MTV the First 1000 Years: Rock (1999)

About this title: It may be hard to get beyond the title of Rhino's series MTV the First 1000 Years, which just may be the dumbest title in the first 1000 years of the recording industry, but the actual discs aren't bad at all. For instance, the Rock volume is a good collection of alternative and modern rock hits mostly from the '90s. True, the compilation gives the impression that the only rock & roll MTV played was alternative, which just isn't true -- it was impossible to escape pop-metal on the network in the years before Nirvana, although songs like REM's "Orange Crush," the Cult's "Fire Woman," and Jane ... read more

Tracks:

1. Devils Haircut [Beck/Simpson/King]
2. Stupid Girl [Erikson/Jones/Manso]
3. I'll Stick Around [Grohl]
4. Santa Monica [Alexakis/Eklund/Mon]
5. Far Behind [Martin/Candlebox]
6. Round Here [Duritz/Janusko/Jewe]
7. Hey Jealousy [Hopkins]
8. Cannonball [Deal]
9. Right Here, Right Now [Edwards]
10. Epic [Live] [Faith No More]
11. Been Caught Stealing [Jane's Addiction]
12. Higher Ground [Wonder]
13. Fire Woman [Astbury/Duffy]
14. Orange Crush [Berry/Buck/Mills/St]
15. New Sensation [Hutchence/Farriss]
16. Brass in Pocket [Hynde/Honeyman-Scot]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.