VA - The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium (Remastered) (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.1 GB
5:12:51 | Indie Rock, Britpop, Alternative, Shoegaze | Label: Rhino
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.1 GB
5:12:51 | Indie Rock, Britpop, Alternative, Shoegaze | Label: Rhino
Incredible four CD box set filled with influential and diverse U.K.-based Indie Pop and Rock acts that emerged from Great Britain in the broad wake of '80s Post-Punk. The Brit Box features all of the styles that wormed their way into the hearts of the music lovers during the late '80s, all through the '90s and beyond including Indie, Shoegaze, Baggy and Brit-Pop. While many artists featured here enjoyed superstar status in Mother England, their impact on U.S. charts was more peripheral but their stylistic imprint and collective uber-hip peer-pressure on late 20th century popular music overall is undeniable. With the respect given the '60s-era British Invasion in countless other compilations, Rhino's new trans-Atlantic ocean liner-sized box shaped to resemble a vintage UK phone booth with real flickering lights champions close to 80 independent acts that didn't so much reject mainstream musical sensibilities as spin it in their own fashion for hits that defined cool. Lovingly compiled with true oh to be in England spirit, Rhino hails Britannia with over five hours of tastemaker tracks.