Best Ever Albums

Re: Blur or Pulp?

Evandar — Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:14:33 GMT

Author: Evandar

Posted: 07/05/2013 18:14

I voted Blur. I haven't gotten that far into their material, but they seem to have great songs from several albums. I do love Pulp's "Different Class", though, a little more than "Parklife", so it's a relatively close fight to me. As cool as Blur are, they keep reminding me of a slightly inferior The Kinks, poor lads. 😁

Re: Blur or Pulp?

ButterThumbz — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 11:53:27 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 07/04/2013 15:53

andy_hunter wrote:

How Britpop goes in my mind:

Switch out The Verve for Sleeper, bump Supergrass up a few places and you're almost there.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

andy_hunter — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 11:14:26 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 07/04/2013 15:14

How Britpop goes in my mind:

Re: Blur or Pulp?

ButterThumbz — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 10:07:57 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 07/04/2013 14:07

Norman Bates wrote:

I was there, helped and they did sell. I Should Coco was a success.

Yeah, largely thanks to Alright, but that was just the beginning. In it For The Money, Life On Other Planets and Road to Rouen should have all been huge but, to many, they are viewed as britpop also-rans... or worse, one hit wonders.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

Norman Bates — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 09:05:38 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 07/04/2013 13:05

ButterThumbz wrote:

It's nice to see so much love for Supergrass here. Where were you all when they were trying to sell records?

I was there, helped and they did sell. I Should Coco was a success.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

AranD — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:37:14 GMT

Author: AranD

Posted: 07/04/2013 12:37

I think Blur have more albums that are good, but Pulp have a couple that are brilliant. (Different class/This is Hardcore) Neither can be pigeonholed into just 'britpop' though. I love Suede too, though musically i'm not sure why these bands are always clumped together.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

ButterThumbz — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 04:13:11 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 07/04/2013 08:13

It's nice to see so much love for Supergrass here. Where were you all when they were trying to sell records?

Pulp's last four albums were all great but I have to choose Blur simply because For Tomorrow, This Is A Low, He Though Of Cars, Beetlebum, Coffee And TV, Out Of Time, Music Is My Radar and many more...

Re: Blur or Pulp?

AlexZangari — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 00:25:10 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 07/04/2013 04:25

joshtraina wrote:

No manners or talent

You make it sound punk rock.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

Anonymous — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 23:12:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/04/2013 03:12

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Re: Blur or Pulp?

TracyJacks — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 18:13:03 GMT

Author: TracyJacks

Posted: 07/03/2013 22:13

Blur any day.

Their discography is amongst my favourite discographies of any band. I like Leisure too, it's a fun record with songs which had potential (She's So High, There's No Other Way, Sing and I think Bang too) even if it is obvious that their debut was their worst album.

All of their other albums are very good.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

aditya7 — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 14:04:14 GMT

Author: aditya7

Posted: 07/03/2013 18:04

Agreed !! Supergrass is a splendid band.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

junodog4 — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:18:33 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 07/03/2013 17:18

Happymeal wrote:

the best britpop band is Supergrass, just saying.

Supergrass is better than most Britpop, but I wouldn't give them the title of best.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

meccalecca — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:11:33 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 07/03/2013 17:11

Norman Bates wrote:

Well, not saying I don't agree, but I'm just not sure.

It, Freaks, Separations, His 'n Hers, Different Class : that's a nice record. This Is Hardcore and We Love Life may be a bit less frankly good, but all in all, it's quite a nice two thirds of career.

On the other hand, and I know that most won't think the same, I think Blur's glory ends with The Great Escape (which is a very fine three album streak: Modern Life Is Rubbish, Park Life, The Great escape). I know there are fans of Blur, 13 and Think Tank, but I'm not, at least not that much.

All in all : Pulp 86-95 is very good, Blur 93-95 too.

You're clearly a fan of the britpop eras of those 2 bands. I really think Blur's discography is perfect post Leisure. Their self-titled is my least favorite of that run, but 13 is well my #1 album of all time.

I like It and Freaks but with Pulp, I don't think they really began to peak until His 'n' Hers. And though it might run a little long, This Is Hardcore is a very close 2nd to Different Class in terms of favorite Pulp albums. And I personally like We Love Life more than the early records too.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

Patman360 — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 12:30:20 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 07/03/2013 16:30

Personally I'm voting Pulp, mainly cause I adore them and in particular Different Class, as a whole though Blur probably have a stronger discography.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

meruizh — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 09:36:25 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 07/03/2013 13:36

I've got to say I am a fan of both bands, nevertheless blur is one of my top 10 bands.
blur has some brilliant work, I mean... Parklife, Modern Life Is Rubish, 13, Blur.. those four albums by themselves are masterpieces. Then Think Tank, which honestly Im not a huge fan of that album, but it's close to the four albums mentioned.
And if you can consider as shitty albums, Leisure and The Great Escape... they still have brilliant tunes in there, Universal, There's No Other Way, Country House, Charmless Man, Yuko and Hiro, Best Days, She's So Hi, Sing.... etc etc

Pulp on the other hand... Different Class, His 'n' Hers, This Is Hardcore are.... Mind Blowing, they are insane!!
We Love Life, might be a good album, but I just cant listen to it, except by few tracks. Still I think is a good effort.
Then Freaks, It, Separations... those albums In my opinion they are not even worth the mention. I've listened a couple of times.. and they go from mehh.. to erase the album from the Recyclle Bin... i mean terrible

But Pulp had their brilliant moments... but I'll go for blur every time

Re: Blur or Pulp?

davidhuret — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 05:20:29 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 07/03/2013 09:20

I'd say Blur, for the long run (+ Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Graham Coxon, etc...), though Pulp have had their flashes of brilliance.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

Norman Bates — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 03:31:45 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 07/03/2013 07:31

lethalnezzle wrote:

lolwut

but Blur were better for longer, if that makes sense.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

Anonymous — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 03:03:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/03/2013 07:03

Jhereko wrote:

Blur have the best discography of the 90's (yes I'm including Pavement, The Flaming Lips, Built To Spill, Bjork, ATCQ etc etc) so them.

Blur is really annoying for me, and britpop in general is. Also, none of the bands had a unblemished 90s run in my opinion, and Bjork is one of my favorite artists.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

SingingPeasant96 — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 02:24:41 GMT

Author: SingingPeasant96

Posted: 07/03/2013 06:24

AlexZangari wrote:

Graham's solo work is high up there too.

Re: Blur or Pulp?

EyeKanFly — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 01:20:17 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/03/2013 05:20

lethalnezzle wrote:

lolwut

Anyway, Pulp at their best are better than Blur at their best, but Blur were better for longer, if that makes sense.

As for Suede and The Verve; lol, just lol.

Honestly I don't like The Verve or Suede nearly as much as Blur or Pulp (or Oasis for that matter...), but I've always been under the impression that Suede and Blur were really the bands that opened the britpop era, and The Verve were one of the bands to close it. I might be wrong. In any case, I just like seeing polls with more options.