Now That's What I Call the 1990s

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Now That's What I Call the 1990s
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 9, 2010
Recorded1992-1999
Genre Alternative
Length73:29
Label EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! 36
(2010)
Now That's What I Call the 1990s
(2010)
Now That's What I Call Music! 37
(2011)

Now That's What I Call the 1990s is a special edition compilation album from the (U.S.) Now! series released on November 9, 2010. [1] It entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at No. 173 in the issue dated November 27, 2010.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."You Get What You Give" New Radicals (1998)4:40
2."Two Princes" Spin Doctors (1993)4:15
3."One Week" Barenaked Ladies (1998)2:49
4."Bitch" Meredith Brooks (1997)4:13
5."If It Makes You Happy" Sheryl Crow (1996)4:31
6."One of Us" Joan Osborne (1995)4:16
7."Stay (I Missed You)" Lisa Loeb (1994)3:05
8."You Gotta Be" Des'ree (1994)4:06
9."Ordinary World" Duran Duran (1993)4:40
10."Lullaby" Shawn Mullins (1998)4:33
11."I'll Be" Edwin McCain (1998)4:27
12."If You Could Only See" Tonic (1997)4:23
13."Everything You Want" Vertical Horizon (1999)4:16
14."Father of Mine" Everclear (1998)3:53
15."I Alone" Live (1994)3:51
16."Shine" Collective Soul (1993/1997)5:07
17."No Rain" Blind Melon (1992)3:36
18."What I Got" Sublime (1996)2:53

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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According to Andrew Leahey of Allmusic, Now That's What I Call the 1990s is a "narrow-minded compilation" with a mix of pop songs and alternative music which focuses on the second half of the decade and ignores "grunge, Euro-dance, and teen pop". [2]

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References

  1. Now 90s, Amazon.com
  2. 1 2 Leahey, Andrew. "Now That's What I Call the 1990s - Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 2010-11-11.