Best Britpop Albums: Top 20
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2019
- The Britpop era lasted from roughly 1993 to 1998, give or a take a year or 2!
Such a fun time in UK music history that produced so much great music. Here's a run down of my top 20 albums from that period.
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Verve - A Northern Soul and Urban Hymns. All the ones you mentioned on this list too.
What’s the story morning glory, parklife, definitely maybe
@@ryanmorrissey3923 I prefer Northern Soul overall of the two, although Lucky Man is my favourite song of theirs.
@@AndrewDixonMusic Same, it's the better album. Favourite song for me is This Is Music.
A tie between suedes first album and dog man star
Awesome video! Gonna definitely give some of these albums a listen :)
I’m a new fan so I am looking forward to this!!
There's some great stuff around from the Britpop era and like your choices Andrew. My personal favourites would be as follows;
1. Urban Hymns - The Verve
2. Olympian - Gene
3. Different Class - Pulp
4. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
5. Carnival Of Light - Ride
6. Parklife - Blur
7. Dog Man Star - Suede
8. Laid - James
9. Elastica - Elastica
10. Rough Music - The Blue Aeroplanes
There's also a ton of other bands worthy of a mention such as Cast, Hurricane #1, Embrace, Tindersticks and Mansun. Cheers.
Cheers. Trying to remember whether I put Cast's debut in this Top 20? I'm fairly sure without re watching that I did, but if I didn't then that's a major error! Sandstorm and History are astonishing songs!
@@AndrewDixonMusic you did include Cast's album. Cheers Jonathan
@@AndrewDixonMusic Northern uproar were an underrated band.
As an American who hated Grunge I don't know what I would've done in the 90's without Brit Pop and Shoegaze.
What were your favourites? I'm guessing it was difficult to find people around you who shared your love of Britpop....
@@AndrewDixonMusic I loved Blur, Ride, Radiohead,Supergrass, Swervedriver,Pulp, Catherine wheel, The Verve, Weller, The Las's, but these days I have grown to really appreciate Suede, particularly their most recent records. I had one really good friend who I played music with who also loved the same bands and there was Q Magazine in the bookstores which was a lifesaver for me.
@@losely451 it was only about 3 years ago that I got to see Suede live for the first time. Great band.
@@AndrewDixonMusic Yeah I Would love to see them live. Alas I will be in the UK next month and every single band that I like is either not on tour, postponed their tour (Including Suede) to Spring, or are over here, so.....no shows for me. But I will just be glad to be back in the UK again after 25 years.
Great list! I think I’d find it hard to put one together myself, but a few of the albums I still listen to regularly are Expecting to fly, Homegrown, I Should Coco, In it for the money, K, Different Class. Wild Wood , Olympian by Gene, and Fuzzy Logic + Radiator by the Super Furry Animals.
Thanks Andrew! As the other guitarist / keyboardist in NME I think it's only right to throw my own two pennies in here..... Definitely Maybe is a far better album than What's the Story!! Oasis peaked with their first album and though a lot of the stuff after that was still great, it never topped the debut. Can see why you left out Radiohead, but The Bends and OK Computer were obviously from that period and they're still a guitar band! They'd probably take up the top 2 all by themselves though, so maybe not fair. Different Class is probably my Number 1 too, though close call vs Definitely Maybe. Far too much Blur in that list for me, but Modern Life is Rubbish earned its place for sure. Biggest ommited band for me are The Verve!! Northern Soul is such an epic album, has to be top 5 for me.
Only just realised I put 4 Blur albums in!! Must have felt it warranted, but The Great Escape could, at a push, get pushed out. The Bends and OK Computer would definitely be 1 and 2 if I was including them! Northern Soul definitely better than Urban Hymns.
My top 10 based on what would qualify as Britpop would be something like this:
1 What’s The Story Morning Glory - Oasis
2 Everything Must Go - Manics
3 Definitely Maybe - Oasis
4 Dog Man Star - Suede
5 Be Here Now - Oasis
6 Suede - Suede
7 Different Class - Pulp
8 Coming Up - Suede
9 Good Feeling - Travis
10 Expecting To Fly - The Bluetones
Tellin’ Stories and Urban Hymns need to be in there, as would both Suoergrass records you mentioned and Blur’s Leisure and Parklife. But hey, only room for 10 today!
