POLL: Best Britpop Record based on AMG's Top Britpop Albums

Really odd that there's no Ride or Verve. I suppose AMG might have Ride under shoegaze. Also: Radiohead? Maybe "The Bends" (maybe), but after 10 years does anyone associate "OK Computer" with "Britpop"?

Of course this is very hard to pick: "Parklife," "Morning Glory", "Elastica", "The Stone Roses", "Different Class", are all obvious. But I'm also partial to Supergrass. Can't decide... agh.

I wish I could vote for my homemade Auteurs best-of.

Should Linoleum be on there? Just asking. Haven't listened in a while, but I recall them being pretty good.

'Fuzzy Logic' for me. Runners-up were 'Parklife' and 'Barafundle'.

this is shit. radiohead, ride, stone roses, happy mondays, black grape, the verve, robbie williams, travis, texas, gay dad, primal scream, shack, sea horses were not britpop.

...and Mansun were?

Also: Who knew these were Britpop?

Iggy Pop "Lust for Life" & "Nightclubbing"
Brian Eno "Deep Blue Day"
New Order "Temptation"
Lou Reed "Perfect Day"
Bedrock "For What You Dream Of"
Leftfield "A Final Hit"
Underworld "Born Slippy"

Learn something new every day I suppose...

my list was not exhaustive, everything.

Shack probably do count as britpop for HMS Fable anyway. Nothing else, though.

LEISURE? fuck off.

I think "Britpop" just means "pop and rock from Britain" to many outside this country.

I think "Britpop" just means "pop and rock from Britain" to many outside this country.

Then how does L.A. based Nancy Boy fit in?

OK, perhaps a defition rooted in Wittgensteinian family-resemblance theory needs to be employed.

Or maybe AMG is just ass.

Is Menswear's '26 Years' a cover version? it's alright, as is their cover of 'Public Image' (competent but totally redundant now if not then). they should've just done covers.

Saint Etienne? Primal Scream? Happy Mondays? Black Grape? The term seems a bit too wide here.

Voted for "OK Computer" which was an excellent album although not neccessarily Britpop.

I think "Britpop" just means "pop and rock from Britain" to many outside this country.

Not to AMG, or there would have been lots more included in the list. They even stopped with "OK Computer" in the case of Radiohead.

This list is the strangest definition of 'Britpop' I have ever seen

Whether or not it's in on a technicality, I'd vote The La's album every time.

Wibbling Rivalry?

Looked Wibbling Rivalry up on AMG. It's 15 minutes of the Gallagher Bros. bickering.

This list is the strangest definition of 'Britpop' I have ever seen

Seems like they have classified it as "British indie from the 90s".

Ned, please explain! :)

what no Denim? the two best britpop albums ignored?

'denim on ice' is on itunes but not on compact disc.

"The Holy Bible" is my favourite here, but I wouldn't call it Britpop. "I Should Coco" it is.

FOXBASE ALPHA

voted for Different Class.

I am not at all surprised if a non-Britpop album, such as "Foxbase Alpha", "Giant Steps" or "Pills'n'Thrills...." wins this poll.

Would you like it if Black Grape won? I think that's a very underrated album.

'foxbase alpha' and 'giant steps' are more britpop than most of these records.

Would you like it if Black Grape won? I think that's a very underrated album.

My guess is most of those votes will go to Happy Mondays instead.

But still, no. I like Black Grape better than Mondays, but both are lacking in terms of tunes when compared to the Britpop genre.

'foxbase alpha' and 'giant steps' are more britpop than most of these records.

Saint Etienne have considerably more in common with Pet Shop Boys and Prefab Sprout than they do with Pulp, Blur or Suede. I mean, I like Saint Etienne a lot (not as much as I like Prefab Sprout or PSB, that is), but Britpop they have never been. Same about Dubstar, which was built very much on the same musical base.

And "Giant Steps" is not a Britpop album - has more in common with shoegazing than with Britpop really. "Wake Up!" was a great Britpop album though, while "C'mon Kid" was back to shoegaze once more.

Britpop they have never been

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canon, bitch.

"So Tough" of course. St. Etienne were Britpop without the guitars.

I still count Saint Etienne as sophisti-pop more than Britpop. Nothing wrong with that, much as a love sophisti-pop.

I should have voted for "Wake Up" or "Parklife". They summarise a "best-possible" Britpop for me.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

have voted, but not for mansun. they weren't really britpop, were they?

Way worse than the Grunge thread.

I voted for the Happy Mondays.

Anything but a britpop albums is going to win this!

truly horrible list. I am voting for the first disc of sci-fi lullabies.

otherwise his n hers or radiator or holy bible.

never heard of "arnold"!

or eggman

I ought to have voted for radiator given my well-professed love for it, but again, I just don't get that Britpop feeling from it.

I actually voted for 'Dog Man Star'. It's still my only Suede album; I just know that the others won't live up to it. It's absolutely fantastic.

