Various, The Smiths, Easterhouse, The Woodentops, Microdisney, Float Up CP, Princess Tinymeat, The Apartments, Jonathan Richman, Robert Wyatt, David Thomas And The Pedestrians, Chris & Cosey, Horace Andy

A Rough Trade Compilation

1985 · Alternative Rock · Megadisc

Netherlands · MD 7982

Tracklist

Credits

Written by
Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Andy Perry, Ivor Perry, Rolo, Cathal Coughlan, Sean O'Hagan, Gareth Sager, Haa Lacka Binttii, Ian Box, Tom Rice, Peter Milton Walsh, Jonathan Richman, Robert Wyatt, Chris Cutler, David Thomas, Lindsay Cooper, Tony Maimone, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Horace Hinds
Cut by
Maarten de Boer
Alternative RockEBMAvantgardeIndie RockReggae3 pressings →

Where it leads

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.

Where to find it

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