Melody maker - Final Issue
Melody maker - Final Issue

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1990

Albums

Happy Mondays

1. Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
2. World Clique - Deee-Lite
3. Songs For Drella - Lou Reed & John Cale
4. Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
5. Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6. Some Friendly - The Charlatans
7. She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star
8. Ritual De Lo Habitual - Janes Addiction
9. Floating Into The Night - Julee Cruise
10. Behaviour - The Pet Shop Boys
11. Bossanove - The Pixies
12. Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
13. The La's - The La's
14. I Do Not Want What I Hav'nt Got - Sinead O'connor
15. The Good Son - Nick Cave
16. Cleopatra Grip - The Heart Throbs
17. All Shock Down - The Replacements
18. Reading, Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays
19. Set The Controls .. For The Bass - Bass-O-Matic
20. Nowhere - Ride
21. Chillout - The Klf
22. Pod - The Breeders
23. Supernatural - Stereo Mc's
24. A Catholic Education - Teenage Fanclub
25. Goodbye Jumbo - World Party
26. Gold Mother - James
27. Jordan: The Comeback - Prefab Sprout
28. Spanking Machine - Babes In Toyland
29. Swagger - The Blue Aeroplanes
30. Boomania - Betty Boo

Mm Singles 1990

1. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
2. Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'connor
3. Kinky Afro - Happy Mondays
4. What Time Is Love - The Klf
5. Glider Ep - My Bloody Valentine
6. The Only One I Know - The Charlatans
7. Fall EP - Ride
8. Justify My Love - Madonna
9. Killer - Adamski
10. The Ship Song - Nick Cave
11. Dub B Good To Me - Beats International
12. Step On - Happy Mondays
13. Fascinating Rhythm - Bass-O-Matic
14. There She Goes - The La's
15. Everything Flows - Teenage Fanclub
16. World In Motion - England/New Order
17. This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
18. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - St Etienne
19. Mad Love EP - Lush
20. Espero EP - Cranes


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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1991

Albums

Primal Scream

1. Screamadelica - Primal Scream
2. Weld - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3. Out Of Time - Rem
4. Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev
5. Nevermind - Nirvana
6. Never Loved Elvis - The Wonder Stuff
7. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
8. Everclear - American Music Club
9. The Real Ramona - The Throwing Muses
10. Use Your Illusion 2 - Guns 'N' Roses
11. Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
12. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
13. Pretty On The Inside - Hole
14. Levelling The Land - The Levellers
15. Electronic - Electronic
16. Metallica - Metallica
17. Foxbase Alpha - St Etienne
18. Of The Heart, Of The Soul Etc.... - Pm Dawn
19. Trompe Le Monde - The Pixies
20. 30 Something - Carter Usm
21. Apocalypse '91 - Enemy Strikes Bak - Public Enemy
22. Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - The Orb
23. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
24. Diamond And Pearls - Prince
25. Original Gangster - Ice T
26. And Now The Legacy Begins - Dream Warriors
27. Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
28. To Mother - Babes In Toyland
29. The Ruby Sea - Thin White Rope
30. Schubert Dip - Emf

Singles

1. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
2. Losing My Religion - Rem
3. Higher Than The Sun - Primal Scream
4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
5. Blindfold Ep - Curve
6. Coppelina Ep - Levitation
7. Tremolo Ep - My Bloody Valentine
8. Nothing Can Stop Us - St Etienne
9. Carwash Hair - Mercury Rev
10. Enter Sandman - Matallica
11. Size Of A Cow - The Wonder Stuff
12. Bring The Noise - Anthrax/Public Enemy
13. This Is Fascism - Consolidated
14. Starsign - Teenage Fanclub
15. Last Train To Transcentral - The Klf
16. Where The Streets Have No Name - The Pet Shop Boys
17. Get The Message - Electronic
18. Adoration - Cranes
19. Winter In July - Bomb The Bass
20. Teenage Whore - Hole

