The Best Scottish Album in the World - Ever
Author:
Pete
Martin
Posted:
2009-04-16
Alright pop-pickers… Here’s the big Top 30 - dah, dah, dah-dah-dah– dah-dah.
We’ve put them in alphabetic order because after Deacon Blue’s Raintown, Love & Money’s Strange Kind of Love, Hipsway’s self-titled Hipsway, and James Grant’s My Thrawn Glory, the field’s pretty even and, frankly, trying to rank them is a bit silly in the first place, and could also lead to punch-ups.
So, here you go - every piece of plastic, absolute musical gold dust. Enjoy.
Aztec Camera Love
Aztec Camera High Land, Hard Rain
Billy Mackenzie Beyond the Sun
Craig Armstrong The Space Between Us
Cocteau Twins Milk & Kisses
Danny Wilson Meet Danny Wilson
Deacon Blue Raintown
Friends Again Trapped & Unwrapped
Hipsway Hipsway
Hue & Cry Bittersuite
James Grant My Thrawn Glory
James Grant Sawdust in My Veins
James Grant Strange Flowers
Karen Matheson Downriver
Love & Money Strange Kind of Love
Love & Money Dogs in the Traffic
Love & Money Little Death
Orange Juice You Can’t Hide your Love Forever
Paul Quinn & Independent Group Phantoms & Archetypes
Roddy Frame North Star
Roddy Frame Surf
Roddy Woomble My Secret is Sunshine
Simple Minds New Gold Dream
Stephen Lindsay Exit Music
Teenage Fan Club Grand Prix
The Associates Sulk
The Big Dish Swimmer
The Blue Nile Walk across the Rooftops
The Proclaimers This is the Story
Trashcan Sinatras Weightlifting
You can find the full list of Recommended Scottish Albums here.
About the author
Pete Martin. Award-winning 'adman', writer and film director. Founding director of SMARTS, and former Executive Creative Director of The Gate Worldwide in New York.