The 50 Best Britpop Albums (Pitchfork, 2017)

Info: «Born in London in the early 1990s, in grimy pubs and bare flats, the scene offered a thrilling new soundtrack for young British life. Bands like Suede, Blur, Oasis, Elastica, and (Jarvis) Cocker’s Pulp captured the charms and eccentricities of their country while also excising their frustrations with class and community, topping it all with a defiant, tongue-in-cheek glamour. Their guitar-heavy anthems drew from the rock of 1960s England along with the pulse of waning Madchester and alt-rock trends, exporting this exuberant sound to every corner of the globe» (from Pitchfork).

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1. Pulp - Different Class (1995)
2. Blur - Parklife (1994)
3. Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
4. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
5. Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)
6. Elastica - Elastica (1995)
7. Pulp - This is Hardcore (1998)
8. Blur - Blur (1997)
9. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
10. The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)
11. Pulp - His 'N' Hers (1993)
12. Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)
13. Suede - Suede (1993)
14. The La's - The La's (1990)
15. Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)
16. Morrissey - Your Arsenal (1992)
17. Shampoo - We Are Shampoo (1994)
18. Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish (1993)
19. Lush - Lovelife (1996)
20. The Auteurs - New Wave (1993)
21. Gene - Olympian (1995)
22. Saint Etienne - So Tough (1993)
23. Kenickie - At the Club (1997)
24. Supergrass - In It for the Money (1997)
25. Hefner - Breaking God's Heart (1998)
26. The Verve - A Northern Soul (1995)
27. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (1996)
28. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I (1994)
29. The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories (1997)
30. Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies (1997)
31. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha (1991)
32. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996)
33. Black Box Recorder - England Made Me (1998)
34. Ash - 1977 (1996)
35. Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995)
36. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (1995)
37. Sleeper - The It Girl (1996)
38. McAlmont & Butler - The Sound of McAlmont & Butler (1995)
39. Super Furry Animals - Radiator (1997)
40. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps (1993)
41. Space - Spiders (1996)
42. Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals (1996)
43. Catatonia - International Velvet (1998)
44. Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
45. Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
46. The Divine Comedy - Casanova (1996)
47. Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing (1998)
48. Echobelly - Everyone's Got One (1994)
49. James - Laid (1993)
50. Denim - Back in Denim (1992)