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Release Date: 24 April 2026
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5013929120587
Description
• CD 83-track box set tracing the development of indie music from the height of the Britpop explosion in 1995 through its aftershocks to the post-Britpop period in 1999, on the cusp of the new millennium.
• This box continues the story of indie/Britpop from Cherry Red’s 'Popscene From Baggy To Britpop 1989-1994'.
• Includes many hit singles and cult rarities.
1995 was the year that Britpop exploded into mainstream consciousness due to the infamous Blur vs Oasis chart battle that was even covered on the national News At Ten. Both bands had already scored UK number one albums in 1994 but going head-to-head in the singles chart ensured maximum media coverage. Their success focussed attention on a revolution in music that included acts such as Elastica, The Boo Radleys, Paul Weller, Supergrass, Black Grape, The Charlatans and Pulp who all issued chart-topping albums, while Cast, Echobelly, Sleeper, Gene and Marion reached the Top 10. The Bluetones and Ash reached the top spot in 1996 with Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Lush and Radiohead also issuing Top 10 albums. 1997 saw Embrace and former Stone Roses' guitarist John Squire's The Seahorses hit big, while Echo And The Bunnymen returned with Oasis' Liam Gallagher on backing vocals and, in the post-Britpop period of 1998-1999, acts such as Gomez and Doves emerged.
Hits here include Elastica’s 'Waking Up', Pulp’s 'Mis-Shapes', Paul Weller’s 'The Changingman', Sleeper’s 'Inbetweener', Supergrass' 'Going Out', Black Grape's 'Kelly’s Heroes', Cast’s 'Sandstorm', Shed Seven's 'Going For Gold', Echobelly's 'Great Things' and Embrace's 'All You Good Good People', while lesser-known gems include Delta’s 'Make It Right', The Weekenders' 'Man Of Leisure', Corduroy's 'The Joker Is Wild', Pimlico's 'Glummer' and Terry Hall's 'I Saw The Light'.
This compilation is presented in a clamshell box with a booklet with extensive notes plus band photos and pics of memorabilia.
Key artists include Pulp, Elastica, Supergrass, Radiohead, Paul Weller, The Charlatans, Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Black Grape, McAlmont & Butler, Stereophonics, Cornershop, Embrace, Gomez and Doves.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
1. ELASTICA - Waking Up
2. ASH - Kung Fu
3. PAUL WELLER - The Changingman
4. SLEEPER - Inbetweener
5. THE BLUETONES - Are You Blue Or Are You Blind?
6. THE CHARLATANS - Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
7. GENE - Haunted By You
8. THE BOO RADLEYS - Find The Answer Within
9. MCALMONT & BUTLER - Yes
10. PULP - Mis-Shapes
11. RADIOHEAD - Fake Plastic Trees
12. SALAD - Drink The Elixir
13. ECHOBELLY - Great Things
14. THE AARDVARKS - Bargain Day
15. THE WANNADIES - You And Me Song
16. MENSWEAR - Sleeping In
17. THE WEEKENDERS - Man Of Leisure
18. POWDER - Afrodisiac
19. SENSELESS THINGS Something To Miss
20. DRUGSTORE - Solitary Party Groover
21. DUBSTAR - Not So Manic Now
DISC TWO
1. SUPERGRASS - Going Out
2. RIDE - Black Nite Crash
3. BLACK GRAPE - Kelly’s Heroes
4. OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - Riverboat Song
5. CAST - Sandstorm
6. DELTA - Make It Right
7. MARION - Sleep
8. LUSH - Ladykillers
9. NORTHERN UPROAR - From A Window
10. SHED SEVEN - Going For Gold
11. DODGY - In A Room (Full Version)
12. HEAVY STEREO - Chinese Burn
13. LONGPIGS - On And On
14. SPACE - Female Of The Species
15. CATATONIA - You’ve Got A Lot To Answer For
16. MANTARAY - I Don’t Make Promises
17. ELECTRONIC - Forbidden City
18. JOCASTA - Go
19. THE AUTEURS - Light Aircraft On Fire
20. FEEDER Chicken On A Bone
21. THE HIGH LLAMAS - Checking In, Checking Out
DISC THREE
1. 60 FT DOLLS - Happy Shopper
2. THE SUPERNATURALS - Smile
3. LIGHTNING SEEDS - Sugar Coated Iceberg
4. EDWARD BALL - Trailblaze
5. STEREOPHONICS - Local Boy In The Photograph
6. PRIMAL SCREAM - Burning Wheel
7. CORNERSHOP - Good Ships
8. CORDUROY - The Joker Is Wild
9. MY LIFE STORY - Sparkle
10. TERRY HALL - I Saw The Light
11. WHITE TOWN - Your Woman
12. JAMES - She’s A Star
13. MONACO - What Do You Want From Me?
14. SILVER SUN - Lava
15. PIMLICO - Glummer
16. SUSSED - One In A Million
17. KENICKIE - Punka
18. BIS - Sweetshop Avengerz
19. BABYBIRD - Goodnight
20. REEF - Come Back Brighter
21. THE SEAHORSES - Love Is The Law (Album Version)
DISC FOUR
1. EMBRACE - All You Good Good People
2. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Nothing Lasts Forever
3. GOMEZ - Whippin’ Piccadilly
4. RIALTO - Monday Morning 5:19 (Album Version)
5. PURESSENCE - This Feeling
6. THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN - I Love Rock 'N’ Roll
7. THESE ANIMAL MEN - Light Emitting Electrical Wave
8. IDLEWILD - Everyone Says You’re So Fragile
9. THE CLINT BOON EXPERIENCE - White No Sugar
10. THE AUDIENCE - A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed
11. ULTRASOUND - Stay Young
12. THE DELGADOS - Pull The Wires From The Wall
13. MOJAVE 3 - Some Kinda Angel
14. GAY DAD - To Earth With Love (Full Version)
15. DOVES - Here It Comes
16. BRONCO BULLFROG - Del Quant
17. THE BIG KIDS - I’m Bored
18. THE FALL - F-’oldin’ Money
19. I AM KLOOT - Titanic
20. TOPLOADER - Achilles Heel
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