Best 90's Brit album...
the3rdstream
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to carry on from the twat post...lets have it out...i'd go for one of these 4
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That Stone Roses stuff was good for about a week.
thank you, there would be no oasis or madchester shit if twas not for them
people said that about this modern soul shit at some point in time
modern soul shit
better than blue lines???
i like drum and bass and i hated this album
sorry to second guess your opinion but thats what this place is all about
Tough call. "Blue Lines" is the O.G. and cannot be topped. But "Mezzanine" was just so different and spooky. Few artists can completely flip the script, yet still stay true to their original sound, like Massive Attack did with that album. Portishead arguably did the same with their second album, producing something that is not as immediately appealing but more rewarding down the line.
Sure, the album sounds very dated and was probably as "poppy" as drum and bass could get. But I loved that album when I first heard it. Dating me as a listener and as a person, I hadn't listened to much jazz when I first heard "New Forms" so, in a sense, it helped introduce me to jazz and drum and bass.
Slowdive: Pygmalion
Flying Saucer Attack 1st one
Seude 1st one
Continue the hatting
Obligatory Pitchfork entry
Obvious choice though Protection actually has my favourite Massive attack song on
I personally think this craps all over Reprezents album as much as I admire Roni Size and detest Goldie, don't know if it's aged particularly well though.
Shit it's depressing that I really can't think of that many british albums I listened to the whole decade.
This album came out in the 80's so it's needs to be dq'd
If only i could include Isnt Anything...
and yeah the first suede was pretty badass
Two notes:
One, live circa-second-album Tricky is tough to fuck with. Reptilian Jim Thirlwell/Jones alien sex shit of the highest order.
Two, Madchester usually just gets footnoted (in the US, anyway) but that shit was the RUN-DMC of its day, make no mistake: Both birthed some pretty thoroughbred half-guitar-half-beat centaurs, just as both left some pretty revolting legacies. Raising Hell begat Three Dollar Bill Y'All as "Fool's Gold" begat Paula Cole emoting over looped drums. Grown so ugly.
SG
A sound and style unique to this album.
Took them 5 years to make but worth it. The opposite of the first LP which was more a collection of singles, this is an ALBUM with great songs and production.
Straight up their best album - amazing songwriting and only a hint of the inflated egos that would spoil their later albums.
Again, another unique album. Huge.
Loved by Primal Scream fans, under-rated by others. 'Movin' On Up' and 'Loaded' still kill it for me.
I agree with this whole list.
few other bands that had some great albums
Verve (Richard Ashcroft became ass after their final break up
Gene (Smiths wannabes that pulled it off rather nicely)
Super Furry Animals (I think "Mwng" came out in 2000 so it may be DQ'd but they had at least 3 albums from before that that are all great)
PJ Harvey (can someone please remaster her first album)