Yes, another. This one's for the Fifty Greatest UK Indie Records Of All Time, in Mojo's opinion:
50 Huggy Bear - Her Jazz
49 The Delgados - The Great Eastern (American Trilogy)
48 James - Village Fire
47 Swell Maps - Read About Seymour
46 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
45 Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots EP
44 The Wild Swans - The Revolutionary Spirit
43 The Pooh Sticks - On Tape
42 Fire Engines - Candyskin
41 McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind Or Else
40 Jane And Barton - It's A Fine Day
39 Josef K - The Missionary
38 Ride - Ride EP (Chelsea Girl)
37 The Bodines - Therese
36 Shop Assistants - Safety Net
35 The Primitives - Really Stupid
34 Saint Etienne - So Tough (You're In A Bad Way)
33 The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
32 Elastica - Line-Up
31 Stereolab - Peng! (Stomach Worm)
30 The Wedding Present - George Best (Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft)
29 Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (N.I.T.A.)
28 New Order - Temptation
27 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
26 The Libertines - What A Waster
25 The Loft - Up The Hill And Down The Slope
24 The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
23 Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain (Oblivious)
22 Happy Mondays - Lazyitis (One Armed Boxer remix)
21 The Pastels - Up For A Bit With The Pastels
20 Spacemen 3 - Revolution
19 This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
18 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
17 Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
16 Wire - Outdoor Miner
15 Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (Rescue)
14 Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (The State I Am In)
13 The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart
12 Subway Sect - Ambition
11 Felt - Forever Breathes The Lonely Word
10 Primal Scream - Crystal Crescent/Velocity Girl
9 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (I Wanna Be Adored)
8 The La's - There She Goes
7 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
6 Joy Division - Transmission
5 My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
4 The Fall - How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' *
3 Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (Falling And Laughing)
2 The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (Just Like Honey)
1 The Smiths - This Charming Man
So clearly they're taking 'records' literally, with a confusing mix of singles and LPs. And we're not sure they're all independently released either - Rough Trade was when revived a subsidiary of Universal-backed Sanctuary, then was bought out by BMG and only became independent again when sold to the Beggars Group last year.
Oh, the list. Obviously, being Mojo, it has to stay within the commercial parameters so the jumpoff is a big Smiths feature. It's far better than it could have been, even if by its nature it's going to be of quixotic abeyance - an odd Stereolab choice, no Mogwai, Cocteau Twins, Heavenly/Talulah Gosh or a billion others you're currently thinking of. And a few don't fit what we know as The Indie Style, which the magazine (which comes with a fine covermounted CD) is big on. Still, there it is.
(* Yeah, alright. This is actually our upload, and we've just noticed a commenter seems to be blaming us for the wording of the show's title)
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