Eggman is Sice Boo Radley's solo project. Quite nice really.

Soooo much better than the grunge poll. I vote for OK Computer.

There's at least 20 good-to-great albums on that list. There were maybe three on the grunge one.

Uh oh, Mr Snrub gives this poll a thumbs up.

Can we have a poll after this for the worst album on the list? My money would be on one of the OCS albums.

Most people here probably haven't even heard other OCS albums than "Moseley Shoals". Which is brilliant and one of the best albums of the entire Britpop era.

No it wasn't.

Yes, it was. Particularly "The Day We Caught The Train" and "You've Got It Bad" - both of them marvellous pop singles.

I have yet to see any kind of criticism towards OCS that isn't mainly about how they were "derivative", which is an irrelevant argument considering most of the best music of the past 20 years has been "derivative".

You don't have to make an argument. Ocean Colour Scene were shite. End of.

ANGLO-FIGHT!!!!

OCS were huge here. Bigger than Blur and Pulp and most of those bands. Second only to Oasis. The 3 times I saw Oasis bloody OCS were as support. I hated the fans as much as I hated the band too.

ok, it's ON.

How's this: "The Manic Street Preachers are a bunch of whiny-ass titty baby poseurs, who wouldn't know a good riff if the headless corpse of Richey James showed up to beat 'em over the head with it, aight?"

Bring it bitches....

Nah, they have a couple of good riffs despite being shite.

the manics albums on this list are probably the best ones on it, but aren't britpop. Same with the Stone Roses and Radiohead albums. So I'm not voting for them.

Oh man, is that the best you can do everything?

How about "Ocean Colour Scene wouldn't know real soul if James Brown showed up to fuck 'em in the arse with it."

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Some good Britpop on that soundtrack as far as I can remember.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

How about "Ocean Colour Scene wouldn't know real soul if James Brown showed up to fuck 'em in the arse with it."

No problem. Their soul is better, but generally their best material was always their most Beatles-influenced and least R&B influenced.

And ILM's "Second Coming" madness doesn't seem to stop. Just one good song ("Ten Storey Lovesong") doesn't make a good album obv.

OMG!!! You mean, OTHER PEOPLE like Second Coming??! I'm not alone here??!?!

Plenty of defenders here (and haters too)

from the beginning this poll was just RONG

Texas: Greatest Hits 2

lols

2 votes that is

The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses 4
Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 3
Primal Scream: Screamadelica 0

(edited to emphasise rongness)

Screamadelica =/= britpop. It's the best BRITPOP album.

Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals 0
Ocean Colour Scene: One From the Modern 0
Ocean Colour Scene: B-Sides: Seasides & Freerides 0

I guess it's not all bad

xp yeah well that's why i didn't vote for radiohead or the manics but ok computer still got 4 votes - and how about

Shampoo: We Are Shampoo 3

I could only vote for one Manics album :( But seriously, channel the hatred toward OCS. They suck

Okay, either my grasp of the Britpop canon is really terrible or this poll's results are somewhat bizarre.

I suppose the second coming did come out after definitely maybe and parklife therefore part of that era at least.

(I thought mine would be the only vote for it hehe)

IT IS A FIX

furthermore, 'Different Class' is (by a stretch) Pulp's worst later-period album.

What do we think of 'We Love Life'? I fuckin adore it. Again, though, I seem to be alone.

we love life >>>> different class

this poll's results are somewhat bizarre

OTM. This is really fucking weird.

we love life is their best album, closely followed by his'n'hers

I thought Blur - Parklife would have done better.

only one of the top five is really britpop.

Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore

Their four Island albums are all great though.

Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore > Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore > Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore > Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore > Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore > Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore > Different Class > His'n'Hers > We Love Life > This Is Hardcore >

..... makes jack a dull boy.

i know it's what happens here but fighting over which is the best pulp album when they're really all pretty great seems somewhat pointless. i would have voted for different class simply because it was the first proper album i consciously bought and paid for with my own head and money. but i love this is hardcore too. and the rest.

Obviously the first three <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< the next four.

The Stone Roses: Second Coming 16
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses 4

lol ilm contrariness

i think kerr's been up to tricks, myself. he's probably convinced a load of lurkers to vote second coming via MSN. he has form in that regard. :p

No need, Louis. Have a look at that stone roses thread that's on the new answers page just now. Plenty of fans there.

well in that case, it was just bad luck that this thread came up just as second coming was in everyone's consciousness!

I'm sure it had an effect yes.
Critically Reviled Albums Due A Re-evaluation : Stone Roses - Second Coming you know you want to join in

We Love Life is my favorite Pulp album, but the big four are all fantastic.

hahahah oh man these results

"Stone Roses" is obv. a way better album than "Second Coming". I mean, "Stone Roses" has roughly as many bad songs on it as "Second Coming" has good ones.

what were you guys thinking??

classic ILM