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manchester

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Description

Manchester is a British indie rock sound that emerged from the city's post-punk scene in the 1980s, blending jangly guitars with dance rhythms and melancholic lyrics. The genre captured working-class youth culture through its fusion of alternative rock, psychedelia, and electronic influences. Its distinctive character combined introspective songwriting with an energetic, rebellious spirit that defined an era.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags
7		1981-11-13	New Order	Movement	post-punk
76		1983-03-07	New Order	Blue Monday	synthpop
21		1983-05	New Order	Power, Corruption & Lies
92		1984-02-20	The Smiths	The Smiths	indie pop jangle pop
99		1984-11-12	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow	alternative
89		1985-02-11	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder	new wave
54		1986	The Smiths	Live in Madrid: Paseo de Camoeons	alternative england manchester
98		1986-06-16	The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	post-punk alternative jangle pop new wave alternative rock indie pop
80		1986-07-28	James	Stutter	british manchester
68		1986-09-29	The Fall	Bend Sinister	post-punk
32		1987	The Smiths	Original Demos "May We Have A Record Contract, Please?"
81		1987-03-16	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs	alternative
82		1987-09-21	The Smiths	Strangeways, Here We Come
44		1988-02-29	The Fall	The Frenz Experiment	post-punk
45		1988-06	Joy Division	Substance	post-punk
96		1988-10	The Stone Roses	Elephant Stone	manchester
90		1989-02-11	Morrissey	The Last of the Famous International Playboys	england manchester
67		1989-04	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	britpop
87		1989-07	The Stone Roses	She Bangs The Drums	british britpop manchester
95		1990	The Stone Roses	Remixes	manchester
100		1990	The Smiths	Hatful of Hallow	alternative
78		1990-04-23	Inspiral Carpets	Life
70		1990-04	Happy Mondays	Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
35		1990-06-18	Inspiral Carpets	Keep The Circle (B-Sides and Udder stuff)	manchester
72		1990-09-25	The Charlatans	Some Friendly	britpop
13		1990-09	The Fall	458489 A Sides	post-punk
40		1990-10	New Order	1981-1982 EP	alternative alternative rock electronic electronica england manchester new wave synthpop
63		1991-06-17	Northside	Chicken Rhythms + Extras	british male vocalists manchester
88		1992-02-24	The Charlatans	Weirdo	alternative british britpop manchester modern rock
12		1992-07	The Stone Roses	Turns Into Stone
56		1993-04-27	New Order	Republic	new wave synthpop
29		1994-01-31	Sleeper	Swallow	alternative alternative rock england indie rock london manchester
33		1994-03-07	Inspiral Carpets	Devil Hopping	indie rock alternative rock
84		1994-08-02	Oasis	Live Forever	britpop rock manchester
79		1994-10-18	New Order	(the best of) New Order	synthpop electronic
57		1995	Black Grape	It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah (Deluxe)	britpop manchester
83		1995-04-24	Oasis	Some Might Say	rock manchester
71		1995-05	The Stone Roses	The Complete Stone Roses	britpop
25		1996-01-01	The Fall	Oswald Defence Lawyer	alternative alternative rock indie rock manchester new wave post-punk rock
66		1996-04-22	Sleeper	Sale Of The Century	alternative alternative rock england indie rock london manchester
93		1999-01-01	Happy Mondays	Greatest Hits
86		1999-09-29	The Charlatans	Us and Us Only	britpop
75		2000-04-03	Doves	Lost Souls	indie rock britpop
94		2000-10-30	The Stone Roses	The Remixes	manchester
53		2002-01-28	808 State	State to State, Volume 2
55		2002-04-29	Doves	The Last Broadcast	britpop
65		2002-05-20	The Charlatans	Songs from the Other Side	britpop classic rock manchester rock
97		2002-06-12	Oasis	Stop Crying Your Heart Out	alternative rock britpop rock manchester
49		2004-05-17	Morrissey	You Are The Quarry	alternative
43		2006	Manicured Noise	Northern Stories 1978/80	manchester post-punk
91		2006-02-11	Colours Run	Doghouse Demo	indie rock alternative rock british rock alternative britpop english manchester pop rock
36		2006-04-07	The Northern Coast	handguns and czars	acoustic alternative alternative rock baroque pop british indie rock lo-fi manchester post-rock singer-songwriter
