This year ‘classic’ records such as Kid A and Voodoo turn 20, but it’s the forgotten gems that say more about where music’s at now
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Next year is set to be pretty packed out when it comes to 20th anniversaries celebrating so-called classic albums. You’re soon going to get really sick of reading overly reverential tributes to Radiohead’s Kid A and D’Angelo’s Voodoo, though, so here’s a reminder of the records from 2000 you thought you’d forgotten, but that say more about 2020 than we could ever have imagined …
Oasis: Standing on the Shoulder of GiantsBack in 2011, Noel Gallagher said the band should have never made their fourth album, explaining: “At the time, I had no reason or desire to make music.” But make it they did and it casually set the wheels in motion for Liam’s hugely successful solo career two decades later, thanks to Gallagher Jr’s first writing credit on the wafty Little James. Funnily enough, Liam didn’t do the song at his recent arena tour, but he did give the album’s Noel-penned Gas Panic! a whirl. Noel must be absolutely livid.