Real Shoegaze: A Short Guide
by 
JulianR 
Shoegaze is one of the most underappreciated genres out there, and in my opinion, the critical consensus on what is good is quite bad. There are a bunch of bands out there that are essentially noise post-punk, such as MBV's earlier works including Isn't Anything. These bands, with retrospect, are not really shoegaze much at all, but much closer to noise-rock. So, I have taken it upon myself to educate the masses on what is both real and good shoegaze (yes, I'm consciously on my high horse :). The albums are in a random order, I suppose
Quick PSA: Ride is not shoegaze, and is also extremely mediocre
- Chart updated: 02/22/2018 17:45
- (Created: 02/21/2018 03:41).
- Chart size: 10 albums.
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If one had to pick the holy trinity of shoegaze, this album would be all three.
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1991
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28,554
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This is an almost literally unheard of, but stunningly gorgeous, shoegaze album with dream pop leanings.
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This one is an amazing modern shoegaze album from a chicago band, I believe. This album is packed with a bunch of super catchy power-shoegaze tunes.
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A great classics-era shoegaze album that never got its proper due
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Hey! Give it the same chance that loveless gets! I feel like people listen to it once, and then toss it away saying "its no loveless" without remembering that loveless took a while to really love too. This album, though of course not as good as loveless, is still superb, and deserves much more recognition.
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2013
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3,093
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This is an album that is more dream pop than shoegaze at points, but its so damn good that I had to include it.
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1993
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10,908
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Another modern shoegaze record like Infinity Maps
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This one is a fairly unique one that came out a little after the turn of the century. Its much noiser and more lo-fi than a lot of these other ones, but its decidedly shoegaze.
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This one is a cool record, and one that I would highly recommend, but its kinda a placeholder for their EP "57 Octaves Below", which is an amazing effort that clocks in at 19 minutes.
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2007
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1
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A beautiful comeback record, though not really as boundary pushing or just all around good as m b v
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2017
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3,723
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Total albums: 10. Page 1 of 1
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Real Shoegaze: A Short Guide composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 40% | |
| 2000s | 2 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 40% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| My Bloody Valentine | 2 | 20% | |
| Slowdive | 2 | 20% | |
| Alison's Halo | 1 | 10% | |
| Panda Riot | 1 | 10% | |
| Chapterhouse | 1 | 10% | |
| Deafcult | 1 | 10% | |
| Astrobrite | 1 | 10% | |
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Real Shoegaze: A Short Guide chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 10th to 9th Daylight Storms by Air Formation |
| Up 1 from 5th to 4th Whirlpool by Chapterhouse |
| Up 1 from 3rd to 2nd Eyedazzler 1992-1996 by Alison's Halo |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Infinity Maps by Panda Riot |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5th MBV by My Bloody Valentine |
| Down 1 from 9th to 10th Slowdive by Slowdive |
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Missing RIDE!!!
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