british pop

Martin Green’s Junkshop Yields the Gritty, Weird Story of Britpop Wannabes

Martin Green’s Junkshop Yields the Gritty, Weird Story of Britpop Wannabes

Featuring a litany of otherwise-forgotten budget bin purchases, Martin Green's two-disc overview of coulda-been Britpop contenders knows little of genre confines, making for a fun historical detour if nothing else.

Mika: The Origin of Love

Saint Etienne: Good Humor / Tales From Turnpike House

Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out by Gordon Thompson

The Only Ones, Special View (1979)

Patrick Wolf: The Magic Position

XTC: Skylarking

Andy Partridge: Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 1 / Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 2

XTC: A Coat of Many Cupboards

XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)