- Fri Nov 07, 2003 4:02 pm
#127194
As far as most people are concerned, the first two Britpop albums were Suede - Suede and Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish, both in 1993.
Manic Street Preachers and Radiohead never classified or associated themselves with anything Britpop.
There's no other Way from Blur came out before the 'Britpop' era. Whilst the Stone Roses were part of the Madchester scene, and although they released Second Coming in 1994, they weren't associated with Britpop.
Britpop ended with The Third Oasis Album, Be Here Now, being a flop, Blur seeking a new musical direction and the unfortunate sudden popularity of the Spice Girls.
If you though were to look for definitive songs then some of them are.
Suede - Animal Nitrate, So Young, The Wild Ones, The Drowners, Metal Mickey, FilmStar, Trash, We Are The Pigs, New Generation, Stay Together
Blur - Chemical World, For Tommorow, Sunday Sunday, Parklife, Girls and Boys, End of A Century, Country House, Stereotypes, Charmless Man, The Universal.
Oasis - Whatever, Wonderwall, Roll With It, Shakermaker, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Some Might Say, She's Electric, Morning Glory, Don't Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova, Live Forever
Pulp - Sorted For E's and Whizz, Lipgloss, Do You Remember The First Time, Disco 2000, Common People, Something Changed
Supergrass - Alright, Caught By The Fuzz, Lenny, Mansize Rooster
Echobelly - Insomniac, I Can't Imagine The World Without Me
Elastica - Connection, Waking Up, Line Up
Bluetones, Slight Return, Marblehead Johnson, Bluetonic, Cut Some Rug
Menswear - We Love You, Sleeping In, Being Brave
Sleeper - Sale of the Century, Nice Guy Eddie, What Do I Do Now
Space - Neighbourhood, Female of the Species, Me & You Vs the World
In my opinion, those were the definitive songs and bands of the Britpop era.
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