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Jacek

Feb 10, 05 - 11:17 PM

100 best Scottish albums

The Scotsman magazine published a list of 100 best Scottish albums. However you have to be a member to see it in its entirety, otherwise you can only access the top 25.

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1021&id=1145212003&20040724025759

1. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
2. The Proclaimers - This Is the Story
3. Average White Band - AWB
4. Blue Nile - Walk Across the Rooftops
5. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
6. John Martyn - Solid Air
7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
8. Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
9. The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
10. The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits
11. Lloys Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
12. Aztec Camera - High Land High Rain
13. The Associates - Sulk
14. Texas - White on Milk
15. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
16. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next
17. Deacon Blue - Raintown
18. The Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
19. Travis - The Man Who
20. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
21. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
22. The Blue Nile - Hats
23. The Orange Juice - The Orange Juice
24. The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
25. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

Henrik

Feb 10th, 2005 - 11:33 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

You guys really keep me busy now...!

Thanks again, Jacek.

Robbie

Feb 11th, 2005 - 4:42 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

It's 'cause we love you Henrik.

Thanks for finding this list Jacek.

Here's the rest of the list 26-100 to save the rest of you the bother of signing up to The Scotsman.

26 CAN'T STAND THE REZILLOS - THE REZILLOS

27 TOUCH - THE EURYTHMICS

28 DARKLANDS - JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

29 POPPED IN SOULED OUT - WET WET WET

30 DOGS IN THE TRAFFIC - LOVE AND MONEY

31 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - DONOVAN

32 THE THREE EPS - THE BETA BAND

33 BE BOP MOP TOP - DANNY WILSON

34 SURF - RODDY FRAME

35 EN-TACT - THE SHAMEN

36 POSTED SOBER - MICHAEL MARRA

37 UP FOR A BIT WITH THE PASTELS - THE PASTELS

38 GARBAGE - GARBAGE

39 GRACE AND DANGER - JOHN MARTYN

40 XTRMNTR - PRIMAL SCREAM

41 CITY TO CITY - GERRY RAFFERTY

42 KELVINGROVE BABY - THE BATHERS

43 SKIFFLE - LONNIE DONEGAN

44 EMPIRES AND DANCE - SIMPLE MINDS

45 FOURTH DRAWER DOWN - THE ASSOCIATES

46 A PAGAN PLACE - THE WATERBOYS

47 SOUTHSIDE - TEXAS

48 CHANGE EVERYTHING - DEL AMITRI

49 THE REMOTE PART - IDLEWILD

50 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES

51 UH! TEARS BABY (A TRASH ICON) - WIN

52 THE GREAT EASTERN - THE DELGADOS

53 THE CROSSING - BIG COUNTRY

54 THE ROCK - FRANKIE MILLER

55 LOVE - AZTEC CAMERA

56 IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

57 DIVA - ANNIE LENNOX

58 THE CUTTER AND THE CLAN - RUNRIG

59 GARLANDS - COCTEAU TWINS

60 YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE FOREVER - ORANGE JUICE

61 ALEX HARVEY AND HIS SOUL BAND - ALEX HARVEY AND HIS SOUL BAND

62 THE AFFECTIONATE PUNCH - THE ASSOCIATES

63 MAINSTREAM - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS

64 MIRMAMA - EDDI READER

65 LUBRICATE YOUR LIVING ROOM - FIRE ENGINES

66 THE WHITE ROOM - THE KLF

67 SONGS FROM NORTHERN BRITAIN - TEENAGE FANCLUB

68 THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER - THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND

69 DUM-DUM - THE VASELINES

70 HIPSWAY - HIPSWAY

71 THE WEEK NEVER STARTS AROUND HERE - ARAB STRAP

72 THE DREAMING SEA - KAREN MATHESON

73 MORNING DOVE WHITE - ONE DOVE

74 SONGS FOR A TAILOR - JACK BRUCE

75 AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - THE SCARS

76 LOSS - THE MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

77 OUTERNATIONAL - BILLY MACKENZIE

78 REMOTE - HUE & CRY

79 MUSIC HAS THE RIGHT TO CHILDREN - BOARDS OF CANADA

80 THE ONLY FUN IN TOWN - JOSEF K

81 ROCK ACTION - MOGWAI

82 MEET DANNY WILSON - DANNY WILSON

83 VANISHING POINT - PRIMAL SCREAM

84 SHOP ASSISTANTS - SHOP ASSISTANTS

85 SISTERS - THE BLUEBELLS

86 EASY PIECES - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS

87 SCARED TO DANCE - THE SKIDS

88 BLUE - BLUE

89 CAKE - TRASH CAN SINATRAS

90 GEORGOUS GEORGE - EDWYN COLLINS

91 ONCE UPON A STAR - BAY CITY ROLLERS

92 STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE

93 PERSEVERE - THE PROCLAIMERS

94 HOWDY! - TEENAGE FANCLUB

95 RAZAMANAZ - NAZARETH

96 SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT - LULU

97 WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME - DEACON BLUE

98 PUNK'S NOT DEAD - THE EXPLOITED

99 TEENAGE LICKS - STONE THE CROWS

100 SPARKLE IN THE RAIN - SIMPLE MINDS

Frazze

Feb 11th, 2005 - 6:59 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

I love you too!

Frazze

Feb 11th, 2005 - 8:04 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

I really don't understand how they could leave out Cocteau Twins' "Treasure"!

Michael S

Feb 11th, 2005 - 8:53 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

No

Dawn of the Replicants[/b] either.

And how is Screamadhelica the best? Psychocandy is far better. In fact I prefer Vanishing Point and EXTMNTR.

Michael S

Feb 11th, 2005 - 8:54 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

And what on earth is that smilie I just created???!!

Moonbeam

Feb 11th, 2005 - 9:01 PM

Re: 100 best Scottish albums

Eurythmics are so underrated.... Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This clearly belongs.

