The Urban 1000 (ish)

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113. HOLLY GOLIGHTLY - TRULY SHE IS NONE OTHER (2003)​

If you have ever heard the White Stripes 'Well It's True That We Love One Another' off the Elephant album then you'll know of who Holly Golightly is. Sadly most people don't know any more than that so here is some background. She rose to fame in Billy Childish's all girl garage band Thee Headcoatees recording several albums with them before going solo in the mid 90s and has since put out around 11 or 12 solo albums. Truly She Is None Other , her 9th album is the pick of those and the one that has recieved the most praise , and it deserves all of it.
I'll get one thing straight out of the way , if your looking for originality you won't find it here at all. This is like listening to something that came out in 1964.It's a straight pop album with blues , country and early R&B influences. If you are a fan of the Rolling Stones , The Kinks and The Who's first couple of albums before they became 'rock' banRAB then you'll know the sort of thing I mean. The main riff from 'Time Will Tell' is stolen straight from 'All Day & All Of The Night' by The Kinks , but thats ok , The Kinks used it on about 5 different songs anyway , In fact the album also features the Ray Davies penned 'Tell Me Now So I Know'. Whatever originality is lacking here is more than made up for with great songwriting. I can't think of a single song on here that I would consider filler material. It's just 13 great 60s retro style pop songs performed well & sung beautifully.
So if you do like what you've heard from her on Elephant what are you waiting for , find this NOW.

Favourite Songs : Walk A Mile , Time Will Tell , It's All Me , Tell Me Now So I Know
 
I havn't heard any of these albums except 13 Point Program To Destroy America =x. I think I'll start with Barrett's solo work I've been wanting to check him out.
 
Surprisingly I've never really heard that much Napalm Death apart from Scum.


I love how high David Bowie - Low was in your original 100. It's definitely one of my favourite albums ever as well. The first half is charming/funky/great to say the least, and the second half is atmospheric beauty. Bowie at his best.


To be honest, I'm surprised not to see Kyuss in any of your lists even though QOTSA is. I'm not sure if you've even listened to them, but I feel they're better than QOTSA. Welcome to Sky Valley is also one of my favourite albums ever.

To me, they embody everything that stoner rock should be. The bass is groovy, thumping and really drives the music, the guitar riRAB are deliciously crunchy, the leaRAB are nice and bluesy, the drumming is bombastic and the vocals are commanding.
 
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