Between 1989, my sophomore year of high school, and 1995, my fourth year of college, I put together a nearly 20 volume collection of mix tapes, containing my favorite songs that I had gathered either from the radio, a cassette tape, or (eventually) CD. Three years ago, we looked back at all 20 volumes and which of my “favorite” songs I still listened to. Today, we revisit those mix tapes and see how things have changed in the last 3 years.

Volume 15 takes us into through the summer of 1994 and into the fall and my junior year of college. The song selection is, again, mostly alternative with some west coast gangsta rap.

Side A

Frente! – Labour Of Love

The hit from Marvin! The Album picked up an impressive 6 additional listens over the last 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 10 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 16 plays, most recently on 4/29/2015

Mazzy Star – Fade Into You

The mesmerizing tune from Hope Sandoval and company nearly tripled its total for an amazing 16 play increase.

2012 iTunes stats: 9 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 25 plays, most recently on 6/23/2015

Nirvana – Verse Chorus Verse

A modest 2 listen increase for this posthumous B-side from the trio from Seattle.

2012 iTunes stats: 9 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 3/14/2013

Warren G – This D.J.

An infinite increase for the lesser-received follow up to Regulate.

2012 iTunes stats: Never played

2015 iTunes stats: 4 plays, most recently on 7/3/2015

Cracker – Eurotrash Girl

The hidden track picked up 3 additional listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 10 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 13 plays, most recently on 2/10/2015

Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song

The latest hit from STP added 4 new listens over the past 3 years, despite not being heard in over a year.

2012 iTunes stats: 1 play, on 10/3/2010

2015 iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 7/1/2014

Gin Blossoms – Allison Road

The Gin Blossoms latest nearly doubled its total over the last 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 7 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 13 plays, most recently on 5/8/2015

Weezer – Undone (The Sweater Song)

The debut hit from Weezer added 4 new listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 9 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 13 plays, most recently on 4/14/2015

Side B

Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do

The ubiquitous hit from Sheryl Crow was heard only twice over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 6 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 7/14/2014

Snoop Dogg – Murder Was The Case

A 5 listen increase for the latest from the Doggfather.

2012 iTunes stats: 8 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 13 plays, most recently on 5/22/2014

Cranberries – Zombie

The first hit from the Cranberries sophomore effort picked up 3 new listens over the last 3 years, despite not being heard in over a year.

2012 iTunes stats: 9 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 12 plays, most recently on 7/1/2014

Veruca Salt – Seether

A relatively small increase of 5 listens for the debut from the local girls.

2012 iTunes stats: 25 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 2/9/2015

Liz Phair – Supernova

The debut hit from the local girl’s sophomore effort picked up 4 new listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 7 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 4/26/2015

REM – What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?

The first release from REM’s latest added 4 new plays in the last 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 5 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 9 plays, most recently on 4/14/2015

The Offspring – Self Esteem

Only 2 new plays for the follow-up hit from the Offspring.

2012 iTunes stats: 5 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 4/2/2013

Toad The Wet Sprocket – Something’s Always Wrong

The latest hit from Toad picked up a decent 6 additional plays over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 12 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 18 plays, most recently on 3/16/2015