Urban75 Album of the Year 2002

[Elpenor]

That name must've got a lot harder to search for online since 2002, although I suppose you can't really blame Tweet for not planning ahead on that point.

Just think of how hard it must be to google for .co.uk and A! was probably a piece of piss to find them in HMV though

 

[AverageJoe]

Has anyone said 2 Many DJ's yet? OK it's a mix album, but I'm sure I've voted for mixes in previous years.

That is such a good album!

 

[hitmouse]

Just think of how hard it must be to google for .co.uk and A! was probably a piece of piss to find them in HMV though

A! I remember, was .co.uk really a thing?

 

[Elpenor]

A! I remember, was .co.uk really a thing?

Think so, don’t remember any of their songs but then I barely know any of the albums listed in this thread

 

[Spandex]

Has anyone said 2 Many DJ's yet? OK it's a mix album, but I'm sure I've voted for mixes in previous years.

I love that mix.

There's a thing here where they talk about the tracks used and the problems they had licensing them to give it an official release. Record companies asked them to use I Want to be Your Dog instead of No Fun and Blue Monday instead to The Beach. They originally asked for the Carl Craig mix of Hand to Phone but Carl Craig didn’t want anything to do with DJ compilation that also included Dolly Parton. They struggled to work out which exact version of Joe le Taxi they'd used as different people owned the rights to each. A couple of tracks only got licenced because they knew people who let them use them as a favour.

I've also got pt 1




Which is good, but doesn't all come together so perfectly as pt.2.

 

[The39thStep]

Nightmares on Wax - Mind Elevation . Got a little soft spot for some of their stuff however despite some highlights this to me falls down between trying to do too much and pretty much safe downtempo and funk-R&B beats. However it's a pleasant listen.

 

[Joe Chi Min]

More great pop/r&b here. I thought Tweet was going to be a superstar after that Missy Elliot collab, but I've not heard of her since. Apparently she's still releasing music.

The album goes for serious money these days. Pretty good album, but that single is still the stand out.

Tweet - Southern Hummingbird

Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Southern Hummingbird by Tweet. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

When Timbaland beats were king

 

[Indeliblelink]

The Junior Senior album is kind of fun, the dance pop singles off it were quite big I seem to remember.

 

[stavros]

Amazing to think he didn't release a solo album until after his passing:

 

[braindancer]

Keith Fullerton Whitman's Playthroughs - minimal ambient masterpiece:

 

[braindancer]

Didn't It Rain by Songs : Ohia - blimey, I love this album so much - so beautiful....

 

[CNT36]

Never realised this was 2002. Got to be up there.

 

[CNT36]

I can never remember what this album's called and describe it as the Guttermouth album that doesn't sound like Guttermouth every few years to the same mate I rarely see.

 

[CNT36]

These guys sold a lot of shampoo but I doubt it has aged well.

 

[CNT36]

16 Horsepower's last album.

 

[hitmouse]

Didn't It Rain by Songs : Ohia - blimey, I love this album so much - so beautiful....

Definitely gonna be up there on my list, between that and the Mountain Goats it's going to be a very singer-songwritery list.

 

[The39thStep]

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn 16 short pieces originally written for a play first launched Johannson into musical sight.' Repetitive, minimal, and emotionally charged' its beautiful, if at times melancholic, and haunting. 16 years later he died of an overdose.

 

[stavros]

I don't think this has been mentioned yet:

 

[The39thStep]

Aim -Hinterland

The sun is out here and this is splendid Sunday morning laidback jazzy/hip hop/funky/ music from Barrow in Furness

 

[Knotted]

Well I've found this. Ścianka with Białe Wakacje. Polish punky psych rock. It's refreshing berserk. Will be back with more news from 2002.

You all have 8 days btw.

 

[Knotted]

Stoke a lo-fi turntabalist noise album from Philip Jeck has it's moments I think. Interesting review here:

Philip Jeck: Stoke

Liverpudlian Philip Jeck studied visual art at the Dartington College of Arts in Devon, England. During the early 80s, he ...

pitchfork.com

 

[Knotted]

АукцЫон [Auktyon] are a folk/jazz/rock group from St Petersberg the 2002 album Это мама [This is mama] is rip roaring brass rock with a very Russian flavour. Give it a go, I think you might love it.

 

[hitmouse]

Probably not going to make a huge difference to the charts either way, but would Skitsystem's Allt E Skit not be allowed? (eta: oh, I see I asked about this on the first page. Still intend to vote for the CD reissue of the Shangri-Las compilation as well.)

 

[AverageJoe]

Ooh. When's the closing date? I need to donate my other kidney by claiming that Sea Change by Beck will be Number One.

(it won't)

 

[AverageJoe]

Doing more research. This is pretty good.

 

[AverageJoe]

 

[AverageJoe]

Also this. These guys were Australian teenagers and this album was their equivalent of Tears For Fears' "Sowing the Seeds of Love".

Wow. This is going to be a tough year.



Havent even covered Queens of the Stone Ages, The Streets, The Vines, Interpol, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Doves, Missy Elliot, The Libertines, The Pokyohonc Spree, Johhny Cash, Death In Vegas, Electric Soft Parade, Boards Of Canada, Wilco,...Trail Of Dead, Jurassic 5, Nada Surf, Nas, Lo Fidelity Allstars.

And Norah Jones

 

[braindancer]

I made a list about 3 weeks ago but now can't find it!

 

[AverageJoe]

 

[The39thStep]

The Mekons OOOH