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The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium
The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium
The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze, And Brit-Pop Gems Of The Last Millennium
Label: Rhino-Atlantic
Genre: Rock
Released: 2007-11-20
UPC: 081227998356
Media: CD
Discs: 4
Stock: 26 plus
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 The British are coming in a big way as Rhino presents the first-ever comprehensive survey of U.K. indie music with the king's ransom-sized, 4-CD THE BRIT BOX: U.K. INDIE, SHOEGAZE, AND BRIT-POP GEMS OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM. It gathers 78 key tastemaker recordings from U.K. performers spanning the last 15 years of the 20th century, chronologically sequenced over four packed discs. This celebration of cool Britannia is housed in bloody awesome box shaped like a classic red U.K. telephone booth -with working lights - and comes with a matching phone kiosk-shaped collectible keychain! 

  

 While many of these acts claimed superstar status in Mother England, only a select few seriously impacted the U.S. charts - but their stylistic imprint and collective hip factor clearly steered the course of contemporary music as the last millennium wound down. With the respect given the earlier '60s-era British Invasion in so many other compilations, the THE BRIT BOX is the first collection to hail Britannia with a wealth of music previously available only to those combing through the import bins at their local record stores. These artists didn't so much reject mainstream musical sensibilities as spin them in their own fashion for tracks that remain the essence of cool. 

  

 Disc 1, the first of THE BRIT BOX's four chronologically ordered CDs, roughly spans 1984-1990. Seminal U.K. artists including The Smiths, Jesus & Mary Chain and The Stone Roses take timeless guitar-pop and freshly reinvent it, while groups including Happy Mondays and Primal Scream borrow gleefully from hip-hop to give birth to acid house. 

  

 Disc 2, spanning '90 to '93, explores bands that came to be known in the British press as “shoegazers,” acts that spent more time looking at their feet than making eye contact with their audiences. Featuring tracks by Ride, My Bloody Valentine, The Telescopes and others, the music courses through a sonic space comprised of introspective soundscapes, hazy guitars and dense production. 

  

 Disc 3, focusing heavily on '94-'95, opens with Suede's “Metal Mickey.” Throughout, the song sequence heralds the arrival of Brit-pop, and hugely popular bands including Oasis, Blur, Pulp, and Elastica.  

  

 Disc 4, THE BRIT BOX's final CD, shows that even latecomers to the party like Ash, Super Furry Animals, Mansun, The Verve, and Placebo had some smashing songs in them. 

  

 Totaling over five hours of music, THE BRIT BOX: U.K. INDIE, SHOEGAZE, AND BRIT-POP GEMS OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM also features an 80 page booklet with interviews, memories and essays from Creation Records founder Alan McGee, seminal producers Stephen Street and Alan Moulder and an assortment of artists. 

 
Track List
         
1  -  How Soon Is Now? (2007 Remastered Single Version)
2  -  Lorelei (2007 Remastered LP Version)
3  -  Primitive Painters (2007 Remastered LP Version)
4  -  Somewhere In China (2007 Remastered LP Version)
5  -  My Biggest Thrill (2007 Remastered Album Version)
6  -  Just Like Heaven [Edited Remix Version]
7  -  Lips Like Sugar (2007 Remastered Single Version)
8  -  April Skies (2007 Remastered LP PVersion)
9  -  Walkin? With Jesus (Sound of Confusion) (2007 Remastered LP Version)
10  -  Crash (2007 Remastered LP Version)
11  -  Unbearable (2007 Remastered LP Version)
12  -  She Bangs The Drums (2007 Remastered LP Version)
13  -  The Only One I Know (2007 Remastered LP Version)
14  -  Step On (2007 Remastered Single Version)
15  -  Loaded (2007 Remastered 7" Version)
16  -  This Is How It Feels (2007 Remastered LP Version)
17  -  Obscurity Knocks (2007 Remastered LP Version)
18  -  There She Goes (2007 Remastered LP Version)
19  -  Here's Where The Story Ends (2007 Remastered LP Version)
1  -  Vapour Trail (2007 Remastered Album Version)
2  -  Sight Of You (2007 Remastered LP Version)
3  -  Only Shallow (2007 Remastered Album Version)
4  -  For Love (2007 Remastered LP Version)
5  -  Flying (2007 Remastered LP Version)
6  -  Pearl (2007 Remastered LP Version)
7  -  I Want To Touch You (2007 Remastered LP Version)
8  -  Trip & Slide (2007 Remastered LP Version)
9  -  Coast Is Clear (2007 Remastered LP Version)
10  -  You (2007 Remastered Single Version)
11  -  This River Will Never Run Dry (2007 Remastered LP Version)
12  -  (Thought I'd Died) And Gone To Heaven (2007 Remastered LP Version)
13  -  (Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quant In Blue (2007 Remastered LP Version)
14  -  0-0 A.E.T. (No Score After Extra Time) (2007 Remastered LP Version)
15  -  Grey Cell Green (2007 Remastered LP Version)
16  -  Shoot You Down (2007 Remastered LP Version)
17  -  Stay Beautiful (2007 Remastered LP Version)
18  -  Star Sign (2007 Remastered LP Version)
1  -  Metal Mickey (2007 Remastered LP Version)
2  -  Duel [Radio Edit] (2007 Remastered LP Version)
3  -  Breakfast (2007 Remastered LP Version)
4  -  Barfly (2007 Remastered LP Version)
5  -  Regret (2007 Remastered Single Version)
6  -  Laid (2007 Remastered LP Version)
7  -  Kite (2007 Remastered LP Version)
8  -  Lazarus (2007 Remastered LP Version)
9  -  You're In A Bad Way (2007 Remastered Album Version)
10  -  Wow And Flutter (2007 Remastered 7" Version)
11  -  Tracy Jacks (2007 Remastered LP Version)
12  -  Live Forever (2007 Remastered LP Version)
13  -  Common People (2007 Remastered LP Version)
14  -  Speeed King (2007 Remastered LP Version)
15  -  Wallflower (2007 Remastered LP Version)
16  -  Insomniac (2007 Remastered LP Version)
17  -  Sleep Well Tonight (2007 Remastered LP Version)
18  -  Sleeping In (2007 Remastered LP Version)
19  -  Alright (2007 Remastered LP Version)
20  -  Alright (2007 Remastered LP Version)
21  -  Stutter (2007 Remastered LP Version)
1  -  In A Room (2007 Remastered LP Version)
2  -  Girl From Mars (2007 Remastered Album Version)
3  -  Sale Of The Century (2007 Remastered LP Version)
4  -  Sleep (2007 Remastered Single Version)
5  -  Tattva (2007 Remastered LP Version)
6  -  The Riverboat Song (2007 Remastered LP Version)
7  -  You're Gorgeous (2007 Remastered Album Version)
8  -  Slight Return (2007 Remastered LP Version)
9  -  Something 4 The Weekend (2007 Remastered LP Version)
10  -  Something For The Weekend (2007 Remastered LP Version)
11  -  Brimful Of Asha (2007 Remastered Album Version)
12  -  Service (2007 Remastered LP Version)
13  -  Ladies And gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (2007 Remastered LP Version)
14  -  Wide Open Space (2007 Remastered LP Version)
15  -  Step Into My World (2007 Remastered Album Version)
16  -  Lucky Man (2007 Remastered LP Version)
17  -  Untouchable (2007 Remastered Single Version)
18  -  Mulder And Scully (2007 Remastered Single Version)
19  -  You Don't Care About Us (2007 Remastered LP Version)
20  -  Oh Jim (2007 Remastered Single Version)