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Jacek Feb 10, 05 - 11:17 PM	100 best Scottish albums The Scotsman magazine published a list of 100 best Scottish albums. However you have to be a member to see it in its entirety, otherwise you can only access the top 25. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1021&id=1145212003&20040724025759 1. Primal Scream - Screamadelica 2. The Proclaimers - This Is the Story 3. Average White Band - AWB 4. Blue Nile - Walk Across the Rooftops 5. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque 6. John Martyn - Solid Air 7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 8. Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch 9. The Waterboys - This Is the Sea 10. The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits 11. Lloys Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes 12. Aztec Camera - High Land High Rain 13. The Associates - Sulk 14. Texas - White on Milk 15. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk 16. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next 17. Deacon Blue - Raintown 18. The Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 19. Travis - The Man Who 20. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 21. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix 22. The Blue Nile - Hats 23. The Orange Juice - The Orange Juice 24. The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith 25. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Henrik Feb 10th, 2005 - 11:33 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums You guys really keep me busy now...! Thanks again, Jacek.
Robbie Feb 11th, 2005 - 4:42 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums It's 'cause we love you Henrik. Thanks for finding this list Jacek. Here's the rest of the list 26-100 to save the rest of you the bother of signing up to The Scotsman. 26 CAN'T STAND THE REZILLOS - THE REZILLOS 27 TOUCH - THE EURYTHMICS 28 DARKLANDS - JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 29 POPPED IN SOULED OUT - WET WET WET 30 DOGS IN THE TRAFFIC - LOVE AND MONEY 31 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - DONOVAN 32 THE THREE EPS - THE BETA BAND 33 BE BOP MOP TOP - DANNY WILSON 34 SURF - RODDY FRAME 35 EN-TACT - THE SHAMEN 36 POSTED SOBER - MICHAEL MARRA 37 UP FOR A BIT WITH THE PASTELS - THE PASTELS 38 GARBAGE - GARBAGE 39 GRACE AND DANGER - JOHN MARTYN 40 XTRMNTR - PRIMAL SCREAM 41 CITY TO CITY - GERRY RAFFERTY 42 KELVINGROVE BABY - THE BATHERS 43 SKIFFLE - LONNIE DONEGAN 44 EMPIRES AND DANCE - SIMPLE MINDS 45 FOURTH DRAWER DOWN - THE ASSOCIATES 46 A PAGAN PLACE - THE WATERBOYS 47 SOUTHSIDE - TEXAS 48 CHANGE EVERYTHING - DEL AMITRI 49 THE REMOTE PART - IDLEWILD 50 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES 51 UH! TEARS BABY (A TRASH ICON) - WIN 