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  • Chemical Brothers - Desert Island track

Smallman1 i was disappointed to see him big up them, however saying someone is better than the Chems is hardly a ringing endorsement. Same could be said of Basement Jaxx for example.

      Think Derm’s just trying to look contemporary on the basis that his last night out was to see Sasha in Blackburn in 1985.

      jonattonyeah 1997 was a pretty exceptional year for albums. Dig Your Own Hole, Fat Of The Land, New Forms, Homework, Colours, Modus Operandi, Orblivion, ESCM…

      And that’s not even getting into the likes of OK Computer, Bricolage, Life After Death, et cetera.

      1995 was the best year in my lifetime for music:
      Tricky - Maxinquaye
      Radiohead - The Bends
      Pulp - Different Class
      PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
      Goldie - Timeless
      Rocket From The Crypt – Hot Charity
      Pavement – Wowee Zowee
      The Verve – A Northern Soul
      The Charlatans – The Charlatans
      Garbage – Garbage
      The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
      Spiritualized Electric Mainline – Pure Phase
      Massive Attack V Mad Professor – No Protection
      Money Mark – Mark’s Keyboard Repair
      Wagon Christ – Throbbing Pouch
      Leftfield – Leftism
      Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
      Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords
      Sonic Youth – Washing Machine
      Stereolab – Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center
      Bjork – Post
      The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
      Neil Young – Mirrorball
      Bomb The Bass – Clear

      Probably loads more too

          bosstrabs a lot a great albums there

          Would add Aphex Twin …I care because you do

            No Eternal - Power of a Woman in there.

            A huge faux pas, sold over 2 million worldwide.

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              Dan Heard Blocko play the Father’s of Sound remix of said track.

              Yes SD!

                  alistair Can you name the track (no googling) which it samples?

                    bosstrabs The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

                    Bloated nonsense compared to the two brilliant albums before it.

                    bosstrabs Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords

                    Overrated.

                    bosstrabs Pulp - Different Class

                    Really?

                    bosstrabs Tricky - Maxinquaye

                    Underrated.

                              Amps Yeah, but I can’t somehow magically transport Siamese Dream to 1995 can I?

                              I still reckon it would be difficult to come up with a year that tops 1995 for music.

                              I haven’t even included What’s The Story Morning Glory and various others that many people rate but I think are dogshit.

                                Supporting my thesis of ’95 being a high point for music:
                                *NB, just to be clear, I don’t rate all these albums, but some people highly rate albums on this list.
                                University Throwing Muses
                                Me Against the World 2Pac
                                Orbus Terrarum The Orb
                                Ventolin Aphex Twin
                                King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime Faith No More
                                Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Ol’ Dirty Bastard
                                Alien Lanes Guided by Voices
                                The Infamous Mobb Deep
                                Green Wheels Merzbow
                                Tilt Scott Walker
                                Tales from the Punchbowl Primus
                                Infernal Love Therapy?
                                Red Medicine Fugazi
                                Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney
                                Brown Sugar D’Angelo Debut
                                Foo Fighters Foo Fighters
                                Guru’s Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality
                                Soup Blind Melon
                                Southpaw Grammar Morrissey
                                Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Sparklehorse
                                Coast to Coast Motel G. Love & Special Sauce
                                On Echobelly
                                Paranoid and Sunburnt Skunk Anansie
                                Exit the Dragon Urge Overkill
                                Ima BT
                                Tragic Kingdom No Doubt
                                Fungus Amongus Incubus
                                Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate
                                Labcabincalifornia The Pharcyde
                                Bif Naked Bif Naked
                                The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen
                                Mr. Smith LL Cool J

                                  bosstrabs Supporting my thesis of ’95 being a high point for music:
                                  *NB, just to be clear, I don’t rate all these albums, but some people highly rate albums on this list.
                                  University Throwing Muses
                                  Me Against the World 2Pac
                                  Orbus Terrarum The Orb
                                  Ventolin Aphex Twin
                                  King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime Faith No More
                                  Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Ol’ Dirty Bastard
                                  Alien Lanes Guided by Voices
                                  The Infamous Mobb Deep
                                  Green Wheels Merzbow
                                  Tilt Scott Walker
                                  Tales from the Punchbowl Primus
                                  Infernal Love Therapy?
                                  Red Medicine Fugazi
                                  Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney
                                  Brown Sugar D’Angelo Debut
                                  Foo Fighters Foo Fighters
                                  Guru’s Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality
                                  Soup Blind Melon
                                  Southpaw Grammar Morrissey
                                  Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Sparklehorse
                                  Coast to Coast Motel G. Love & Special Sauce
                                  On Echobelly
                                  Paranoid and Sunburnt Skunk Anansie
                                  Exit the Dragon Urge Overkill
                                  Ima BT
                                  Tragic Kingdom No Doubt
                                  Fungus Amongus Incubus
                                  Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate
                                  Labcabincalifornia The Pharcyde
                                  Bif Naked Bif Naked
                                  The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen
                                  Mr. Smith LL Cool J