what would yourtop ten albums by Manchester artists be? And then make another list for if you could only include one offering from each band!
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1 New Order - Technique 2 Joy Division - Closer 3 Stone Roses - Stone Roses 4 Electronic - Electronic 5 Happy Mondays - Bummed 6 Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 7 Charlatans - Some Friendly 8 James - Gold Mother 9 Inspiral Carpets - Life 10 808 State - Quadrastate
- Technique
- Stone Roses
- Meat is Murder
- WFTSC
- Lowlife
- Script of the Bridge- Chameleons
- Queen is Dead
- Republic
- Closer
- Fan and the bellows - Chameleons
With only 1 album for each band the list would change to
- Technique
- Stone Roses
- Meat is Murder
- Script of the Bridge
- Closer
- Electronic
- Hour of the Bewilderbeast
- Bummed
- Some Friendly- Charlatans 10.Music of the spheres (if I can get away with a solo Ian Brown album)
Unknown Pleasures-JD Closer-JD Play-Magazine The Queen Is Dead-Smiths Low-Life-NO Technique-NO Power Corruption & Lies-NO Vuxhall And I-Morrisey You Are The Quarry-Morrisey Get Ready-NO
Ask me again another day and i would give and totaly different list.
Has Lucy got her journalist head on?!
"I conducted a survery on a popular music forum and these are the results I collated..."
Off the top of me head -
- Low-Life
- Bummed
- 90
- Electronic
- Power, Corruption & Lies
- Closer
- Technique
- Force
- Stone Roses
- Squirrel & G-Man
Closer Unknown Pleasures Brotherhood Power, Corruption and Lies Hatful of Hollow | The Smiths Play Meat is Murder | The Smiths The Stone Roses Low Life Torino | Cinerama (David Gedge was born in Manchester)
Probably not in that order, apart from the first two.
Selecting one-per-band:
Closer PCL Hatful of Hollow Play Stone Roses Script of the Bridge Any Fall album A Northern Soul | The Verve (Wigan is in Greater Manchester) Torino Any Wedding Present album
One album per artist:
- Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
- New Order - Low-Life
- The Durutti Column - The Return Of The Durutti Column
- The Stockholm Monsters - Alma Mater
- The Stone Roses - s/t
- James - Laid
- Lamb - s/t
- Section 25 - From The Hip
- Buzzcocks - Love Bites
- The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
Snorri xxx
dammit you're onto me jarvo. going to have to give up this undercover journalism lark, i'm obviously rubbish at it.
Ok - New Order have always been more a singles band anyway.
- Stone Roses - Stone Roses
- The Queen is dead - The Smiths
- Technique - New Order
- Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
- Electronic - Electronic
- Pills´n thrills & Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
- Meat is Murder - The Smiths
- PCL - New Order
- Brotherhood - New Order
- Bummed - Happy Monday
Other contenders below: Buzzcocks, The Fall (To many similar albums), Stone Roses-Second coming. The High
In precise order of importance:-
[1] Closer - Joy Division [2] Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division [3] The Return of The Durutti Column - The Durutti Column [4] From the Hip - Section 25 (From Blackpool but on Factory) [5] Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order [6] The Plateau Phase - Crispy Ambulance [7] Technique - New Order [8] Bummed - Happy Mondays [9] To Each - A certain Ratio [10] ACR : MCR - A Certain Ratio
.... turns out all of the above are Factory acts although this was not intentional.
Contenders Hatful of Hollow (The Smiths) and Snap, Crackle & Bop (John Cooper Clarke).
My top ten:
- Low-life
- The Queen Is Dead
- Unknown Pleasures
- Music for pleasure
- Electronic
- Lost Souls
- The Stone Roses
- Golden Greats
- Millionaires
- Viva Hate
Tried to limit it to one New Order album otherwise my true top ten would be dominated by them. Technique and PC&L would definitely feature as would Electronic's Twisted Tenderness. Big fan of Ian Brown, James and Doves so they more than deserve a place 
going with one form each band...
low life - no wonderland - charlatans stone roses - stone roses gods & monsters - i am kloot take fountain - wedding present extricate - the fall (close between this & TNG) bummed - the mondays last broadcast - doves best kept secrets - lamb queen is dead - the smiths
Noodleman wrote: cant believe the Bee Gees havent made an appearance yet
i didn't even know they posted on here!
