VA - Popscene: From Baggy To Britpop 1989-1994

Popscene: From Baggy To Britpop 1989-1994 is a 4xCD 90-track anthology tracing the development of indie music from the Baggy sound of 1989 to the early days of the Britpop explosion in 1994.

Key artists include Blur, Pulp, Suede, The Stone Roses, Paul Weller, The La’s, Primal Scream, Saint Etienne, Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Ride, Sleeper, Gene, Echobelly, The Bluetones and Cast.

Britpop was a term coined by Select magazine in April 1993 to describe a new wave of British acts that they felt provided an alternative to the US grunge sound. These included Suede, Pulp, The Auteurs and Saint Etienne, all featured here.

This compilation traces the movement’s roots back to Baggy Madchester groups The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets, as well as bands such as Stourbridge’s The Wonder Stuff, who took the indie scene out of the underground and into the UK charts, increasing guitar bands’ ambitions of commercial success.

Included are arguably the first Britpop singles, Blur’s ’Popscene’ from March 1992 and Suede’s ’The Drowners’ from that May and early singles by Britpop acts Dodgy, Sleeper, Echobelly, Gene, Ocean Colour Scene and Space.

4xCD Set in a Clamshell Box

Tracklist:
DISC ONE
1 Happy Mondays – Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)
2 The Stone Roses – What The World Is Waiting For
3 Inspiral Carpets – Find Out Why
4 The House Of Love – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
5 The Mock Turtles – And Then She Smiles
6 The Wonder Stuff – Don’t Let Me Down Gently
7 Electronic – Getting Away With It
8 That Petrol Emotion – Abandon
9 Jesus Jones – Never Enough
10 The Farm – Family Of Man
11 James – How Was It For You?
12 Bridewell Taxis – Honesty
13 The La’s – Feelin’
14 Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television (Chapter 22 version)
15 Honey Smugglers – Blind
16 Milltown Brothers – Apple Green
17 Julian Cope – Beautiful Love
18 Ocean Colour Scene – Yesterday Today
19 World Of Twist – Sons Of The Stage
20 The Dylans – Planet Love
21 The Popguns – Still A World Away
22 The Times – From Chelsea Green To Brighton Beach
DISC TWO
1 Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up
2 Saint Etienne – Nothing Can Stop Us
3 Flowered Up – Take It
4 Manic Street Preachers – You Love Us (Heavenly Version)
5 Senseless Things – Got It At The Delmar (Single Version)
6 Spirea X – Speed Reaction
7 The Sea Urchins - Please Don't Cry
8 The Wendys – Enjoy The Things You Fear
9 Brighter - Poppy Day
10 White Town - Catherine
11 Spin – Fifteen Minutes
12 The Lightning Seeds – The Life Of Riley
13 The Soup Dragons – Divine Thing
14 Kingmaker - Two Headed Yellow Bellied Hole Digger
15 That Uncertain Feeling – Sunriser
16 Thousand Yard Stare – 0-0 a.e.t. (No Score After Extra Time)
17 The Primitives – Lead Me Astray
18 Revolver – Venice
19 The Pooh Sticks – The World Is Turning On
20 Secret Shine - Honey Sweet
21 Bleach – Shotgun
22 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine – The Only Living Boy In New Cross
DISC THREE
1 Blur – Popscene
2 Ride – Twisterella
3 Suede – The Drowners
4 The Stairs – Fall Down The Rain (Alternate Version)
5 The Revs – Selfish
6 Pop Will Eat Itself – Bulletproof
7 Adorable - I'll Be Your Saint
8 Jane Pow – Sanitized
9 Dodgy – Lovebirds
10 Teenage Fanclub – Radio
11 Blueboy – Meet Johnny Rave
12 BMX Bandits – Kylie’s Got A Crush On Us
13 18 Wheeler – Suncrush
14 Fabulous – Personality Recession
15 Space – If It’s Real
16 Shampoo – Blisters and Bruises
17 S*M*A*S*H - Real Surreal
18 Salad – Kent
19 The Auteurs – Lenny Valentino
20 Stephen Duffy – Natalie
21 Sleeper – Swallow
22 Action Painting! – Mustard Gas
23 Cornershop – Readers’ Wives
24 The Boo Radleys – Barney (... And Me) 
DISC FOUR
1 Paul Weller – Sunflower
2 Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz
3 Pulp – Lipgloss
4 My Life Story – Girl A, Girl B, Boy C
5 Terry Hall – Sense
6 Corduroy – Mini
7 The Weekenders – All Grown Up
8 Gene – For The Dead
9 Whiteout – No Time
10 Echobelly – Insomniac
11 Longpigs – She Said
12 Shed Seven – Dolphin
13 Lush – Hypocrite
14 Ash – Petrol
15 These Animal Men – This Is The Sound Of Youth
16 Mantaray – Adoration
17 Alvin Purple – Billie
18 Cast – Fine Time (Demo)
19 The Bluetones – No.11 (Bluetonic Demo)
20 Orange Deluxe - The Stripper
21 Boyracer – He Gets Me So Hard
22 Reef – Good Feeling