Tellin' Stories, lovely! 👍
Parklife My Favourite Britpop Album
Blur
This list is the best I've seen so far, personally I'd have swapped the top 2. I'm also really glad you have the same opinion as me when it comes to the bends, amazing album but not britpop. A mighty fine record collection you've got, just wish I was around at the time to take all this atmosphere in real time
Thanks Gazza! Was an exciting time, no doubt about that. Top 2 are fantastic, no arguments from me if someone has them swapped! 😁
@@AndrewDixonMusic one thing I always thought with The Charlatans is that although Tellin Stories is their major Britpop album, an argument can be made for their self titled album to be considered apart of the 'genre' and even Between 10th And 11th having a few mini bits of britpop hidden within it
@@mrgazzaw I love Between 10th and 11th, took me far too long to realise.it though, sold it 20 years ago then ended up having to buy it back!
@@AndrewDixonMusic I also totally agree with you that Suede's debut album was the birth of Britpop, it seemed to come in when Brett did that interview with Select magazine with the "Yanks go home" cover art. That was the spark that for me set the britpop era alight
I Call It Brit Indie 🇬🇧🎸
Because Part Of Guitar Rock Life 🎸🎵
Pulp what a band great choice 👍
I'd have included The Bends, the band aren't britpop but their first two albums definitely are.....pulp this is hardcore was the nail in the coffin for Britpop
The Bends is high up in my list of all time favourite albums, I just can't quite see them as Britpop.
Great list Andrew, owned all of them but where are the Boo Radleys man?? Giant Steps would have been in my top 5 and their others in my top 20. I would have picked Wildwood over Stanley Road and would have found an excuse to get St Etienne's Good Humour somewhere on the list as well.
Cheers Neil(yman!) Never really got in to the Boo Radley's apart from the obvious well known ones. Wild Wood probably a better album than Stanley Road, always just feels to me to not quite be Britpop, it's a stunner though. I love that everyone has stuff they would include that others wouldn't even consider!
Being on a Blur kick lately and looking for the 2012 editions. There doesn't seem to be good Collection videos on Blur. Maybe an idea since you bought The Ballad Of Darren as well?
Thanks for the idea, something for me to have a think about!
I probably have include Urban Hymns? The Verve
I’m pretty new to Britpop but I like it so here goes
20: never heard of it but I love elo I will check it
19: never heard of them either
18: I think I’ve heard of them but never listened
17: probably my 3rd or 4th favorite oasjs album
16: I have heard 1 or two songs by pulp but I really want to check them out more
15: never heard of it
14: one of the bands I discovered through oasis! It’s a good album. No country house!! Ok charmless man isn’t my favorite but god the universal is the best song omg
13: I have heard of the band but never listened yet
12: name sounds vaguely familiar
11: never heard of it
10: never heard of it I’m so sorry lol I’m also here for recommendations!!!
9: again I haven’t heard it but that cover is terrifying
8: I really need to listen to Radiohead also yes more blur! I love ❤️❤️blur CREATED Britpop I love them I watched the documentary no distance left to run
7: omg I love this album so much!!!!!!! I played it in the car and my dad likes it I think (he doesn’t talk much about his opinions) but I think he liked it lol
6: heard of it but haven’t listened it
5: eeeeeh does this count as Britpop!! It’s so good though, holy shit!!!! I thought 1997 was when they stopped being Britpop...but eh. But yay graham got Damon into American music and hip hop then he made Gorillaz so I’m happy :)
4: okay I really really need to check them out. I know what you mean by feeling shifts in music I feel it now in chart pop (it’s normal) I think people are getting sick of trap thank God
3: yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yea! Omg it is so good. Also oasis are so much more of a rockier band than blur and their aesthetic is more grungy like blue jeans and stuff so I count them as Britpop? I’m far from an expert but my dad and I both say is oasis even Britpop? Don’t kill me. also I entered the picture like 5 months ago lol also
2: we have the same favorite oasis album!! Yay!!! I love the album so very much that was my first Britpop album and stuff.