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1992

Albums

1. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
2. Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
3. Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4. Red Heaven - Throwing Muses
5. Eleven:Eleven - Come
6. Dry - P.J. Harvey
7. Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Down Colourful Hill - Red House Painters
9. Ten - Pearl Jam
10. Uf Orb - The Orb
11. Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
12. Let Me Come Over - Buffalo Tom
13. Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland
14. Rockin' The Forest - Sebadoh
15. 3 Years, 5 Months, 2 Days... - Arrested Development
16. Copper Blue - Sugar
17. Praise - Inner City
18. Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks
19. It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
20. Valhalla Avenue - Fatima Mansions
21. Accelerator - Future Sound Of London
22. Psalm 69:How To Succeed & Suck Eggs - Ministry
23. Dirty - Sonic Youth
24. Back In Denim - Denim
25. Congregation - Afghan Whigs
26. Barely Real - Codeine
27. Double Dare Ya - Bikini Kill
28. ...Well? - Swell
29. Hit To Death In The Future Head - The Flaming Lips
30. Nurse - Therapy?

Singles

1. The Drowners - Suede
2. Sheela Na Gig - P.J. Harvey
3. Taillight Fade - Buffalo Tom
4. Metal Mickey - Suede
5. Fast Piss Blues - Come
6. Trigger Cut - Pavement
7. Scum - Bark Psychosis
8. My World Is Empty Without You - Afghan Whigs
9. Weekender - Flowered Up
10. Car - Come
11. Avenue - St Etienne
12. Drive - Rem
13. Papua New Guinea - Future Sound Of London
14. Pretend We're Dead - L7
15. Dusted - Belly
16. Leave Them All Behind - Ride
17. The Blue Room - The Orb
18. Gravity Grave - Verve
19. Connected - Stereo Mc's
20. Rubbing The Impossible To Burst - Huggy Bear

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1993

Albums

1. Tindersticks - Tindersticks
2. Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
3. Star - Belly
4. Vs - Pearl Jam
5. Suede - Suede
6. Debut - Bjork
7. Where You Been - Dinosaur Jr
8. Bring It Down - Madder Rose
9. Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
10. Selected Ambient Works '85 -' 92 - Aphex Twin
11. Rid Of Me - Pj Harvy
12. Last Splash - The Breeders
13. Quique - Seefeel
14. Mercury - American Music Club
15. Transient Random Noise Bursts.. - Stereolab
16. Morning Dove White - One Dove
17. Frosting On The Beater - The Posies
18. Come On Feel The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads
19. New Wave - The Auteurs
20. Republic - New Order
21. Insides - Euphoria
22. Pigeonhed - Pigeonhed
23. Dream Of 100 Nations - Trans-Global Underground
24. Forever - Cranes
25. Gold Against The Soul - Manic Street Preachers
26. In Utero - Nirvana
27. Red House Painters - Red House Painters
28. In Search Of Manny - Luscious Jackson
29. A Storm In Heaven - Verve
30. Giant Steps - The Boo Radlys
31. 4 Track Demos - Pj Harvy
32. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
33. So Tough - St Etienne
34. Everything Is Now - The Drum Club
35. Black Sunday - Cypress Hill
36. Sabresonic - Sabres Of Paradise
37. Very - Pet Shop Boys
38. Dream Harder - The Waterboys
39. Rage Against The Machine - Same
40. Gargantuan - Spooky

Singles

1. Cannonball - The Breeders
2. Creep - Radiohead
3. Razzamatazz - Pulp
4. City Sickness - Tindersticks
5. Venus As A Boy - Bjork
6. Call It What You Want - Credit To The Nation
7. Her Jazz - Huggy Bear
8. Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
9. Regret - New Order
10. Mmm... Skyscraper, I Love You - Underworld
11. Swim - Madder Rose
12. Open Up - Leftfield & Lydon
13. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
14. Beautiful Son - Hole
15. Smokebelch - Sabres Of Paradise
16. Stutter - Elastica
17. Rez - Underworld
18. Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
19. Animal Nitrate - Suede
20. For Tomorrow - Blur

