Each volume in Beechwood's Melody Maker-sponsored Indie Top 20 series acts as a fairly adequate time capsule of U.K. indie music. Initiated in 1987 and put to rest in 1996, the 23 volumes act as a more-discerning English equivalent of the monthly Certain Damage samplers that came with CMJ (College Music Journal) in the U.S. And since the U.K. definition of "indie" has a wider scope, this series has much more stylistic variety. The 11th volume of the series, released in 1991, includes Bleach's "Decadence," the Boo Radleys' "Kaleidoscope," Pale Saints' "Half Life Remembered," Flowered Up's "Phobia," the Bridewell Taxis' "Spirit," and Buffalo Tom's "Birdbrain." This is also one of the (too many) volumes that includes Cud. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide