Is this the greatest indie album of the last century?

[Brighton TID]

Underated and brilliant

 

[Buzzer]

Good call. I'll see your House of Love and raise you either Sugarcubes - 'Life's Too Good' or.... Sundays - 'Reading Writing and Arithmetic'

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Underated and brilliant

Good album. Best? No.

 

[jgmcdee]

Another vote for Reading Writing and Arithmetic.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Good call. I'll see your House of Love and raise you either Sugarcubes - 'Life's Too Good' or.... Sundays - 'Reading Writing and Arithmetic'

Both excellent. The Sundays one has stood the test of time, for those that don't find Harriet a bit TOO twee.

 

[Buzzer]

Another good shout could be New Order - Technique.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

This is better

 

[Simster]

Good call. I'll see your House of Love and raise you either Sugarcubes - 'Life's Too Good' or.... Sundays - 'Reading Writing and Arithmetic'

I had a limited edition of that Sundays album, picture print vinyl.

Reckon it might have been worth a tidy sum if it hadn't suffered from water damage. Oh, and their version of "here's where the story ends" will never be surpassed.

 

[Gwylan]

 

[Buzzer]

Pulp - Common People. That's a monster of an album.

 

[Goring-by-Seagull]

I dont even know what it is.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Pulp - Common People. That's a monster of an album.

Different Class.

 

[Simster]

And it's a bit of a travesty that the first Stone Roses album hasn't yet been mentioned.


Someone needs to sort out a world cup really.

 

[Flex Your Head]

****Pedant Alert****

Nope. And the fact that it was released on Fontana Records, a part of the PolyGram conglomerate, precludes its definition as an 'indie album'.

 

[tweenster]

Stiff Little Fingers 'Inflammable Material' is my choice for Best Indie album of my lifetime (assuming Rough Trade qualified as an Indie label!).

 

[Eggmundo]

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[El Presidente]

Unknown Pleasures

 

[El Presidente]

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But that's The Smiths SECOND best album.

 

[wadhurstseagull]

Life's too good has to take the prize - and strangely I was listening to the album as I opened this thread.

 

[silky1]

Underated and brilliant

Well I didn't expect to see that album cover. Great album but probably not the greatest.
The Verve, A Northern Soul is unfairly overlooked by the better selling Urban Hymns.