Jake's 100 Best albums from UK Artists
Submitted by Jakey on Wed, 02/23/2005 - 04:25
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- 1 - tricky, maxinquaye
- 2 - tricky, juxtapose
- 3 - super furry animals - fuzzy logic
- 4 - super furry animals - rings around the world
- 5 - my bloody valentine, loveless
- 6 - my bloody valentine, isn't anything
- 7 - streets - original pirate material
- 8 - the libertines, up the bracket
- 9 - clash, london calling
- 10 - orbital, in sides
- 11 - orbital, snivilisation
- 12 - the cure, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
- 13 - the cure, the head on the door
- 14 - roots manuva, run come save me
- 15 - chemical brothers, exit planet dust
- 16 - chemical brothers, dig your own hole
- 17 - prodigy, experience
- 18 - prodigy, music for the jilted generation
- 19 - leftfield, leftism
- 20 - pulp, different class
- 21 - radiohead, ok computer
- 22 - radiohead, the bends
- 23 - aphex twin - selected ambient works volume one
- 24 - aphex twin - selected ambient works volume two
- 25 - beatles, white album
- 26 - beatles, revolver
- 27 - rolling stones, let it bleed
- 28 - manics - everything must go
- 29 - dizzee rascal, boy in da corner
- 30 - new order, technique
- 31 - new order, republic
- 32 - ride, nowhere
- 33 - ride, going blank again
- 34 - suede, suede
- 35 - suede, dog man star
- 36 - blur, 13
- 37 - blur, parklife
- 38 - wedding present, bizarro
- 39 - wedding present, george best
- 40 - duran duran, seven and the ragged tiger
- 41 - the smiths, the queen is dead
- 42 - the smiths, meat is murder
- 43 - depeche mode, 101
- 44 - divine comedy, casanova
- 45 - basement jaxx, remedy
- 46 - wonderstuff, hup
- 47 - half man, half biscuit - back in the dhss
- 48 - the fall, i am kurious oranj
- 49 - the fall, extricate
- 50 - massive attack, blue lines
- 51 - massive attack, protection
- 52 - ian brown, music of the spheres
- 53 - roni size and reprazent, new forms
- 54 - spiritualized, lazer guided melodies
- 55 - spiritualized, ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
- 56 - cud, when in rome, kill me
- 57 - cud, leggy mambo
- 58 - teenage fanclub, a catholic education
- 59 - teenage fanclub, bandwagonesque
- 60 - supergrass, in it for the money
- 61 - goldie, timeless
- 62 - ash, 1977
- 63 - boo radleys, giant steps
- 64 - portishead, dummy
- 65 - mansun, attack of the grey lantern
- 66 - lemon jelly, lost horizons
- 67 - george michael, faith
- 68 - pet shop boys, actually
- 69 - st etienne, foxbase alpha
- 70 - franz ferdinand, franz ferdinand
- 71 - the doves, lost souls
- 72 - embrace, the good will out
- 73 - david bowie, low
- 74 - tears for fears, songs from the big chair
- 75 - joy division, closer
- 76 - primal scream, screamadelica
- 77 - roxy music, avalon
- 78 - scritti politti - cupid & psyche
- 79 - scritti politti - provision
- 80 - the verve, a northern soul
- 81 - the verve, urban hymns
- 82 - madness, absolutely
- 83 - badly drawn boy, the hour of the bewilderbeast
- 84 - U2, joshua tree
- 85 - U2, the unforgettable fire
- 86 - fatboy slim, you've come a long way baby
- 87 - human league, dare
- 88 - happy mondays, bummed
- 89 - happy mondays, pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches
- 90 - talk talk, spirit of eden
- 91 - stone roses, stone roses
- 92 - oasis, definitely maybe
- 93 - oasis, what's the story
- 94 - the charlatans, some friendly
- 95 - the charlatans, between 10th and 11th
- 96 - chapterhouse, whirlpool
- 97 - thompson twins, into the gap
- 98 - lloyd cole and the commotions, rattlesnakes
- 99 - bee gees, saturday night fever
- 100 - erasure, the innocents
Author Comments:
Albums are not in order of preference
I followed a 'no-more than 2 albums per artist' rule as laid down by Glenn Drexhage and no compilations, greatest hits or EPs allowed
Great list, mate!
what the sixth letter of the alphabet ? there are no albums on this list dating earlier than 77 or 78... that's not very serious... and there is no way you can make up a defense for Avalon as being the best Roxy album!!! Anything post-Siren is inferior Roxy and of course that's only my opinion but I will always prefer a crazy innovative band to a going-through-the-motions FM single band and that's exactly the difference between what Roxy were at their glorious beginning and what they ended up being...
Aw, c'mon Oasis never made two good albums, Definitely Maybe can be takken into consideration but that's absolutely all...
And where are the Auteurs? and the LA's? and what about Housemartins/The Beautiful South?
One Bowie album and two U2 albums ? That's utter bollocky nonsense...
Talking of bollocks where are your punk-rockers ? Listing London Calling can't be considered enough, especially with two bloody Oasis albums in the list!!!
Oh, wait I got more... The Kinks ? The Who ? The Small Faces ? Genesis ? Queen ? (gosh I hate Queen but they have as many reasons to be included as, say, Duran Duran or Tears for Fears).
There, I hope my post was offensive and venomous enough to earn a reply :)
Naturally, a reply. I won't pretend the list is any way a comprehensive list of 'classic British albums' but simply what i've loved grown up listening to. And my years were the last 20 with occasional nods to learn more. Sure I could list classic albums by artists you've mentioned (though I may struggle with Genesis and The Beautiful South), but if I'm going to be honest? I don't turn to them as ofetn as others.
And if you do like the 'crazy innovative band to a going-through-the-motions FM single band' - what's with the namecheck of The La's who really were a single(s) band?
That's right, you got me there heheh... thanks for the explanations.