Customer Reviews
With qualifications - By: Mr. A. Pomeroy, 13 Jan 2006 
Gosh, I remember this. It was a very timeous releasein 1995, compiling a bunch of mostly indie guitar tunes right at the very height of britpop, & it is a pretty good britpop sampler. It has "Alright" by Supergrass, "Wake up Boo" by the Boo Radleys, & Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You", three of the most ubiquitous radio hits of the time. And "Whatever" by Oasis. Surprisingly however it does not have Pulp's "Common People" or anything by Sleeper.
There are britpop fellow travellers such as the Prodigy, Fluke & the Chemical Brothers, all of whom appeared on the soundtrack to the Playstation hit "Wipeout" & its sequel, & who were not indie guitar bands at all. There is nothing by Orbital, however.
The biggest omission is drum'n'bass, which was the hippest thing imaginable at the time; instead of Goldie's "Inner City Life" or Tricky's cover of "Black Steel" there is "Lifeforms" by FSOL, which isn't really drum'n'bass & isn't even the best song that FSOL group did. As with britpopin general, of the roughly two hundred people who appearin the bands on this record roughly half a dozen are not white europeans.
It's odd to search for Goldie & find Goldie Lookin' Chain rather than Goldie (pause) Goldie. Drum'n'bass really was quite extraordinarily hip, I can't express itin words.
It is fascinating to read the tracklisting of this decade-old release & ponder on those britpop artists that were popular at the time but have since vanished into obscurity; I believe the majority of the bands have split up since 1995 or are no longer recording (conversely New Order has reformed).
As for being the "best albumin the world ever" the title is clearly nonsense; that would imply that the first decent rock singlein the world (ever) was This Charming an by the Smiths.
The best of the Best of series... - By: , 20 Apr 2003 The mid-nineties was a fine-time for British music; a time when pop music hadn't been pop-starred & manufactured, it was the day of the guitairs & monkey side-burns, tight fitting T-shirts & 'Trainspotting'. It was the day of Brit-pop.
It's no wonder that this album that plucked the best of the charts of the time, comes up with a wide variety of fantastic tunes. With the Brit-poppers & rockers on one CD: Oasis (at their best), Blur, Charlatans, Supergrass, Pulp, Skunk Anansie & Stone Roses, & the dancier tunes of the Prodigy, Primal Scream & KLF on the other.
This is music that takes me back to a very sunny Glastonbury festivalin 1995 when Supergrass & Sleeper rocked the NME stage & Boo Radleys 'Wake up Boo' was the theme of the summer.
This album is an absolute must for all that were teensin the mid-nineties & need to be reminded that actually the chart music was pretty damn good backin the day.