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1994


Albums

Portishead

1. Dummy - Portishead
2. His 'N' Hers - Pulp
3. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
4. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
5. The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
6. Parklife - Blur
7. Live Through This - Hole
8. Snivilisation - Orbital
9. Grace - Jeff Buckley
10. Edc - Satchel
11. Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
12. Regulate..G-Funk Era - Warren G
13. Dog Man Star - Suede
14. Seize The Time - Fun-Da-Mental
15. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
16. Dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld
17. Second Coming - Stone Roses
18. Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
19. Hips And Makers - Kristin Hersh
20. Haunted Dancehall - Sabres Of Paradise
21. Protection - Massive Attack
22. Let Love In - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
23. Mellow Gold - Beck
24. Duniya - Loop Guru
25. Superunknown - Soundgarden
26. Mars Audiac Quintet - Stereolab
27. Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age - Public Enemy
28. Monster - R.E.M.
29. Bakesale - Sebadoh
30. Hex - Bark Psychosis
31. Tiger Bay - St Etienne
32. Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
33. One Last Laugh In A Place Of Dying
34. Weight - Rollins Band
35. Orange - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
36. Shot In The Dark - Laurent Garnier
37. Troublegum - Therapy?
38. Change Giver - Shed Seven
39. Natural Ingredients - Luscious Jackson
40. Everyone’s Got One - Echobelly

Singles

1. Girls And Boys - Blur
2. Live Forever - Oasis
3. Aftermath - Tricky
4. Regulate - Warren G
5. Connection - Elastica
6. Sleep Well Tonight - Gene
7. Sour Times - Portishead
8. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
9. Ping Pong - Stereolab
10. Faster/Pcp - Manic Street Preachers
11. Your Ghost - Kristin Hersh
12. Supersonic - Oasis
13. Kathleen Ep - Tindersticks
14. I Can't Imagine The World Without Me - Echobelly
15. Parklife - Blur
16. The Sisters Ep - Pulp
17. Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
18. Loser - Beck
19. To The End - Blur
20. Cigarettes And Alcohol - Oasis

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1995

Albums

1. Different Class - Pulp
2. Maxinquaye - Tricky
3. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
4. It's Great When You're Straight... - Black Grape
5. The Second Tindersticks Album - Tindersticks
6. The Bends - Radiohead
7. I Should Coco - Supergrass
8. Timeless - Goldie
9. To Bring You My Love - Pj Harvey
10. The Great Escape - Blur
11. In The Space Of A Few Moments - Telstar Ponies
12. Clouds Taste Metallic - The Flaming Lips
13. Leftism - Leftfield
14. Drugstore - Drugstore
15. The Charlatans - The Charlatans
16. Wild Love - Smog
17. Only Heaven - The Young Gods
18. Garbage - Garbage
19. Wake Up - The Boo Radleys
20. Skin Touching Water - Delicatessen
21. Elastica - Elastica
22. Mornington Crescent - My Life Story
23. Olympian - Gene
24. Disgraceful - Dubstar
25. Experimental Remixes - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
26. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
27. Bad Shave - Baby Bird
28. The Infamous - Mobb Deep
29. A Northern Soul - The Verve
30. Viva Last Blues - Palace Music
31. Heartworm - Whipping Boy
32. Re-Entry - Techno Animal
33. All Change - Cast
34. We Care - Whale
35. Journeys By Dj - Coldcut
36. Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
37. The Blue Moods Of Spain - Spain
38. Exit The Dragon - Urge Overkill
39. Wowee Zowee - Pavement
40. Crazysexycool - Tlc
41. A Stable Reference - Labradford
42. Liquid Swords - Genius/Gza
43. Life - The Cardigans
44. The Dirty Three - Same
45. Black Street Technology - A Guy Called Gerald
46. Iahora Tahiti - Mouse On Mars
47. Tri Repetae - Autechre
48. Post - Bjork
49. Nuisance - Menswear
50. Makesaracket - Jake Slazenger

