Top 10: Scotland's all-time favourite albums

[SpookyFrank]

Do we need another thread for 'best Cocteau Twins album' then?

Hate to agree with the list in the OP but I think it might be Heaven or Las Vegas, but maybe it's a bit too polished-sounding to count as a proper Cocteaus record. You can even make out some of the words.

 

[albionism]

It's as if Simple Minds never existed!

It's as if Hipsway never existed!

 

[Nice one]

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davy henderson is the patron saint of scottish pop

 

[Voley]

It's as if Simple Minds never existed!

What a wonderful world that would be.

 

[killer b]

What a wonderful world that would be.

<obligatory 'first two albums were pretty good' post goes here>

 

[pogofish]

I take it they didn'a ask anyone fae Buchan then - Nae Country n'Western shite.

 

[Voley]

<obligatory 'first two albums were pretty good' post goes here>

Bollocks. One of the worst bands of all time. Up there with U2.

 

[Steel Icarus]

 

[Dr. Furface]

 

[danny la rouge]

There's lots of stuff that should be on there that isn't. But other that Deacon Blue, I'm not offended by any of those choices. I can't understand the popularity of Deacon Blue amongst otherwise sensible people. But that's taste I suppose. I own 8 out of the 10 albums and some of them (the Cocteaus, the Fannies and the Blue Nile) I've owned in several formats over the years. I used to be a huge Teenage Fanclub buff. I've seen them live probably more than any other band.

Mogwai, Alex Harvey, King Creosote, Beta Band, Delgados, the Fire Engines, Sputniks Down, the Orchids are among the acts I'd have given a mention to.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

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I came here to post that!
I have three copies for some reason.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

his thread reminds me -- the BBC have been doing a series on 'the story of Scottish Pop/Rock/Alt/Dance'
BBC Radio Scotland - The Story of Scottish Pop - Episode guide

and

Classic Scottish Albums
BBC Radio Scotland - Classic Scottish Albums

Some great stuff in both - some that are in the list from the OP, some that aren't
There should have been some Associates and Primal Scream in that list

 

[moonsi til]

Oh I’m so happy The Blue Nile feature twice. I’m a longtime devotee.

 

[danny la rouge]

his thread reminds me -- the BBC have been doing a series on 'the story of Scottish Pop/Rock/Alt/Dance'
BBC Radio Scotland - The Story of Scottish Pop - Episode guide

and

Classic Scottish Albums
BBC Radio Scotland - Classic Scottish Albums

Some great stuff in both - some that are in the list from the OP, some that aren't
There should have been some Associates and Primal Scream in that list

"Vic Galloway takes a look at Scotland's proud history of alternative & indie music.

Scotland has a strong tradition when it comes to alternative music - from Josef K tothe Franz Ferdinand to Teenage Fanclub to The Delgados to Arab Strap [...]
Featuring interviews with Alex Kapranos, Emma Pollock, Malcolm Ross (Josef K & Orange Juice), The Rezillos, KT Tunstall, James Graham (Twilight Sad), Kathryn Joseph, Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Aidan Moffat, Ferard love (Teenage Fanclub)."

"You were changing
Didn't want to stay the same
Re-arranging
Dropped a letter from your name"

 

[Kaka Tim]

Still great live btw.

 

[stavros]

AC/DC, at a push? The Youngs were born in Glasgow.

 

[stavros]

Mogwai, Alex Harvey, King Creosote, Beta Band, Delgados, the Fire Engines, Sputniks Down, the Orchids are among the acts I'd have given a mention to.

How did I forget the Beta Band? Don't forget Steve Mason's solo stuff, and as KBT.

 

[editor]

No AWB? Ridiculous

Yeah, that's a cracking album.

 

[editor]

And Alex Harvey would be in my top ten too.,

 

[Mrs D]

None of my top ten are in their top ten, they’ve got it all wrong.

 

[The39thStep]

It's as if Simple Minds never existed!

First three albums are great , Ultravox meets Bryan Ferry on speed . Unfortunately it was all up hill to stadium rock after that.

 

[The39thStep]

"Vic Galloway takes a look at Scotland's proud history of alternative & indie music.

Scotland has a strong tradition when it comes to alternative music - from Josef K tothe Franz Ferdinand to Teenage Fanclub to The Delgados to Arab Strap [...]
Featuring interviews with Alex Kapranos, Emma Pollock, Malcolm Ross (Josef K & Orange Juice), The Rezillos, KT Tunstall, James Graham (Twilight Sad), Kathryn Joseph, Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Aidan Moffat, Ferard love (Teenage Fanclub)."

"You were changing
Didn't want to stay the same
Re-arranging
Dropped a letter from your name"

Twilight Sad are underrated IMO

 

[Casual Observer]

The Shamen's first album, Drop, would get my vote. Genius tuneful freakbeat psychedelia of the highest order - like a harder hitting version of the Electric Prunes. Absolutely nothing remotely resembling a duff track on the album. Think the whole band apart from singer Colin Angus left as they kept the name but went down the techno route and became more popular. That first album and the two singles that immediately followed it (Christopher Mayhew Says and Knature Of A Girl) were a bit tasty though.

 

[weepiper]

The Shamen's first album, Drop, would get my vote. Genius tuneful freakbeat psychedelia of the highest order - like a harder hitting version of the Electric Prunes. Absolutely nothing remotely resembling a duff track on the album. Think the whole band apart from singer Colin Angus left as they kept the name but went down the techno route and became more popular. That first album and the two singles that immediately followed it (Christopher Mayhew Says and Knature Of A Girl) were a bit tasty though.

I actually love Boss Drum too.

 

[The39thStep]

If anyone likes Blue Nile this singer toured with them and her album is /was beautiful


Billy MacKenzie- complex, tragic and King of the Gypsies

 

[The39thStep]

and I used to love this