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Rock and Pop
Album of
the Month
1999
Update
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has been 'rested'. We hope to bring it back in the near future.
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Our pick
of the best British releases
 June 1998
Drugstore:
White Magic For Lovers
Drugstore's debut album bulldozered
its way straight into our all time top ten. Thankfully, their
follow up is right up there too. A little more accomplished,
a lot more confident, still as amusing as ever.
There has never been a female
vocal more poignant, more earthy, more alive than Isabel Monteiro's.
The longtime London domiciled Brazilian has something real special.
So special that Radiohead's frontman Thom Yorke jumped at the
chance to duet with Isabel on the album's big hit El President
about murdered Chilean leader, socialist Salvador Allende.
Sober, the band's latest hit
is as near to perfect pop as they have thus far dared to go.
With an outfit this precious you don't want them to be known
only by some fusty old clique. They deserve global domination,
now. Rollover Spice, we're checking into the Drugstore.
Previous Winners: (Click to see review)
 May
1998
Garbage:
Version 2.0
The sensational Shirley Manson
returns with Garbage in this 'puter-friendly titled follow up
album.
 April
1998
Pulp:
This Is Hardcore
Shock me Jarvis. Twist me a
new Cocker, cock. Pulp are back...
 March 1998
The Bluetones: Return To
The Last Chance Saloon
Follow up to the cool Expecting
To Fly album here R and B, meets country, meets Brit-rock-pop
and comes out of the cantina kickin' and screamin' with a new
revitalising brew
 February 1998
James Iha: Let It Come Down
This is Iha's debut album.
But he has a head start on most pop debutantes, as James comes
with The Smashing Pumpkins plastered all over his rock CV.
 January 1998
Finley Quaye: Maverick A Strike
This blend of reggae, blue
note jazz and atmospheric rhythm is the perfect antidote to a
year of indie guitar thrashing, whingeing rock icons and "girl
power".
LondonNet's Album of the Month
'97
Our pick
of the best current British releases in 1997
Including:
Black Grape, Bob Dylan, Portishead, The Verve, Paul Weller, Primal
Scream, Radiohead, Chemical Brothers, Blur (Click here for
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