20 Years to (What's the story) Morning Glory by Oasis

On 2 October 1995, Oasis released their second studio album. It's so hard to find only five tracks from this brilliant album but here are the songs I've picked for you

1. Hey Now!
2. Wonderwall
3. Don't Look Back in Anger
4. Cast No Shadow
5. Champagne Supernova

In Utero: 20 Years To Nirvana's Album

Sometimes I feel that time goes by too fast.... This week I listened to Nirvana's song Heart Shaped Box from their last studio album, In Utero and then I realised that it has been 20 years since it was released. I don't know if we can count on more than one hand, the number of bands that made such an impact on the music scene in the past 20 years. I don't think that In Utero is the best album made by Nirvana, but it is the most depressing of them. Retrospectively, I can imagine that Kurt Cobain sings his own feelings of depression and disappointment in this record. Rape Me, for example, which was considered provocative that time wasn't about rape in the physical meaning as many of the listeners thought then. It was about the feeling of Kurt Cobain of being over exposed to critics and telecommunications without any chance to escape this everlasting gaze of the camera. Pennyroyal Tea is about replacing drugs with other kind of drugs in order to escape reality and Heart Shaped Box is about the hate-love relationship with Courtney Love, like All Apologies. 20 years after, Dave Grohl still hitting the road and sometimes we can also see Krist Novoselic revive his Bass guitar but Kurt Cobain left behind in the 90's, leaving us this unforgettable album. Here are five songs I can't get out of my head

Heart Shaped Box

PennyRoyal Tea

Dumb

Rape Me

All Apologies

The Dark Side Of Ohio: 10 Years To Over The Rhine's "Ohio"

Americana is not my cup of tea at all. I've only discovered lately some of the artists in this genre but I haven't found it too fascinating from my point of view (Or listening). But there is one album which I find myself returning to hear from time to time. Ohio, a double album by Over The Rhine was released 10 years ago on 18th of August, 2003. The core of this veteran band are husband and wife Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler from Ohio, who are playing together since 1989. Ohio is a monumental masterpiece of
Americana-Folk, which was their seventh album by that time. The voice of Karin and the composition of Linford which was based mainly on piano tunes and acoustic guitars made it one of my favourites when I discovered it, about three years ago. Here are five songs which you might like also....

Bothered

Ohio

 

What I'll Remember Most

How Long Have You Been Stoned

Changes Come

Smashing Dream: 20 Years To Smashing Pumpkins' "Siamese Dream"

That's been 20 years since the release of Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins on the 27th of July, 1993. That was the second album of the four piece Alternative Rock band from Chicago, Illinois and it's considered one of the best Alternative albums of the 90's (And one of the best 500 albums ever by The Rolling Stone). It was before they became more commercialised and still hopeful for a better future. Now all is left is the hope to hear Billy Corgan, James Iha, Darcy Wretzky and Jimmy Chamberlin playing together again.  Here are five reasons to hear it again

Today

 

Cherub Rock

Spaceboy

Rocket

Disarm

Animal Army: 10 years to The White Stripe's "Elephant"

The White Stripes were formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1997. The (Then married...) duo consisted of Jack White (Vocals and guitar) and Meg White (Drums and Backing vocals). their first three records haven't got much success but the fourth, Elephant, which was released 10 years ago, on 1st of April, 2003 (No, that's not a joke), became an iconic album of the revival of Garage Rock in America. Sometimes I wonder how can only two persons make such enriched music with only few instruments, what stands in contrast to the over produced albums of the mainstream. I think that was the magic of The White Stripes, they took a great lyrics and loaded it with meaningful guitar and drums music. That's make their album sounds fresh even a decade after its release. For that 10th anniversary of Elephant, here are five songs that will help you to remember how good they were (the duo split in 2011)

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 

The Air Near My Fingers

Seven Nation Army

The Hardest Button To Button 

Well, It's True That We Love One Another

The London Suede: 20 Years To Suede's "Suede"

