Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box [Box set] [Original recording remastered]

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You'd be right to be excited about Rhino Records' voluminous compilation, Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box. After all, they did such a great job with their 1980s comps, not to mention all their various approaches to prior decades, from the original Nice Day series to the expanded and brilliant Nuggets collections. Whatever is a seven-disc set that comes with a bag of stale coffee inside it. This US-centric collection has a lot of great tracks on it, from throwaway songs ("Sunscreen," "Sex And Candy") to absolute classics ("Baby Got Back," "Under the Bridge"). But ultimately, it's a complete and utter mess. A lot happened in the '90s of course; hip-hop went pop, rock got funky and weird, grunge broke open and imploded, Moby sampled the Lomax archives for a surprise hit, even the weirdest indie bands had cash thrown at them by major labels, the daisy age morphed into the chronic age, and dance music was quite nearly the next big thing. Rather than provide a narrative of underground and mainstream movements, this set smacks of the sort of lowest common denominator, novelty-centric approach that makes lowbrow VH1 programs only fleetingly satisfying. Sheesh. Hip-hop, metal, and dance music are barely covered here. And the lack of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" alone is enough to make the listener want to return the set with the words "try again" scrawled into the cover. --Mike McGonigal

Product Description
Remember the 1990s? Dot-com booms and stock market pinnacles? The fall of the Wall, the rise of Desert Storm, Presidential impeachment, and Beavis & Butt-head? The decade of grunge power, alt-rock diversity, and hip-hop evolution? The decade of grunge power, alt-rock diversity, and hip-hop evolution? It's an era that's oh-so-close, yet already so far away. If you're pining for those '90s, and we know you are-our monlithic new 7-disc box takes you back to the good old days in style.

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Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box [Box set] [Original recording remastered]

Average customer rating: Great because it HAS songs out of the ordinary! We all KNOW Pearl Jam and Nirvana! Would've been better broken up... It's ok E for effort? Something in the Way...

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Tracks:

1. U CANT TOUCH THIS M.C. Hammer
2. NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sin OConnor
3. NO MYTH Michael Penn
4. LADIES FIRST - Queen Latifah Featuring Monie Love
5. BALL AND CHAIN Social Distortion
6. BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL They Might Be Giants
7. CHLOE DANCER/CROWN OF THORNS Mother Love Bone
8. HERES WHERE THE STORY ENDS The Sundays
9. GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT (EVERYBODY DANCE NOW) C & C Music Factory
10. GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite
11. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Jesus Jones
12. NEW JACK HUSTLER (NINOS THEME) Ice-T
13. I TOUCH MYSELF Divinyls
14. UNBELIEVABLE EMF
15. HARD TO HANDLE The Black Crowes
16. O.P.P. Naughty By Nature
17. WALKING IN MEMPHIS Marc Cohn
18. ITS SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY Boyz II Men

Tracks:

1. SILENT LUCIDITY Queensr
2. INTO THE DRINK Mudhoney
3. GIRLFRIEND Matthew Sweet
4. IM TOO SEXY Right Said Fred (R*S*F*)
5. CALLING ALL ANGELS Jane Siberry with k.d. lang
6. ONLY SHALLOW My Bloody Valentine
7. ITS A SHAME ABOUT RAY The Lemonheads
8. BABY GOT BACK Sir Mix-A-Lot
9. THEY WANT EFX DAS EFX
10. JUMP Kris Kross
11. WALK Pantera
12. N.W.O. Ministry
13. SHITLIST L7
14. ABSYNTHE The Gits
15. COATTAIL RIDER Supersuckers
16. RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
17. LITTLE MISS CANT BE WRONG Spin Doctors
18. DIZZ KNEE LAND dada
19. NEARLY LOST YOU Screaming Trees

Tracks:

1. UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. UNSUNG Helmet
3. JUMP AROUND House Of Pain
4. FREE YOUR MIND En Vogue
5. RUMP SHAKER Wreckx-N-Effect
6. INFORMER Snow
7. CONNECTED Stereo MCs
8. DETACHABLE PENIS King Missile
9. FREAK ME Silk
10. ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran
11. IF I CANT CHANGE YOUR MIND Sugar
12. THREE LITTLE PIGS Green Jell
13. START CHOPPIN Dinosaur Jr.
14. THE DEVILS CHASING ME The Reverend Horton Heat
15. GONE TO THE MOON Fastbacks
16. MY NAME IS MUD Primus
17. WHATS UP 4 Non Blondes

