The Manchester Story '88-'91: Madchester

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1995 11
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Rock

Review

The Beechwood label's 16-track Manchester Story '88-'91: Madchester presents a pretty faithful re-telling of the Factory-led Brit-pop explosion that consumed college radio in the late '80s early '90s. Usually relegated to late-night appearances on MTV's 120 Minutes, bands like New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Charlatans UK, 808 State, and New Order nevertheless found a way to break out internationally, influencing the myriad of shapes that alternative rock would assume in the coming years. Though there are many holes in the story (where are Blur, Ride, Primal Scream or the Manic Street Preachers?) presented here, the inclusion of various remixes, original 12" versions, and extended mixes keeps things interesting, and the songs themselves are all top-notch, resulting in a formidable gateway drug for anybody looking to immerse themselves in genre. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
W.F.L. [the Vince Clarke Mix]	Paul Davis, Shaun Ryder	Happy Mondays	(6:10)
Elephant Stone (Lyrics)	Ian Brown, John Squire	The Stone Roses	(4:47)
Indian Rope	The Chameleons UK	The Charlatans UK	(4:30)
Shall We Take a Trip	Northside	Northside	(4:20)
Joe	Inspiral Carpets	Inspiral Carpets	(3:21)
Big	New Fast Automatic Daffodils	New Fast Automatic Daffodils	(6:04)
True Faith [Original 12" Mix]	New Order, Stephen Hague	New Order	(5:13)
Perfume		Paris Angels	(4:10)
Tunes Splits the Atom [Original Rap]	808 State, MC Tunes	808 State, MC Tunes	(3:09)
Step On (He's Gonna Step on You Again) [Stuff It in Mix]	John Kongos, Christos Demetriou	Happy Mondays	(5:45)
Come Home [Extended Flood Mix]	Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott	James	(6:07)
Can You Dig It?	Martin Coogan	The Mock Turtles	(4:08)
Then	Martin Blunt, Tim Burgess, Jon Brookes, Mark Collins	The Charlatans UK	(4:10)
Bizarre Love Triangle [Original 12" Mix]	Bernard Albrecht, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert	New Order	(6:42)
Pacific State	808 State	808 State	(4:27)
Fools Gold (Lyrics)	Ian Brown, John Squire	The Stone Roses	(4:15)

Credits

Martin Coogan (Producer), 808 State (Performer), Happy Mondays (Performer), The Mock Turtles (Performer), Vince Clarke (Producer), John Leckie (Mixing), Mike Johnson (Producer), 808 State (Producer), James (Performer), Flood (Mixing), Inspiral Carpets (Producer), Paul Oakenfold (Producer), New Fast Automatic Daffodils (Performer), Vince Clarke (Remixing), Tim Millington (Compilation), Northside (Performer), Massey (Producer), Chris Nagle (Producer), Inspiral Carpets (Performer), New Order (Producer), Peter Hook (Producer), The Charlatans UK (Performer), John Leckie (Producer), Ian Broudie (Producer), The Stone Roses (Performer), Steve Osborne (Producer), New Fast Automatic Daffodils (Producer), MC Tunes (Performer)