64		2006-05-06	The Beautiful South	Manchester	manchester
24		2007	Colours Run	Sketches (demo)	alternative britpop indie rock rock acoustic alternative rock british indie pop manchester pop
73		2007	Colours Run	The Sticks EP	indie rock alternative alternative rock british britpop english manchester pop rock rock
52		2008	Pins	МандрівниК	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
22		2008-01-01	Ekho	2005	ambient classical electronic manchester
14		2008-02-04	Suzy Mangion	The Other Side of the Mountain	british manchester
15		2008-04-18	I Am Kloot	Play Moolah Rouge	rock
18		2008-12-01	Karima Francis	Chasing The Morning Light	british female vocalists folk manchester singer-songwriter
39		2009-03-01	The Bavarian Druglords	205	brooklyn krautrock manchester new york city
16		2009-03-27	Kong	Blood of a Dove/A Hint of Rennit Innit	manchester
37		2009-04-03	Doves	Kingdom Of Rust	indie rock
31		2010-04-19	James	The Night Before	british
20		2010-10-10	The Bavarian Druglords	229	brooklyn manchester
58		2011	Sundowner	Sundowner	emo hardcore manchester post-hardcore screamo space rock
85		2011	Everything Everything	Can't Do	alternative dance art pop electropop manchester synthpop
8		2011-11-23	Trojan Horse	Trojan Horse	alternative rock manchester
74		2012-09-22	Cleft	Whale Bone	instrumental manchester math rock noise post-rock progressive rock rock
42		2012-10-01	Magic Arm	Put Your Collar Up	folk indie pop manchester
60		2013	Magic Arm	Images Rolling	electronica folk indie pop manchester pop
5		2013-02-04	The Courteeners	Anna	rock british indie rock
1		2013-07-22	Pins	After Hours	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
23		2013-09-30	Pins	Bad Girls Forever	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
41		2015	Pins	Young Girls	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
17		2015-05-18	Peter Hook and the Light	Closer - Live in Manchester	manchester
48		2015-06-01	Nev Cottee	Strange News From The Sun	americana british manchester
59		2016	Pins	Trouble	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
2		2017	Pins	Ponytail (The Orielles Remix)	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
38		2017	Pins	Serve the Rich / Luvu4lyf	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
50		2017	Pins	LUVU4LYF / Serve the Rich	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
51		2017	Pins	LUVU4LYF / Serve The Rich	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
62		2017	Pins	Serve The Rich	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
77		2017-01-30	Pins	Aggrophobe	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
3		2017-03-24	Pins	Bad Thing - EP	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
10		2017-03-24	Pins	Ghosting	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
69		2017-03-24	Pins	Bad Thing	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
26		2020-05-29	Pins	Ponytail	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
47		2020-05-29	Pins	All Hail	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
61		2020-05-29	Pins	Hot Slick	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
6		2021-06-12	Pins	Piano Versions	british female vocalists indie pop indie rock manchester pop pop rock power pop rock
30		2024-03-01	Liam Gallagher & John Squire	Liam Gallagher & John Squire	alternative rock britpop blues rock neo-psychedelia
4			The Northern Coast	re: classics	british indie electronic indie rock manchester singer-songwriter
9			The Wes Paul Band	Manchester to Memphis	blues country liverpool manchester memphis rhythm and blues rock n roll rockabilly
11			Mat Payne	Busy P Rainbow Man Mat Payne 130BPM Remix	electro french new rave manchester techno
19			Jon Kenzie And Justin Shearn	Untitled EP	acoustic blues easy listening funk manchester soul
27			The Northern Coast	in hoc signo vinces	acoustic alternative alternative rock baroque pop british indie rock lo-fi manchester post-rock singer-songwriter
28			Harperactive	Guidelines For Harmonious Living	bass dance electro electronic manchester techno
34			Sir Ged	GEDDISMUSS	alternative downbeat dub electro manchester rock
46			Twenty Twenty Vision	The Wonderfully Titled EP	acoustic manchester singer-songwriter

Related genres

• rock
• british
• indie rock
• pop
• indie pop
• alternative
• pop rock
• power pop
• female vocalists
• alternative rock