Tracks:

1. THUNDER KISS 65 White Zombie
2. WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) Tag Team
3. BROKEN HEARTED SAVIOR Big Head Todd And The Monsters
4. TRUST ME Guru with NDea Davenport
5. GEPETTO Belly
6. EYE TO EYE The Muffs
7. GENTLEMEN Afghan Whigs
8. LEAFY INCLINE Tad
9. DREAM ALL DAY The Posies
10. HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms
11. MY SISTER The Juliana Hatfield Three
12. WHATTA MAN Salt-N-Pepa
13. BACK & FORTH Aaliyah
14. IF THATS YOUR BOYFRIEND (HE WASNT LAST NIGHT) MeShell Ndegello
15. FREEDOM OF 76 Ween
16. CUT YOUR HAIR Pavement
17. GOD Tori Amos
18. MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies
19. POSSESSION Sarah McLachlan

Tracks:

1. SHINE Collective Soul
2. FAR BEHIND Candlebox
3. YOU GOTTA BE Desree
4. GIRL, YOULL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill
5. SHE DONT USE JELLY The Flaming Lips
6. M.I.A. 7 Year Bitch
7. 21ST CENTURY (DIGITAL BOY) Bad Religion
8. SUGAR FREE JAZZ Soul Coughing
9. MOCKINGBIRDS Grant Lee Buffalo
10. WHATS THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? R.E.M.
11. REVOLVE Melvins
12. BUDDY HOLLY Weezer
13. HERE AND NOW Letters To Cleo
14. GOOD Better Than Ezra
15. RUN-AROUND Blues Traveler
16. ILL BE THERE FOR YOU (THEME FROM FRIENDS) The Rembrandts
17. TOMORROW Silverchair
18. NOT A PRETTY GIRL Ani DiFranco
19. CARNIVAL Natalie Merchant

Tracks:

1. WONDERWALL Oasis
2. BIRTHDAY CAKE Cibo Matto
3. CUMBERSOME Seven Mary Three
4. ONE OF US Joan Osborne
5. CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ Supergrass
6. SWEET 69 Babes In Toyland
7. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS Deep Blue Something
8. PHOTOGRAPH The Verve Pipe
9. IN THE MEANTIME Spacehog
10. WOO HAH!! GOT YOU ALL IN CHECK - Busta Rhymes featuring Rampage The Last Boy Scout
11. WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL Jewel
12. STANDING OUTSIDE A BROKEN PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND Primitive Radio Gods
13. CYBELES REVERIE Stereolab
14. CAPRI PANTS Bikini Kill
15. WHAT I GOT Sublime
16. KUNG FU Ash
17. VIRTUAL INSANITY Jamiroquai
18. NAKED EYE Luscious Jackson
19. OUTTASITE (OUTTA MIND) Wilco

Tracks:

1. ITSZOWEEZEE (HOT) De La Soul
2. LOVEFOOL The Cardigans
3. RADIATION VIBE Fountains Of Wayne
4. THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
5. TURN IT ON Sleater-Kinney
6. BITCH Meredith Brooks
7. MMMBOP Hanson
8. BRIAN WILSON (Live) Barenaked Ladies
9. BRICK Ben Folds Five
10. SEX AND CANDY Marcy Playground
11. WALKING ON THE SUN Smash Mouth
12. TUBTHUMPING Chumbawamba
13. 6 UNDERGROUND Sneaker Pimps
14. LULLABY Shawn Mullins
15. SLIDE Goo Goo Dolls
16. KISS ME Sixpence None The Richer
17. STEAL MY SUNSHINE LEN
18. WHAT ITS LIKE Everlast
19. NATURAL BLUES Moby

