FERAL
FIVE TOP TEN ALBUMS
I make no secrets about my fondness of Feral Five - my newest favourite group.
Lovely that they are, Kat and Drew were only too pleased to give me an exclusive article featuring their all-time Top 10 albums. They deliberated cogitated and digested, and came up with a list so eclectic and interesting that I'd like to call it my own.
Mee-ow.
Bjork –
Debut
We are
big fans of Bjork and always come back to this album. Love the beats, love the
samples, love the vibe. There are no musical boundaries with Bjork “and a
compass wouldn't help at all”. Inspirational.
The Clash
– London Calling
We love
this album. Its scope is brilliant and appeals to the anti-fascist, global
warning, jazz, punk, reggae, in us. It was great to see Mick Jones play
recently at a Rotten Hill Gang TV special.
Crass –
Penis Envy
Joy De
Vivre and Eve Libertine telling it like it is with libretto by Rimbaud, that's
Penny, not Arthur!
Goldfrapp
– Supernature
Love it.
Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory set the 'gold' standard for electro-sass (yes
we invented that term). Still looking for a place to “park our winnebago”
without getting a ticket!
Killing
Joke – Killing Joke
A
classic. Primitive. War Dance. Keen eared baby Ferals emerge from behind some
rock or should that be dance punk!
PiL –
Flowers Of Romance
Lydon,
Atkins and Levene produced a brilliant album. We love the image we have in our
heads, of Lydon playing his Stroh violin on this one.
Public
Service Broadcasting – Inform, Educate, Entertain
“Out of
the past and into your future comes this news”, intelligently sampled news
archive and stirring compositions really got to us in 2013.
Siouxsie
and the Banshees – Juju
We like
this album for its dark, double-edged punk/art-rock. Saw Siouxsie perform at
Yoko Ono’s Meltdown last year, kicking it up big time, with Viv Albertine
supporting.
Tricky –
Maxinquaye
Highlights
for us include a cover of Public Enemy's 'Black Steel' (possibly better than
the original), use of Smashing Pumpkins samples, quoting David Sylvian. the
brilliant Martina Topley-Bird and incomparable Alison Goldfrapp on vox.
White Stripes
– Get Behind Me Satan
Okay,
Jack shows us how it’s done, but it's Megan we'd really love to have play drums
for us.
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