martedì 4 ottobre 2011
LIBERTINES - Time for Heroes – The Best of The Libertines (2007)
lunedì 3 ottobre 2011
VERUCA SALT - American Thighs (1994)
American Thighs is the first album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. It was released on September 27, 1994. wikipediavenerdì 30 settembre 2011
GRANT LEE BUFFALO - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)
SLEATER-KINNEY - Dig me out (1997)
Marlene Goldman, in Rolling Stone, has described it as the album that "defined the band's sound."
In 2005 it was ranked #24 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005". In 2008, the song "Dig Me Out" was ranked #44 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".
The album was the band's first release on the Kill Rock Stars label, and marked the debut of drummer Janet Weiss.
Its cover is an homage to The Kinks' 1965 album The Kink Kontroversy.
The song "One More Hour" was released as a single on 1 June 1998.
DEAD KENNEDYS - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
PIXIES - Trompe le Monde (1991)
The album was described by Michael Bonner, writing in Lime Lizard, as "one of the best albums that you may very well ever hear" and "a strong contender for best album of the 21st century".[4] Allmusic writer Heather Phares noted the reduced role of Kim Deal, calling it "essentially Black Francis' solo debut". wikipedia
PIXIES - Bossanova (1990)
The album's sound, inspired by surf and space rock, complements its lyrical focus on outer space, which references subjects such as aliens and unidentified flying objects. wikipedia
PIXIES - Doolittle (1989)
Pixies released two singles from Doolittle, "Here Comes Your Man" and "Monkey Gone to Heaven", both of which were chart successes on the US chart for Modern Rock Tracks. The album itself reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart, an unexpected success for the band. In retrospect, album tracks such as "Debaser", "Wave of Mutilation", "Monkey Gone to Heaven", "Gouge Away", and "Hey" are highly acclaimed by critics, while the album, along with debut LP Surfer Rosa, is often seen as the band's strongest work.
PIXIES - Surfer Rosa (1988)
PIXIES - Come On, Pilgrim (1987)
Come On Pilgrim showcased much of the Pixies' variety and set up the beginnings of many trends in their music. It includes two songs partly sung in Spanish (Vamos and Isla de Encanta) which drew upon some of Francis's experiences in Puerto Rico (Isla de Encanta is an alteration of the island's nickname, Isla del Encanto meaning Isle of Enchantment). Two songs explicitly mention incest - Nimrod's Son and The Holiday Song. I've Been Tired refers metaphorically to sex and rock & roll culture, and there are four songs with overt religious references or language (Caribou, Nimrod's Son, The Holiday Song and Levitate Me).
STONE ROSES - Second Coming (1994)
It went platinum in the UK and sold 1 million copies worldwide.
The second album by the influential Manchester four-piece, it suffered greatly at the time from the sheer weight of expectation generated by both the 5½ year gap between it and the band's eponymous debut, and the band's withdrawal from the live arena for 4½ of those years. In addition, The Stone Roses made their return in a changed musical environment, with the UK newly-ensconced in Britpop with Blur and Oasis as the premier rock bands of the day. The album reached number 4 in the UK Album Chart.
BELLY - Star (1993)
The album and group received two 1994 Grammy Nomination's for Best Alternative Album and Best New Artist.
MUFFS - Blonder and Blonder (1995)
giovedì 29 settembre 2011
FURTHER - Grimes Golden (1994)
Further was a United States indie rock band from Los Angeles, California, that evolved from an earlier band, Shadowland, gaining comparisons with the likes of Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth (Lee Ranaldo even guesting on their debut album).
They released several albums during the 1990s. wikipedia
TEENAGE FANCLUB - Grand Prix (1995)
Teenage Fanclub are an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland.
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BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Tigermilk (1996)
Belle and Sebastian is an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths. wikipedia
URUSEI YATSURA - Slain By Urusei Yatsura (1988)
INSPIRAL CARPETS - Devil Hopping (1994)
BLUR - Blur (1997)
It also spawned several hit singles in the UK, most notably "Beetlebum" and "Song 2".
The album's style was resultant of Blur's dropping their previous Britpop mantle in favor of lo-fi and alternative rock recordings. wikipedia
BLUR - The Great Escape (1995)
The album continued the band's run of hit singles, with "Country House" (their first #1 single, which beat Oasis' "Roll with It" in a chart battle dubbed The Battle of Britpop), "The Universal", "Stereotypes" and "Charmless Man". wikipedia
BLUR - Parklife (1994)
Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "End of a Century", "Parklife" and "To the End".
Certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom, in the year following its release the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the broader Cool Britannia movement that was widely perceived as the cultural arm of Tony Blair's New Labour. Therefore Parklife attained a cultural significance above and beyond its considerable sales and critical acclaim, cementing its status as a landmark in British rock music. wikipedia
BLUR - Leisure (1991)
COMPULSION - The Future is Medium (1996)
Compulsion was an Irish punk band. wikipedia
PAVEMENT - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
It was chosen as #8 on Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 210 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and number 10 on their best albums of the nineties.
In 2010, the song "Gold Soundz" was listed as number one on Pitchfork Media's 200 Greatest Songs of the 1990s. wikipedia
PAVEMENT - Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
Since its release in 1992, Slanted and Enchanted has appeared on many best-of lists and has been frequently cited as among the best albums of the 1990s and one of the most influential indie rock albums of all time. wikipedia
GRANDADDY - Under the Western Freeway (1997)
Allmusic gave the album a four star rating, noting similarities to Pavement and Weezer, and described it as "a fairly brilliant album, combining a warm, earnest, and rustic feel with sometimes goofy experimentation".
CMJ New Music Monthly described it as "an eccentric psych-pop collection".
Andy Gill, writing for The Independent called it "one of the most beguiling debuts of the year...a fortuitous collision of Brian Wilson, Neil Young and the Pixies which throws out a stream of understated pop gems". wikipedia
SONIC YOUTH - Dirty (1992)
ALICE IN CHAINS - Jar of Flies (1994)
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CHARLATANS - Up to Our Hips (1994)
Up to Our Hips is the third album by the British band The Charlatans, released on March 21, 1994. wikipedia
WEEZER - Weezer (Blue Album) (1994)
Weezer, also known as The Blue Album, is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released in May 1994.
The Blue Album spawned the popular singles "Undone - The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly", and "Say It Ain't So", all of which were responsible for launching Weezer into mainstream success.
As of December 2007, the album had sold 3,146,000 copies in the United States.
The Blue Album spawned the popular singles "Undone - The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly", and "Say It Ain't So", all of which were responsible for launching Weezer into mainstream success.
As of December 2007, the album had sold 3,146,000 copies in the United States.
SONIC YOUTH - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994)
BREEDERS - Pod (1990)
Steve Albini has stated that it is the one album on which he felt he got both the best sound for a band, and the best performance from a band. It has been credited by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as being one of the most influential albums of his life. According to Cobain, "it’s an epic that will never let you forget your ex-girlfriend." wikipedia
MOTORPSYCHO - Demon Box (1993)
Demon Box is the third full-length studio album by Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released in 1993, it saw the band earn their name as one of the most important bands in Norway. wikipedia
SLEEPER - Smart (1995)
Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums.
Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting. wikipedia
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Fountains of Wayne (1996)
mercoledì 28 settembre 2011
HAYDEN - Everything I Long For (1995)
CHARLATANS - Some Friendly (1990)
Some Friendly is the debut album by the British band The Charlatans, released in 1990.
Both "The Only One I Know" and "Then" provided the Charlatans with hit singles however (peaking at #9 and #12 respectively in the British pop charts) and sales were good all over the world especially in the bands native UK where the album went straight in at #1 in the album charts. (wikipedia)
martedì 27 settembre 2011
YO LA TENGO - Ride The Tiger (1986)
ROBERT POLLARD - Not in My Airforce (1996)
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BREEDERS - Last Splash (1993)
Last Splash is the second album by indie rock band The Breeders, released August 1993. Originally formed as a side project for Pixies bassist Kim Deal, The Breeders quickly became her primary recording outlet. (wikipedia)
URUSEI YATSURA - We Are Urusei Yatsura (1996)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Fuzzy Logic (1996)
It was listed in Q Magazine's Best British Albums Ever in July 2004, and in the same magazine's Top 10 Britpop Albums Ever in December 1996 and features in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
It contains two top 20 hits in "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" and "Something 4 the Weekend"; it also contains the singles "God! Show Me Magic" and "Hometown Unicorn".
STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses (1989)
The Stone Roses were an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2004 an Observer Music Monthly poll consisting of musicians and critics voted the album the greatest of all time, as did the writers of NME in 2006, declaring it to be the greatest British album of all time.
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