Posted: Sunday 17th August 2008

Weren't the 90s great for pop music? Cast your minds back to when the Spice Girls ruled the charts, Robbie Williams had just gone from solo flop to megastardom, Billie Piper was jumping around like a hyperactive teenager and Louise found success after leaving massive girl group Eternal. The 90s is also the time when two of pop's divas-in-the-making launched, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, boybands were still in vogue (Take That, 5ive, Another Level, Westlife) and Britpop exploded (Blur, Chumbawamba, Space). To celebrate a glorious decade of pop 101 90s Hits has been released. The collection features a whopping five discs and contains every massive 90s hit you can think of.

As if to prove just how massive the Spice Girls were, the group appears on the collection twice (Stop, Wannabe) and Geri Halliwell (Mi Chico Latino, Melanie C (Northern Star) and Emma Bunton (What I Am appear in their own right. It's easy to forget just how successful the girl-group was back in their heyday. Interestingly they are the only ones that appear on this collection more than once.

The highlights come thick and fast on 101 90s Hits and include Ricky Martin's breakthrough hit Livin' La Vida Loca, Louise's sexy hit Naked, Eternal's anthemic I Wanna Be The Only One, Natalie Imbruglia's surprisingly credible debut Torn and Kylie's Better The Devil You Know.

Inevitably there are going to be some bad tracks on a collection this big but surprisingly those are few and far between. Amongst the the worst are MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This, The Proclaimers' King Of The Road and Kenny Thomas' Thinking About Your Love.

101 90s Hits is a strong collection and it takes us back to our school days. Each song reminds us of a very specific time in our youth and for that we have to recommend this collection. If you love your pop music (and heaven knows we do) then this collection is everything you need to remember the 90s by. What a great time for pop music!