My Top Favorite Sonic CD Songs

[HyperSonic]

Mostly in no order:
1. Wacky Workbench Good Future US
2. Collision Chaos Good Future JPN
3. Wacky Workbench Present JPN
4. Wacky Workbench Bad Future JPN
5. Tidal Tempest Good Future US
6. Stardust Speedway Good Future JPN
7. Collision Chaos Bad Future JPN
8. Palmtree Panic Good Future US
9. Sonic Boom (Ending Version)
10. Metallic Madness Present JPN

Honorable Mentions:
Quartz Quadrant Good Future US/JPN
Stardust Speedway Past
Time Attack JPN
Tidal Tempest Bad Future JPN
Collision Chaos Present JPN
Tidal Tempest Past

[Fantasy]

Palmtree Panic Past is pretty nice, and fits the theme of the level imo. And Palmtree Panic Present JPN/PAL is pleasant too.

[CO²]

Stardust Speedway zone US/JP

[HyperSonic]

Good choices

[Puffy the Destroyer]

tidal tempest bad future (JP/EU)

[Delia]

I have so many favorites, I can't decide which I like the best. Here's my favorite songs:
Palmtree Panic Bad Future (JP)
Palmtree Panic Past
Collision Chaos Bad Future (JP)
Tidal Tempest Present (JP)
Tidal Tempest Good Future (JP)
Tidal Tempest Bad Future (US)
Quartz Quadrant Past
Wacky Workbench Present (US)
Wacky Workbench Past
Wacky Workbench Bad Future (US)
Stardust Speedway Bad Future (JP)
Metallic Madness Past
Metallic Madness Good Future (JP)
Cosmic Eternity
Sonic Boom
D.A. Garden

[Dark Redshift]

Difficulty to say. Both soundtracks have favourite songs and which I choose depends what mood I'm in. Favourite tracks from those I like most include JP&US Present and Bad Future Collision Chaos, both versions of all Tidal Tempest time zones, JP Wacky Workbench, Both Stardust Speedway ones, though I prefer US for the Good Future. This makes it harder to pick a soundtrack as I can't have both Bad Futures and US Good future.

Sonic, You Can Do Anything is nice in instrumental form only as the chorus is stupid. The rap verse is OK though. Cosmic Eternity is cool in both Instrumental and lyrical form and Sonic Boom is awesome. Shame the slow credits version doesn't have it's unique verses in the normal Sonic Boom too.

The JP Boss is great for the Good Future and the US Boss is great for the Bad Future (and nicking to use in Marathon mods). This is another issue with picking a soundtrack as I don't get both in that very context.

So I end up having pumping workout tunes I like to listen to at the gym while fighting Eggman in polluted water with fish dust mud on the floor and in the final boss, a climactic "you've interfered for the last time!" song after he's already won and the planet is a dystopian nightmare (and boiling your feet) or I can end up with terrifying 90s electrohouse (or whatever genre it is) of the damned suited for Eggman rubbing in his victory...while fighting a pink, non threatening Lil'Slugger with pinball bumpers instead of a chainsaw blade in a sunny, rainbow filled lagoon. Except possibly Amy (depending on how one thinks Sonic sees her) and the End of the World black holes if playing New Sonic on Xenia (due to a glitch in the emulator), Sonic shouldn't fear pink. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1408243778