Shadow Factory (compilation album)
by Various Artists

Shadow Factory by Various Artists
(Compilation album)
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 12,319th   
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74/100 (from 9 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of 1988 (172nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,726th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,319th)

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Overall rank: 12,319th | 1980s rank: 1,726th | 1988 rank: 172nd

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This is the album that introduced me to The Field Mice + many more now legendary bands (in the twee world of indie pop anyway). After hearing this I was hooked on the Bristol based indie label Sarah Records which were a predominantly seven inch label. This compilation collects selected cuts from those early Sarah releases and is brilliant. For those who don't know what a Sarah record sounds like.....If The Smiths had released a single on Sarah Records it would probably have been something like 'Well I Wonder', just not as well produced of course.
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Best Albums of 1988
1. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
2. Surfer Rosa by Pixies
3. Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
4. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy
5. ...And Justice For All by Metallica
6. Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
7. Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine
8. Green by R.E.M.
9. Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A
10. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
11. I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
12. Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 by The Traveling Wilburys
13. Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
14. Operation: Mindcrime by Queensrÿche
15. If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues
16. 16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens
17. Tender Prey by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
18. Viva Hate by Morrissey
19. Starfish by The Church
20. Rattle And Hum by U2
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