Artist	Song
R.E.M.	Losing My Religion
from Out of Time (2004)
Radiohead	Creep
from The Best of Radiohead (2008)
The Breeders	Cannonball
from Rhino Hi-Five: Modern Rock Blender - EP (2005)
Counting Crows	Mr. Jones
from August and Everything After (1993)
Soul Asylum	Runaway Train
from Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2000)
Blind Melon	No Rain
from The Best of Blind Melon (2005)
Live	I Alone
from Throwing Copper (1994)
The Cure	Friday I'm In Love
from The Cure: Greatest Hits (2007)
Collective Soul	Shine
from 7even Year Itch - Greatest Hits 1994-2001 (2001)
Veruca Salt	Seether
from American Thighs (1994)
Candlebox	Far Behind
from Candlebox (2005)
The Offspring	Come Out and Play
from Smash (2008)
The Proclaimers	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
from Sunshine On Leith (2006)
Screaming Trees	Nearly Lost You
from Ocean of Confusion - Songs of Screaming Trees 1990-1996 (2005)
Concrete Blonde	Joey
from Bloodletting (1990)
blur	Girls & Boys
from Parklife (1994)
Paul Westerberg	Dyslexic Heart
from Singles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1992)
Spin Doctors	Two Princes
from Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
Belly	Feed the Tree
from Star (2010)
The Posies	Dream All Day
from The Best of the Posies - Dream All Day (2000)
The Flaming Lips	She Don't Use Jelly
from Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (2008)
Porno for Pyros	Pets
from Porno for Pyros (2008)
James	Laid
from The Best of James (1999)
Rollins Band	Low Self Opinion
from The End of Silence (1995)
Mudhoney	Touch Me I'm Sick
from Superfuzz Bigmuff (2008)
L7	Pretend We're Dead
from Bricks Are Heavy (2009)
Morphine	Buena
from Cure for Pain (2006)
G. Love & Special Sauce	Cold Beverage
from G. Love and Special Sauce (1994)

Comment:

From its earliest spins on low-watt, high-cred college stations to its complete domination of all things radio, alt rock left too big a footprint for a single playlist. So we’ve returned with a second helping. With small-town roots and big-time angst, R.E.M. strikes at Gen X’s core philosophy in “Losing My Religion,” a Kodak moment of ambivalence with a side of jangly guitar. Don’t just take our word for it; both [i]NME[/i] and [i]Melody Maker[/i] named “Cannonball” — the Breeders’ sexy, seductive mash-up of grunge and goofiness — Song of the Year. And if you had [i]any[/i] doubt how mainstream alt rock had become, Soul Asylum (thanks largely to the success of “Runaway Train,” their rootsy account of a life gone off the rails) performed at President Clinton’s inauguration in 1993. From the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the Beastie Boys, Counting Crows to 10,000 Maniacs, this is the perfect place to catch up on the life-altering alt rock that was just too important to overlook, too colossal to contain.

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