Rhino - The Brit Box HELL YEAH!!!

[boy1der]

Look, I know this thing has been out since November, but I just got around to picking it up. Damn the set is good. It has almost any band you could think of from about 1985-1999 that fits the catagory (House of Love and Radiohead not included) and is in chronological order. Yeah, some of the songs selected might not be the band's best song, but still. It's freaking great!!! It just took me down memory lane and made me dust off some cd's I havent heard in awhile. I highly recommend it to all Brit pop fans.

(Costco.com has it for $46.99)

THE BRIT BOX: UK INDIE, SHOEGAZE, AND BRIT-POP GEMS OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM
Track Listing

Disc 1
1. The Smiths -- "How Soon Is Now?"
2. Cocteau Twins -- "Lorelei"
3. Felt -- "Primitive Painters"
4. Shop Assistants -- "Somewhere In China"
5. The Mighty Lemon Drops -- "My Biggest Thrill"
6. The Cure -- "Just Like Heaven"
7. Echo & The Bunnymen -- "Lips Like Sugar"
8. The Jesus And Mary Chain -- "April Skies"
9. Spacemen 3 -- "Walkin' With Jesus (Sound Of Confusion)"
10. The Primitives -- "Crash"
11. The Wonder Stuff -- "Unbearable"
12. The Stone Roses -- "She Bangs The Drums"
13. The Charlatans UK -- "The Only One I Know"
14. Happy Mondays -- "Step On"
15. Primal Scream -- "Loaded" (single version)
16. Inspiral Carpets -- "This Is How It Feels"
17. The Trash Can Sinatras -- "Obscurity Knocks"
18. The La's -- "There She Goes"
19. The Sundays -- "Here's Where The Story Ends"

Disc 2
1. Ride -- "Vapour Trail"
2. Pale Saints -- "Sight Of You"
3. My Bloody Valentine -- "Only Shallow"
4. Lush -- "For Love"
5. The Telescopes -- "Flying"
6. Chapterhouse -- "Pearl"
7. Catherine Wheel -- "I Want To Touch You"
8. Bleach -- "Trip & Slide"
9. Curve -- "Coast Is Clear"
10. Five Thirty -- "You"
11. Moose -- "This River Will Never Run Dry"
12. The Family Cat -- "(Thought I'd Died) And Gone To Heaven"
13. The Dylans -- "(Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quant In Blue"
14. Thousand Yard Stare -- "0-0 A.E.T. (No Score After Extra Time)"
15. Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- "Grey Cell Green"
16. Birdland -- "Shoot You Down"
17. Manic Street Preachers -- "Stay Beautiful"
18. Teenage Fanclub -- "Star Sign"

Disc 3
1. Suede -- "Metal Mickey"
2. Swervedriver -- "Duel" (radio edit)
3. Eugenius -- "Breakfast"
4. Superstar -- "Barfly"
5. New Order -- "Regret"
6. James -- "Laid"
7. Nick Heyward -- "Kite"
8. The Boo Radleys -- "Lazarus"
9. Saint Etienne -- "You're In A Bad Way"
10. Stereolab -- "Wow & Flutter"
11. Blur -- "Tracy Jacks"
12. Oasis -- "Live Forever"
13. Pulp -- "Common People"
14. These Animal Men -- "Speeed King"
15. Mega City Four -- "Wallflower"
16. Echobelly -- "Insomniac"
17. Gene -- "Sleep Well Tonight"
18. Menswear -- "Sleeping In"
19. Supergrass -- "Alright"
20. Cast -- "Alright"
21. Elastica -- "Stutter"

Disc 4
1. Dodgy -- "In A Room"
2. Ash -- "Girl From Mars"
3. Sleeper -- "Sale Of The Century"
4. Marion -- "Sleep"
5. Kula Shaker -- "Tattva"
6. Ocean Colour Scene -- "The Riverboat Song"
7. Babybird -- "You're Gorgeous"
8. The Bluetones -- "Slight Return"
9. Super Furry Animals -- "Something 4 The Weekend"
10. The Divine Comedy -- "Something For The Weekend"
11. Cornershop -- "Brimful Of Asha"
12. Silver Sun -- "Service"
13. Spiritualized -- "Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space"
14. Mansun -- "Wide Open Space"
15. Hurricane #1 -- "Step Into My World"
16. The Verve -- "Lucky Man"
17. Rialto -- "Untouchable"
18. Catatonia -- "Mulder And Scully"
19. Placebo -- "You Don't Care About Us"
20. Gay Dad -- "Oh Jim"

[Kingslaw]

I already own most of those!

