Britpop ran out of steam by 1997 with the big players in the movement moving in a new musical direction, suffering from burnout, splitting up or just seeing further sales diminish. Blur released a self titled album which took its influence from the American lo-fi scene. Pulp released ‘This Is Hardcore’, which sounded like morning after the night before. Oasis released ‘Be Here Now’ which was an overproduced bloated mess.
Bands that followed on from this took elements that had inspired the Britpop bands, but looked to make music that would appeal to a wider audience. There was less focus on Britain, the lyrics became more introspective and there was a greater attempt to appeal to the American market.
Many of the bands that made up the Post-Britpop era started during the Britpop years. Radiohead and The Verve predated it but found critical acclaim with their ‘OK Computer’ and ‘Urban Hymns’ albums respectively. Coldplay became one of the biggest selling bands of the era with their first two albums going multi platinum. Travis, Catatonia and Snow Patrol also shifted a good deal of units at this time. As with any movement, this also ran out of steam by 2002 when bands such as The White Stripes, The Strokes and The Hives were hailed as the saviours of rock and roll.
Like ‘The Britpop Years’ compilations from the last few months, there are a number of artists that would not normally be associated with the Post Britpop years. Once again, the compilations look at the years the music was produced in, not necessarily sticking to what would be considered Post Britpop as that would mean artists from outside the UK could not be included.
Disc 1
- Holes – Mercury Rev
- Hundred Mile High City – Ocean Colour Scene
- Porcelain – Moby
- Don’t Falter – Mint Royal (with Lauren Laverne)
- 78 Stone Wobble – Gomez
- Praise You (Radio Edit) – Fatboy Slim
- Boys Better – The Dandy Warhols
- Jesus Says – Ash
- Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz
- Prologue To History – Manic Street Preachers
- Cement Mixer – Clinic
- Tequila (Mint Royal Shot Mix) – Terrorvision
- Korean Bodega – Fun Lovin’ Criminals
- Pure Morning – Placebo
- Dolphins Were Monkeys (UNKLE Remix) – Ian Brown
- Rising Sign – Hurricane #1
- Shining Light – Ash
Disc 2
- My Star – Ian Brown
- Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- Go Let it Out – Oasis
- You Stole The Sun From My Heart – Manic Street Preachers
- Celebrity Skin – Hole
- Whatever Happened To My Rock & Roll – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Denise – Fountains Of Wayne
- Subterranean Homesick Alien – Radiohead
- Walk Like A Panther (7” Version) – The All Seeing I
- Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad – Moby
- Brimful Of Asha (Single Version) – Cornershop
- Underdog (Save Me) – Turin Brakes
- Pipe Dreams – Travis
- To You – I Am Kloot
- Great Divide – The Cardigans
- Wishing Stone – Dot Allison
- Come Back To What You Know – Embrace
- Morning Afterglow – Electrasy
- All I Want – Puressence
- Delta Bottleneck Stomp – Mercury Rev
- Interlude – Blur
The front cover, which is pretty much the same for all of the volumes, was adapted from a compilation released many moon ago and I have no idea what it was.
This disc could not be reproduced on Spotify due to one more songs not being available on that platform.