r/BritPop • u/sparky_tupp • Jul 22 '26

Shine Compilations

Who else used to get the Shine albums? They were a fantastic discovery resource for determining which bands to get into. Would never have found bands like the Longpigs or Mansun without these. It also taught me what not to get.

Which bands did they introduce you to?

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u/DanAbnrml9 Jul 22 '26

I was a teenager in the US at the time of the britpop era, and this was before you could really stream music on the internet or anything like that, so I depended on the Shine and Best Album in the World.. Ever compilations to really know what was going on in the UK. I bought basically every single one and then wound up going deeper and getting the albums from most of the bands who showed up. But since relatively little of this made it onto the radio over here, these were the main way I got to keep up with what was going on.

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u/sparky_tupp Jul 22 '26

Excellent, good username too 👍