[Shackleford]

I have good percentage of those songs already but I got it as a birthday gift
earlier in the year and it's pretty cool . The packaging is good .
Is it my imagination or are some of the mixes slightly different than the ones
we heard all those years ago?

[lunchbox]

hmmm... a lot of tunes in there i like, but i have already.

hey boy1der, did you hear the verve have a new record coming out in august? (do you even like the verve?) my favorite song by them is in this rhino collection. anyhow, they've been playing their new single off their forthcoming forth called "love is noise" on indie 103.1. i like... it's been 11 years since anything... so long for a girl to wait...

[boy1der]

No...haven't heard the new Verve yet...I'll keep an ear out. Yeah, I have a majority of those tunes too, but I couldn't resist. I'm a sucker for nostalgia haha. The box is great though and it has it's own playlist in my ipod. It's great for those who were only into the bigger bands, like Depeche Mode, The Cure, Oasis, and the like. It opens the field a litle more of them with a ton of great stuff. It's also good for those who were stuck in one particular era...like the 80's people, the shoegazers, Madchester, and those ONLY into 90's Britpop. You knw the type, They only play 1 genre of music all the time. This is an easy way to let them know that there is still other good music being made if you just get off of your lazy @$$ and look.

[gescom]

it's nice... but i would destroy that compilation. one of these f***ing companies needs to pay my ass.

[lunchbox]

Originally Posted by boy1der

No...haven't heard the new Verve yet...I'll keep an ear out. Yeah, I have a majority of those tunes too, but I couldn't resist. I'm a sucker for nostalgia haha. The box is great though and it has it's own playlist in my ipod. It's great for those who were only into the bigger bands, like Depeche Mode, The Cure, Oasis, and the like. It opens the field a litle more of them with a ton of great stuff. It's also good for those who were stuck in one particular era...like the 80's people, the shoegazers, Madchester, and those ONLY into 90's Britpop. You knw the type, They only play 1 genre of music all the time. This is an easy way to let them know that there is still other good music being made if you just get off of your lazy @$$ and look.

you know what i forgot to mention. i agree with you on all points, specifically, on how it gets others to hear other bands they may not have before (and further expanding their horizons in this genre). for example, i love lush's "ladykiller" and all but that's their most maintstream song and this collection went with another tune. kind of a hodgepodge between hits and otherwise... but i also meant to say, it's good that it isn't necessarily "all the hits", because that helps with the former point as well.

Originally Posted by gescom

it's nice... but i would destroy that compilation. one of these f***ing companies needs to pay my ass.

and of course, i don't for a minute doubt this about you.

[boy1der]

Originally Posted by gescom

it's nice... but i would destroy that compilation. one of these f***ing companies needs to pay my ass.

Of course, but that's not even fair. You making a comp is like Picasso entering into a coloring contest. Where's the competition? Really.

[lunchbox]

oh geez, sorry boy1der... i was drunk when i wrote that post... overall gist of the statement still stands though.

[boy1der]

Ah.....the joys of drunk posting. Almost as fun as drunk dialing.

[lunchbox]

Originally Posted by boy1der

Ah.....the joys of drunk posting. Almost as fun as drunk dialing.

are you f***ing kidding me? drunk dialing is SO much funner!!! (although there's a bit more guilt involved after the fact). thanks for teh karma btw... it takes a s***load of concentration to spell correctly when i'm this inebriated. on the one hand, i'm really good at concentrating on s***. but unfortunately, other things (such as coherence) suffer as a result...
one more post around here and back to my party...