Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box

Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	2005
Recorded	1989–1999
Genre	Rock, pop
Label	Rhino Records

Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box is a seven-disc, 130-track box set of popular music hits of the 1990s. Released by Rhino Records in 2005, the box set was based on the success of Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, and Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally), Rhino's box sets covering the 1970s and 1980s respectively.

Whatever includes an 86-page booklet of cultural comment, a timeline for the decade, and liner notes for the tracks included in the set. Many of the 1990s musical styles — rock, pop, rap, alternative— are represented. The collection was packaged with coffee beans and was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "five absurd CD packages".^[1]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "U Can't Touch This" – MC Hammer (from Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, 1990)
2. "Nothing Compares 2 U" – Sinéad O'Connor (from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, 1990)
3. "No Myth" – Michael Penn (from March, 1989)
4. "Ladies First" – Queen Latifah featuring Monie Love (from All Hail the Queen, 1989)
5. "Ball and Chain" – Social Distortion (from Social Distortion, 1990)
6. "Birdhouse in Your Soul" – They Might Be Giants (from Flood, 1990)
7. "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" – Mother Love Bone (from Shine, 1989)
8. "Here's Where the Story Ends" – The Sundays (from Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, 1990)
9. "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – C+C Music Factory (from Gonna Make You Sweat, 1990)
10. "Groove Is in the Heart" – Deee-Lite (from World Clique, 1990)
11. "Right Here, Right Now" – Jesus Jones (from Doubt, 1990)
12. "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" – Ice-T (from New Jack City (soundtrack), 1991)
13. "I Touch Myself" – Divinyls (from Divinyls, 1991)
14. "Unbelievable" – EMF (from Schubert Dip, 1991)
15. "Hard to Handle" – The Black Crowes (from Shake Your Money Maker, 1990)
16. "O.P.P." – Naughty by Nature (from Naughty by Nature, 1991)
17. "Walking in Memphis" – Marc Cohn (from Marc Cohn, 1991)
18. "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" – Boyz II Men (from Cooleyhighharmony, 1991)

Disc 2

1. "Silent Lucidity" – Queensrÿche (from Empire, 1990)
2. "Into the Drink" – Mudhoney (from Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, 1991)
3. "Girlfriend" – Matthew Sweet (from Girlfriend, 1991)
4. "I'm Too Sexy" – Right Said Fred (from Up, 1992)
5. "Calling All Angels" – Jane Siberry with k.d. lang (from Calling All Angels, 1991)
6. "Only Shallow" – My Bloody Valentine (from Loveless, 1991)
7. "It's a Shame About Ray" – The Lemonheads (from It's a Shame About Ray, 1992)
8. "Baby Got Back" – Sir Mix-a-Lot (from Mack Daddy, 1992)
9. "They Want EFX" – Das EFX (from Dead Serious, 1992)
10. "Jump" – Kris Kross (from Totally Krossed Out, 1992)
11. "Walk" – Pantera (from Vulgar Display of Power, 1992)
12. "N.W.O." – Ministry (from Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, 1992)
13. "Shitlist" – L7 (from Bricks Are Heavy, 1992)
14. "Absynthe" – The Gits (from Frenching the Bully, 1992)
15. "Coattail Rider" – Supersuckers (from The Smoke of Hell, 1992)
16. "Runaway Train" – Soul Asylum (from Grave Dancers Union, 1992)
17. "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" – Spin Doctors (from Pocket Full of Kryptonite, 1991)
18. "Dizz Knee Land" – dada (from Puzzle, 1992)
19. "Nearly Lost You" – Screaming Trees (from Sweet Oblivion, 1992)

Disc 3

1. "Under the Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (from Blood Sugar Sex Magik, 1991)
2. "Unsung" – Helmet (from Meantime, 1992)
3. "Jump Around" – House of Pain (from House of Pain, 1992)
4. "Free Your Mind" – En Vogue (from Funky Divas, 1992)
5. "Rump Shaker" – Wreckx-n-Effect (from Hard or Smooth, 1992)
6. "Informer" – Snow (from 12 Inches of Snow, 1993)
7. "Connected" – Stereo MCs (from Connected, 1992)
8. "Detachable Penis" – King Missile (from Happy Hour, 1992)
9. "Freak Me" – Silk (from Lose Control, 1992)
10. "Ordinary World" – Duran Duran (from Duran Duran, 1993)
11. "If I Can't Change Your Mind" – Sugar (from Copper Blue, 1992)
12. "Three Little Pigs" – Green Jellÿ (from Cereal Killer, 1992)
13. "Start Choppin" – Dinosaur Jr. (from Where You Been, 1993)
14. "The Devil's Chasing Me" – The Reverend Horton Heat (from The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat, 1993)
15. "Gone to the Moon" – Fastbacks (from Zücker, 1993)
16. "My Name Is Mud" – Primus (from Pork Soda, 1993)
17. "What's Up?" – 4 Non Blondes (from Bigger, Better, Faster, More!, 1992)

