Smiths, The - Best ...II - WEA - Indie
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Track ListingA1 The Boy With The Thorn In His SideA2 The Headmaster Ritual A3 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now A4 Ask A5 Oscillate Wildly A6 Nowhere Fast A7 Still Ill B1 Bigmouth Strikes Again B2 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore B3 Shakespeare's Sister B4 Girl Afraid B5 Reel Around The Fountain B6 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me B7 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Media Condition » Near Mint (NM or M-) Sleeve Condition » Very Good Plus (VG+) |
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Artist | Smiths, The | ||
Title | Best ...II | ||
Label | WEA | ||
Catalogue | SMITHS 9 | ||
Format | Vinyl Album | ||
Released | 1992 | ||
Genre | Indie |
Other Titles by Smiths, The
• Best... I • Girlfriend In A Coma • Hatful Of Hollow • Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now • How Soon Is Now? • Louder Than Bombs • Louder Than Bombs • Meat Is Murder • Meat Is Murder - new sealed 180g vinyl • Rank • Rank - new inc poster • Strangeways, Here We Come • The Hand That Rocks The Cradle • The Queen Is Dead • The Smiths •
Information on the Indie Genre
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s such as Orange Juice and Josef K and the dominant UK independent band of the mid eighties, The Smiths. While the term 'indie' had been used for some time to describe artists on independent labels (and the labels themselves), the key moment in the naming of the genre was the release of NME's C86 tape in 1986. Although featuring a wide range of bands including Primal Scream, Bogshed, Half Man Half Biscuit, and The Wedding Present, it over time became shorthand for a genre known by a variety of terms. Initially it was dubbed 'C86' (after the tape itself), the more ambiguous indie pop, Cutie or a term coined by John Peel: shambling bands. Retrospectively, especially in the United States, the terms twee and twee pop were used, initially ironically, due to what commentators called the "revolt into childhood" of its followers. Musically its key characteristics were jangling guitars, a love of sixties pop and often fey, innocent lyrics. The UK label Sarah Records and its most popular band The Field Mice, although more diverse than the label indicates, were probably its most typical proponents. It was also inspired by the DIY scene of punk and there was a thriving fanzine, label and club and gig circuit. Scenes later developed in the United States particularly around labels such as K Records. Genres such as Riot Grrrl and bands as diverse as Nirvana, Manic Street Preachers, and Belle and Sebastian have all acknowledged its influence. Data from the Discogs music database. Submit a Release.