thing Goodbye
96. The Silencers - Razor Blades of Love
97. Social Distortion - Let It Be Me
98. Robert Palmer - Life in Detail
99. Real Life - God Tonight
100. David Byrne - Dirty Old Town
As the years get further back, the number of songs not available on Spotify continues to grow--this time a whole 1/10 of the chart! Instead of shoving tons of embeds onto this post, I'll just link you to a YouTube playlist.
{list without year-end positions} Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
The Church - Metropolis
Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Michael Penn - No Myth
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On
Kate Bush - Love and Anger
World Party - Way Down Now
Concrete Blonde - Joey
The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
The Creatures - Standing There
Ian McCulloch - Proud to Fall
Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
Gene Loves Jezebel - Jealous
The House of Love - I Don't Know Why But I Love You
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
The Psychedelic Furs - House
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
The Mission U.K. - Deliverance
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Blues from a Gun
The B-52's - Roam
David J - I'll Be Your Chauffeur
The Cure - Never Enough
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Aztec Camera - The Crying Scene
Living Colour - Type
The Replacements - Merry Go Round
Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson - Candy
The Beloved - Hello
The Railway Children - Every Beat of the Heart
INXS - Suicide Blonde
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
Hunters and Collectors - When the River Runs Dry
Lloyd Cole - Downtown
Adrian Belew & David Bowie - Pretty Pink Rose
Electronic - Getting Away with It
The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime
Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
Pretenders - Never Do That
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Midnight Oil - King of the Mountain
Jane's Addiction - Stop!
Billy Idol - Cradle of Love
The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
Pixies - Velouria
Iggy Pop - Home
Happy Mondays - Step On
The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
Lightning Seeds - Pure
D.N.A. with Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus
The Darling Buds - Crystal Clear
Suzanne Vega - Book of Dreams
World Party - Put the Message in the Box
Laurie Anderson - Babydoll
Michael Penn - This and That
Bob Mould - It's Too Late
The Stranglers - Sweet Smell of Success
Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Where Do We Go from Heaven
Boom Crash Opera - Onion Skin
Devo - Post Post-Modern Man
The Ocean Blue - Drifting, Falling
UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
Revenge - Pineapple Face
Lightning Seeds - All I Want
The Cure - Hello I Love You
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
New Order - World in Motion
The Stone Roses - One Love
The Rave-Ups - Respectfully King of Rain
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
Big Audio - Contact
The The - Jealous of Youth
Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
Renegade Soundwave - Biting My Nails
The Primitives - Secrets
Soho - Hippychick
The Wonder Stuff - Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Nine Inch Nails - Down in It
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Show Me Your Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Steve Wynn - Tears Won't Help
Flesh for Lulu - Time and Space
Ian McCulloch - Faith and Healing
Something Happens - Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello...
The Alarm - Devolution Workin Man Blues
Del Amitri - Kiss This Thing Goodbye
The Silencers - Razor Blades of Love
Social Distortion - Let It Be Me
Robert Palmer - Life in Detail
Real Life - God Tonight
David Byrne - Dirty Old Town
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
The Church - Metropolis
Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Michael Penn - No Myth
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On
Kate Bush - Love and Anger
World Party - Way Down Now
Concrete Blonde - Joey
The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
The Creatures - Standing There
Ian McCulloch - Proud to Fall
Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years
Gene Loves Jezebel - Jealous
The House of Love - I Don't Know Why But I Love You
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
The Psychedelic Furs - House
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
The Mission U.K. - Deliverance
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Blues from a Gun
The B-52's - Roam
David J - I'll Be Your Chauffeur
The Cure - Never Enough
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Aztec Camera - The Crying Scene
Living Colour - Type
The Replacements - Merry Go Round
Iggy Pop with Kate Pierson - Candy
The Beloved - Hello
The Railway Children - Every Beat of the Heart
INXS - Suicide Blonde
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
Hunters and Collectors - When the River Runs Dry
Lloyd Cole - Downtown
Adrian Belew & David Bowie - Pretty Pink Rose
Electronic - Getting Away with It
The Heart Throbs - Dreamtime
Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
Pretenders - Never Do That
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Midnight Oil - King of the Mountain
Jane's Addiction - Stop!
Billy Idol - Cradle of Love
The Smithereens - A Girl Like You
Pixies - Velouria
Iggy Pop - Home
Happy Mondays - Step On
The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights
Lightning Seeds - Pure
D.N.A. with Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus
The Darling Buds - Crystal Clear
Suzanne Vega - Book of Dreams
World Party - Put the Message in the Box
Laurie Anderson - Babydoll
Michael Penn - This and That
Bob Mould - It's Too Late
The Stranglers - Sweet Smell of Success
Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Where Do We Go from Heaven
Boom Crash Opera - Onion Skin
Devo - Post Post-Modern Man
The Ocean Blue - Drifting, Falling
UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
Revenge - Pineapple Face
Lightning Seeds - All I Want
The Cure - Hello I Love You
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
New Order - World in Motion
The Stone Roses - One Love
The Rave-Ups - Respectfully King of Rain
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
Big Audio - Contact
The The - Jealous of Youth
Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
Renegade Soundwave - Biting My Nails
The Primitives - Secrets
Soho - Hippychick
The Wonder Stuff - Don't Let Me Down, Gently
Nine Inch Nails - Down in It
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Show Me Your Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Steve Wynn - Tears Won't Help
Flesh for Lulu - Time and Space
Ian McCulloch - Faith and Healing
Something Happens - Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello...
The Alarm - Devolution Workin Man Blues
Del Amitri - Kiss This Thing Goodbye
The Silencers - Razor Blades of Love
Social Distortion - Let It Be Me
Robert Palmer - Life in Detail
Real Life - God Tonight
David Byrne - Dirty Old Town
Tool to Remove Numbers From Beginning of Lines
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Preference Revealer
Participants:
Butterflies & Hurricanes
wheatsquares33
singingrulebritannia
rowellfarm490
Albie
@xfer
American Idiot
Doc Indie Party Rock
Geometrical
Daryl the Beryl
Sambalada
Red
Az Paynter
newpower
peacebone
lyhom
campbellssoup
Alex1901
@doinktheclown
craziaskowboi
Juanca
somelikeitwhen
Daryl the Beryl peacebone lyhom Walking Contradiction Web Butterflies & Hurricanes Red dm2081 Pipa wheatsquares33 Lordef†ones Doc Indie Party Rock American Idiot Leaf craziaskowboi newpower campbellssoup aerodynamite @xfer janinho Sambalada YotamTS rgreen0625 rowellfarm490 Beno alexcuse Albie @crapkuki23 @humanshazam @carseatlegrest Alex1901 @doinktheclown Cody singingrulebritannia Geometrical MoD astorknight somelikeitwhen Mr. Thonk Eyes Az Paynter