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Hotpress 100 top irish albums

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Started by Kyle Bovine (K B) in General Therapy? Topics

therapy? came number 25 with troublegum and babyteeth came in at number 51! this list wasn’t compiled by journos, it was done by musicians so it has some respectability, even if one of the members of B*witched are named in the list of judges…

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 00:14

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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Well, two of the girls in B*Witched are the sisters of Shane Lynch from Boyzone, Ronan Keating of Boyzone is Graham Hopkins’ cousin so maybe she knows them ;) Tenuous. Very tenuous.

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 00:46

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Shadowcaster wrote:

A link please? This drunken lazy bastard wants to know where Thin Lizzy is…

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 00:54

#3

Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

oh Thin Lizzy got to number 2 with live and dangerous, and theyve several others in the top 100 too, ive the magazine, dont know if they have the list on their website…

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 01:12

#4

Shadowcaster wrote:

And who beat them all?

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 07:22

#5

romy wrote:

i bet U2 did.

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 12:38

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Bad Karma wrote:

Shadowcaster wrote:

A link please? This drunken lazy bastard wants to know where Thin Lizzy is…

I had a look on the Hotpress website theres no link just an advert for the magazine with the list.

Its good to see Babyteeth getting some recognition normally in these types of best album polls its just Troublegum.

Posted on Sun, 7 November 2004 at 19:34

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mooneycult wrote:

Number 1 was Astral Weeks by Van Morrison. There was a LOAD of Lizzy albums in there, even more than U2 I think which was interesting.

I was half hoping to see Kerbdog in there but no joy. Still, seeing Babyteeth was good enough.

Posted on Mon, 8 November 2004 at 13:38

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Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

i was happy to see My Bloody Valentine in there at number four, hotpress also gave Never Apologize Never Explain a 7/10 which isnt bad for an indie mag like hotpress. They said Last One To Heaven is a Loser sounded ‘trite’ and ‘childish’ though… i think whoever reviewed it just looked at the title of the song and said “Im gonna blackmark this one”…

Posted on Mon, 8 November 2004 at 13:45

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mooneycult wrote:

Probably, but I do think Last One to Heavens a Loser is a weak effort. Certainly not as good an album closer as Rust or Stalk and Slash.

Posted on Mon, 8 November 2004 at 15:15

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Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

fair enough, but im not sure why the reviewer made the distinction between one song and the rest. to be honest if i was a reviewer and heard ‘rock you monkeys’ id think that was more childish than ‘LOTHAL’

i wonder do t? design songs like rust etc to be album closers? and the same with album openers? i dont think rust for example would work anywhere else in HA, if it was in the middle or the beginning it wouldnt work. maybe the sequencing of the album has an effect on your perceptions of the song, and reviewers perceptions of the song. id have liked to see ‘polar bear’ at the end cos i think it has a good ending, and a hypnotic bass riff, buts thats only my opinion. im happy with NANE cos its a ‘full’ album, with a distinct mood rathe rthan ‘HA’ which felt like a collection of potential singles. which isnt bad in a way, but i still feel NANE comes out on top.

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 12:05

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Bad Karma wrote:

Here what HotPress had to say about T?

#25
Therapy?
Troublegum

The most unlikely record to get into the top 5 since Moterhead’s No Sleep Til Hammersmith,Troublegum turned Therapy? into pop stars for one gloriously rambunctious summer.
With a cover of Joy Division’s Isolation and Andy Cairns admitting Screamager was inspired by The Undertones Teenage Kicks,there’s a strong sense of the trio paying tribute to their heroes.The stand out was Nowhere,a classic tale of of youf alienation,while ten years on still raises a smile withs its opening “Heaven kicked you out/you wouldn’t wear a tie!” gambit.It also confirmed Fyfe Ewing as one of the best drummers to paradiddle his way out of this isle.
If you’re wondsering who the bloke with his head in the dustbin is,it’s celebrated artist and photographer Nigel Rolfe who’s made something a career of getting bollock-naked in public.

Babyteeth was listed at #51 but it didn’t have anything written about it.

Posted on Tue, 9 November 2004 at 18:43

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richboy wrote:

nice to see a northern irish musician at the top of the list. just out of interest, were there any other northern irish artists apart from therapy? and van in the top 100 and if so where?

i’m guessing at least snow patrol, ash, divine comedy, undertones, stiff little fingers, … were in there somewhere. but then again if the mighty kerbdog (and i’m assuming if they weren’t in the top 100 then neither were wilt) didn’t make the cut then maybe not…

not trying to say kerbdog are from the north by the way

Posted on Wed, 10 November 2004 at 22:13

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Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

yeah richboy all of those acts were in there. Paul Brady was in there, is he from Northern Ireland?

nope wilt were not in there either. or brian kennedy *sob*

Posted on Thu, 11 November 2004 at 13:39

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mooneycult wrote:

richboy wrote:

nice to see a northern irish musician at the top of the list. just out of interest, were there any other northern irish artists apart from therapy? and van in the top 100 and if so where?

i’m guessing at least snow patrol, ash, divine comedy, undertones, stiff little fingers, … were in there somewhere. but then again if the mighty kerbdog (and i’m assuming if they weren’t in the top 100 then neither were wilt) didn’t make the cut then maybe not…

not trying to say kerbdog are from the north by the way

All the Northern Irelands bands you mentioned were in there (I think).

Yeah I think its a disgrace that Kerbdog didn’t make it personally.

Posted on Thu, 11 November 2004 at 13:39

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richboy wrote:

i’m guessing joyrider weren’t in it either then? its funny, joyrider were one of the few bands out there that started off really good and got progressively worse. some of the early stuff was the business.

great live act though.

Posted on Thu, 11 November 2004 at 19:50

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Bad Karma wrote:

Ok Northern Irish bands/artists in the list were..

#1 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
#5 The Undertones - The Undertones
#10 Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
#13 Van Morrison - Moondance
#17 Ash - 1977
#25 Therapy? - Troublegum
#27 Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
#51 Therapy? - Babyteeth
#62 Van Morrison - St Dominic’s Preview
#77 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
#82 Van Morrison - It’s Too Late To Stop Now
#85 The Divine Comedy - Promenade
#89 Van Morrison - No Guru No Method No Teacher

Nope no Joyrider or Kerbdog in the list.

Posted on Thu, 11 November 2004 at 20:51

#17

Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

i think today fm here in ireland (the show is in irish) are playing a track from each album. last night they played songs from albums one hundred to eighty five i think. i cant wait until they play something from Babyteeth.

Posted on Mon, 15 November 2004 at 13:39

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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:

Happened to see this at Dublin airport on Friday - good to see T? mentioned, shame their more recent albums didn’t get a plug.

If they asked, I’d probably have done B*witched when they were famous. but they didn’t.

Posted on Mon, 15 November 2004 at 22:49

#19

Kyle Bovine (K B) wrote:

they were supposed to play a song from babyteeth on todayfm last night, but instead they played Die Laughing…

im kinda miffed. i guess they assumed no-one would notice

Posted on Mon, 29 November 2004 at 15:45

#20

pete gusher wrote:

oi!
LOTHAL is a great song, one of the first ones that lept out of the new album for me, along with perish the thought and my so called life

i still prefer HA but i only got NANE on thursday so its still growing on me

Posted on Mon, 29 November 2004 at 15:56

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