The lost generation of the 90's tried to find a comfort place in a world that rapidly changes their lives. They were the first generation to use a private computer, to move faster from place to place and feeling at home anywhere around the world due to the standartization of life styles. Suede tried to fill that void with their music, releasing their debut album Suede on 29 of March, 1993. Some see this album as one of the first Brit-Pop album, which paved the way to other acts such as Oasis, Ash and Blur and more. Speaking of the last band, Blur, led by Damon Albarn, both of them hated each other, especially due to the break up of Brett Anderson and Justine Frischamnn, when the later found comfort in the arms of Damon Albarn. After the departure of Justine Frischmann, there were four members left: Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler, Mat Osman and Simon Gilbert. They got into the studio and recorded one of the best debut albums ever, with dirty sounded guitar of Bernard Butler and Brett Anderson great voice, they managed to win the second Mercury prize contest in 1993. That was an album about dying young (Exciting So Young), wishful thoughts about life after death (The Next Life) and break ups (She's Not Dead, Breakdown). Death and love were the main issues in that brilliant album and it all came into one-time masterpiece (And then they released Dog Man Star, Which redefined the phrase masterpiece) While I listened to this album today, right after I put their last release Bloodsports aside, it still sounds fantastic, even though it's 20 years old. For the 90's great days. here are five picks from that album....

Animal Nitrate

 

Breakdown

 

So Young 

 

Pantomime Horse

 

The Next Life 

Keep The Faith: 20 Years To Depeche Mode's "Songs Of Faith And Devotion"

On 22 of March, 1993, Depeche Mode released their eighth album called Songs Of Faith And Devotion. As a teenager, it became one of the most inspiring album those days though I can still hear it today and get excited. Songs Of Faith And Devotion was the darkest album recorded yet by Depeche Mode, inspired by American Grunge such as Soundgarden, Nirvana and Jane's Addiction. The harmonious vocals of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore with Andy Fletcher and Alan Wilder (On his last album with the band) made an album who's looking for an answer to one of the modern age hardest question: "Who can we trust in the age of accelerated technology and decline of religion?" They try to figure out whether it's better to go back to Biblical stories (Such as Judas) or the person who tries to judge you (Walking In My Shoes). The legendary producer, Flood, helped them with that album and together they released a unique piece of art . For the 20th anniversary of that great album, it's a good time to remember five songs from back then.

Condemnation

 

Walking In My Shoes

 

In Your Room

Rush

 

Judas

Where Is My Mind: 25 Years To Pixies' "Surfer Rosa"

Boston is not a well-known musical city, especially when you speak about Alternative Rock or Noise, but Pixies started their career there. On 21st of March, 1988, 25 years ago, they released their first full length album called surfer Rosa. The four members of the band were Frank Black (Vocals and guitar), Joey Santiago (Leading guitar), Kim Deal (Bass and vocals) and David Lovering (drums) and they recorded that album for only two weeks with the producer Steve Albini. The album got few good critics but hasn't earn a high recognition in the mainstream charts while only Gigantic was ranked on the 93rd place... Only few years after, they started to gain recognition for their efforts: Kurt Cobain said he was influenced by this album, which made him to contact Steve Albini in order to produce Nirvana's In Utero, Where Is My Mind was the ending theme of brilliant movie called Fight Club and even legendary David Bowie covered Cactus in his Heathen album. So for the 25 anniversary of that great debut album, here are five moments from it

Where Is My Mind

 

Break My Body

 

Gigantic

 

Tony's Theme

Cactus

Stay Calm: 15 Years To Morcheeba's "Big Calm"

Morcheeba were formed in London by brothers Paul Godfrey and Ross Godfrey, who recruited leading singer Skye Edwards to establish a Trip-Hop Trio. After releasing their debut Who Can You Trust? which was dark Trip-Hop record, they slightly moved to a more Pop-Oriented albums, starting with Big Calm. Big Calm was released 15 years ago on 16 of March, 1998 and became the most successful album of Morcheeba so far. I still think that it had light Trip-Hop elements in it but in a more entertaining way. For that excellent album 15 anniversary, it's a great opportunity to go back and listen to five songs from that release.

Part Of The Process

 

Let Me See

 

The Sea

 

Fear And Love

 

Blindfold