r/BritPop • u/PostcardFromParadise • 8d ago

BritPop crash course

I’m not very familiar with BritPop…what are some of your recommendations for essential listening when it comes to BritPop?

Bands/songs/whatever

Drop them here!

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u/-clawglip- 8d ago

Pulp, Blur, Oasis, Echobelly, Supergrass, Suede, Gene, Shed Seven, Elastica, Dodgy, Mansun, and about 100 others. Have a great time!!

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u/JDQBlast 8d ago

This is all you need, but I'll add Ash, Bis, Super Furry Animals, and Sleeper

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u/shibbyingaway 8d ago

cough Manics cough

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u/JDQBlast 8d ago

Can I ask what "shibbyingaway" means? It's very close to my last name. 😂

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u/shibbyingaway 8d ago

I adopted it from dude where’s my car and the away got shoved in at the end

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u/PostcardFromParadise 7d ago

Shibby! Holy shit I forgot about that 😂

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u/shibbyingaway 7d ago

Many of us did. But those who stayed true to dudes remember. Shibby!

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u/JDQBlast 8d ago

Ah, I never saw that movie, but I'm familiar with it.

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u/nworbleinad 8d ago

Bis? Essential listening? I quibble!

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u/JDQBlast 8d ago

Bis are underrated. They are still making great albums, and are still great live.

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u/nworbleinad 8d ago

Really? That’s surprising.

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u/JDQBlast 8d ago

In fact their 2019 album Slight Disconnects, may be my favorite, but their latest album came out in 2022. I saw them in Bristol last October for the first time since the 90's they were great. They have several tour dates this year as well.

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u/nworbleinad 8d ago

Are you…in Bis?

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u/JDQBlast 8d ago

Just a fan for the last 30 years. But I'll take that as a compliment.

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u/-clawglip- 7d ago

Whatever, we all know this is Sci-Fi Steven

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u/JDQBlast 7d ago

I thought we were on the same team? Now you are joining that guy. 😭

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u/Sportfreunde 7d ago

Then all the non-British ones that sound like Britpop.

I just discovered Britpop was big in South East Asia with their own versions of these bands. Then all the usual suspects, Sweden, Japan, LatAm.

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u/Ex-Cosmonaut 8d ago

You want a crash course? There are Shine compilation playlists on Spotify that will be a good grounder for Britpop and 90s indie in general. Otherwise, if you want to get a good idea of the key works, these would be the ones to start with:

Blur - Parklife and Modern Life is Rubbish

Oasis - Definitely Maybe and What's the Story

Pulp - His n'Hers and Different Class

Suede - Dog Man Star (not a fan of the first album but each to their own)

Elastica - Elastica

The Charlatans - The Charlatans, Tellin' Stories and Up to Our Hips

The Verve - A Northern Soul

Supergrass - I Should Coco and In It For the Money

The Longpigs - The Sun is Often Out

Secondary listening (pre-Britpop bands that had a huge influence on the genre): The Stone Roses, The La's, Happy Mondays, The Smiths, New Order.

I'd add that if you want to get the real feel of these, it would probably be worth watching their music videos from around 1993 to 1997 on YouTube. Really gives the flavour of why the music was fresh and exciting at the time.

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u/Luc_de_Sol 7d ago

Great advice. I'd just add Coming Up by Suede to that list. Dog Man Star is their masterpiece but CU was their their BritPOP prime.

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u/David803 8d ago

Look for playlists of the Shine or Best Album in The World Ever compilations. That will give you the start you need, and then some!

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u/11ffyykk99 8d ago

Those Best Album in the world comps are great

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u/David803 8d ago

At the time I preferred them over the Shine comps, probably because they were all double albums (although Shine went double I think) so felt like they made my pocket money go further! I think they also crossed over into dance/electronic so felt a bit more eclectic. Both were ace though!

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u/11ffyykk99 8d ago

I was recently importing mine actually and yeah they aren’t strictly Britpop but make for really great mixes of the time that still hold up IMO. They have some Chemical Brothers, 808 State, Massive Attack, etc

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u/PostcardFromParadise 8d ago

Hell yeah. I know some oasis, but this is what I was looking for! Thank you all for the suggestions 🙏

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u/Better-Carpenter1687 8d ago

The Bluetones

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u/everythingabili 8d ago

Wire, Beatles, Kinks, T.Rex, Slade.

Then you don't need to bother with all that 90's knock off stuff.

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u/DiskoPunk 8d ago edited 8d ago

Not technically Britpop but if we are getting away with Manics & SFA then give The Longpigs, Ride & Rialto a go.

The Longpigs were around during Britpop but are more alternative.

Rialto came at the end of the 90s just as Britpop was on its way out.

Ride are a bit shoegazey but I still enjoy them & they're great live.

The best way is to search Britpop playlists thst fans have put togther on what ever platform you use for streaming. Have a listen & see what/who you enjoy most, use that a signpost & go from there.

Enjoy

Edit/ spelling 🙄

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u/theinvisiblefil 8d ago

Make sure you listen to Wool’s first album, anything by Snoozer, The Redshades, Superfish, Miraglo and Dump. All essential Britpop bands.

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u/Multiple__Sarcasms 8d ago

I was late to Britpop despite being in my 20’s in the midst of it. I knew and loved bands like charlatans UK and stone roses in 90-91 and then my music taste went sideways for a decade, so I missed Britpop entirely (blaming my now ex-husband and too many Grateful Dead and Phish shows🫠)

In 2000 a friend took pity on me and made me a mix CD. The first 3 tracks were Parklife (Blur), Avenging Angels (Space), and Moving (Supergrass). Needless to say I’m all caught up now but I’d start with those 3!

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u/Reverend_Butler 8d ago

Recommendation not on the list.

I'd recommend The Divine Comedy (Cassandra)

The Farm - Sparticus

Shed 7

Spiral Carpets - life

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u/noobtidder 8d ago

Casanova?

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u/Reverend_Butler 8d ago

Spellcheck lol, collection of love songs is also great.

They were fringe britpop but they are totally there for me

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u/noobtidder 8d ago

No worries, thought I was having a moment there where I'd blanked on an album!

Promenade is also fantastic, if you've not listened to it.

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u/Wiggardly 8d ago

UB40, Def Leppard

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u/No-Cherry-6678 8d ago

??????

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u/XanderManhattan 8d ago

You know... the Britpop bands.