2 Minutes Hate "Let It Eat" Ardent Records
A more raw sounding follow-up to their 1994 album.
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Blur "The Great Escape" Virgin
Probably their best offering in a few years. Great Brit-pop!
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The Bogmen "Life Begins At 40 Million" Arista/BMG
Kind of quirky and fun.
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Tracy Bonham "The Burdens of Being Upright" Island
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Boom Crash Opera "Born" BMG (Australia)
One of my all-time favorite bands. This is a more "electronic" album than any of their others. Too bad it's not available here in the USA. It should be!
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Catherine Wheel "Happy Days" Fontana/Mercury
Passed on this album at first listen. I rediscovered it a few months later and have been listening regularly since.
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Collective Soul "Collective Soul" Atlantic
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Finn "Finn" EMI (Australia)
From the brothers who brought the world Split Enz and Crowded House. What a great album! Now available in the US under the name FINN BROTHERS on Discovery Records. Give Discovery a big hand for picking this album up when Capitol wouldn't.
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Fossil "Fossil" HiFi/Sire/Warner Bros.
This band had lots of potential. It's a great album. Unfortunately, they broke up shortly after Warner Bros. dropped them from the label. Some members have gone on to form the band PROBE.
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Garbage "Garbage" Almo/DGC
I've never been a big fan of Butch Vig, but this is one of my favorite albums of all time. Shirly has a great voice! Seriously, this album has an incredible selection of songs. Not a bad one in the bunch.
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Gene "Olympian" Atlas/A&M
Kind of a 90's Morrissy singer. This may be what The Smiths would sound like if they were still around today.
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The Greenberry Woods "Big Money Item" Sire
Incredible! Poppy! This is the definition of a catchy album. Very "Beatle-esque".
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Juliana Hatfield "Only Everything" Mammoth/Atlantic
Juliana does it again.
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King Crimson "THRAK" Virgin
They're baaaack! What an incredible album. What's even better is to hear them perform it live.
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Letters To Cleo "Wholesale Meats and Fish" Reprise
A great follow-up to their last album.
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Menswear "Nuisance" London
80's Brit-pop? Damn straight! Glad to see the return of fun pop music.
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Mike & The Mechanics "Beggar On A Beach Of Gold" Atlantic
I was a little dissapointed with this album. It's definitely my least favorite M+M album. The songs didn't have the same familiararity of the others. They just didn't reach out and grab me. I do like this album despite the above review. If you liked previous M+M this is worth a listen.
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Morphine "Yes" Ryko
I had never heard of this band until this album. Wish I had. Their other albums are incredible too.
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Peter Murphy "Cascade" Beggars Banquet/Atlantic
Not quite as good as the early Peter Murphy albums, but a nice album just the same.
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Odds "Good Weird Feeling" EEG
This band kicks ass! They are absolutely the nicest bunch of guys around. Incredibly catchy tunes. I can highly recommend all of their albums. Go see them live if you get the chance. Always a good show. Makes you want to move to Canada.
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The Presidents of the USA "self titled" Columbia
Tunes with hooks and laughs.
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Primus "Tales From The Punchbowl" Interscope
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The Rembrants "L.P." East West/EEG
Never want to hear the "Friends" theme again. Good thing there are 14 other great songs on this album.
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Sister Machine Gun "Burn" Wax Trax/TVT
The album that got me into industrial music again.
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Spacehog "Resident Alien" HiFi Recordings/Sire/EEG
Nice to see 80's glam-rock make a comeback. Sorta.
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Spookey Ruben "Modes Of Transportation Vol. 1" TVT
Very strange! I love it!
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Spot "Spot" Ardent
Catchy guitar rock. I look forward to hearing lots more from these guys.
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Various Artists "The Songs of XTC: A Testimonial Dinner" Thirsty Ear
Finally, a tribute album for on of the greatest bands of all time. I like them all.
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Paul Weller "Stanley Road" Go! Discs/London/Polygram
Not the best Paul Weller album, but great just the same.
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The Young Gods "Only Heaven" Interscope
Although this doesn't do for me what "TV Sky" did, I like it alot.
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