1- Low Life 2- Southpaw Grammar 3- I Am Kloot 4- Definitley Maybe 5- Strangeways 6- Some Cities 7- Leaders of the Free World 8- Life 9- Closer 10- Urban Hymns
1 Closer 2 Power, Corruption and Lies 3 Low Life 4 Stone Roses 5 Unknown Pleasures 6 Squirrel and G-man.. 7 The Queen Is Dead 8 Electronic 9 Some Friendly 10 Bummed
Not gonna put them in order,its too f*ckin difficult!
Technique New Order Pills,Thrills & Bellyache! Happy Mondays 90 808 State Words Escape Me MC Buzz B The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Lowlife New Order Sextet A Certain Ratio Strangeways,Here We Come... The Smiths ACR:MCR A Certain Ratio Substance 1977-1980 Joy Division
Didnt include *The Charlatans*,cos they arent from Manchester. Unless Northwich has moved!
Shit this is hard! Hello Lucy btw - long time no see!
Power Corruption and Lies Bend Sinister - The Fall The Stone Roses Bummed - Happy Mondays 808:90 Closer Life - Inspirals Electronic The Queen Is Dead Music For Pleasure
queen is dead - smiths lowlife - new order stone roses technique - new order totally wired - fall greatest - ian brown strangeways - smiths last broadcast - doves closer - joy division viva hate - morrissey asleep in the back - elbow
damn thats 11 and i havent even got to magazine or buzzcocks yet.
no-one's picked 10cc
bansheeman wrote: queen is dead - smiths lowlife - new order stone roses technique - new order totally wired - fall greatest - ian brown strangeways - smiths last broadcast - doves closer - joy division viva hate - morrissey asleep in the back - elbow
damn thats 11 and i havent even got to magazine or buzzcocks yet.
no-one's picked 10cc
i don't like cricket
Low-life Closer Strangeways, Here We Come Stone Roses (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Viva Hate Twisted Tenderness The Other Two & You Music For Pleasure One True Passion
spam wrote:
bansheeman wrote: queen is dead - smiths lowlife - new order stone roses technique - new order totally wired - fall greatest - ian brown strangeways - smiths last broadcast - doves closer - joy division viva hate - morrissey asleep in the back - elbow
damn thats 11 and i havent even got to magazine or buzzcocks yet.
no-one's picked 10cc
i don't like cricket
show your union jack off man
I shall go for...
NO technique JD substance 808 STATE 90 CHAMELEONS script of the bridge SMITHS queen is dead MORRISSEY vauxhall & I STONE ROSES stone roses IAN BROWN golden greats INSPIRAL CARPETS greatest hits ELECTRONIC electronic
but if I could choose more than one per artist....
top ten manchester albums:
Don't Cry Out Loud Midnight Blue Better Days & Happy Endings Bright Eyes Emergency Home to Myself Hey Ricky If My Heart Had Wings Singin' Angel Dance
steveone wrote: Words Escape Me MC Buzz B
not heard of him before this, but that's the funniest MC name i've ever heard!
hibster wrote:
steveone wrote: Words Escape Me MC Buzz B
not heard of him before this, but that's the funniest MC name i've ever heard!
Supported the Mondays (2nd on the bill, with Northside opening) on their huge tour UK tour in support of the Madchester EP, arse-end of 89. Even did a Peel session around then I think?
Acutally had some decent choons. "The Last Tree" sticks in the mind.
In rough order.......
Closer Grotesque (After The Gramme) by The Fall PC&L Stone Roses Singles Going Steady Hatful Of Hollow Definitely Maybe Force Laid 90