Singles

1. Common People - Pulp
2. Alright - Supergrass
3. Some Might Say - Oasis
4. Yes - Mcalmont & Butler
5. Tricky - Black Steel
6. Wonderwall - Oasis
7. Mis-Shapes - Pulp
8. Wake Up Boo! - Boo Radleys
9. Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Whale
10. Bonnie & Clyde - Luna
11. Reverend Black Grape - Black Grape
12. Down By The River - Pj Harvey
13. Bluetonic - Bluetones
14. Lucky - Radiohead
15. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
16. Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue
17. He's On The Phone - St Etienne
18. Waterfalls - Tlc
19. What Does Your Soul Look Like - Dj Shadow
20. Stars - Dubstar
21. You Oughtta Know - Alanis Morissette
22. I'll Stick Around - Foo Fighters
23. The Universal - Blur
24. Plastic Bag - Minty
25. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
26. Kissing The Sun - The Young Gods
27. The Hell Ep - Tricky Vs. Gravediggaz
28. A Girl Like You - Edwin Collins
29. Dreamer - Livin' Joy
30. In The Name Of The Father - Black Grape
31. Cf Kane - Delicatessen
32. Ten Story Love Song - The Stone Roses
33. I’ll Be There For You - Method Man/Mary J Blige
34. We Don’t Need Nobody Else - Whipping Boy
35. Horny Mutant Jazz - T Power & Mk Ultra
36. History - The Verve
37. Her Name - Telstar Ponies
38. Mr Boombastic - Shaggy
39. Inbetweener - Sleeper
40. Jullander Shere - Cornershop
41. Inner City Life - Goldie
42. Vow - Garbage
43. Freestyle Ep - Kushti
44. Back For Good - Take That
45. Disco 200 - Pulp
46. Now They’ll Sleep - Belly
47. Alright - Cast
48. Queer - Garbage
49. Happy When It Rains - Garbage
50. Superplus - Quickspace Supersport

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1996

Albums

1. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
2. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
3. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
4. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
5. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
6. Beck - Odalay
7. Suede - Coming Up
8. Afghan Whigs - Black Love
9. Babybird - Ugly/Beautiful
10. The Boo Radleys - C’mon Kids
11. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
12. The Make-Up - Destination: Love: Live! At Cold Rice
13. Screaming Trees - Dust
14. Then Aloof - Sinking
15. New Kingdom - Paradise Don’t Come Cheap
16. Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
17. Black Star Liner - Yemen Cutta Connection
18. Silver Jaws - The Natural Bridge
19. The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly
20. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarine...
21. Placebo - Placebo
22. Catatonia - Way Beyond Blue
23. Trembling Blue Trees - Her Handwriting
24. Telstar Ponies - Voices From The New Music
25. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
26. His Name Is Alive - Stars On Esp
27. Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking
28. Jack - Pioneer Soundtracks
29. The Dirty Three - Horse Stories
30. The Cardigans - First Band On The Moon
31. Orbital - In Sides
32. Longpigs - The Sun Is Often Out
33. Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
34. Ash - 1977
35. 60ft Dolls - The Big Three
36. Lamb - Lamb
37. Sterolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
38. Rachel’s - Music For Egon Schiele
39. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
40. The Divine Comedy - Casanova
41. The Yummy Fur - Nightclub
42. Subcircus - Carousel
43. Jeru The Damaja - Wrath Of Then Math
44. Fila Brazillia - Black Market Gardening
45. Spring Heel Jack - 68 Million Shades
46. Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet
47. Red Snapper - Prince Blimey
48. Throwing Muses - Limbo
49. Snoop Doggy Dogg - The Doggfather
50. Cul De Sac - China Gate

Singles

1. Underworld - Born Slippy
2. The Prodigy - Firestarter
3. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
4. Suede - Trash
5. Spice Girls - Wannabe
6. Beck - Devil’s Haircut
7. The Charlatans - One To Another
8. Garbage - Stupid Girl
9. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
10. Gorky’s Zygotic Myncy - Patio Song
11. Babybird - You’re Gorgeous
12. Super Furry Animals - The Man Don’t Give A Fuck
13. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
14. Placebo - Teenage Angst
15. Catatonia - Bleed
16. Afghan Whigs - Honky’s Ladder
17. Super Furry Animals - Hometown Unicorn
18. Gabrielle - Give Me A Little More Time
19. Mansun - Wide Open Space
20. Smog - Kicking A Couple Around Ep
21. Rocket From The Crypt - On A Rope
22. Dj Shadow - Stem
23. Photek - The Hidden Camera
24. 2pac With Dr Dre - California Love
25. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
26. The Jon Spencer Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love
27. The Flaming Lips - Bad Days
28. 60ft Dolls - Stay
29. The Prodigy - Breath
30. Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
31. Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger
32. Deus - Little Arithmetic’s
33. Black Star Liner - Harmon Session Special
34. The Folk Implosion - Natural One
35. Geneva - No One Speaks
36. Orlando - The Magic Ep
37. Nick Cave & Pj Harvey - Henry Lee
38. Lewis Taylor - Lucky Ep
39. Black Grape - England’s Irie
40. Bis - The Secret Vampire Soundtrack Ep
41. Supergrass - Going Out
42. Kenickie - Millionaire Sweeper
43. Sparklehorse - Hammering The Cramps
44. Skinner, Baddiel & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
45. Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
46. Los Del Rio - Macarena ...Oh Yeah Sure !!!???
47. Comet Gain - Hideaway
48. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah!! (Got You All In Check)
49. Ben Folds Five - Where’s Summer B?
50. The Bluetones - Marble Johnson

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1997

Albums

the Verve


1. The Verve – Urban Hymns
2. Radiohead – Ok Computer
3. Super Furry Animals – Radiator
4. The Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
5. Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
6. Black Grape – Stupid Stupid Stupid
7. Roni Size – New Forms
8. Oasis – Be Here Now
9. Supergrass – In It For The Money
10. Kenickie – At The Club
11. Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7th Time
12. Mansun – Attack Of The Grey Lantern
13. Prodigy – The Fat Of The Land
14. Blur – Blur
15. Echo And The Bunneymen – Evergreen
16. Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
17. Daft Punk – Homework
18. Portishead – Portishead
19. Travis – Good Feeling
20. Orlando – Passive Soul
21. Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape
22. Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
23. Bentley Rhythm Ace – Bentley Rhythm Ace
24. David Holmes – Let’s Get Killed
25. Stereophonics – Word Gets Around
26. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
27. Geneva – Further
28. Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Forever
29. Finley Quaye – Maverick A Strike
30. Laika – Sounds Of The Satellites
31. Death In Vegas – Dead Elvis
32. Santa Cruz – Way Out
33. Bjork – Homogenic
34. Tindersticks – Curtains
35. My Life Story – The Golden Mile
36. Hurricane #1 – Hurricane # 1
37. Spice Girls – Spice World
38. Stereolab – Dots And Loops
39. The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
40. Mogwai – Mogwai Young Team
41. Teenage Fanclub – Songs From Northern Britain
42. Primal Scream – Echo Deck
43. Eels – Beautiful Freak
44. Silver Sun – Silver Sun
45. Erykah Badu – Baduism
46. Labradford – Me Media Naranjo
47. Republica – Republica
48. Billy Mackenzie – Beyond The Sun
49. Mono – Formica Blues
50. Hanson – Middle Of Nowhere


