The RateYourMusic.com 1990s Rankdown (due 9/3)

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Wow really did not expect this Top 2 but not complaining either

[rom]

uh oh... something tells me this isn't gonna go over well
2

Enjoy The Silence
Depeche Mode

List Placing: #8

2366 points

Standard Deviation: 23.39

BB🌕 1
Sambalada 1
Troy 1
Red 1
alexcuse 1
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast 1
tanooki 2
Trilogy 2
rowellfarm490 3
fearlessarrow 7
singingrulebritannia 8
wheatsquares33 9
peacebone 10
dremolus - solarpunk 10
samo🦕 10

MoD 12
Daryl the Beryl 12
aerodynamite 13
filthy 14
born 19

matthew lam 22
willapted33 25
rom 27

Lordef†ones 37

Gonza'90 45
ramona wants sleep 46

razorshark 60

anthony11554 65


rekwiem 99 ^{uh oh}

Movements
7 5 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Tags
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matteeeb

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naturally, that means that

1

Fade Into You
Mazzy Star

List Placing: #22

2373 points

Standard Deviation: 23.39

matthew lam 2
BB🌕 2
born 3
rekwiem 4
fearlessarrow 4
Lordef†ones 4
Trilogy 5
Daryl the Beryl 5
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast 6
willapted33 7
Sambalada 8
samo🦕 8
rom 9

Red 11
filthy 13
razorshark 13
dremolus - solarpunk 18
Gonza'90 19

rowellfarm490 21
tanooki 24
wheatsquares33 25
alexcuse 25
peacebone 27

aerodynamite 31
MoD 31
Troy 32
ramona wants sleep 37




singingrulebritannia 80

anthony11554 82

Movements
9 26 17 8 8 8 7 4 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1

Tags
HamedM1 💔
matteeeb

on another note is this the first #1 in a rankdown with no #1s?

[Sambalada]

rip rekwiem pulse account because I'm going to delete it

[willapted33]

that was a rollercoaster but amazing winner in the end

[fearlessarrow]

There have definitely been RDs where the #1 didn’t have any #1s (I can only remember The Chicks’ RD atm but there have been others)!

“Fade Into You” has this really unique haunting vibe that has really stuck with me. Great winner.

[Troy]

Gates wasn’t the lowest rank after all

[singingrulebritannia]

Oct 3, 2021 19:34:20 GMT -5 Troy said:

Gates wasn’t the lowest rank after all

Doesn't make me feel much better tbh

[anthony11554]

Oct 3, 2021 19:35:08 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Oct 3, 2021 19:34:20 GMT -5 Troy said:

Gates wasn’t the lowest rank after all

Doesn't make me feel much better tbh

Wow :o

[born]

Amazing results! The top 3 is phenomenal and my #1 made the top 10 for the first time🥰

Thank you both for hosting!

[Lordef†ones]

Gorgeous song. Deserving winner.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Anyways immense thanks to both rom and tanooki for handling this rankdown.

[rekwiem]

LFG Enjoy the Silence didnt win

[rekwiem]

Oct 3, 2021 19:26:13 GMT -5 Sambalada said:

rip rekwiem pulse account because I'm going to delete it

well, it's been fun, guys

[Red]

SPOILER: Click to show

{BEEN A LITTLE BIT}I wanted to say something first, before I do anything else: If you're wondering about the Hot 100 re-do, don't worry, I'll make a post later today about it and what's going on with that. Long story short (and a bit of a spoiler): I'm probably handing off the reigns to someone else, because I just don't really have the free time anymore to host rankdowns of any kind, big or small.

With that out of the way, let's get down to business.

#25: I don't think there's that much separating the Wu-related songs here. They're all really good.
#24: It's still great, but at least it wasn't one of Radiohead's last three songs, like I expected it to be.
#23: "Hypnotize" is better, and I stand by that. Nearly bottom 20 might be a bit much, admittedly, but this was the toughest RD in Pulse history, soooo...
#22: Holy shit, I thought this would at least be top 20. Wow.
#21: At least it outlasted "Juicy".
#20: Just about every song left is absolutely incredible and will sting when they are revealed, but man, I thought this would still be higher.
#19: Obviously great, but the right two Radiohead songs are the last two.
#18: I am shocked "Glory Box" outlasted this, despite its much loftier status on RYM. I thought it would be wrecked more.
#17: Oops.
#16: I could kiss you, aero.
#15: Okay, so I am absolutely stunned that multiple Bjork songs (maybe the one, sure, but not both) outlasted the entirety of Outkast's output here.
#14: 0/2 on top five predictions so far, but, given what I had heard about this song through the grapevine before this rankdown, I can't say that I'm totally shocked that it's this low, either.
#13: Obviously really good, but the right Bjork song is highest, anyway, to probably very little surprise.
#12: WOW. Multiple bottom tens here! Insanity. The right mbv song is highest, anyway.

"Glory Box" made the top ten, wow. I'm super stoked "Hyperballad" made it.

#11: 0/3 on top fives, and this is the most surprising one so far.

#10: tbf, I wasn't even sure this would make the top ten, given that someone just wants to see the world burn, but I'm glad it's here, anyway.
#9: 0/4 on top fives, and, again, the most surprising one so far. If ETS misses the top five (and it might just do that), holy shit, guys.
#8: Again, I'm mostly just glad it's here.
#7: Really, even though this was my lowest remaining in the top ten, this was my lowest remaining in the top ten of, again, the toughest rankdown in Pulse history.
#6: I can't believe I ranked this so low when I put this in my 90's RD, it would probably be in my top ten now...and I think it would have won because of that lol
#5: Naomi, revisit this song in a few years. I didn't dislike it like you did, but I didn't get what other people saw in the song for a while. It sneaks up on you.
#4: You chose poorly, Anthony.
#3: One of the peaks of shoegaze, and I couldn't even rank it top 20 here lolllll
#2: "1 2" I hate rankdowns. It's remarkable that this was still winning despite rek. As far as I'm concerned, its status as one of Pulse's most dominant songs remains. It took an act of god to bring it down.
#1: The second time in a few RDs where my 11 (the winner both times) is a song that would be in my top ten in approximately 99.99999999% of previous rankdowns. If "Enjoy the Silence" finished, like, 5th, I'd be a little happier with this result.

Naomi, rom, great job handling this behemoth.

[Troy]

where was Tori Amos on this list??? "Crucify" and "Spark" are certainly two of the best songs of the decade

[singingrulebritannia]

Oct 15, 2021 17:10:58 GMT -5 Troy said:

where was Tori Amos on this list??? "Crucify" and "Spark" are certainly two of the best songs of the decade

Tori Amos's highest single on the 90s chart is "Winter" at #173. "Spark" and "Crucify" are #220 and #250.

[Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast]

Sept 19, 2021 17:17:36 GMT -5 rom said:

29

Would?
Alice In Chains

Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast 100

I have never regretted a bottom ranking this much. After hearing the full album, for the love of god, I take back everything I said about this being "standard".