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My album collection - Part Six
Mar. 20th, 2005 12:13 amThe Ns...
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Year - 1995
Favourite Track - Just a Girl
Notes - This is the album which includes 'Don't Speak' which was No Doubt's first big hit in the UK and is the only album of their's I own. I like No Doubt's unique punky, pop style and the fact that their songs explore many different topics. They don't only write sappy love songs. I keep meaning to buy 'Rocksteady' which I will do one day. In an episode of the final series of Dawson's Creek they attend a No Doubt concert and it looked fantastic.
The Ps
PJ and Duncan - Psyche
Year - 1994
Favourite Track - Errr.
Notes - I was a huge PJ and Duncan fan when I was a teenager and wanted to marry Dec! I had a lifesize poster of him on my bedroom wall which really freaked out my first couple of boyfriends. OK so they had no musical talent whatsoever but at least they were having fun and it lead them into the sucessful careers they have today. Let's face it not many ex Byker Grove cast members are still in the public eye (apart from Jill Halfpenny and Donna Air I guess). The lyrics are just cringeworthy, especially in the classic 'Our Radio Rocks'. Oddly, a couple of my friends have borrowed this one recently. Seems to have nostalgia value. Everyone else probably disposed of their copies in about 1996!
The Prodigy - Experience
Year - 1992
Favourite Track - Out of Space
Notes - A classic dance album! I love it, even though many of the album versions of their singles were mixed to make them a lot darker than the originals. People who got interested in The Prodigy around the time of Firestarter aren't normally very impressed by this album as it's very electronic and dancey but it really is a classic of it's era. The thing with the Prodigy is that it is clear to see the direction that the music is taking through their work. The original singles were very happy and bouncy and clearly fitted into the same 'rave' category as SL2 and The Ratpack but by the versions on 'Experience' are much darker, particularly 'Charley' and 'Fire'. By the time 'Music for the Jilted Generation' was released in 1994 everything was much more edgy.
Fact - Some people credit The Prodigy for inventing the term 'Drum and Bass'. The album version of 'Charley' is called the 'Trip into Drum and Bass Verion' and some people claim that this is the earliest useage of the term.
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Year - 1994
Favourite Track - No Good (Start the Dance)
Notes - This is my favourite Prodigy Album. By this time Liam was creating much edgier music and it sounded amazing. It was also the first album I ever bought which included the word 'Fuck'! My favourite track is the one which Liam Howlett has said that he hates the most as it's female vocal hook sounds 'too commercial'. Typical, even when I'm listening to credible music I like the least credible track best! The only track from this album which they perform live now is 'Poison'. It must be a particular favourite with Liam as it's also the only Prodigy track he included on his mix album 'The Dirtchamber Sessions'.
Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Year - 1997
Favourite Track - Smack my Bitch Up
Notes - Another great Prodigy album and the home of their only number 1 singles to date 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe'. Much more guitar based than 'Jilted'. Critics normally see this as the most significant Prodigy album but I prefer the earlier ones. Some of the tracks are a bit slow for my liking. The bass lines are amazing though, my speakers really suffer when I play the likes of 'Breathe'.
Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
Year - 2004
Favourite Track - Girls
Notes - I was disappointed by this album. After 'Fat of the Land' Liam Howlett was on record saying that he would be returning to his B Boy roots and would be moving away from guitar based tracks. That hasn't happened. Most of the tracks on this album are guitar based. I also feel that Liam is being a bit hypocritical writing a track with the Gallaghers and letting them guest after all the horrible things he said about them in the mid 90s. I know that he's Liam's brother in law now, but still. On 'Girls' an EPM group called 'The Ping Pong Bitches' guest. I just think that's such a fantastic name for a band!
Puretone - Stuck in a Groove
Year - 2003
Favourite Track - Stuck in a Groove
Notes - Puretone are an Australian house act who had a big hit with 'Addicted to Bass' at the beginning of 2002 and haven't done much since, in the UK at least. I purchased this album as I'd liked 'Addicted to Bass' and happened to spot it in HMV. It's not a bad dance album and I love dancing around my bedroom singing along to it. My friends think its rubbish.
Fact - The version of 'Addicted to Bass' which was a hit had been remixed by Apollo 440. Maybe that was why it was a success.
