When BritPop Ruled

Let's see...some of these aren't strictly Britpop, but they're related:

Cast
Echobelly
Eugenius
Happy Mondays
Heart Throbs
Kitchens of Distinction
Kula Shaker
Lightning Seeds
Lush
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Rialto
Sleeper
Starsailor
The Sundays

 

Hear, hear!

Their first two albums are two of my favorite albums ever, and they are completely different from one another.

-George

 

I don't know how, but nobody has mentioned Travis! The Man Who is absolutely brilliant.

 

Thanks for the clarification I was riffing off the top of my head.

 

I actually preferred Beetlebum to Song 2. Loved the fuzz on that one.

 

Their final album would be Britpop.

 

Yeah, not too many critical favorites in this quartet, are there? But as someone who owns multiple albums by all four of these groups, I will say that there are some pretty decent singles and a couple of entertaining albums if you can get by the fact that they're all strictly Brit-Pop b-listers.

As mentioned above, Travis' The Man Who is strong, Embrace's The Good Will Out is infectious (like smallpox, only better), and I would rate at least two Stereophonics albums (You Gotta Go There to Come Back, Language. Sex. Violence. Other?) as two of my favorites from the past decade.

 

Yes, yes, yes. Suede is an extraordinary band, all the more so for being able to deliver an album as good as Coming Up after losing a member as vital as Bernard Butler.

 

That's a good list! Loved the Heart Throbs, Lush, Ride, World Of Twist...hey, this is almost what they called "shoegazer" music, isn't it?

One nobody's mentioned is "The Real People" who put out a fantastic album, s/t, in 1991. Came out in the UK first, then had a US release a few months later. I worked in a record/cd store while all this was happening, I don't need to tell you I really miss those days!

 

Now might be the proper time to admit that "bhazen" is, in fact, ME: Noel Gallagher.

Blur, BTW, are utter pants.

 

I have an item or two by almost every artist mentioned in this thread! Different Class by Pulp is my favourite CD of the 1990s, closely followed by Zima Junction by Mark Burgess (ex-Chameleons). Coming Up, by Suede, is high on the list as well.

No one has mentioned Gene yet; I highly recommend their 1999 LP Revelations.

My top 10 songs of the 1990s contains almost all Britpop or late-c86 stuff:

Up On The Hill -- Mark Burgess
Dance Girl Dance -- Cinerama
Obscurity Knocks -- The Trash Can Sinatras
The Popular Girl -- Martin Newell
The Underdogs -- Rialto
Little Baby Nothing -- The Manic Street Preachers
Hay Fever -- The Trash Can Sinatras
Shake and Crawl -- House of Love
Write To Your MP Today -- McCarthy
Stone Cold Yesterday -- The Connells (North Carolina; not Britpop obviously)

And throw in these for good measure:

Here I Stand -- The Milltown Brothers
Disco 2000 -- Pulp
I Spy -- Pulp
Drugs Don't Work -- Verve
Dreamtime -- The Heart Throbs

 

Parklife single..

was good with Phil (Quadrophenia) Daniels doing the vocal narrative.
(ironically during Blur V Oasis chart war Mr PD preferred Oasis )

 

As I said earlier, I love "The Popular Girl", which is one of the best Beatlesque pop tunes that Beatles fans have never heard. It should be right up there with "There She Goes" by the La's in the classic jangly-pop category. "Goodbye Dreaming Fields" is another one of his great songs, in which the guitars remind me of the Beatles' "Rain" in places.

I bought The Wayward Genius of Martin Newell CD, which includes the Cleaners From Venus track "Living With Victoria Grey" -- another '60s-style unknown classic!

 

Re: Post #62

...I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustman (Parklife)
I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea, and I think about leaving the 'ouse (Parklife)...

I love a bit of it!

 

Forgot to mention this, a classic compilation. Loads of his more "d.i.y." stuff, which originally was cassette only(?)

Lots of amazing tunes, one of which just popped into me head: "I Will Haunt Your Room". "Goodbye Dreaming Fields" is amazing, featuring harmonies that get more "out there" (while remaining on key) with each verse!

"Goodbye" is also the lead-off track on Greatest Living Englishman which, for you XTC fans, was produced by Andy Partridge.

 

Brit pop? Oh. I thought you meant the 60s or 80s.

 

I tired of the whole 'Blur v Oasis' thing very quickly. Oasis may have won the sales war (in the long run), but Blur made far more interesting records. If only Noel Gallagher could write anything as good as Neil Innes.

 

Damon Albarn eats both Gallagher bros for breakfast talentwise and all of his projects are good proofs of that. The Good, The Bad and The Queen is a stunning record and a fine proof that he long ago matured far beyond the brit-pop borders.

 

Some of the best parts on Coming Up were as catchy as anything on Ziggy Stardust IMHO. A true classic record in my book!

 

Catchy, yeah !

Iconic, give it another 30 years (perhaps).

 

How does Head Music compare with Coming Up?

(Two very cool album covers.)

 

Yes, he is original.
Prefer Oasis, Suede, Pulp, The Verve.

 

Loved that era, including Dodgy (who got back together last year for a reunion tour and are planning a new album this year) and the amazing Boo Bradleys.

 

Here's a question for trivia buffs - which Oasis song does Neil Innes have a writing credit on?