Well I no longer hear the music when the lights go out, love goes cold in the shades of doubt.
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Tag: Pub Rock
Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? #169 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Because maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me. And after all, you’re my wonderwall.
Madness – Absolutely: #358 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Naughty boys in nasty schools, headmaster’s breaking all the rules, having fun and playing fools, smashing up the woodwork tools.
The Kingsmen – The Best of The Kingsmen: #372 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Louie Louie, oh no, me gotta go. Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go.
Elvis Costello – Armed Forces: #428 of best 1,000 albums ever!
What’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding?
Oasis – Be Here Now: #476 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Look into the wall of my mind’s eye. I think I know but I don’t know why. The questions are the answers you might need.
The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl: #501 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The middle of the road is trying to find me. I’m standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.
The Libertines – Up the Bracket: #599 of best 1,000 albums ever!
But if you’ve lost your faith in love and music the end won’t be long. Because if it’s gone for you then I too may lose it and that that would be wrong.
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True: #637 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m not gonna get too sentimental like those other sticky valentines.
The Clash – Sandinista! #731 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The high highs make it well worthy of being in the magnificent seven… hundreds on the best 1,000 albums ever project.
Pulp – Different Class: #732 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s something about the vibe that takes me back to the Nag’s Head pub in Rochester, Kent.
The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame: #913 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A delicious hamburger of fun early ‘80s rock ‘n roll.
Madness – One Step Beyond…: #957 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From ska to punk to new wave to pop, all performed with the extreme exuberance and confidence of youth and with tongues firmly planted in cheeks… I guess you can only describe it as Madness.
Black 47 – Home of the Brave: #968 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An unusual but ultimately pleasing combination of traditional Irish music and modern American rock.
Sham 69 – Angels With Dirty Faces: #970 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A delirious blast of UK punk.
The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus: #994 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Conjures the feeling of being inside a gritty, indie British gangster flick and/or hanging out in a pub on a dreary English afternoon.