#10

so many amazing releases - such a gutsy label I think

those early Birthday Party releases are particular special to me, as are Pixies releases

a personal favourite would be Underground Lovers - Leave Me Blind

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#11

Yep, Undergroung Lovers – Leaves Me Blind (though strictly speaking is 4AD sub-label Guernica)

Also: Doolittle for obvious pick, and Tarnation’s Gentle Creatures for super obscure pick.

#13

True - it was a Guernica release - but i think they can be counted as a 4AD release technically

Plus 4AD has them on their history discog list

#14

Hey, I’m not complaining; just flaunting my indie knowledge.

#15
  1. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
  2. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  3. This Mortal Coil - Filigree and Shadow
#16

TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain :cookie::mountain:

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#17

Ah, came to post this. What an album!

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#18

Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses

#19

Post Ivo years, but slso post the barren GusGus/Cuba years when 4AD got its shit back together and you could imagine Ivo would approve!

#20

Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona (is that 4AD?)

If not, Doolittle.

#21

Get him!!!

#22

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#23

I was mad for 4AD around this time. Favourites probably Treasure, Come on Pilgrm, Throwing Muses

[quote=“malick, post:4, topic:4102”]
HNIA are criminally underrated. Should be as revered as the Cocteau Twins.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree more. Wonderful band.It’s a bit of a sprawling mess but I’d probably go for Home is in Your Head.

Any excuse to post a link to this.

#24

It is and it’s great. Probably their most consistent record for me but doesn’t have their absolute best tracks.

#25

[quote=“sean, post:5, topic:4102”]
I discovered the album Euphoria by Insides which was released in 1993 via our 4AD week and I really need to spend some more time with it[/quote]
I, probably unfairly, dismissed this album at the time. The band had previously been Earwig and I missed the more abrasive sound and acerbic lyrics.

#26

Neil Kulkarni did a great piece for The Quietus about Insides here http://thequietus.com/articles/07267-the-euphoria-of-insides

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#27

An excellent album, but even better is the Earwig album Under My Skin I Am Laughing (Earwig were basically the same people who became Insides)

#28

Katy Song is one of my most beloved. Brown Eyes is such a wonderfully subtle way to end an album.

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#29

Very cool, thank you for that!

#30

Probably that Bon Iver one to a sold out audience
jk its

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