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Year - 1995
Favourite Track - Just a Girl
Notes - This is the album which includes 'Don't Speak' which was No Doubt's first big hit in the UK and is the only album of their's I own. I like No Doubt's unique punky, pop style and the fact that their songs explore many different topics. They don't only write sappy love songs. I keep meaning to buy 'Rocksteady' which I will do one day. In an episode of the final series of Dawson's Creek they attend a No Doubt concert and it looked fantastic.
The Ps
PJ and Duncan - Psyche
Year - 1994
Favourite Track - Errr.
Notes - I was a huge PJ and Duncan fan when I was a teenager and wanted to marry Dec! I had a lifesize poster of him on my bedroom wall which really freaked out my first couple of boyfriends. OK so they had no musical talent whatsoever but at least they were having fun and it lead them into the sucessful careers they have today. Let's face it not many ex Byker Grove cast members are still in the public eye (apart from Jill Halfpenny and Donna Air I guess). The lyrics are just cringeworthy, especially in the classic 'Our Radio Rocks'. Oddly, a couple of my friends have borrowed this one recently. Seems to have nostalgia value. Everyone else probably disposed of their copies in about 1996!
The Prodigy - Experience
Year - 1992
Favourite Track - Out of Space
Notes - A classic dance album! I love it, even though many of the album versions of their singles were mixed to make them a lot darker than the originals. People who got interested in The Prodigy around the time of Firestarter aren't normally very impressed by this album as it's very electronic and dancey but it really is a classic of it's era. The thing with the Prodigy is that it is clear to see the direction that the music is taking through their work. The original singles were very happy and bouncy and clearly fitted into the same 'rave' category as SL2 and The Ratpack but by the versions on 'Experience' are much darker, particularly 'Charley' and 'Fire'. By the time 'Music for the Jilted Generation' was released in 1994 everything was much more edgy.
Fact - Some people credit The Prodigy for inventing the term 'Drum and Bass'. The album version of 'Charley' is called the 'Trip into Drum and Bass Verion' and some people claim that this is the earliest useage of the term.
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Year - 1994
Favourite Track - No Good (Start the Dance)
Notes - This is my favourite Prodigy Album. By this time Liam was creating much edgier music and it sounded amazing. It was also the first album I ever bought which included the word 'Fuck'! My favourite track is the one which Liam Howlett has said that he hates the most as it's female vocal hook sounds 'too commercial'. Typical, even when I'm listening to credible music I like the least credible track best! The only track from this album which they perform live now is 'Poison'. It must be a particular favourite with Liam as it's also the only Prodigy track he included on his mix album 'The Dirtchamber Sessions'.
Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Year - 1997
Favourite Track - Smack my Bitch Up
Notes - Another great Prodigy album and the home of their only number 1 singles to date 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe'. Much more guitar based than 'Jilted'. Critics normally see this as the most significant Prodigy album but I prefer the earlier ones. Some of the tracks are a bit slow for my liking. The bass lines are amazing though, my speakers really suffer when I play the likes of 'Breathe'.
Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
Year - 2004
Favourite Track - Girls
Notes - I was disappointed by this album. After 'Fat of the Land' Liam Howlett was on record saying that he would be returning to his B Boy roots and would be moving away from guitar based tracks. That hasn't happened. Most of the tracks on this album are guitar based. I also feel that Liam is being a bit hypocritical writing a track with the Gallaghers and letting them guest after all the horrible things he said about them in the mid 90s. I know that he's Liam's brother in law now, but still. On 'Girls' an EPM group called 'The Ping Pong Bitches' guest. I just think that's such a fantastic name for a band!
Puretone - Stuck in a Groove
Year - 2003
Favourite Track - Stuck in a Groove
Notes - Puretone are an Australian house act who had a big hit with 'Addicted to Bass' at the beginning of 2002 and haven't done much since, in the UK at least. I purchased this album as I'd liked 'Addicted to Bass' and happened to spot it in HMV. It's not a bad dance album and I love dancing around my bedroom singing along to it. My friends think its rubbish.
Fact - The version of 'Addicted to Bass' which was a hit had been remixed by Apollo 440. Maybe that was why it was a success.
