Gagsio: A Favorite Year: The Six Best Albums of 1997

    Gagsio (Gareth)  
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Name: Gareth
Email: russian_hill_boy@hotmail.com
Location: Sweden
 
1. The Fourth World Kara's Flowers
2. Wonderful Life The Tories
3. Bubblegun Merrymakers
4. Umbrella Hands Umbrella Hands
5. Homogenic Björk
6. Blue Sky on Mars Matthew Sweet

Comments:

My year of choice is 1997, it seems so long ago.
The Kara's Flowers album, their only official release under this
moniker is a true gem.

Wonderful Life, a song based around the film and a similar happiness to the whole album.

Bubblegun, Swedish power pop at its best, just such a small output
from these guys.

Umbrella Hands, not sure if this ever made it to release, I have a
demo and the band became Shecky soon after. Its a great collection of guitar songs.

Homogenic is Björk at her best. Fighting a raging torrent of lush
string arrangements, Björk's voice explodes through with power and
grace.

Blue Sky on Mars, this was the first of Matthew's albums I heard and got me to go find the rest of them.

The Fourth World Kara's Flowers (1997)

1. Soap Disco
2. Future Kid
3. Myself
4. Oliver
5. The Never Saga
6. Loving The Small Time
7. To Her With Love
8. Sleepy Windbreaker
9. Pantry Queen
10. My Ocean Blue
11. Captain Splendid


Wonderful Life The Tories (1997)

1. Flying Solo
2. Glady's Kravitz
3. Happy
4. Wonderful Life
5. Scared
6. Not What it Appears
7. Greenhill
8. This is Life?
9. Might be Late
10. Spaceships in the Sky
11. Strange
12. Rustle
13. Don't be Long
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Bubblegun Merrymakers (1997)

 1. Saltwater Drinks
2. Troubled Times
3. Under The Light Of The Moon
4. Monkey In The Middle
5. Superstar
6. April's Fool
7. Fine Line, A
8. I'm In...Love!
9. Sad
10. Ms. Demeanour
11. Adore
12. Coming Home
13. Outside Looking In



Umbrella Hands Umbrella Hands (1997)

1. Cowboys in Dementia
2. Once in a While
3. Free
3½. Small
4. Glamerous Monsters
5. Nobody's Laughing at That
6. Lollipop Up
7. Coming in Strange
8. Gibraltar
9. Now That You're Dead
10. Tiny Elvis

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Homogenic Björk (1997)

 1. Hunter
2. Joga
3. Unravel
4. Bachelorette
5. All Neon Like
6. 5 Years
7. Immature
8. Alarm Call
9. Pluto
10. All Is Full Of Love


Blue Sky on Mars Matthew Sweet (1997)

1. Come to California
2. Back to You
3. Where You Get Love
4. Hollow
5. Behind the Smile
6. Until You Break
7. Over It
8. Heaven and Earth
9. All Over my Head
10. Unto Your Drug
11. Make Believe
12. Missing Time