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KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns by Year
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Top 300 Songs of the 90s 500 Most Requested of All-Time (Memorial Day 2006) KROQ's Labor Day 90's 500 (2007) KROQ Memorial 500 (Memorial Day 2008)

Countdown commentary

The KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

311

Down

311

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2.

The Smashing Pumpkins

1979

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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3.

No Doubt

Spiderwebs

Tragic Kingdom

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4.

Sublime

What I Got

Sublime

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5.

Rage Against the Machine

Bulls On Parade

Evil Empire

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6.

Beck

Where It's At

Odelay

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7.

Stone Temple Pilots

Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

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8.

Garbage

Stupid Girl

Garbage

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9.

Porno For Pyros

Tahitian Moon

Good God's Urge

-

10.

Bush

Machinehead

Sixteen Stone

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11.

No Doubt

Don't Speak

Tragic Kingdom

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12.

Butthole Surfers

Pepper

Electriclarryland

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13.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Zero

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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14.

Oasis

Wonderwall

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

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15.

311

All Mixed Up

311

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16.

No Doubt

Just A Girl

Tragic Kingdom

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17.

Soundgarden

Burden In My Hand

Down on the Upside

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18.

Green Day

Brain Stew

Insomniac

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19.

Bush

Swallowed

Razorblade Suitcase

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20.

Alanis Morissette

Ironic

Jagged Little Pill

 

21.

Cake

The Distance

Fashion Nugget

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22.

Stone Temple Pilots

Big Bang Baby

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

 

23.

Primitive Radio Gods

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand

Rocket

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24.

Garbage

#1 Crush

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25.

Rage Against the Machine

People Of The Sun

Evil Empire

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26.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Tonight, Tonight

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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27.

Lush

Ladykillers

-

-

28.

Bush

Glycerine

Sixteen Stone

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29.

No Doubt

Happy Now?

Tragic Kingdom

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30.

Everclear

Santa Monica

Sparkle And Fade

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31.

Gravity Kills

Guilty

Gravity Kills

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32.

Alanis Morissette

You Learn

Jagged Little Pill

 

33.

Soundgarden

Pretty Noose

Down on the Upside

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34.

Jewel

Who Will Save Your Soul?

-

-

35.

Oasis

Champagne Supernova

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

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36.

Tracy Bonham

Mother, Mother

-

-

37.

Nirvana

Aneurysm

Incesticide

-

38.

Poe

Angry Johnny

-

-

39.

Pearl Jam

I Got Id

-

-

40.

Alanis Morissette

Head Over Feet

Jagged Little Pill

 

41.

Tool

Stinkfist

Ænima

-

42.

Garbage

Only Happy When It Rains

Garbage

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43.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Muzzle

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

 

44.

Eels

Novocaine for the Soul

Beautiful Freak

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45.

The Cardigans

Lovefool

First Band on the Moon

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46.

Goldfinger

Here In Your Bedroom

Goldfinger

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47.

Spacehog

In The Meantime

-

-

48.

Social Distortion

I Was Wrong

White Light White Heat White Trash

 

49.

Iggy Pop

Lust For Life

-

-

50.

Sonic Youth

The Diamond Sea

Washing Machine

-

51.

Local H

Bound For The Floor

As Good As Dead

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52.

Republica

Ready To Go

-

-

53.

Folk Implosion

Natural One

-

-

54.

Seven Mary Three

Cumbersome

-

-

55.

Radiohead

High And Dry

The Bends

 

56.

Beck

Devil's Haircut

Odelay

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57.

Marilyn Manson

Sweet Dreams

-

-

58.

The Cranberries

Salvation

To The Faithful Departed

 

59.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

 

60.

Counting Crows

A Long December

Recovering The Satellites

 

61.

Stabbing Westward

What Do I Have To Do?

Wither Blister Burn & Peel

-

62.

The Cure

Mint Car

Wild Mood Swings

-

63.

Toadies

Possum Kingdom

-

-

64.

Salt

Bluster

-

-

65.

Soundgarden

Blow Up The Outside World

Down on the Upside

 

66.

Oasis

Don't Look Back In Anger

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

 

67.

Alice In Chains

Again

Alice in Chains

 

68.

The Wallflowers

6th Avenue Heartache

Bringing Down the Horse

 

69.

Marilyn Manson

The Beautiful People

Antichrist Superstar

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70.

Dishwalla

Counting Blue Cars

-

-

71.

Nada Surf

Popular

-

-

72.

Fun Lovin' Criminals

Scooby Snacks

-

-

73.

R.E.M.

E-bow The Letter

New Adventures In Hi-Fi

 

74.

The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Lump

The Presidents Of The United States Of America

 

75.

The Fugees

No Woman No Cry

-

-

76.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

My Friends

One Hot Minute

 

77.

Ruby

Tiny Meat

-

-

78.

Green Day

Walking Contradiction

Insomniac

 

79.

Pearl Jam

Who You Are

No Code

 

80.

Sublime

Santeria

Sublime

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81.

The Cranberries

Free To Decide

To The Faithful Departed

 

82.

The Verve Pipe

Photograph

-

-

83.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Thirty-Three

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

 

84.

Counting Crows

Angels Of The Silences

Recovering The Satellites

 

85.

Orbital

The Box

-

-

86.

Collective Soul

The World I Know

Collective Soul

 

87.

Voodoo Glow Skulls

Fat Randy

-

-

88.

R.E.M.

Bittersweet Me

New Adventures In Hi-Fi

 

89.

Stone Temple Pilots

Tumble In The Rough

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

 

90.

Sheryl Crow

If It Makes You Happy

-

-

91.

Foo Fighters

Big Me

Foo Fighters

 

92.

Garbage

Supervixen

Garbage

 

93.

Alice In Chains

Heaven Beside You

Alice in Chains

 

94.

Tori Amos

Caught A Lite Sneeze

Boys for Pele

-

95.

Bush

Greedy Fly

Razorblade Suitcase

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96.

Natalie Merchant

Jealousy

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-

97.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Aeroplane

One Hot Minute

 

98.

Stone Temple Pilots

Lady Picture Show

Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop

 

99.

Fiona Apple

Shadowboxer

Tidal

 

100.

Pearl Jam

Hail, Hail

No Code

 

101.

Sponge

Wax Ecstatic

-

-

102.

Stabbing Westward

Shame

Wither Blister Burn & Peel

-

103.

Jars of Clay

Flood

-

-

104.

Superdrag

Sucked Out

-

-

105.

Pearl Jam

Smile

No Code

 

106.

Magnapop

Open The Door

-

-

106.7.

Dash Rip Rock

Let's Go Smoke Some Pot

-

-

Commentary

bulletOne of the great tragedies in rock & roll was the untimely death of Sublime's Bradley Nowell, which came right before the release of what was to be their breakthrough self-titled album.  The album went on to be a huge success and a terrific album despite no band to tour behind it.  One thing I found amusing was the way the album combined dark and often violent lyrics with cheerful melodies (e.g. Santeria).  I wonder how many people never listened closely to the words and completely missed that.
bulletI love Cake's The Distance (#21).  It showcased their unique sound--crunchy guitars, goofy lyrics, keyboards, trumpet, etc.  However the formula gets tedious after a while and all of their subsequent albums follow it way too closely.