#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 16 - Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy Could’ve pick almost anything off any of their first three LPs, obviously, but there’s something almost superhuman about this song. Impossible to improve. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmr...

#WeekendSingles Just a couple of additions this week: EBTG’s Ben Watt’s debut from 1981 and Marianne Faithfull’s debut (I think) from 1964.

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 15 - Madonna - Vogue Looking at Madonna’s discography, one is left breathless by the relentless barrage of insanely good songs: I think most people, not just those of my generation and sexuality, will have to agree. She remains unmatched. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQ...

Very excited about seeing the gorgeous Gwenno here in Brighton tonight. I had a taster when she did a short set before signing her records at an event this summer, but otherwise first time! Support is from Breton and fellow linguist Quinquis. Can’t wait!

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 14 - Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison Kirsty was one of the best and most underrated artists of her time, she was clever and cool and she released some brilliant records. I still miss her and get a little maudlin when I listen to her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHTx...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 13 - Lush - Nothing Natural Those first Lush EPs were just so gorgeous, I could have picked any song really. I actually really liked it when they went pop later on, but the energy here is so compelling, it’s another world altogether. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUuC...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 12 - k.d. lang - Constant Craving In the 90s k.d. decided to lighten up on the C&W and released a string of wonderful, more pop-oriented albums. The first, Ingénue, featured this gorgeous song, arguably the one she’s most famous for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqP...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 11 - The KLF - Last Train to Trancentral For 18 months in the early 90s the KLF were the only group that mattered: they released a string of absolute bangers, sold a shedload of records, ruffled a few feathers, then disappeared. Genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_z...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 10 - Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost From Kristin’s perfect debut album, just voice, guitar and cello and featuring haunting harmonies from REM heartthrob Stipe. If I had ranked my choices this would have featured much, much later in the month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfW4...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 9 - Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover Ah, that Funky Drummer sample... Very few songs create such a strong connection with a certain time in my life and when I hear this it’s summer 92 all over again and I’m 23! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6r...

Hey #weekendsingles people living down saarf, there’s a record fair in Brighton & Hove in a couple of weeks (Sunday 23rd) - anyone fancy joining me? www.keyringrecords.co.uk/hove

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 8 - PJ Harvey - Down by the Water I don’t always love what PJ releases, but when she hits like she hits here she has no rivals. Almost 35 years into her career she remains one of Britain's most consistently interesting musicians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 7 - Everything but the Girl - Walking Wounded After spending the first half of the 90s making tasteful but unremarkable music, EBTG reinvented themselves via *that* remix and came out with one of their (and the decade’s) best songs and LPs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBQm...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 6 - Dubstar - Not So Manic Now Dubstar are the only band I can think of that sounds like both Kylie and Cocteau Twins (with a dash of Pet Shop Boys). Also clever dark tale/upbeat track contrast in this. Should've done better in the charts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHp...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 5 - Deee-Lite - The Power of Love The fact that they’re mostly known for (the brilliant) Groove Is in the Heart is an affront to what came after it. Deee-Lite released some of the best dance music of the 90s, just listen to this banger! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOdh...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 4 - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas Ever wondered what falling in love sounds like? To me it sounds like this. If pushed, I’d say this is the LP I’d take to a deserted island (with turnable). Never turned down a chance to play it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KnY...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 3 - Björk - Jóga Björk’s first three albums are, for me, almost flawless so choosing just one track was tough. This is on the cusp of her leaving the mainstream for increasingly challenging places, but still mesmerising and spine-tingling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=loB0...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 2 - Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane When B&S arrived in our lives, they filled that Smiths-shaped hole and for a while couldn’t put a foot wrong. This is probably my favourite track off those fabulous 1997-2001 Jeepster EPs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Zb...

#90sTop30 (alphabetical) 1 - Tori Amos - Jackie’s Strength I’m not very good at ranking, as my favourites change all the time so I’ll go alpha. I'll start with a song that sometimes moves me to the point I have to switch off my stereo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WE...

#90sTop30 Random Order Bubbling under (last one, I promise) - The Would Be’s - I’m Hardly Ever Wrong ...and speaking of criminally underrated... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc6r...

#90sTop30 Random Order Bubbling under - The Other Two - Tasty Fish Criminally underrated New Order side-project, I’d have thought Gillian could get some lead vocal spots of subsequent NO releases, surely? www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpF1...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 31 - M People - One Night in Heaven Brings me back to my disco bunny days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YLZ...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 32 - Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 🇦🇺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1X...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 33 - The Cardigans - Carnival 🇸🇪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bK5...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 34 - Elastica - Connection One of the saving graces of Britpop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHU-...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 35 - Prince & The New Power Generation - Cream Deliciously filthy and ridiculously unsubtle. Love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrbF...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 36 - Suzanne Vega - Caramel Seeing her tomorrow night for the thousandth time, can’t wait! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD7T...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 37 - Janet Jackson - That’s the Way Love Goes www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b_K...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 38 - Michael Jackson - Remember the Time www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeiF...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 39 - En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuY...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 40 - Air - Sexy Boy www.youtube.com/watch?v=wouK...

#WeekendSingles Good morning from the south coast. Here’s what I got this week. Really chuffed to have finally found that original 12” of Going Down to Liverpool featuring three pre-major label tunes on the B.

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 41 - Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Went with the populist choice, but there’s no denying that this is a epic wonder of a song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSK...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 42 - Leftfield - Open Up www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZj9...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 43 - Sugarcubes - Hit More from Björk in the top 30, obviously. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fA...

#RIPDaveBall Sad news today... www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdLu...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 44 - Annie Lennox - Why Love a bit of drama, especially with feathers and costume jewellery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7I...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 45 - James - Lose Control Love this, my favourite of theirs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrPE...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 46 - Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor Played Miseducation a gazillion times in 98/99, this still gives me goosebumps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE-b...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 47 - David Bowie - I Can’t Read I guess David wasn’t too hip in the 90s, thankfully he didn’t care and still produced excellent stuff like this hidden gem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a32N...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 48 - Beth Orton - Stolen Car www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ35...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 49 - Billy Bragg - Sexuality With a little help from Kirsty and Johnny ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xsv...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 50 - Shara Nelson - One Goodbye in Ten With a little help from the Saint Etienne boys 🌸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDws...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 51 - Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqCp...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 52 - Jesus Loves You - Generations of Love www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-t7...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 53 - Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels 🐮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fX...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 54 - Daft Punk - Da Funk For a few months in 96-7 there was only Daft Punk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi6...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 55 - Lenny Kravitz - It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over Lenny being a bit Marvin and a bit Prince and a tiny bit Jimi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmEN...

#90sTop30 Random Order - Runner-up 56 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground take me down... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBZ...