Best band/artist on the Creation Records roster POLL.

No the X-Men, no credibility. Would have made more sense to split it into the early years, the nearly years and the imperial levels, since Creation is one of those labels that makes no sort of sense when you look at it rationally.

Would take the Pastels over most of these tbh

you know who i'm voting for.

No the X-Men, no credibility. Would have made more sense to split it into the early years, the nearly years and the imperial levels, since Creation is one of those labels that makes no sort of sense when you look at it rationally.

― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Thursday, February 7, 2013 5:22 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's why I added the 'Other' option, if people in the thread say clearly which band they're voting for that's not on the list, I can tally them up in the thread.

Like say, if you want to vote for Mishka or Hurricane #1 (god forbid that you do), just say: 'Other - Mishka', or 'Other - Hurricane #1' etc.

Other - Biff 8ang Pow!

Not having a pop - sorry, I got my tone wrong. It's just that Creation is so many different labels, but it tends to get treated as a monolith because of the constant presence of McGee and Green.

^ I completely agree! ^

hmmm I wonder what could win here

Oasis obv.

Oasis having bankrolled Kevin Shields sitting on his arse doing nothing for 15 years

There's no way I'm voting for the Telescopes here..................... PSYCH.

Other!

As I opened the thread I was musing whether to vote for The Jasmine Minks, Biff Bang Pow! or Emily!

And the vote goes to The Jasmine Minks (BBP! Made those duff late snoozefests; Emily made my favourite record by any Creation band, "Stumble" but that was after they left Creation).

I love the Jasmine Minks.

There's no way I'm voting for the Telescopes here..................... PSYCH.

― emil.y, Thursday, February 7, 2013 5:59 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

♫ Let's get ready to rhum-ble! ♫

Ant & Dec's Creation years sadly omitted from the poll options.

ride

well I would vote J&MC but that would be one early single and one late album.

At the time, I loved the
boos, but I wouldn't go back

Voting Super Furries.

Always amazes me the number of bands on Creation that I do not give a shit about at all. Definitely voting MBV by some distance, then House Of Love (all their Creation stuff), Slowdive (for Souvlaki, not fussed about the rest), Ride (debut album only), Bodines (for Therese), Swervedriver (couple of good songs, esp. Never Lose That Feeling), Sugar (for Beaster and about two songs off Copper Blue), then everything else. Telescopes I always think I like, and then I listen to them. Have been trying with those guys since 7th# Disaster, but alas no dice here.

Gimme 4AD any day btw

As much as I love some of these bands, none of them have given me the sheer volume of pleasure that Adorable's 2 albums and b-sides have. And continue to do so.

Super Furry Animals

Oasis having bankrolled Kevin Shields sitting on his arse doing nothing for 15 years

― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Thursday, February 7, 2013 5:55 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This isn't true at all. My Bloody Valentine were dropped from Creation well before Oasis were signed.

MBV, then Sugar. I love Felt too but my absolute favourite stuff by them was on Cherry Red.

others that i hope someone votes for:

chills, razorcuts, pacific, loft, tangerine, westlake, pastels & heidi berry

but i voted for felt because they are of course the greatest.

Felt are pretty great, huh. Still going to have to go with SFA.

Voted Ride as the essence of Creation.

Saint Etienne were a Heavenly band; having them here is like Patrick Viera being a club ambassador for Man City.

The Jasmine Minks and Razorcuts are both *very* vote-worthy, IMO... as is The Revolving Paint Dream just for the fact that they did 'Flowers In The Sky'...

Oh, and The Telescopes too.

Hmmmmmmm........

It's between MBV / Ride / Telescopes / Slowdive, almost certainly one of the first two.

This isn't true at all. My Bloody Valentine were dropped from Creation well before Oasis were signed.

U2 for having funded Kevin Shields sitting on his arse for 15 years

Voted Ride as the essence of Creation.

^ this - Ride were kind of like a Frankenstein hybrid of all that was good abt the Creation roster, and I'm voting for them on that basis (even tho MBV is the obv frontrunner)

Ride and Boo Radleys have my favorite albums. I probably like the apparently much reviled Wake Up! the best (I'm from America, where nobody heard it) but would pick Ride overall.

The Boo Radleys are my second favorite band of all time!

2. Super Furry Animals
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain
4. Ride
5. Teenage Fanclub
6. Primal Scream
7. My Bloody Valentine
8. Swervedriver
9. Slowdive
10. Adorable

No takers for 18 Wheeler? XD !!!

They were in my top ten actually. But then I'm odd like that.

Swervedriver is definitely my favorite from this list. I would also consider Sugar, but I think of them more as a Rykodisc band.

Other - The Loft!

(tho voted JAMC)

Don't forget that Bernard Butler, Nick Heyward and Kevin Rowland were also on the label briefly... although I guess many might want to! :P

Hmmm, I have massive residual love for (especially) Primal Scream, Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Boos, and low-level longterm admiration for SFA, but I think MBV will win for me.

Voted Ride. What they released between January 1990 and March 1991 was awe inspiring and incredibly beautiful to me when I was 15.

Trying hard to think of a British guitar album from the 90's that is better than Nowhere.

Also: Fuck Oasis. Jesus.

keep in mind I know jack shit about this scene

classic: My Bloody Valentine

great: The Jesus & Mary Chain, Saint Etienne

ok I guess: Slowdive, Ride, Momus, Super Furry Animals

yawn: Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, The Boo Radleys

fuck this: The House Of Love, Sugar

fun to make fun of: Oasis, most of the above

should listen to: Felt

who?: Swervedriver, Adorable, 18 Wheeler, BMX Bandits, Heavy Stereo, The Telescopes, The Lilac Time, The Membranes, Silverfish, 3 Colours Red

i'm going with swervedriver.

though i do like the adorable album i have a lot, and actually, those bernard butler albums are rather lovely as well.

I love Felt too but my absolute favourite stuff by them was on Cherry Red.

― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree with this sentiment, but their creation stuff still towers over this list of 75% total ass

Nobody's gonna rep for Silverfish? I adored "Fat Axl" when it came out.

Were they the only Creation band that the Kerrang! set could get into?

I mean at the time, not like "well, all these shoegaze black metallers love that stuff" line. I don't recall reading anything about most of this list in the UK metal press.

(reading list more thoroughly) I take that back: Sugar was adored by the metal press if I recall correctly. Who I will vote for because My Bloody Valentine and Jesus & Mary Chain will get enough votes without me contributing and "Copper Blue" remains one of the most-played albums in my life ever.

3 Colours Red also got coverage in Kerrang iirc, and I wouldn't be surprised if Swervedrier got reviewed in there either

Kerrang covered Sugar, and it was quite high in the RAW AOY list
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/raw.htm

Nah c'mon this list is at most 20% total ass

Was hoping that someone would have at least namechecked the Jazz Butcher. (voted Telescopes myself)

or The Legend! - what an artist that was

Doesn't surprise me at all that My Bloody Valentine topped the poll, but it has surprised me that there was only one vote for Primal Scream... and I speak as someone who doesn't rate Primal Scream all that highly (I have a soft spot for early Primal Scream, mind).

Yeah - I know they're kind of at peak unfashionability these days, but Screamadelica always has admirers and I thought that xtrmntr and some of their later stuff was quite well-regarded.

it is. but its ilm

Yeah, I was pretty much thinking along similar lines! I'm not a big fan of either Screamadelica or XTRMNTR but I'm aware that those albums have plenty of fans. Oasis aren't terribly fashionable at the moment either, and probably haven't been for many years, but they still managed to put in a better performance, which makes me go "wut?". I can't help but suspect that at least one person voted Oasis just for 'teh LOLz', but then again, who knows?

actually the only good vocalist was Lawrence

You can understand Oasis provoking apathy - more difficult to understand them provoking anything else tbh - but Primal Scream have done enough stupid stuff that you'd think someone would stick up for the rest.

the rolling stones tribute album?

it was so, so much more than that

disclosure i only heard 2 and a half songs off it knowingly

There might be plenty of people who like Primal Scream, but who don't think Primal Scream were the *best* band on Creation.

or The Legend! - what an artist that was
That was Everett True, wasn't it?

It was. For all I know it could be brilliant. That's not how I imagine it though.

Disclosure: I've never heard him either.

I've heard him talk. Beautiful speaking voice.

I was once sat near him on a train.

Really.

Or someone who looked just like him.

he wheeled kurt cobain on stage in a wheelchair.

He spoke like a teenage Ken Livingstone with a lisp, iirc.

And he got a train from Brighton to London Bridge in 1992.

Or someone who looked just like him did.

I missed this. I've really been enjoying the deluxe 3CD reissue of The House Of Love's first album and singles, so might have voted for them, though they are not historically my favorites. Also have enjoyed hearing Adorable and The Telescopes for the first time recently.

He'd've been in Seattle in 1992, your identification must be erroneous

ooooh he introduced kurt to courtney.
the legend destroys cobain.

xp did you consider approaching him on the London Bridge train that day? If it was him. Did you plan an opening line all out in your head? What would it have been?

probably was ET, he used to live in brighton before he emigrated. used to see him round town a lot, always shuffling about with a carrier bag full of records. bobby gillespie lived here too actually round about the same period.

In the early 1990s, True lived in Brighton

It checks out - his wikipedia entry is a godsend.

I considered saying "Hello - are you Everett True?". But then I decided against it. He was using a laptop (which seemed quite space-aged to me at the time), probably writing a gig review. Or something else, if it wasn't him.

But it probably was.

he freelanced at Melbourne broadsheet, The Age, writing about public transport and having Roger Daltrey furiously smash a guitar thinking about him, live in concert. [citation needed]

A goldmine I tell you. Slightly disappointed it doesn't lapse into first person at all though.

Was toying with the idea of updating his wikipedia entry to mention that train journey.

I'm surprised it's not there already, it covers everything else

you'll enjoy this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DPe-2HuApE

My god, I've heard that before

Good God (xp)

Apparently he's still working on the follow-up

According to wikipedia he comes from Chelmsford. You wouldn't guess it from his accent.

Apparently he spent so long over the mix of 73 in 83 that Coppola ended up having to use 'The End' instead

Ditto for Tarantino with Little Green Bag

his review of southpaw grammar was good but had nothing on steve sutherland's review of kill uncle. Simply amazing.

Would an ET ballot poll work?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8p0tmdtoz1qcw9y0o1_500.jpg

Would've given the Membranes their only vote, if I'd seen this before now.

never really think of the membranes as a creation band, did they put out much stuff with them?

one LP

What did people make of the weather prophet's version of spooky?

I have it down as being by the Jazz Butcher

Lol my memory fails me yet again