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Happy Mondays : Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Happy Mondays

Release Date June 19, 1999
If you like Happy Mondays in any form you'll probably like this. Its got all the classics. That idiot who doesn't know why they put more than one version of Wrote for luck obviously has never seen them live, the dance version being the tune they ALWAYS played last. And Step On not being much of a tune! I beg to differ. The Mondays were pioneers with the likes of Weatherall and Oakenfold. Regardless of wether Pills and Thrills had commercial success, it's still a great Album and just because its successful doesn't mean that it's commercial. Anyway, this is still a great album wether in the car flat out(volume) or at home smoking with pals.
Rant over, Mick out.

CD-Charts Position 102
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Melting Pot: The Best of The Charlatans

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: The Charlatans

Release Date February 23, 1998
I have a distant recollection that this album was a collection of tracks as chosen by the band. I don't know where I read this, but it explains the addition of a few of the tracks on this essential album. This is a chronological guide through what you could loosely call now the early years of Charlatans music, and opening tracks don't get much better than "The Only One I know", which takes you (if you are of a certain age) back into baggy trousers, floppy fringes and indie clubs in an instant. Through the less familiar tracks (to me at least), to the floor filler "Weirdo", the big tunes get bigger, and I love the inclusion of the fabulously titled "I Never Want An Easy Life If Me And He Were Ever To Get There."

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CD-Charts Position 103
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13

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Blur

Release Date March 15, 1999
Stripped down lyrically with walls of ambient sound you'd almost think 13 was inspired by Kid A but amazingly the Blurs had this idea first yet didn't get the recognition. Initially 13 throws down two of Blurs most notorious anthems Coffee and TV and Tender, their most fun thrashers Swamp song and Bugman and saves all the bizarre moments to the last 2/3's of the album. At first its difficult to know what to think of it as the final 40 minutes of the album seem to feature nothing that really classifies as a song in the Blur sense and you really need to listen hard to realise what is going on. 1992 brings us back to Sing (the b side) era Blur and it doesn't really go back. In the latter part of the album there's high experimentation, minimal percussion, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 104
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Like You Do: The Best Of The Lightning Seeds

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: The Lightning Seeds

Release Date August 13, 2001
The Lightening Seeds were part of the Brit Pop phonomemom during the 90s and one of many such bands to seemingly fall by the way side when the Brit Pop phase died down. Brit Pop did create some great bands, some of which are still going strong today (Oasis of course) as well as many very forgetable ones! The Lightening Seeds however may not be around at the moment, but their songs are and will still be played on radio stations for years to come. You only have to listen to this album to find out why. I'm not a huge fan of the band in the sense of knowing their background, why they split, if they're likely to get back together and so on. However I do know most of the songs on this album and as long as you like this type of music, you will love this and realise ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 105
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Smash The System : The Best of St. Etienne

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Saint Etienne

Release Date September 17, 2001
This is one of the rare occasions when an album of greatest hits is so complete, not only gathering all the great songs for the loyal fans, but also giving to new potential fans the chance to know the band in all their variety and success.

Sarah Cracknell's voice is dreamy, the 70s-like tunes nostalgic, almost cinematic, the music covering an area from dream pop to independent. This collection consists of two discs yet you can't get enough of it. Their biggest hits are all here, including 'You're in a bad way', 'Only love can break your heart', 'Pale Movie', 'Who do you think you are', 'Hobarts Pavement', 'He's on the phone' and many others. The music strongly resembles a lot of Cafe del Mar collections only it's better.

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CD-Charts Position 106
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All Change

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Cast

Release Date June 18, 1999
Over shadowed by the classic albums of the 90's such as urban hymes, defiantly maybe, stones roses, All Change is very much over looked. John Power emerged from he much troubled La's, to produce the first and best album by Cast. Although many of the tracks could be about the magic man himself lee mavers (front man of the La's) Back of Mind, Walkway to name two, Power provides catchy pop songs, with a message to be listened to. (Mankind/ History)
The opening track all right is pop perfection, the next ten tracks offer pure Beatles, and Beefheart influenced Liverpudlian magic. Four Walls, Sandstorm , Relfections are all songs you want to run out and show all ya mates!!!!! Don't listen to the cynics, buying this wont be something you regret!!!!

CD-Charts Position 107
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Silence Is Easy

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Starsailor

Release Date September 15, 2003
"Silence is Easy" was the second album from young English band "Starsailor". The band has often been compared to both Coldplay and Radiohead, and given there is an unmistakeably British sound to their music. Personally I feel that a comparison with Suede and Brett Anderson would be more obvious; especially on the ballads.

The album starts off very strongly with 4 great songs. The optimistic up-beat "Music was Saved" is the perfect opener - strange that the song was not picked as a single. Two short, but strong ballads follow. "Fidelity" and the beatiful waltzy "Some of Us".

Then comes the Phil Spector produced hit-single and title-track "Silence is Easy".

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CD-Charts Position 108
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Jarvis

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Jarvis Cocker

Release Date November 13, 2006
tonite and big julie.

but mainly big julie.

he loves his songs about beautiful, misunderstood teenage girls.

which should probably be disturbing but it works.

genius

CD-Charts Position 109
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The Hush

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Texas

Release Date December 24, 2001
Texas had been around as a group for eight years when their 1997 album "White On Blonde" really broke them into the mainstream, so the success must have been a great surprise and relief. That album made Texas the biggest band to come out of Scotland in years as millions of adoring British public snapped up a copy. The sound was very much pop/rock with some highlights of the fading Britpop that was slowly dying at the time. This sound is carried further with more R'n'B influences in their 1999 follow-up, "The Hush." The album features a lot of variety in terms of music and production. Also the album is somewhat more accessible than its predecessor.

The Hush went straight to No.1 in the UK upon its release, making it their second No.1 album. For me, this is a good follow-up album, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 110
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The Sun Is Often Out

CD-Charts > Music > Britpop
by: Longpigs

Release Date June 24, 1996
and boy what a pudding this record is. Perfectly offset from the records of it's ilk at the time. Deliciously mangled guitars intertwine with the more poppy elements of the songs. See it's just as you expect a predictable chord change or an Oasisesque move that this album surprises. It has more scope and range then most stuff at the time, mixing slower songs with some more upbeat numbers.

So far so good, but the real crowning glory of this album, and indeed this band is vocalist Miles Hunt, who adds a falsetto most male vocalists can only dream of, and a deranged howl fairly prevalent in hit single She Said. It would be unfair to highlight specific tracks as every one is a keeper. Shame not many noticed it at the time!