Pure Pop for Now People

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For my iPod: Recommend me some perfect pop from the past 20 years that I probably haven't heard (no big hits, I mean). You know, stuff that would sit nicely beside the Go-Betweens, The La's, Heavenly (of the "Le Jardin De Heavenly" period), Crowded House, The Sundays, etc.

I hope Geir isn't the only one who responds.

― Popcorn (jmcgaw), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Ivy's Apartment Life is so, so, so magnificent.
Any Luna is ace as well.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Starry Nowhere by The Monochrome Set!

― scott seward, Monday, 22 September 2003 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

also, Papas Fritas' Helioself, That Dog.'s Totally Crushed Out and Retreat from the Sun, the Apples in Stereo's Tone Soul Evolution are all ace.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Jellyfish: Bellybutton
Cotton Mather: Everything they have ever done
The entire Britpop bunch

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

M Matos is very right about the Apples, i was pissed someone beat me to it! you should also check out their album "velocity of sound."

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The Shins Oh, Inverted World
I'm liking The Decemberists Her Majesty right now
Built to Spill Keep It Like A Secret

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

mostly recent, might work for you

broadcast 'come on let's go', before we begin, message from home
all seeing i ft jarvis cocker 'drive safely darling'
all seeing i ft phil oakey 'first man in space'
boa 'duvet'
cibo matto 'sugar water'
mint royale 'lonely girl'
39 lyon st - kites
can - i want more
nu-shooz - point of no return
pino d'angio - ma quale idea
regular fries - eclipse
a million sons - misti blu
ladytron - another breakfast with you
king biscuit time - i walk the earth
bis - the end starts today
bomb the bass ft shawn lee - fast
chris and cosey - october love
stereolab - cybele's reverie
fischerspooner - the 15th
golden boy & miss kittin - rippin kittin
goldfrapp - train
kate bush - wow
lo fidelity all stars - feel what i feel (precursor to Junior Senior?)
junior senior - boy meets girl
beck - lost cause
mansun - taxloss
mekon - please stay (royksopp mix)
merz - lovely daughter
simian - la breeze
sparks - when do i get to sing my way
st etienne - shower scene
st etienne - heart failed in the back of a taxi
british sea power - carrion
the basement - medicine day
mull historical society - final arrears
shack - natalie's party
beth gibbons & rustin man - tom the model
bent - swollen
alpha - delaney
808 state - spanish heart
chung king - angel eyes

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

ROC, Hey You Chick

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Look Blue Go Purple, "Cactus Cat"; "I Don't Want You Anyway"
Veronica Lake, "Saints Above"
3Ds, "Beautiful Things"
Velocity Girl, "Forgotten Favorite"; "Pop Loser"; "Audrey's Eyes"; "I Can't Stop Smiling"
Chris Knox, "Not Given Lightly"
Lilys, "Ginger"; "Any Place I've Lived"; Better Can't Make Your Life Better
Future Bible Heroes, "Lonely Days"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything off the 'Alaska Days' album by Poole

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 22 September 2003 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Haven't thought of that album in years. Good stuff, as I recall!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

apartments - a life full of farewells
brendan benson - one mississippi

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Lida Husik's _Joyride_ or _Fly Stereophonic_
some tracks may be a bit 'mopey' or dark-themed but what's pop, is perfectly so.

Beatnik Filmstars and Bomb Pops have a couple great songs I've been repeating lately.

I like the first Papas Fritas album.

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Monday, 22 September 2003 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Pedals" Aluminum Group
"What Makes It Go" Komeda
"I've Seen Everything" Trashcan Sinatras

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

snowblind "the falls"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

'delilah sands' - brilliant corners

― geordie racer, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 06:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Any of World Of Twist's Quality Street.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"What Makes It Go" Komeda

I'll throw in a second for this. Five or six years on, I still pull this out about once a season and play it three times in a row.

And lessee... the Allen Clapp album Availabe Light from last year has been real addictive for some of us who love our soft 70s sugar-pop. The album goes after a perfect "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"/Carpenters mood and succeeds, I think.

And my favorite album of 2002, Stew's The Naked Dutch Painter and Other Songs is chock full of beautiful stuff. I was kind of obsessed with it for awhile.

― Hildy, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

The Bats - Made Up In Blue

― mentalist (mentalist), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Cotton Mather: Everything they have ever done
Esp Kontiki

― nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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