1: I have it saved on my Spotify. I should go listen to it I loved common people I just haven’t had time I have to listen to it. I have to do it
Also do you count the verve as Britpop? I like them.
Forgive me for being new and asking questions and stuff I’m 16, American, and I love blur and oasis, I will check out a lot of these bands! Great video!
Great reply, thanks! Hope you enjoy your Britpop journey, there was certainly a lot of rubbish as well as the great stuff at the time, but hopefully if you discover even 1 or 2 things you like from this video that would be good!
Hi Andrew.
I am not really into Britpop. I do not know much about Britpop.
It stops with Oasis for me, but for sure I will search for some albums you mentioned.
Looking out for youR next video.
You'll have those George and Bob videos at some point! I know much of Britpop never did a great deal outside the UK so will be unfamiliar to many
I was into Blur in the 1990's but now I think Pulp's Different Class is the best britpop album.
I agree, even more so than when I made this video!
i actually prefer Post-britpop more than the first wave of britpop. Like Coldplays first 4 albums or Keane- hopes and fears, Travis has some good stuff too
Sorry bit late to the party on this great list! Have you ever listened to Shack? Waterpistol and HMS Fable are far superior to All Change as much as i love Cast. You should check them out if not
I don't think I remember/knew them!
@@AndrewDixonMusic for some reason they were largely ignored. Some bad luck and some personal problems. Noel Gallagher ended up signing them to his label in 2005 or so. Definitely worth a listen if your into the Britpop thing
Man, I was hoping This Is Hardcore would be 1 lol.
Different class is superb, 'I spy' yeah fantastic song, what about 'f.e.e.l.i.n
g.c.a.l.l.e.d.l.o.v.e?.....love that. As an album I actually prefer the follow up 'This is hardcore' though. Both great albums.
I'd put different class up there as no.1 also.
I'd have blurs britpop albums closely following. They just had such a great unique, english, 90s, BRITPOP sound.
Oasis really were a phenomenon. Something we will never see again with the way media just different nowadays.
I personally wouldn't classify the 'blur' album as britpop. Blur changed their sound after falling out of favour. Oasis flopped their 3rd album. And pulps follow up to different class wasn't up to par. britpop wrapped itself up pretty quick, then weaker watered rock bands such as 'travis' took over. The scene was pretty short lived, and it's probably the last time we've had legit good music in the charts in england, its cool look back. It seems kind of crazy that it ever happened at all.
Aw man the The Verve’s first three albums surely must be in there...Those guys are seriously talented
Blur boy
What?
Be here now is a classic. Just beacuse little Noely dont like it, well he decided to put Masterplan as a fucking bside
Nah its not great. There are some of their best on it but also loads of rubbish and overblown songs that could've been better. Noel worst lyrics of the 90s. It's weeker than most of their 2000s stuff.
In no particular order
Definitely maybe, On, parklife, change giver, elastica, smart, what's the story, expecting to fly, a maximum high, be here now, modern life is rubbish, garbage, different class, his n hers, suede, 1977, love life, nuisance, paranoid and sunburnt, the masterplan
I would trade K' Kula Shaker for Suede-Dog Man Star and Manic Street Preachers for The Verve-Urban Hymns.
I intend to spend some more time with Dog Man Star, I never gave it as much attention as the debut album. 👍
@@AndrewDixonMusic Nice, I love Dog Man Star, especially the song The Wild Ones.Underrated band around the world, I from Brazil. So...about Urban Hymns....is a good álbum, but with 2 highmegapowerfulls songs of britpop scene. Because this I would include this álbum, but your setlist is the better than I saw.
Dodgy 'The Dodgy Album' ???? That's got to be the start of 'Brit pop' . Never gets a mention anywhere!!!