St. Jude

We have Arctic Monkeys at home

British enough I wouldn't be surprised if it made it into future editions of the book.

Not too bad but I'm pretty tired of UK sounding stuff at this point. 3/5.

All indie music from this time sounded exactly like this!

The last thing the list needs is MORE Britpop.

What took you so long? !! 5

All time number 1 classic

Quite enjoyed it

Has a strong Fratellis vibe. Great Indie British late 2000s sound.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: If it wasn’t for me

I enjoyed this. I will listen to this again at some point and might add it to my regular rotation. Although, I didn't find it groundbreaking and I think there's already plenty of albums like this on the list.

This was a fun one! Definitely a millennial that just really liked this in his formative years and wanted it on the list, not meant as a criticism. It was just a solid 2000s alt rock killers type album.

Indie rock. No ha estado mal... Un 4, venga.

An unexpected enjoyable album

One of the great UK 00’s indie albums, was very underrated at the time, but now it’s almost overrated in certain circles given the rerelease and The push from the radio X crowd. Still a good album that is already in my frequent rotation. So happy to see this today.

Not a bad record, but totally mediocre and not any different from all those British 00's bands that tried to sound like Arctic Monkeys.

This was really nice and energetic.

I liked this, but I did not feel it had a needed slot in the list for me.

One of the great virtues of the list is the blacklight on my simple enjoyment of this brand of music. Certainly, the Arctic Monkeys follow through on the promise of the beginning better, but the blend ends up perfectly rocking. A little shiny-atavistic turn, fair fair.

Serviceable rockalong jams but kind of low on variety throughout.

I liked this, but I also feel like it sounds like sooooo many other bands. 3 stars.

Typical UK indie of the 2000s sounding like Libertines and Arctic Monkeys with shades of Smiths and early James. Probably got caught up amongst the other similar bands of the time, but not bad.

Well-made British Indie that is catchy, energetic, entertaining. Would listen again. Fave Songs: Bide Your Time, Cavorting, What Took You So Long?, Aftershow

There's some nice songs, it smacks of being what was in vogue at the time, but that shouldn't be held against it. It's good, but is far from standing out 2.9

I liked it

Reminded me of a few other English indie bands I’ve encountered before and perhaps not a critical addition to this list, but enjoyable and well done.

This is an interesting album. It has the sound of style of British music prior to the 2000s but feels like more it could get lost in the mix with all of the other alternative albums. I thought this was alright. It took styles from over the years but didn’t really do anything crazy with them. Just melded them for an updated alternative style. 6.3/10

13 year old me would’ve loved this

Forgetful.

This was a typical 2000s British indie rock album. It owes most of its sound to the early 2000s British alternative scene with influences from Britpop and New Wave. The lyrics felt very forced to me. There were some very clunky rhymes that took away from the songs. Overall, nothing here stood out as new or groundbreaking.

The Corteeners debut from the indie landfill era. Holds up a lot better than some of their contemporaries at the time, but still fairly generic for the most part. Rating: 2.5 Playlist track: Not Nineteen Forever Date listened: 01/12/24

One of those albums that I could understand someone else enjoying but for me this just feels like something I've heard several times before. It's not bad but it just left me with the feeling of shrugging my shoulders.

They do not have a great vocal voice and yet their vocals are too high for the music, which makes the songs tired or dull.

Anyone who had to live through the noughties can still have their PTSD triggered by this sort of bland landfill indie. There's a road in China paved with the remaindered CDs of this dreck, and even then, the road feels bland and predictable.