Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer is one of my favorites from 2002. I'd forgotten about Idlewild.

Edited September 7, 2024Sep 7 by Colm

Bit of a spoiler because Julian T is about to review every top 40 hit in 2002 but good playlist. I echo the liking for early 2002 trance hits. Drifting Away, Beautiful, Take Me Away (Into The Night), Don't Wanna Lose My Way, On The Run and Close Cover couldn't be included

 

Based on my own taste alone I’d have made sure On The Run, Close Cover and Beautiful were on there.

Great playlists. Takes me straight back to year 8 at high school.

Well done Rich, 5 chart-toppers for me on the track listing, mostly disc 4, which tells you pop still ruled for me. Of the rock considered tracks, I seem alone these days in way preferring In My Place to The Scientist (and at the time), and I rated Zephyr Song slightly higher than By The Way, and Electrical Storm would have been nice to find a slot for. Nitpicking though, pretty good job generally, but by way of self-indulgency here's some other less-remembered great tracks from 2002 I still love and some that are on the set. (these are my chart-toppers for 2002)

 

Caught In The Middle A1

Fly By II Blue

Whenever Wherever Shakira

Just Before You Leave Del Amitri

Lazy X-Press2/ David Byrne

Freak Like Me Sugababes

No More Drama Mary J. Blige

Love At First Sight Kylie Minogue

Shoot The Dog George Michael

Harder Kosheen

Check The Meaning Richard Ashcroft

I'm Right Here Samantha Mumba

The Game Of Love Santana/ Michelle Branch

Come Into My World Kylie Minogue

Fire In Your Eyes (Ay Ay) Twoface

Love that Kosheen song, pcf

Sveral of those were also on the longlist, although I've not heard Fire In Your Eyes (Ay Ay) by Twoface. Ultimately many fell by the wayside due to lack of space or the artists having other songs on there.

 

The Game Of Love is decent and Michelle nearly made it with Everywhere too! So many forced exclusions as always.

I’m fairly new to this gooddelta. Will you be doing this for other years as well?

We plan to do more - we’re not doing them in chronological order but so far we have 1979, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2017 and 2023 all done and available to stream on our Spotify profile, and with full artwork and tracklists/commentaries available in the pages of this thread. 2014 compiled by Awardinary and Roba is due in the coming weeks too, and 2024 before the end of the year.

 

There’s an index of all of the albums compiled by the project in the opening post of the thread for easy access.

Edited September 10, 2024Sep 10 by gooddelta

We plan to do more - we’re not doing them in chronological order but so far we have 1979, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2017 and 2023 all done and available to stream on our Spotify profile, and with full artwork and tracklists/commentaries available in the pages of this thread. 2014 compiled by Awardinary and Roba is due in the coming weeks too, and 2024 before the end of the year.

 

There’s an index of all of the albums compiled by the project in the opening post of the thread for easy access.

 

Ah amazing. Thanks. :)

Coming soon...

 

 

 

Feel free to start the speculating

Edited September 23, 2024Sep 23 by Severin

Expecting air-guitar anthems a plenty.

 

 

 

 

Full Playlist

 

 

Disc 1

 

 

Disc 2

Disc 1 - 1980-1986 - . Kicking off with three absolute titans of the genre - AC/DC, Motorhead and Ozzy, who led where the new breed of Saxon, Iron Maiden, Girlschool and others would follow as British bands dominated the early years. Those early '80s were all spandex and leather, yet as the middle of the decade arrived arrived the US presented two new styles, one a more commercial style with big Pop hooks that became known variously as Glam Metal or Pop Metal. Or perhaps Cock Rock and Poodle Metal if you weren't in approval. The second was Thrash Metal, inspired by the then prevalent New Wave of British Heavy Metal they played a harder faster and more aggressive style. Where the '70s had seen Birmingham as the birthplace of true Heavy Metal, the mid '80s saw California, specifically L.A.'s Sunset Strip as the home of the now fast rising Glam Metal scene and San Francisco's Bay Area leading the way with Thrash Metal.

This discs charts the dominance of the British sound in the first half of the decade, punctuated by a few huge US hits with Van Halen dictating the future US sound. Whilst the British inspired sound of rises in the mid '80s. Thusly, Thrash's 'Big 4' of Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer round of the first disc and can easily be skipped for those with more melodic tastes.

