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From Amazon.com:
Consider this super-cool, long-overdue 4-CD set the less-commercial but no-less telling riposte to the early 1960s British Invasion, when bands crossed the Atlantic to serve up what they'd learned, largely from under-heralded American artists (as in the Stones and Muddy Waters). During the period that The Brit Box puts under the microscope, England went from Margaret Thatcher and John Major to Tony Blair, from youth culture (and the press) zeroing in on football hooliganism to the rise of Acid House and Brit pop. So it is that the addled guitar haze of Spaceman 3's "Walkin' with Jesus" melds with the bouncy, synth-softened euphoria of "She Bangs the Drums," and the chirpy, jangly float of The Primitives' "Crash." These are moments in pop transition, as the peppy new wave of the 1980s meets up with the psychedelic, dope-colored moodiness of the '90s, and then, quickly, with the ascent of "Cool Brittania." As the Thatcher/Major era heads into the 1990s, Birdland--long forgotten--rips at the jugular with the quick, garage rock-infused "Shoot You Down," which, like so much here, keeps a finger keenly on a groove you could either embrace while hallucinating or pogo-ing on the dance floor (or both). New Order, Pulp, Oasis, Blur, Elastica, and My Bloody Valentine are all here, of course. They embrace the whole continuum, from the trippy to the happy to the… self-reflective, and they offer enough landmarks that Dodgy, and The Bluetones, and Silver Sun and These Animal Men all have space to drop in, adding layers to this spectacular omnibus collection. --Andrew Bartlett
| Artist: | Various Artists | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0081227998356 | | Format: | Compilation | | MPN: | 159804 | | Number Of Discs: | 4 | | Original Release Date: | 2007-11-20 | | Release Date: | 2007-11-20 | | UPC: | 081227998356 |
Tracks:- How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
- Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
- Primitive Painters - Felt
- Somewhere in China - Shop Assistants
- My Biggest Thrill - The Mighty Lemon Drops
- Just Like Heaven - The Cure
- Lips Like Sugar - Echo & the Bunnymen
- April Skies - The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Walkin' with Jesus (Sound of Confusion) - Spacemen 3
- Crash - The Primitives
- Unbearable - The Wonder Stuff
- She Bangs the Drums - The Stone Roses
- Only One I Know - The Charlatans UK
- Step On - Happy Mondays
- Loaded \oSingle Version\c - Primal Scream
- This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
- Obscurity Knocks - The Trash Can Sinatras
- There She Goes - The La's
- Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
- Vapour Trail - Ride
- Sight of You - Pale Saints
- Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
- For Love - Lush
- Flying - The Telescopes
- Pearl - Chapterhouse
- I Want to Touch You - Catherine Wheel
- Trip & Slide - Bleach
- Coast Is Clear - Curve
- You - Five Thirty
- This River Will Never Run Dry - Moose
- (Thought I'd Died) And Gone to Heaven - The Family Cat
- (Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quant in Blue - The Dylans
- 0-0 A.E.T. (No Score After Extra Time) - Thousand Yard Stare
- Grey Cell Green - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
- Shoot You Down - Birdland
- Stay Beautiful - Manic Street Preachers
- Star Sign - Teenage Fanclub
- Metal Mickey - Suede
- Duel \oRadio Edit\c - Swervedriver
- Breakfast - Eugenius
- Barfly - Superstar
- Regret - New Order
- Laid - James
- Kite - Nick Heyward
- Lazarus - The Boo Radleys
- You're in a Bad Way - Saint Etienne
- Wow & Flutter - Stereolab
- Tracy Jacks - Blur
- Live Forever - Oasis
- Common People - Pulp
- Speeed King - These Animal Men
- Wallflower - Mega City Four
- Insomniac - Echobelly
- Sleep Well Tonight - Gene
- Sleeping In - Menswear
- Alright - Supergrass
- Alright - Cast
- Stutter - Elastica
- In a Room - Dodgy
- Girl from Mars - Ash
- Sale of the Century - Sleeper
- Sleep - Marion
- Tattva - Kula Shaker
- Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene
- You're Gorgeous - Babybird
- Slight Return - The Bluetones
- Something 4 the Weekend - Super Furry Animals
- Something for the Weekend - The Divine Comedy
- Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
- Service - Silver Sun
- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - Spiritualized
- Wide Open Space - Mansun
- Step into My World - Hurricane #1
- Lucky Man - The Verve
- Untouchable - Rialto
- Mulder and Scully - Catatonia
- You Don't Care About Us - Placebo
- Oh Jim - Gay Dad
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