Today's section was incredible. So many personal favorites and solid choices. I was glad to see some acclaim for "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space," my number 3 track of all time which is inexplicably absent from the AM 3000. The only really surprising choices were "Girls and Boys" (I like the song, but over "Song 2," "Coffee and TV," "This is a Low," and "For Tomorrow?") and "Needle in the Hay" (I thought "Waltz #2" or "Between the Bars" would be the Elliott Smith choice). There were so many great songs today that I'm not sure what's left for the top 20.

Nirvana, Pavement, Radiohead and Beck are all locks for tomorrow I bet. What else is going to be there? Has there been any Weezer yet?

I'd like to see Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge," but I doubt that Pitchfork would place it so high. Then again, before this week I never thought that I would see "November Rain" on a Pitchfork list either.

I LOVE YOU JESUS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST.

Trailer Trash for Modest Mouse was absolutely perfect. I've just got into that album and I think it's brilliant, and that song is truly great.

Slightly sad Massive Attack did so poorly (can't remember the number). Unfinished Sympathy surely is a masterpiece.

Here are my predictions for the top 20. I'm really confident about these 14:

Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Beck - "Loser"
Pavement - "Summer Babe"
My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945"
Pulp - "Common People"
Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a G Thang"
Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
Wu-Tang Clan - "C.R.E.A.M."
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
Aphex Twin - "Windowlicker"
DJ Shadow - "Midnight in a Perfect World"

Not so sure about these six:

Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"
Belle and Sebastian - "The State I Am In"
Bjork - "Hyperballad" (could be a lot of different songs for her)
Talk Talk - "Ascension Day"
Rage Against the Machine - "Killing in the Name"
Mazzy Star - "Fade into You"

I've never seen so many people liking a Pitchfork list before

and a Belle and Sebastian track to pick is something pretty hard to do, i have no idea which one is going to make it, although i do know it will be a "If you're feeling sinister" one (here's some hoping for "Seeing Other People" or "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying"), but i would be great if it was The State I Am In.

My predictions weren't that bad! That Aaliyah song came out of nowhere, but I should have remembered their OutKast fetish. I knew I had a lot of those artists right, it was just really hard to pick the songs for them.

As far as the picks themselves go, I really like "Gold Soundz," but it makes no sense as a number one pick for a decade. I guess it's more interesting than going with "Paranoid Android" or "Smells Like Teen Spirit," but it just doesn't feel right. In fact, something felt a little awkward about the whole top twenty. I think I preferred yesterday's section to today's.

good stuff on the list, but, as the resident Madonna Acclaim seeker, pretty disappointing that there wasn't a single Madonna entry- especially when something like "Motownphilly"- as one example- is on there. "Vogue," "Ray of Light" or "Beautiful Stranger," for example, aren't "cool" enough for Pitchfork critics?

despise "Motownphilly" or anything, but I don't find it to be one of the best tracks of the 90s- at least when others that are more deserving are not ranked. "Motownphilly" doesn't even show up on the AM site in terms of acclaim- but, every now and then, a stray, non-acclaimed track makes it onto a big list, so there ya go.

Loved seeing Biggie so high, he's my favorite rapper, and the only with 2 songs in my top 100. Now, since everyone's curious, my top rap songs (Not all are top 100):
1. Juicy - Biggie
2. The Message - Grandmaster Flash
3. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
4. Big Poppa - Biggie
5. Rock Box - Run DMC
6. Lose Yourself - Eminem
7. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
8. Walk This Way - Run DMC
9. Express Yourself - N.W.A
10. Hypnotize - Biggie

be more impressed with Slant's upcoming Best of the 90s list (set for early next year), as it undoubtedly will have at least one Madonna track on it.

Listyguy, no female rap songs? Do you have a favorite?

Hmm... Female Rap?
I'd have to go with Blondie's "Rapture"

Female rappers to me only Missy and Lauryn. I wish i could like Lil Kim, but i just can't...

I really want a Slant list, it will be full of females: Bjork, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan and then the bunch of classics we've since known from that terrific decade.

Slant is not afraid to show the female love, and include pop along with the indie-type tracks. I'd think that Madonna could place with "Vogue" and something from the Ray of Light era.

RE female rappers- what about Salt-N-Pepa? Queen Latifah also would be another of the "pioneers." But, yeah, in terms of overall consistency and output, Missy Elliott is the one to beat. Lauryn Hill finally has another album in the works, so we'll see how she shapes up.

From Slant.. well, i'm not afraid to say that Madonna might be the largest number of songs and then, Ray of Light is a lock of the favorite albums, and we might see Erotica too, which is very underrated in my opinion.

I've always appreciated the cold, icy intent of (most of) Erotica and I respect that direction. But, for my own taste, I enjoy listening to other Madonna albums more- Like a Prayer and Ray of Light, particularly. The critics have gotten it right in citing those as her finest studio albums.