Singles

The Verve

1. The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony
2. The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work
3. Radiohead – Paranoid Android
4. Lo-Fidelity Allstars – Disco Machine Gun
5. Blur – Song 2
6. Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha
7. All Saints – Never Ever
8. Hanson – Plumbs Drop
9. The Charlatans – North Country Boy
10. The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin Beats
11. Supergrass – Richard Iii
12. Pulp – Help The Aged
13. Embrace – All You Good Good People
14. Oasis – D’you Know What I Mean
15. Super Furry Animals – Demons
16. Placebo – Nancy Boy
17. Ash – A Life Less Ordinary
18. Radiohead – Karma Police
19. Foo Fighters – Everlong
20. Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
21. Daft Punk – Da Funk
22. Travis – All I Want To Do Is Rock
23. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Wife
24. Blur – Beetlebum
25. Blueboy – Remember Me
26. All Saints – I Know Where It’s At
27. Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag
28. Echo And The Bunnymen – Nothing Lasts Forever
29. Daft Punk – Around The World
30. Propellerheads – Bang On
31. Embrace – Fireworks Ep
32. Hurricane #1 – Step Into My World
33. Belle And Sebastian – 3..6..9.. Seconds Of Light
34. Belle And Sebastian – Lazy Line Painter Jane
35. The Beta Band – Champion Version
36. Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
37. White Town – Your Woman
38. Belle And Sebastian – Dog On Wheels
39. Primal Scream – Kowalski
40. The Verve – Luck Man
41. Bentley Rhythm Ace – Bentley’s Gonna Work It Out
42. Super Furry Animals – Hermann Loves Pauline
43. David Arnold – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
44. Aqua – Barbie Girl Hahahahahahah
45. Republica – Ready To Go
46. Stereophonics – Traffic
47. Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
48. Finley Quaye – Sunday Shining
49. Lo-Fidelity Allstars – Kool Roc Bass
50. Jimi Tenor – Sugardaddy

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1998

Albums

Catatonia


1. Catatonia – International Velvet
2. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
3. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
4. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
5. Air Moon Safari
6. Beck – Mutations
7. Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
8. Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds
9. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – 100% Colombian
10. Sparkelehorse –Good Morning Spider
11. Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
12. Morcheeba – Big Calm
13. Gomez – Bring It On
14. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
15. Embrace – The Good Will Out
16. Low Fidelity Allstars – How To Operate With A Blown Mind
17. Money Mark – Push The Button
18. Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi’s Revenge
19. Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
20. Propellerheads – Deckanddrumsandrockandroll
21. Idlewild – Hope Is Important
22. R.E.M. – Up
23. Mansun – Six
24. Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing
25. Unkle – Psyence Fiction
26. Boo Radleys – Kingsize
27. The Divine Comedy – Fin De Siecle
28. Kenickie – Get In!
29. Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
30. Garbage – Version 2.0
31. The Bluetones – Return To The Last Chance Saloon
32. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
33. The Cardigans – Gran Turismo
34. Pj Harvey – Is This Desire
35. The Audience – The Audience
36. Elliott Smith – Xo
37. Black Box Recorder – England Made Me
38. The Dandy Warhols – Come Down
39. Rialto – Rialto
40. Scott 4 – Recorded In State Lp
41. Royal Trux – Accelerator
42. Space – Tin Planet
43. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Acme
44. Smashing Pumpkins – Adore
45. Freak*On*Ice – Girls Against Boys
46. Fugazi – End Hits
47. Eels – Electro Shock Blues
48. Wheat - Medeiros
49. Freestylers – We Rock Hard
50. Kent – Isola

Singles

Fatboy Slim


1. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
2. Catatonia – Road Rage
3. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
4. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
5. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
6. Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
7. Ultrasound – Stay Young
8. Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha
9. Hole – Celebrity Skin
10. Super Furry Animals – Ice Hockey Hair Ep
11. Mercury Rev – Goddess On A Hiway
12. Air – Sexy Boy
13. The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
14. Temper Featuring Maya – Feel It
15. Stereophonics – The Bartender And The Thief
16. Asian Dub Foundation – Buzzin’
17. Kenickie – I Would Fix You
18. Bis – Eurodisco
19. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Big Night Out
20. Catatonia – Mulder And Scully
21. Embrace – Come Back To What You Know
22. The Dandy Warhols – Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
23. Placebo – Pure Morning
24. Run Dmc Vs Jason Nevins – It’s Like That
25. Gomez – Whippin Piccadilly
26. Gomez – Get Myself Arrested
27. The Beautiful South – Perfect 10
28. Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin
29. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
30. B*Wiched – C’est La Vie
31. Space Featuring Cerys – The Ballad Of Tom Jones
32. U2 – The Sweetest Thing
33. Jeff Buckley – Everybody Here Wants You
34. Spearmint – A Trip Into Space
35. Mansun – Being A Girl
36. Beastie Boys – Body Movin’
37. Bran Van 3000 – Drinking In La
38. Drugstore – Et President
39. Spice Girls – Viva Forever
40. The Beta Band – Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos
41. Idlewild – A Film For The Future
42. Pulp – Party Hard
43. Eels – Last Stop:This Town
44. R.E.M. – Daysleeper
45. All Saints – Bootie Call
46. Pulp – A Little Soul
47. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Love Unlimited
48. Mel B/Missy Elliott – I Want You Back
49. Ash – Jesus Says
50. Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 1999