52 THE GREAT EASTERN - THE DELGADOS 53 THE CROSSING - BIG COUNTRY 54 THE ROCK - FRANKIE MILLER 55 LOVE - AZTEC CAMERA 56 IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN 57 DIVA - ANNIE LENNOX 58 THE CUTTER AND THE CLAN - RUNRIG 59 GARLANDS - COCTEAU TWINS 60 YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE FOREVER - ORANGE JUICE 61 ALEX HARVEY AND HIS SOUL BAND - ALEX HARVEY AND HIS SOUL BAND 62 THE AFFECTIONATE PUNCH - THE ASSOCIATES 63 MAINSTREAM - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS 64 MIRMAMA - EDDI READER 65 LUBRICATE YOUR LIVING ROOM - FIRE ENGINES 66 THE WHITE ROOM - THE KLF 67 SONGS FROM NORTHERN BRITAIN - TEENAGE FANCLUB 68 THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER - THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND 69 DUM-DUM - THE VASELINES 70 HIPSWAY - HIPSWAY 71 THE WEEK NEVER STARTS AROUND HERE - ARAB STRAP 72 THE DREAMING SEA - KAREN MATHESON 73 MORNING DOVE WHITE - ONE DOVE 74 SONGS FOR A TAILOR - JACK BRUCE 75 AUTHOR! AUTHOR! - THE SCARS 76 LOSS - THE MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 77 OUTERNATIONAL - BILLY MACKENZIE 78 REMOTE - HUE & CRY 79 MUSIC HAS THE RIGHT TO CHILDREN - BOARDS OF CANADA 80 THE ONLY FUN IN TOWN - JOSEF K 81 ROCK ACTION - MOGWAI 82 MEET DANNY WILSON - DANNY WILSON 83 VANISHING POINT - PRIMAL SCREAM 84 SHOP ASSISTANTS - SHOP ASSISTANTS 85 SISTERS - THE BLUEBELLS 86 EASY PIECES - LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS 87 SCARED TO DANCE - THE SKIDS 88 BLUE - BLUE 89 CAKE - TRASH CAN SINATRAS 90 GEORGOUS GEORGE - EDWYN COLLINS 91 ONCE UPON A STAR - BAY CITY ROLLERS 92 STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE 93 PERSEVERE - THE PROCLAIMERS 94 HOWDY! - TEENAGE FANCLUB 95 RAZAMANAZ - NAZARETH 96 SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT - LULU 97 WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME - DEACON BLUE 98 PUNK'S NOT DEAD - THE EXPLOITED 99 TEENAGE LICKS - STONE THE CROWS 100 SPARKLE IN THE RAIN - SIMPLE MINDS
Frazze Feb 11th, 2005 - 6:59 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums I love you too!
Frazze Feb 11th, 2005 - 8:04 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums I really don't understand how they could leave out Cocteau Twins' "Treasure"!
Michael S Feb 11th, 2005 - 8:53 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums No Dawn of the Replicants[/b] either. And how is Screamadhelica the best? Psychocandy is far better. In fact I prefer Vanishing Point and EXTMNTR.
Michael S Feb 11th, 2005 - 8:54 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums And what on earth is that smilie I just created???!!
Moonbeam Feb 11th, 2005 - 9:01 PM	Re: 100 best Scottish albums Eurythmics are so underrated.... Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This clearly belongs.