Hopefully will get some more people to add to this (Todd, I'm looking in yr direction)



Chris Stamey-It's Alright

Great poppy album from former db'er. His second solo record. Don't even know if this is even in print anymore. Was listening to it this afternoon and it has distinguished itself as one of the finer pop records of the late 80s. Kinda reminds me of a more fun to be around Westerberg.

Add any unrecognized pop albums you think might be fitting as well.

i've been really diggin some of the old Bristol scene stuff lately/again. Brilliant Corners, The Flatmates, Felt, Denim, The Primitives... All of them hold up remarkably well to my ears.

I know that Jellyfish is 'recognized', especially around here, but back-to-back "Glutton of Sympathy" and "Ghost At Number One" off Spilt Milk might be the two best pop songs ever.

Im not a huge pop fan, and so I will put on the broken record- Emmitt Rhodes-s/t

That Graham Cousens disc on Spade Kitty is really good. I've mentioned him before, though.

Either of the two Vapors albums.

I saw Chris Stamey at Rams Head in Annapolis about a year ago, he opened for Steve Poltz. I wasn't that familiar with him, the dBs or much else, but I will say that he played a badass cover of Television's "Venus de Milo". It even took me a minute to realize what song it was.

I like this disc.

I have that stamey album on vinyl and I just can't stand the production.

that's how I was listening to it. Production didn't bother me. In fact, I didn't even notice it. I'm actually kind of surprised this was released on a major to be honest.

So, here are my first thoughts:

Cast- All Change

Debut from former La's bassist John Powers' band. Just great straight-up BritPop.

Gene Clark - Echoes

Um... it's mothafukkin Gene Clark. And it's his best album.

Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies To God

Very simply, one of the best pop albums of the rock era, IMO.

And how could I forget?...
Nervous On the Road


Silver Pistol


The New Favourites Of Brinsley Schwarz


Cruel To Be Kind (live @ the BBC)

Oh yeah, one more:


seriously.

The Chris Stamey posts got me thinking about how great Don Dixon's Most Of The Girls Like To Dance But Only Some Of The Boys Do is.

Dixon may be better known as a producer, but that's a gem of a record, even if my cassette of it broke a decade ago and I've haven't got it replaced yet.

I gotta search around for it and get it.

That's a band I don't hear mentioned very often. They put out some good pop tunes, but they were pretty inconsistent (at least of the stuff I've heard of theirs). However, I've loved "I Could Be In Heaven" since it came out.

ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Since I love Felt/Denim, I think I'll need to check out the others.

How about some Game Theory?



Especially "Erica's Word"

Erica's word, taking me clear and leaving me blurred
Erica's news, singing the praise and playing the blues
Pulling the rug out under my shoes

Damn. Now there's a blast from the past.

8th/9th grade "Pure" got massive amounts of spins due mostly to the song "All the way down".

I've got the CD that has both albums on it - Gawddamn, that's good stuff. I think I'll take it to work with me tonite.

My pick for this thread - TSAR's debut album.




You can get it for a penny at Amazon, for Chrissakes.

Yeah, Game Theory. I need to find that on CD.

Also maybe Let's Active and some Lime Spiders.

I don't have that on CD either, but check this out.

50 bucks for Big Shot Chronicles & Lolita Nation???????

I never should have given the vinyl to my brother when he went to Chicago.

Damn.

I think the Cavedogs and Greenberry Woods both put out only 2 full-length releases. Now that's a shame.