Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

here's the rest of the top 90, done speed-round style.

1. "music sounds better with you," stardust (1998). disco-house perfection - french, of course.
2. "vogue," madonna (1990). style on wax.
3. "drive that fast," kitchens of distinction (1992). the guitars crash like high tide during a hurricane.
4. "mind playing tricks on me," geto boys (1991). the deepest, darkest, and probably best rap record ever.
5. "tempermental (wamdue project remix)," everything but the girl (2000 - oops!). deeper than love.
6. "soul searchin' (I wanna know if it's mine) (from higher learning)," me'shell ndegeocello (1995). sex more than love.
7. "are you that somebody? (from dr. doolittle)," aaliyah (1998). timbaland's most perfect beats plus his most perfect muse.
8. "you get what you give," new radicals (1999). the best song hall & oates never wrote, but should've.
9. "sexy mf," prince and the new power generation (1993). james brown is proud.
10. "the more you ignore me, the closer I get," morrissey (1994). just a closer walk with thee.
11. "I feel love (masters at work remix)," donna summer (1995 uk import). their crowning achievement, revitalizing donna's anthem.
12. "it's all about the benjamins (remix)," puff daddy and the family featuring the notorious b.i.g., lil' kim, and the lox (1997). puff's triumph, all skittery, scary beats and an amazing verse from biggie (including the line "fuck the state pen/fuck hoes at penn state").
13. "it's not right but it's okay (thunderpuss 2000 club mix)," whitney houston (1999). a thundering house anthem, and the gay club track of '99.
14. "race for the prize," flaming lips (1999). epic-yet-focused psychedelia.
15. "bachelorette," bjork (1998). "I'm a fountain of blood, in the shape of a girl."
16. "runaway," nuyorican soul featuring india (1997). disco as life preserver.
17. "flava in ya ear (the bad boy remix)," craig mack featuring the notorious b.i.g., busta rhymes, rampage, and l.l. cool j (1994). yet another killer biggie verse, along wit' killas from the rest.
18. "bitter sweet symphony," the verve (1998). britrock at its grandest.
19. "born slippy (nuxx)," underworld (1996). "korea, korea, the reverend al green," or something.
20. "de-luxe," lush (1990). the essence of dreampop, female division, par excellence.
21. "crush on you (remix)," lil' kim featuring lil' cease (1997). wonderfully commercial.
22. "erotica (masters at work underground club mix)," madonna (1992). as sleazy as it wants to be.
23. "creep," tlc (1995). oh-so-slinky r-and-b.
24. "outside your door," me'shell ndegeocello (1994). oh-so-romantic r-and-b.
25. "romantic," karyn white (1991). oh-so-danceable r-and-b.
26. "ascension (don't ever wonder)," maxwell (1996). oh-so-reassuring r-and-b.
27. "ex-factor," lauryn hill (1998). oh-so-pained r-and-b.
28. "this must be the place I waited years to leave," pet shop boys (1990). most men lead lives of quiet desperation.
29. "burn (from natural born killers)," nine inch nails (1994). I've got the gasoline, who's got the match?
30. "miracles keep on playin' (red alert remix)," basement jaxx (1998). "[jaxx] fucked house music up the ass." - armand van helden.
31. "resurrection '95," common sense (1995). back 'n the day, when he was a young buck.
32. "if I lose my woman (m.a.w. mix)," kenny lattimore (1999). silkily soulful house made from silky r-and-b.
33. "before (classic paradise mix - love to infinity)," pet shop boys (1997). I'm tired.