Disc 4

1. "Thunder Kiss '65" – White Zombie (from La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One, 1992)
2. "Whoomp! (There It Is)" – Tag Team (from Whoomp! (There It Is), 1993)
3. "Broken Hearted Savior" – Big Head Todd and the Monsters (from Sister Sweetly, 1993)
4. "Trust Me" – Guru (with N'Dea Davenport) (from Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, 1993)
5. "Gepetto" – Belly (from Star, 1993)
6. "Eye to Eye" – The Muffs (from The Muffs, 1993)
7. "Gentlemen" – The Afghan Whigs (from Gentlemen, 1993)
8. "Leafy Incline" – Tad (from Inhaler, 1993)
9. "Dream All Day" – The Posies (from Frosting on the Beater, 1993)
10. "Hey Jealousy" – Gin Blossoms (from New Miserable Experience, 1992)
11. "My Sister" – The Juliana Hatfield Three (from Become What You Are, 1993)
12. "Whatta Man" – Salt-N-Pepa (with En Vogue) (from Very Necessary, 1993)
13. "Back & Forth" – Aaliyah (from Age Ain't Nothing but a Number, 1994)
14. "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" – Meshell Ndegeocello (from Plantation Lullabies, 1993)
15. "Freedom of '76" – Ween (from Chocolate and Cheese, 194)
16. "Cut Your Hair" – Pavement (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)
17. "God" – Tori Amos (from Under the Pink, 1994)
18. "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" – Crash Test Dummies (from God Shuffled His Feet, 1993)
19. "Possession" – Sarah McLachlan (from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, 1993)

Disc 5

1. "Shine" – Collective Soul (from Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, 1993)
2. "Far Behind" – Candlebox (from Candlebox, 1993)
3. "You Gotta Be" – Des'ree (from I Ain't Movin', 1994)
4. "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" – Urge Overkill (from Stull (EP), 1992)
5. "She Don't Use Jelly" – The Flaming Lips (from Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, 1993)
6. "M.I.A." – 7 Year Bitch (from ¡Viva Zapata!, 1994)
7. "21st Century (Digital Boy)" – Bad Religion (from Against the Grain, 1990)
8. "Sugar Free Jazz" – Soul Coughing (from Ruby Vroom, 1994)
9. "Mockingbirds" – Grant Lee Buffalo (from Mighty Joe Moon, 1994)
10. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" – R.E.M. (from Monster, 1994)
11. "Revolve" – Melvins (from Stoner Witch, 1994)
12. "Buddy Holly" – Weezer (from Weezer (Blue Album), 1994)
13. "Here & Now" – Letters to Cleo (from Aurora Gory Alice, 1993)
14. "Good" – Better Than Ezra (from Deluxe, 1993)
15. "Run-Around" – Blues Traveler (from Four (Blues Traveler album), 1994)
16. "I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends)" – The Rembrandts (from L.P., 1995)
17. "Tomorrow" – Silverchair (from Frogstomp, 1995)
18. "Not a Pretty Girl" – Ani DiFranco (from Not a Pretty Girl, 1995)
19. "Carnival" – Natalie Merchant (from Tigerlily, 1995)

Disc 6

1. "Wonderwall" – Oasis (from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, 1995)
2. "Birthday Cake" – Cibo Matto (from Viva! La Woman, 1996)
3. "Cumbersome" – Seven Mary Three (from American Standard, 1995)
4. "One of Us" – Joan Osborne (from Relish, 1995)
5. "Caught by the Fuzz" – Supergrass (from I Should Coco, 1995)
6. "Sweet '69" – Babes in Toyland (from Nemesisters, 1995)
7. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something (from 11th Song, 1993)
8. "Photograph" – The Verve Pipe (from Villains, 1996)
9. "In the Meantime" – Spacehog (from Resident Alien, 1995)
10. "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" (featuring Rampage the Last Boy Scout) – Busta Rhymes (from The Coming, 1996)
11. "Who Will Save Your Soul" – Jewel (from Pieces of You, 1995)
12. "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" – Primitive Radio Gods (from Rocket, 1996)
13. "Cybele's Reverie" – Stereolab (from Cybele's Reverie, 1996)
14. "Capri Pants" – Bikini Kill (from Reject All American, 1996)
15. "What I Got" – Sublime (from Sublime, 1996)
16. "Kung Fu" – Ash (from 1977, 1996)
17. "Virtual Insanity" – Jamiroquai (from Travelling Without Moving, 1996)
18. "Naked Eye" – Luscious Jackson (from Fever In Fever Out, 1996)
19. "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" – Wilco (from Being There, 1996)

Disc 7

1. "Itzsoweezee (HOT)" – De La Soul (from Stakes Is High, 1996)
2. "Lovefool" – The Cardigans (from First Band on the Moon, 1996)
3. "Radiation Vibe" – Fountains of Wayne (from Fountains of Wayne, 1996)
4. "The Impression That I Get" – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (from Let's Face It, 1997)
5. "Turn It On" – Sleater-Kinney (from Dig Me Out, 1997)
6. "Bitch" – Meredith Brooks (from Blurring the Edges, 1997)
7. "MMMBop" – Hanson (from Middle of Nowhere, 1997)
8. "Brian Wilson (Live)" – Barenaked Ladies (from Gordon, 1992)
9. "Brick" – Ben Folds Five (from Whatever and Ever Amen, 1997)
10. "Sex and Candy" – Marcy Playground (from Marcy Playground, 1997)
11. "Walkin' on the Sun" – Smash Mouth (from Fush Yu Mang, 1997)
12. "Tubthumping" – Chumbawamba (from Tubthumper, 1997)
13. "6 Underground" – Sneaker Pimps (from Becoming X, 1997)
14. "Lullaby" – Shawn Mullins (from Soul's Core, 1998)
15. "Slide" – Goo Goo Dolls (from Dizzy Up the Girl, 1998)
16. "Kiss Me" – Sixpence None the Richer (from Sixpence None the Richer, 1997)
17. "Steal My Sunshine" – Len (from You Can't Stop the Bum Rush, 1999)
18. "What It's Like" – Everlast (from Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, 1998)
19. "Natural Blues" – Moby (from Play, 1999)

References

1. "Archived copy". pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.