 

Disc 2 - 1985-1989 - Meanwhile back in the more mainstream Rock scene, post Live Aid, the world embraced stadium bands and the Metal scene was no exception. Big catchy choruses were in and Metal competed healthily for space in the charts with the likes of Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, a Run DMC revitalised Aerosmith, and Guns N Roses, who some argue were so good they helped kill their own scene by being too hard to compete with. By 1987 Rock fans were buying huge volumes of albums and bands were having huge hits the world over, yet even as early as 1985, in California's deep underground, some Rock fans were increasingly disconnected from the hedonistic and decadent lifestyles of the platinum selling megastars seen on MTV and especially in the notorious documentary 'The Decline of Western Civilisation II: The Metal Years. As such a new style began to emerge, led by a few notable names breaking through - Jane's Addiction, Faith No More and the Red Hot Chili Peppers all played with a rawer, less polished sound that in years to come would become known to all under the catch-all term Alternate Rock. Meanwhile in the Pacific North West something else was brewing in their wake. A change was coming, and less than a year after it's heyday, Glam Metal was about to implode under the weight of its own hairspray.

This second disc showcases the dominance of predominantly US stadium Rock and Glam Metal before the end of the decade sees a handful of bands predict the sound of '90s Rock.

Good compilation! :clap:

 

I know Spirit of Radio is a King Rollo fave! Rush are great they have quite a few epic tracks

 

Likewise Magnum have some epic tracks, my dad is a big fan of Magnum too, so I really like the Magnum track, the guitar riff seems to be quite Big Country influenced. Big Country - In A Big Country didn't make the list - not rocky enough? Likewise Mr Mister (Kyrie) - they may be in a future compilation though with an even better known track.

 

For Def Leppard I much prefer their epic ballad 'Love Bites' but yeah 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' is better known as it heavily influenced a One Direction track. They had some really cringe song names :mellow:

 

 

I assume the excellent Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion was left out as it is in a more genre fitting future Buzzjack presents

 

Edited September 27, 2024Sep 27 by TheSnake

Yes, Spirit Of Radio is a big highlight here along with One Vision by Queen. Good to see We Care A Lot by Faith No More has been included as well.

POUR SOME SUGAR ON MEHHHHHHHH

Thanks Severin, seems a very comprehensive overlook of the genre, and nicely sequenced. Enjoyed the write-up too, I'll have a listen.

Good compilation! :clap:

 

I know Spirit of Radio is a King Rollo fave! Rush are great they have quite a few epic tracks

 

Likewise Magnum have some epic tracks, my dad is a big fan of Magnum too, so I really like the Magnum track, the guitar riff seems to be quite Big Country influenced. Big Country - In A Big Country didn't make the list - not rocky enough? Likewise Mr Mister (Kyrie) - they may be in a future compilation though with an even better known track.

 

For Def Leppard I much prefer their epic ballad 'Love Bites' but yeah 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' is better known as it heavily influenced a One Direction track. They had some really cringe song names :mellow:

 

 

I assume the excellent Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion was left out as it is in a more genre fitting future Buzzjack presents

 

 

Thanks very much for the kind words!

 

I can see the Big Country comparison with Magnum now you mention it, but yeah Big Country, for me at least, aren't quite in the heavy rock spectrum. Same with Mr Mister - interestingly cryptic comment on them too. Mind you I have always remembered Kyrie far more than

BW

 

 

 

And yes - regarding your spoilered comment, as a card carrying '80s

Goth

who cited that band as their favourite from 1986 to 1990, that was never going to appear in this compilation. Although to be fair I'm something of a purist when it comes to that particular genre and have had a lengthy discussions of it that even qualifies.

So how does one apply for a theme and actually present themselves a theme?! Or is it just mods?

So how does one apply for a theme and actually present themselves a theme?! Or is it just mods?

 

Have you got an idea in mind? Send me, Colm or Wardy a PM and we can get you involved.

 

Always open to new themed compilation ideas, and whoever puts it together is very welcome (and indeed encouraged) to post the links and present it.