Albums

1. Suede – Head Music
2. Blur – 13
3. Super Furry Animals – Guerrilla
4. The Charlatans – Us And Us Only
5. Travis – The Man Who
6. The Chemical Brothers – Surrender
7. Supergrass – Supergrass
8. Macy Gray – On How Life Is
9. Tlc – Fanmail
10. Eminem – The Slim Shady Lp
11. Foo Fighters – There Is Nothing Left To Lose
12. Basement Jaxx – Remedy
13. Gay Dad – Leasurenoise
14. Gomez – Liquid Skin
15. Catatonia – Equally Cursed And Blessed
16. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
17. A – Monkey Konk
18. Stereophonics – Performance And Cocktails
19. Les Rythmes Digitales – Darkdancer
20. Tindersticks – Simple Pleasure
21. The Longpigs – Mobile Home
22. The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
23. Ultrasound – Everything Picture
24. Feeder – Yesterday Went Too Soon
25. Missy Elliott – Da Real World
26. Orbital – The Middle Of Nowhere
27. Ian Brown – Golden Greats
28. Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions
29. Groove Armada – Vertigo
30. The Beta Band – The Beta Band
31. Pet Shop Boys – Night Life
32. Underworld – Beaucoup Fish
33. Pavement – Terror Twilight
34. Limp Bizkit – Significant – Other
35. Doberman – The Manic Treehouse
36. Arsonists – As The World Burns
37. Cay – Nature Creates Freaks
38. Kevin Rowland – My Beauty
39. Merz – Merz
40. Fountain Of Wayne – Utopia Parkway
41. Gus Gus – This Is Normal
42. Wilco – Summerteeth
43. Royal Trux – Veterans Of Disorder
44. Astrid – Strange Weather Lately
45. The Folk Implosion – One Part Lullaby
46. 3 Colours Red – Revolt
47. Dot Allison – Afterglow
48. The All Seeing Eye – Pickled Eggs And Sherbet
49. Mos Def – Black On Both Sides
50. Beck – Midnite Vultures

Singles

1. Macy Gray – I Try
2. Blur – Tender
3. Blur – Coffee + TV
4. Super Furry Animals – Northern Lites
5. TLC – Unpretty
6. The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl
7. Madonna – Beautiful Stranger
8. Britney Spears – Babu One More Time
9. Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me
10. Eminem – My Name Is
11. Gay Dad – To Earth With Love
12. Eminem – Guilty Conscience
13. TLC – No Scrubs
14. Basement Jaxx – Red Alert
15. Supergrass – Moving
16. Fatboy Slim – Praise You
17. Shed Seven – Disco Down
18. All Seeing Eye – Walk Like A Panther
19. Badly Drawn Boy – Once Around The Block
20. Idlewild – Little Discorage
21. Morgan – Miss Parker
22. Travis – Driftwood
23. Sigur Ros – Svefn-G-Englar
24. Moloko – Sing It Back
25. The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
26. Hole – Awful
27. Blur – Distance Left To Run
28. Suede – She’s In Fashion
29. The Flaming Lips – Race For The Prize
30. The Charlatans – Forever
31. Apollo Four Forty – Stop The Rock
32. Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down
33. JJ72 – October Swimmer
34. Travis – Writing To Reach You
35. Baby Bird – Back Together
36. Supergrass – Pumping On Your Stereo
37. Suede – Everything Will Flow
38. New Electronics – Beautiful Mind
39. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Scar Tissue
40. Dope Smugglaz – Double Double Dutch
41. The Devine Comedy - The Pop Singers Fear Of The Pollen Count
42. Pavement – Carrot Rope
43. Gomez – Rhythm And Blues Alibi
44. New Radicles – You Get What You Give
45. Tindersticks – Can We Start Again?
46. Primal Scream – Swastika Eyes
47. Manic Street Preachers – Tsunami
48. Merz – Many Weathers Apart
49. Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
50. Lit – My Own Worst Enemy

