Adults Only III

Adult alternative’s turn of the century golden age has passed and, looking back, it was a pretty good time when radio still played a critical role in getting music to the people. Wherever there were Clinton-Bush era office workers stuck in traffic, there also would be the comforting sounds of adult alternative music which has become the soft rock of my generation.

Alanis Morissette

I didn’t know much about adult alternative until the late ‘90s when I joined the Peace Corps and went to Bulgaria and began learning all about it from my fellow Peace Corps Volunteers and MTV Europe and I will always associate many of the sounds of adult alternative to that special time in my life. But the best of adult alternative remains good for all times and places- and might even sound pretty good to Sting’s grandkids. Here are some of my favorites. Enjoy!

01. R.E.M. – “Nightswimming” (1992)
02. Adele – “Make You Feel My Love” (2008)
03. Liz Phair – “Why Can’t I?” (2003)
04. Ben Folds Five – “Brick” (1997)
05. R.E.M. – “Imitation of Life” (2001)
06. Beck – “The Golden Age” (2002)
07. Counting Crows – “A Long December” (1996)
08. Adele – “Someone Like You” (2011)
09. The Calling – “Wherever You Will Go” (2001)
10. Alanis Morissette – “Thank U” (1998)
11. Sarah McLachlan – “Answer (Live)” (2003)
12. Sting – “Why Should I Cry for You (Radio Mix)” (1994)
13. Sheryl Crow feat. Sting – “Always on Your Side” (2005)
14. The Subdudes – “Papa Dukie and the Mud People” (2006)
15. Joan Osborne – “One of Us” (1995)
16. Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Child O’ Mine (Remix)” (1999)
17. Joan Osborne – “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” (2017)

Listen to the playlist on Spotify...