- Audio CD (16 July 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Virgin TV
- ASIN: B00005N6SD
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Unbelievable - EMF | |||
| 2. Step On - Happy Mondays | |||
| 3. Connected - Stereo MC's | |||
| 4. All Together now - The Farm | |||
| 5. Move any Mountain - Shamen | |||
| 6. Killer - Adamsci | |||
| 7. Sit Down - James | |||
| 8. Dragging me Down - Inspiral Carpets | |||
| 9. Wierdo - The Charlatans | |||
| 10. Shine On - The House of Love | |||
See all 18 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Getting away with it - Electronic | |||
| 2. Suedehead - Morrissey | |||
| 3. There she goes - The La's | |||
| 4. She's so high - Blur | |||
| 5. This is how it feels - Inspiral Carpets | |||
| 6. The only one I know - The Charlatans | |||
| 7. I'm free - The Soup Dragons feat. Junior Reid | |||
| 8. Groovy train - The Farm | |||
| 9. I Believe - EMF | |||
| 10. The only rhyme that bites - MC Tunes vs. 808 State | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The early 1990s in Manchester have become the Vietnam of dance culture. Thirtysomethings with a haunted look in their eyes still go on about "Madchester", "The Hacienda", "Joe Bloggs", "Spike Island" and the like. Ten years on and Shaun and Bez are reduced to dancing puppets in an advert for Unbelievable, a lasting testament to the crazy days, and a load of tracks made by dodgy scallies. There are some truly great tracks on this compilation--The Happy Monday's melon-twisting "Step On", the Stone Roses' era-defining "I Am the Resurrection", the Charlatans' incredible debut "The Only One I Know", the Soup Dragons' only moment of glory "I'm Free" and Inspiral Carpets' sing-a-long anthem "This Is How It Feels". There are also some truly awful moments: whoever thought of including Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" and Pete Wylie's "Sinful" clearly wasn't there; as for the inclusion of the Smiths and Morrissey--too early and too late. You had to be there, man. --Helen Marquis
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
We've all grown up now, our Joe Bloggs clobber firmly put away along with our flares, All that remains is a hazy mishmash of memories and the music itself. This was when music finally sorted itself out after the dismal early to mid 80's, and a scene led by the Stone Roses & the Happy Monday's set the trend & paved the way for Britpop & most present day indie/guitar bands. This albums a pretty good slice of what it was like back then with some absolute classics(Mock Turtles, House of Love,The La's,Soup Dragons)but it all kicked off from Manchester & the Roses, Mondays, Charlatans & Carpets are well represented here. There's a couple of odd ones as well, how the Shamen's 'LSI' got on here is anyones guess and the Smith's 'How Soon is now?' was released in '84.
On the whole a good album, it would have been fantastic with the Monday's 'hallelujah', James' 'Come Home' The Roses '...Drums'& the Primals 'Loaded'. Still,Like most of the songs on this album, I've got them lying around somewhere. If you wanna know where Oasis came from & many bands besides, here's a good place to start. Now if I could just remember where I put that Joe Bloggs gear....
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Being at uni from 89-92 this is a pretty definitive collection for me. There are some outstanding tracks from acts who never hit these heights again - Farm, Roses, Mock Turtles, EMF - that I will never tire of hearing.
My favourite track overall has to be "Shine On" by the House of Love - recalls the days of packed sweaty clubs, baggy faded jeans, long sleeved t-shirts and cans of Redstripe!
Some "oddballs" too - Smiths, Pete Wylie and Depeche Mode which don't really stack up with the rest of the CD but are worth a listen.
If you were there you'll love it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD is the best that I have purchased in years. The memories came flooding back to me of the late 80's and early 90's with artists such as The Stone Roses, Blur and Happy Mondays. This CD is worth every penny, purely for the memories, let alone the great music. This album is truely brilliant, BUY IT!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Music that bites back
Of all the various Madchester comps this one is about the best.
As Madchester is a name created by the media its not restricted to Manchester bands and this may very well have... Read more
As Madchester is a name created by the media its not restricted to Manchester bands and this may very well have... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Richard
Makes you realise how poor 90's music was
Aside from the Stone Roses track, listening to this album made me appreciate how soulless the 90's was. Just a load of gimmicky flappy "Madchester" beats with no soul. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Joe P. J. Adhemar
Unbelievable this hasn't been put together before!
If you were at school or college in the early 90's this will bring back mad(chester) memories. All the tapes you put together for cheap wine or cider parties are on here without... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2001
Baggy days gone by...
At the beginning of the 1990s, before the charts became over-run with manufactured boy/girl bands a whole plethora of indie acts crossed over into the mainstream. Read more
Published on 18 July 2001
Baggy Brilliance
The soundtrack to my school days - flashback to c1989 - 92, rounded up into one compilation.
The Roses, Mondays, Carpets, James, Charlatans et al make up the... Read more
Published on 17 July 2001
fantastic early 90s compilation
amazing compilation with the best indie tunes of the early 90s, from stuff like happy mondays to ride, u cant go wrong with this cd
Published on 15 July 2001
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