Best Album from Manc

Zoophonic said:
Charlatans a Manchester band?
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Well I always thought they were from
Manchester as they are bracket as that manc indie style. As they were often support or a big influence on the big manc bands.

West mids well There you go

I stand corrected
 
I would chose between Definitely Maybe and WTSMG. I think DM is better some days and WTSMG others, but practically every single WTSMG song could have been a single, and appealed to almost anyone with a CD player when it came out, which takes some doing. DM had a few songs which were better than anything on WTSMG, but overall I'm calling that a draw.

The rest of Oasis albums are not even close, and nor are any of the other albums mentioned on here to me, and I like most of those bands too.

WTSMG is the second biggest "band" album sold in the UK, not counting "greatest hits" records, and only beaten by Sgt Peppers.

My only second thoughts were TQID by the Smiths but they were a bit more niche, and Stone Roses which has some crackers, but also some fillers.
 
Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
This would be in my top 10 albums - in no particular order.



Urban Hymns - The Verve

Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator

Do it Dog Style - Slaughter & the Dogs

So Natural - Lisa Stansfield

Real Life - Magazine

Closer - Joy Division

Contenders - Easterhouse

The return of the Durutti Column - The Durutti Column

Sextet - A Certain Ratio

Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons
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Great list.
 
I think we can have BC Camplight, American but founded his career in Manchester.

If we're going more recent times I'd add Kiran Leonard (think he's from Saddleworth?) and Oort Clod who I saw a few weeks back.
 
Andy_W said:
I would chose between Definitely Maybe and WTSMG. I think DM is better some days and WTSMG others, but practically every single WTSMG song could have been a single, and appealed to almost anyone with a CD player when it came out, which takes some doing. DM had a few songs which were better than anything on WTSMG, but overall I'm calling that a draw.

The rest of Oasis albums are not even close, and nor are any of the other albums mentioned on here to me, and I like most of those bands too.

WTSMG is the second biggest "band" album sold in the UK, not counting "greatest hits" records, and only beaten by Sgt Peppers.

My only second thoughts were TQID by the Smiths but they were a bit more niche, and Stone Roses which has some crackers, but also some fillers.
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There are absolutely no fillers on the SR, I would go so far as to say it’s the best album of all time
 
magic said:
There are absolutely no fillers on the SR, I would go so far as to say it’s the best album of all time
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Maybe to you, but there are to me.

The middle tracks are nowhere near as good as the start and the end, and the original release didn't have fools gold either.
 
Thirst for Romance by Cherrry Ghost (From Bolton) or Revel in the Drama by Ren Harvieu are a couple of other brilliant Manchester albums.

If we can have BC Camplight, then we can probably have Jesca Hoop and Hunting my Dress.
 
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