Amazon.com

You'd be right to be excited about Rhino Records' voluminous compilation, Whatever: The '90s Pop and Culture Box. After all, they did such a great job with their 1980s comps, not to mention all their various approaches to prior decades, from the original Nice Day series to the expanded and brilliant Nuggets collections. Whatever is a seven-disc set that comes with a bag of stale coffee inside it. This US-centric collection has a lot of great tracks on it, from throwaway songs ("Sunscreen," "Sex And Candy") to absolute classics ("Baby Got Back," "Under the Bridge"). But ultimately, it's a complete and utter mess. A lot happened in the '90s of course; hip-hop went pop, rock got funky and weird, grunge broke open and imploded, Moby sampled the Lomax archives for a surprise hit, even the weirdest indie bands had cash thrown at them by major labels, the daisy age morphed into the chronic age, and dance music was quite nearly the next big thing. Rather than provide a narrative of underground and mainstream movements, this set smacks of the sort of lowest common denominator, novelty-centric approach that makes lowbrow VH1 programs only fleetingly satisfying. Sheesh. Hip-hop, metal, and dance music are barely covered here. And the lack of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" alone is enough to make the listener want to return the set with the words "try again" scrawled into the cover. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Remember the 1990s? Dot-com booms and stock market pinnacles? The fall of the Wall, the rise of Desert Storm, Presidential impeachment, and Beavis & Butt-head? The decade of grunge power, alt-rock diversity, and hip-hop evolution? The decade of grunge power, alt-rock diversity, and hip-hop evolution? It's an era that's oh-so-close, yet already so far away. If you're pining for those '90s, and we know you are-our monlithic new 7-disc box takes you back to the good old days in style.

Customer Reviews:

Great because it HAS songs out of the ordinary! We all KNOW Pearl Jam and Nirvana!.......2007-06-29

This is great because we all have a lot of the songs that were really popular by Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc... These are titles that you don't get on EVERY collection or hear all day on 90's stations, but still huge hits for either long or short periods of time. Great job!

Would've been better broken up..........2007-04-24

Let me start by saying that I LOVE 90's Alternative rock. I was a college radio DJ, went to clubs and had myself a whale of a good time so I was looking forward to reliving it all with "Whatever". I don't think it's "too soon" to do a 90's box set either. In only a few years we'll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind and most grunge kids'll be pushing 40. The DIY ethic and counterculture chest-thumping of 90's music seems like a faded fond memory in this homogenized processed teen pop world of ours today.
The trouble with Rhino's 90's set is that it tries to take several disparate genres of music and make it all fit our definition of the 90's. They missed the boat here because unlike the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's....radio became more fragmented in the 90's. You would'nt find too many Hip Hop fans rocking out to White Zombie and Pantera fans probably would'nt be grooving to Marc Cohn. Each fanbase usually had it's own radio station and culture. Whereas Rhino's "Ohmigod!" 80's box could get away with putting Tommy Tutone and The Psychedelic Furs on the same playlist because at one point BOTH would've been on pop radio, the 90's simply did not offer that kind of unity. EVERYONE who was a Gen-Xer (like me) would have their own idea of what 90's music represented to them. Rhino got it right with the 80's by acknowledging and then issuing a seperate box set to cover 80's college rock/alternative called "Left Of The Dial". It probably would've been smarter to do the same thing here with seperate 90's Alternative and 90's Hip Hop boxes (and I betcha buyers would be raving about them!).
That said, there IS a great deal of nifty music on here and if you have an open mind or find yourself getting nostalgic about a song you did'nt even like at the time (a strange phemomenon that happens to all of us eventually) you'll find yourself in 90's nirvana (no pun intended...they ain't on here).
I can only imagine the difficulties Rhino will have with a 00's box set. How do you judge what goes on it? the most downloaded songs from the decade? will there even be CD's in ten years? will Amazon be selling mp3's?

It's ok.......2007-01-13

It's ok if you like the latest 90's pop, I wasn't totally impressed with it, but I did like some of the songs.

E for effort?.......2006-10-04

The 90s ended just a mere 6 yrs ago... and for sure there's still dust settling... leave it alone and try again anytime after 2010

Something in the Way..........2006-07-13

Great compillation, capturing the full sound of the 90s, including all the retrospectively embarrassing stuff we all used to swear by! Just one problem... there's nothing here by the most notorious band of the 1990s: Nirvana. I don't understand how Tad, Mudhoney, L7 and Bikini Kill are all collected here, without the presence of the band that got these bands commercial recognition to begin with!

Not even "Smells Like Teen Spirit?" Come On!

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