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5 Responses to 'What are the best ten britpop albums of all time?'

1. kezzy - June 5th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

   blur parklife. pulp different class, oasis definetley maybe, ocean colour scene cant remember name of album, stone roses second coming (does that count) mansun wide open space, elastica elastica, verve history, cardigans emmerdale charlatans tellin stories, oh can i add in belle and sebastian here any of there stuff coz they are excellent.

2. a.j.green - June 8th, 2009 at 12:20 am

   I would certainly include Definitely Maybe by Oasis, Parklife by Blur and Wake Up! by the Boo Radleys in there.

3. damned fan - June 8th, 2009 at 1:51 am

   LUSH was a very good Brit-pop band! They only made 4 albums!

4. The Oracle - June 8th, 2009 at 9:07 am

   Blur – Parklife(94)
   Pulp – Different Class(95)
   Suede – Dogmanstar(94)
   Radiohead – The Bends(95)
   Supergrass – I Should Coco(95)
   Oasis – Definitly Maybe(94)
   The Bluetones – Expecting To Fly(96)
   Dodgy – Homegrown(94)
   Elastica – Elastica(95)
   Black Grape – It’s Great When You’re Straight Yeah(95)

5. col_parker - June 10th, 2009 at 9:46 am

   Without repeating bands, here’s my Top 5:

   1. Blur – Parklife
   2. Pulp – Different Class
   3. Supergrass – I Should Coco
   4. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
   5. Suede – Dog Man Star

   Beyond those it’s hard to define which bands fall under the Britpop label. If you stretch out beyond the 1994-1997 era considered by many critics to be the “official” Britpop era (many of whom consider the release of Robbie Williams’ first album as the beginning of the end), things get more interesting.

   If you’re flexible, here’s the remainder of my list:

   6. Stone Roses – Stone Roses (1st album)
   7. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
   8. Elastica – Elastica (1st album)
   9. Stereophonics – Performance and Coctails
   10. Cast – Magic Hour

   Oh, sorry, but this one goes to eleven…

   11. The La’s – The La’s

   Few other noteworthy bands. Some were more or less in the Britpop club, but now, 10 years later, it’s so hard to say who was or wasn’t. Even amongst the key players – Blur, Oasis, etc. – there are almost no similarities between those bands. Anyhow, these bands are/were all quite good around that time and probably deserve inclusion (pick your favorite album):

   - James
   - The Wonder Stuff
   - Gene (actually, if I recall, Gene was on the cover of the NME at least as many times as Richey James in ’95, so that must bump up their ranking)
   - Travis
   - Chumbawaumba (everything BEFORE their massive US radio hit, “Tubthumping”)
   - Ash
   - The Boo Radleys
   - Super Furry Animals
   - These Animal Men
   - Ween
   - Massive Attack
   - Portishead

   You’ve got me reminiscing now. Might have to fire up some old Suede.

   BTW, new Supergrass album, Road to Rouen, is excellent.

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