![]() ![]() ![]() It certainly throws up some interesting juxtapositions: the caustic riot grrrl of Huggy Bear 's "Her Jazz" rubbing up against futuristic avant-pop of Stereolab 's "The Light That Will Cease To Fail" the super-political anarcho-punk of Crass 's "Reality Asylum" mere moments from the twee jangle-pop of The Raincoats ' "Fairytale In The Supermarket" or the cobwebbed dub of Lee "Scratch" Perry 's "Jungle" that's a massive cultural leap from the loopy Icelandic pop explosion of The Sugarcubes ' "Birthday". After 25 years of catering to London's most clued-up punters, Rough Trade has achieved a very respectable legacy of eclecticism while other lesser independent record shops have tended more towards the traditional, guitar-led music that's come to epitomise modern indie, this compilation offers laudably impressive scope, collecting together a number of the chain's most popular sellers and sequencing them in a loosely chronological order. ![]() In practice, though, this anniversary compilation is nigh on essential. The very idea of a Greatest Hits Of Rough Trade-the very indiest of all of London's independent record stores-should have seemed, in theory, about as risible as the compiling of a Led Zeppelin singles collection. From Japan by the surface mail because is sent out, take it until arrival as 7-14 day. Our product to treat is a regular product. ![]()
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