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Description of Jangle Pop

 
Though the Byrds created some of the most jangly Folk-Rock of the 1960s with songs like "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better," Jangle Pop was truly born in 1981 when R.E.M. recorded their first EP Chronic Town, and its follow-up single "Radio Free Europe." Peter Buck's Byrds-influenced guitar lines set the standard for a genre which reached its apogee in the middle of the decade. The movement was led by such Power Pop-influenced artists as cult legends the dB's, Let's Active (which was led by R.E.M.'s producer, Mitch Easter), and the much-loved Game Theory. Members of these groups continue to record similar music to this day. Featuring chiming guitar patterns, up-tempo rhythms and melodies aplenty, Jangle Pop has remained on the fringe of pop music, though early proponents like R.E.M. have enjoyed significant chart success.
 

Top Jangle Pop Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event
$1.29
2. Losing My Religion R.E.M.
$1.29
3. All For You Sister Hazel
$0.99
4. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M.
$1.29
5. Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms
$0.99
6. Man On The Moon R.E.M.
$1.29
7. Everybody Hurts R.E.M.
$1.29
8. Follow You Down Gin Blossoms
$1.29
9. Fall On Me R.E.M.
$1.29
10. Found Out About You Gin Blossoms
$0.99
11. Wishing Well The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
12. Sometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version (Bonus Track)) The Airborne Toxic Event
$1.29
13. Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles
$0.99
14. Shiny Happy People R.E.M.
$0.99
15. Eternal Flame The Bangles
$0.99
16. Orange Crush R.E.M.
$1.29
17. Til I Hear It From You Gin Blossoms
$0.99
18. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want The Smiths
$1.29
19. The One I Love R.E.M.
$1.29
20. Manic Monday The Bangles
$1.29
21. Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
$1.29
22. Turn! Turn! Turn! The Byrds
$1.29
23. Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event
$1.29
24. Change Your Mind Sister Hazel
$0.99
25. Stand R.E.M.
$1.29
26. Walking On Sunshine Katrina and the Waves
$0.99
27. Under The Milky Way The Church
$0.99
28. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? R.E.M.
$1.29
29. Nightswimming R.E.M.
$1.29
30. Gasoline The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
31. Superman R.E.M.
$1.29
32. Wishing Well The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
33. Until I Fall Away Gin Blossoms
$0.99
34. Wild Horses The Sundays
$0.99
35. Hazy Shade Of Winter The Bangles
$0.99
36. Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays
$0.99
37. Does This Mean You're Moving On? The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
38. Something New The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
39. Papillon The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
40. Missy The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
41. Innocence The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
42. There She Goes The La's
$0.99
43. Drive R.E.M.
$0.99
44. Happiness Is Overrated The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
45. Driver 8 R.E.M.
$1.29
46. Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey
$0.99
47. Radio Free Europe R.E.M.
$0.99
48. The Winning Side (Bonus Track) The Airborne Toxic Event
49. This Is Nowhere The Airborne Toxic Event
$0.99
50. How Soon Is Now? The Smiths
$1.29
 

Jangle Pop Key Albums

 
Adventure
$9.99
All Over The Place
$8.99
Boylan Heights
$9.99
Chips From The Chocolate Fireball
$9.99
Electric Guitars In Their Hearts. The Best Of The Chesterfields
$21.99
For Keeps + Singles
$8.99
Foxheads Stalk This Land
$8.99
Gentle Sound
$12.99
Gold Mine Trash
$8.99
Rattlesnakes
$9.99
Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
$9.99
Reckoning
$9.99
Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown
$12.99
Teenage Symphonies To God
$9.99
The Glasgow School
$9.99
The House Of Love: Best Of
$8.99
The La's
$9.99
The Smiths
$9.99

 

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Jangle Pop Key Artists

 
Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera's Roddy
Frame has managed to make
a career out of creating
mature, guitar pop since
1980. Roddy Frame recor...

Felt

Felt's whispery guitars and
the sing/talk style of
frontman Lawrence
Hayward owes a debt to
Television. Those otherw...

Gin Blossoms

This Arizona band's rootsy
Jangle Pop came with
enough backbeat to keep
alt hipsters happy. The Gin
Blossoms' two big hits, "H...

House of Love

The House of Love's
swirling guitar pop has been
elating fans since the
release of "Shine On" in
1987. Guy Chadwick is the...

Let's Active

Jangle band formed by
indie superproducer (in
1980s terms, at least) Mitch
Easter. Pleasant pop heavy
on the chorus pedal. ey...

Lloyd Cole

This insightful, witty
singer-songwriter
specializes in melodic,
bittersweet rock and Folk
Rock tunes. Cole experie...

Orange Juice

Scottish band Orange Juice
formed in Glasgow in 1976 as
the Nu-Sonics. The quartet
renamed itself Orange Juice
in 1979. Only one single fr...

R.E.M.

R.E.M.'s jangling guitars,
mysterious-but-melodic
vocals and DIY touring
method pretty much
defined 1980s indie rock....

Railway Children

A staple of college radio in
the '80s, this British band's
jangling guitar pop falls
between R.E.M. and the
Smiths.

The Bangles

The Bangles went from the
Paisley Underground to one
of the best-selling acts of
the '80s -- with help from
Prince and MTV. When th...

The Connells

One of many southern
bands inspired by R.E.M. in
the 1980s, they're still
playing a jangly brand of
Power Pop.

The dB's

Seminal early '80s Jangle
Pop band. Simultaneously
ultrapoppy and slyly
experimental, they inspired
scores of bands to come.

The Feelies

Influential indie act whose
aptly titled debut, "Crazy
Rhythms," set an early
standard for college rock.

The Smiths

Articulate, broodingly
charismatic frontman
Morrissey and supple
guitarist Johnny Marr made
the Smiths one of the mos...

The Trashcan Sinatras

The Trashcan Sinatras came
together in Irvine, Scotland,
in 1987. Irvine is just outside
of Glasgow. The Scots are
best known for the jangle...

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