I'm not sure if Slant also will do an albums list in conjunction with the songs list. I'll ask.

I know you include "See also..." features for other features, but I gather you do not want the "See also..." songs that follow each entry, as that's an additional 300 tracks (in some cases, the tracks are ones by the same act)

200. Transformer 2, "Fruit of Love (Techno Mix)"
199. Lambchop, "Your Fucking Sunny Day"
198. Dillinja, "The Angels Fell"
197. Danzig, "Mother '93"
196. Tindersticks, "City Sickness"
195. Cutty Ranks, "Limb By Limb"
194. Boyz II Men, "Motownphilly"
193. Positive K, "I Got a Man"
192. Harvey Danger, "Flagpole Sitta"
191. Digable Planets, "9th Wonder (Blackitolism)"
190. Refused, "New Noise"
189. The Sundays, "Here's Where the Story Ends"
188. Halo Benders, "Virginia Reel Around the Fountain"
187. Arab Strap, "The First Big Weekend"
186. Isolée, "Beau Mot Plage"
185. Herbert and Dani Siciliano, "So Now..."
184. The Cure, "A Letter to Elise"
183. Mercury Rev, "Holes"
182. Opus III, "It's a Fine Day (Club Remix)"
181. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Red Right Hand"
180. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Bellbottoms"
179. Field Mice, "Missing the Moon"
178. Broadcast, "Echo's Answer"
177. Boredoms, "Super Are"
176. Orbital, "Chime"
175. Stone Temple Pilots, "Interstate Love Song"
174. The Boo Radleys, "Lazarus"
173. Shudder to Think, "X-French Tee Shirt"
172. Gang Starr, "Mass Appeal"
171. Black Box, "Everybody Everybody"
170. Noreaga, "SuperThug"
169. Suede, "We Are the Pigs"
168. Alice in Chains, "Would?"
167. Apollo Two, "Atlantis (I Need You) (LTJ Bukem Remix)"
166. En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
165. Helium, "Pat's Trick"
164. The Auteurs, "Unsolved Child Murder"
163. The Afghan Whigs, "Gentlemen"
162. Red House Painters, "Katy Song"
161. Kelis, "Caught Out There"
160. Mogwai, "Mogwai Fear Satan"
159. The Roots, "The Next Movement"
158. White Town, "Your Woman"
157. Juvenile, "Ha"
156. Omni Trio, "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"
155. Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
154. Pharoahe Monch, "Simon Says"
153. The Clientele, "We Could Walk Together"
152. Jane's Addiction, "Stop!"
151. Green Day, "Longview"
150. Fatboy Slim, "Praise You"
149. Matthew Sweet, "Girlfriend"
148. Slint, "Good Morning, Captain"
147. The Future Sound of London, "Papua New Guinea"
146. Julee Cruise, "Falling"
145. Ride, "Vapour Trail"
144. Mos Def, "Ms. Fat Booty"
143. The Olivia Tremor Control, "Hideaway"
142. Goodie Mob, "Cell Therapy"
141. Brian Eno/John Cale, "Lay My Love"
140. Guns N' Roses, "November Rain"
139. Acen, "Trip II the Moon [Pt. 1 and 2]"
138. The Lemonheads, "It's a Shame About Ray"
137. Pet Shop Boys, "Being Boring"
136. UGK, "One Day"
135. Super Furry Animals, "Ice Hockey Hair"
134. Moby, "Go"
133. Pearl Jam, "Yellow Ledbetter"
132. Ice Cube, "Wicked"
131. Unrest, "Make Out Club"
130. Jawbox, "Savory"
129. Cat Power, "Cross Bones Style"
128. Supergrass, "Caught By the Fuzz"
127. Digital Underground, "The Humpty Dance"
126. Huggy Bear, "Her Jazz"
125. Spacehog, "In the Meantime"
124. James, "Laid"
123. The Jesus Lizard, "Mouth Breather"
122. Tricky, "Christiansands"
121. Raekwon [ft. Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna], "Ice Cream"
120. Eminem, "My Name Is..."
119. Len, "Steal My Sunshine"
118. Morrissey, "Now My Heart Is Full"
117. Black Star [ft. Common], "Respiration"
116. The House Crew, "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)"
115. Black Sheep, "The Choice is Yours (Revisited)"
114. TLC, "Creep"
113. Cornershop, "Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)"
112. Daniel Johnston, "Some Things Last a Long Time"
111. The La's, "There She Goes"
110. Common Sense, "I Used to Love H.E.R."
109. Tortoise, "Djed"
108. Warren G [ft. Nate Dogg], "Regulate"
107. 2Pac [ft. Shock G and Money-B], "I Get Around"
106. New Radicals, "You Get What You Give"
105. Happy Mondays, "Kinky Afro"
104. Ginuwine, "Pony"
103. Silver Jews, "Random Rules"
102. The Magnetic Fields, "Book of Love"
101. Snoop Doggy Dogg, "Gin & Juice"

