Classic Albums in the Alternative Genre
There are currently 14 classic albums in the Alternative genre. Pick an album from the list shown below to get more information on the classic album.
Mellow Gold, by Beck
Date Added: Sunday, 9th March 2003.
|
|
|
|
Mixing folk, white noise, rap, and lo-fi beats, Beck's first major release does not dissapoint. Beercan, Loser and Pay No Mind shows three sides of this multi-genre chameleon genius. |
||
Sha Sha, by Ben Kweller
Date Added: Wednesday, 5th March 2003.
|
|
|
|
Mixing Pavement, Beck and Sonic Youth with some Weezer tones to create a killer album. Defiently one to watch. |
||
Parklife, by Blur
Date Added: Saturday, 6th December 2003.
|
|
|
|
One of the defining Britpop albums, Parklife is Blur at their best, merging catchy melodies with sounds and feelings of the time. Girls And Boys, for the dance popsters, Parklife for the Britsters, or End Of A Century for the most downbeat - every sound of the 90's is here. |
||
Franz Ferdinand, by Franz Ferdinand
Date Added: Sunday, 18th January 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
||
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, by Pavement
Date Added: Thursday, 6th November 2003.
|
|
|
|
The kings of lo-fi return with a mixture of catchy pop melodies and jazz rock to churn out an album that is instantly accessible while keeping true to their subdued style. |
||
Slanted And Enchanted, by Pavement
Date Added: Wednesday, 5th March 2003.
|
|
|
|
The album to bring low-fi to the masses, Slanted And Enchanted is one of the greatest debut's to come from a group in the early 90's. |
||
Phantom Planet, by Phantom Planet
Date Added: Sunday, 1st February 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
||
Scissor Sisters, by Scissor Sisters
Date Added: Saturday, 31st January 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
||
Daydream Nation, by Sonic Youth
Date Added: Sunday, 21st September 2003.
|
|
|
|
Incorporating their white noise feedback, Sonic Youth product their most consistent art rock album Daydream Nation. Although laden with feedback and avant-garde tendancies, songs like Teen Age Riot and Hey Joni have a strange feeling of accessibility. |
||
Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker, by The Coral
Date Added: Saturday, 24th January 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
||
Together We Are Heavy, by The Polyphonic Spree
Date Added: Thursday, 22nd July 2004.
|
|
|
|
Watch out, as a stampede of twenty plus white-robed choir is going life you to great heights with their new album, Together We Are Heavy. Oh yes, The Polyphonic Spree are back. Go on, smile a little. |
||
Winning Days, by The Vines
Date Added: Sunday, 29th February 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
||
Voices of Animals and Men, by The Young Knives
Date Added: Friday, 1st September 2006.
|
|
|
|
Hailing from some Twilight Zone'd town called Ashby-de-la-Zouche, The Young Knives new album Voices of Animals and Men revisits the age when writing about drinking tea and the eccentricness of Englishness was the norm. |
||
Who Killed The Zutons?, by The Zutons
Date Added: Saturday, 1st May 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
||
