Rec me some Britpop!

[JMan]

Parklife by Blur is one of the 20 best albums I've heard, but I fear this opinion may not be very valid as I have not heard much Britpop with Blur being the only Britpop album I've heard. What are some really great Britpop albums? I'd like to get a better understanding of the genre so I can truly compare Parklife because I want to judge the album by how good it is for it's genre. So to help me learn more about Britpop, can people please help me with the best Britpop albums?

[ShaneSpear]

Suede self-titled.

[Patman360]

Pulp - Different Class
Blur - The Great Escape

Both currently in my top 100, enjoy!
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[junodog4]

Supergrass - I Should Coco
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[Kool Keith Sweat]

Suicide - Suicide
Slint - Spiderland
Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition/Metal Box

[MrFrogger]

[Kool Keith Sweat]

but seriously... Stone Roses debut. I'm not a big fan of the album, but the brits like it. I think it was the proto-brit-pop album. Also, the drumming is super influential on that album; I personally hear it in later MBV and later american '90s pop. The songs "I Wanna Be Adored" and "Fool's Gold" are my favorites, though I'm sure other have their own. I think "Waterfall" and "I Am the Resurrection" are the two usual favorites.

[Guest]

If you want proto Brit Pop then you need to listen to


'The La's' - The La's

Massively influential on contemporary bands like Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses but also on what came next - Blur, Oasis, Cast, Supergrass...

An absolute must listen to

[AlexZangari]

The Verve's Urban Hymns is a good one that hasn't been mentioned. Also, fuck the haters and listen to Oasis. Definitely Maybe and (WTS)MG? are both great.

As BEA's self-proclaimed Blur specialist (hey, if I'm devoting both my avatar and signature to Blur references, I'm deserving of some kind of title!), I welcome you as a newfound Blur fan! Allow me to interest you in further discovering the wonders of this magnificent band:

The first thing you need to know about Blur is that they're not just a Britpop band. Out of seven records, there are 3 that would definitely fall into the Britpop category: Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife, and The Great Escape. Seeing as you really enjoy Parklife, I highly recommend the other two as they have a lot in common. Before the Britpop phase was their debut, Leisure. You can pretty much skip this one, although it does have a few great tracks (mainly the singles). If you really dig the type of "proto-Britpop" Madchester type stuff people are mentioning though, then you should give it a listen. After Blur's Britpop stage came their self-titled, in which the creative direction was more influenced by guitarist Graham Coxon and had sounds closer to American alternative rock. Next is my personal favourite, 13, which continued where Blur left off but in a much, much more experimental way - there are quite a few fans of this one on BEA, and it's even #1 on Mecca's chart. If you dig these two albums, I highly recommend you delve into Coxon's solo material, which is plentiful and diverse on its own. For Blur's final album, Think Tank, Damon Albarn began to take influence from electronica and hip-hop, having recently released his debut with Gorillaz. This alienated Coxon, who ended up contributing very little to the album. If you like this one, then you should of course explore Gorillaz discography if you haven't.
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[Norman Bates]

Don't know if they qualify because I'm not certain about this britpop "genre" thing", but anyway, with a few big names already quoted, I'd say you could listen to:

New Wave by The Auteurs

Tellin' Stories by The Charlatans

Lovelife by Lush

His 'n' Hers by Pulp