100. Galaxie 500, "Fourth of July"
99. Ghost Town DJs, "My Boo"
98. Elastica, "Stutter"
97. Luniz, "I Got 5 on It"
96. Primal Scream, "Higher Than the Sun"
95. Lauryn Hill, "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
94. Stereolab, "French Disko"
93. Dinosaur Jr., "Start Choppin'"
92. Hole, "Violet"
91. Jeff Buckley, "Last Goodbye"
90. Ol' Dirty Bastard [ft. Kelis], "Got Your Money"
89. Smog, "Teenage Spaceship"
88. Souls of Mischief, "93 'Til Infinity"
87. Liz Phair, "Fuck and Run"
86. Bell Biv DeVoe, "Poison"
85. Air, "All I Need"
84. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, "Tha Crossroads"
83. Sleater-Kinney, "Dig Me Out"
82. Blackstreet [ft. Dr. Dre], "No Diggity"
81. Superchunk, "Slack Motherfucker"
80. The KLF, "Wichita Lineman Was a Song I Once Heard"
79. George Michael, "Freedom! 90"
78. Erykah Badu, "On & On"
77. Archers of Loaf, "Web in Front"
76. D'Angelo, "Brown Sugar"
75. Jim O'Rourke, "Halfway to a Threeway"
74. Wilco, "Via Chicago"
73. Disco Inferno, "Love Stepping Out"
72. R.E.M., "Nightswimming"
71. Arthur Russell, "This Is How We Walk on the Moon"
70. Boards of Canada, "Roygbiv"
69. Basement Jaxx, "Red Alert"
68. Saint Etienne, "Avenue"
67. Bikini Kill, "Rebel Girl"
66. The Cardigans, "Lovefool"
65. Mary J. Blige, "Real Love"
64. The Dismemberment Plan, "The City"
63. Modest Mouse, "Trailer Trash"
62. Jay-Z, "Dead Presidents II"
61. Pixies, "Alec Eiffel"
60. Sonic Youth, "100%"
59. Deee-Lite, "Groove Is in the Heart"
58. Fugazi, "Repeater"
57. The Beta Band, "Dry the Rain"
56. Godspeed You Black Emperor! "Moya"
55. Ghostface Killah, "Daytona 500"
54. Portishead, "Glory Box"
53. De La Soul, "A Rollerskating Jam Named 'Saturdays'"
52. The Stone Roses, "I Wanna Be Adored"
51. Public Enemy, "Brothers Gonna Work It Out"
50. Oasis, "Live Forever"
49. Yo La Tengo, "Autumn Sweater"
48. Foo Fighters, "Everlong"
47. PJ Harvey, "Rid of Me"
46. Stardust, "Music Sounds Better With You"
45. Geto Boys, "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
44. Massive Attack, "Unfinished Sympathy"
43. The Chemical Brothers [ft. Noel Gallagher], "Setting Sun"
42. Nine Inch Nails, "Closer"
41. The Pharcyde, "Passin' Me By"
40. The Orb, "Little Fluffy Clouds"
39. Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
38. A Tribe Called Quest, "Check the Rhime"
37. Sinéad O'Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U"
36. Guided by Voices, "Game of Pricks"
35. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"
34. New Order, "Regret"
33. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
32. Bonnie "Prince" Billy, "I See a Darkness"
31. Underworld, "Born Slippy .NUXX"
30. The Flaming Lips, "Race for the Prize"
29. The Verve, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
28. Nas, "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
27. Elliott Smith, "Needle in the Hay"
26. Blur, "Girls & Boys"
25. Mobb Deep, "Shook Ones Part II"
24. Built to Spill, "Car"
23. Spiritualized, "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (Elvis Version)"
22. The Breeders, "Cannonball"
21. The Smashing Pumpkins, "1979"
20. DJ Shadow, "Midnight in a Perfect World"
19. Mazzy Star, "Fade Into You"
18. Daft Punk, "Da Funk"
17. Belle and Sebastian, "The State I Am In"
16. OutKast, "Spottieottedopalicious"
15. Depeche Mode, "Enjoy the Silence"
14. The Notorious B.I.G., "Juicy"
13. Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
12. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker"
11. Björk, "Hyperballad"
10. Weezer, "Say It Ain't So"
9. Beck, "Loser"
8. Aaliyah, "Are You That Somebody?"
7. Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland, 1945"
6. My Bloody Valentine, "Only Shallow"
5. Wu-Tang Clan, "Protect Ya Neck"
4. Radiohead, "Paranoid Android"
3. Dr. Dre [ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg], "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"
2. Pulp, "Common People"
1. Pavement, "Gold Soundz"