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Melody Maker End Of Year Critic Lists - 2000

Albums

Eminem


1. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
2. Coldplay – Parachutes
3. Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
4. Primal Scream – Exterminator
5. Radiohead – Kid A
6. Manson – Little Kix
7. Pj Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
8. Elastica – The Menace
9. Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish
10. JJ72 – JJ72
11. Doves – Lost Souls
12. Granddaddy – The Sophtware Slump
13. Idlewild – 100 Broken Windows
14. Embrace – Drawn From Memory
15. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command
16. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Madonna
17. The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
18. Queens Of The Stone Age – Rated R
19. Teenage Fanclub – Howdy!
20. Belle And Sebastian – Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
21. Fatboy Slim – Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars
22. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
23. The Delgados – The Great Eastern
24. Super Furry Animals – Mwng
25. Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
26. The Webb Brothers – Maroon
27. Placebo – Black Market Music
28. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
29. The Offspring – Conspiracy Of One
30. Lambchop – Nixon
31. Eels – Daisies Of The Galaxy
32. Marilyn Manson – Holywood….
33. Roni Size Reprazent – In The Mode
34. Baby Bird – Bugged
35. Madonna – Music
36. Daphne And Celeste – We Didn’t Say That
37. Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music
38. Six By Seven – The Closer You Get
39. Oasis – Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
40. Brassy – Got It Made
41. Crashland – Glued
42. Cypress Hill – Skull And Bones
43. Kylie Minogue – Light Years
44. Soulwax – Much Againset Everyone’s Advice
45. The Vandals – Look What I Almost Stepped In
46. Sleater-Kinney – All Hands On The Bad One
47. The Go-Betweens – The Friends Of Rachael Worth
48. Nofx – Pump Up The Valuum
49. Green Day – Warning
50. Deftones – White Pony

Singles

1. Spiller – Groovejet
2. Eminem – Stan
3. Coldplay – Yellow
4. The Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
5. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
6. Primal Scream – Accelerator
7. Limp Bizkit – Take A Look Around
8. Mint Royal – Don’t Falter
9. Queens Of The Stone Age – Feelgood Hit Of The Summer
10. Blink 182 – All The Small Things
11. Sisqo – Thong Song
12. Eminem – The Way I Am
13. Death In Vegas – Aisha
14. Daphne And Celeste – Ugly
15. Manson – I Can Only Disappoint U
16. Doves – The Cedar Room
17. Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
18. Manic Street Preachers – Masses Against The Classes
19. Primal Scream – Kill All Hippies
20. Blur – Music Is My Radar
21. Belle And Sebastian – Legal Man
22. Idlewild – Actually It’s Darkness
23. The Offspring – Original Prankster
24. At The Drive-In – One Armed Scissor
25. Madonna – Music
26. PJ Harvey – Good Fortune
27. Cypress Hill – Rock Superstar
28. All Saints – Pure Shores
29. JJ72 – October Swimmer
30. Coldplay – Trouble
31. Sugarbabes – Overload
32. Daphne & Celeste – Ooh Stick You
33. Limp Bizkit – My Generation
34. Placebo – Slave To The Wage
35. Queens Of The Stone Age – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
36. Fatboy Slim – Sunset [Bird Of Prey]
37. Kylie Minogue – Spinning Around
38. Dr Dre – Still Dre
39. Moloko – The Time Is Now
40. King Adora – Bionic
41. Travis – Coming Around
42. Dr Dre – Forget About Dre
43. Babybird – Out Of Sight
44. Idlewild – Those Wooden Ideas
45. Doves – Catch The Sun
46. Britney Spears – Oops!! She Did It Again!
47. Muse – Muscle Museum
48. The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
49. Outkast – Bob
50. Oasis – Go Let It Out