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Heligoland Massive Attack Full Review
The seventh Massive Attack LP arrives seven years after the fourth.
Plastic Beach Gorillaz Full Review
An underwhelming 3rd album from Gorillaz.
Embryonic Flaming Lips Full Review
adriandenning.co.uk catches up on 2009 with a review of 'Embronic' by those weirdo guys The Flaming Lips!
Fischerspooner Entertainment Full Review
Ignored 'elctroclash' pioneers return with 2009 'Entertainment' LP.
Trail To The Rest Of The World Full Review
Debut album from British five-piece.
Magnetic Fields Realism Full Review
Realism, their 9th LP.
Cats On Fire Our Temperance Movement Full Review
Excellent finish indie-janglers return with their 2nd LP.
No Other Gene Clark Full Review
Founder member of The Byrds was perhaps the only member who shined during their ill-attempted reunion during 1973. This solo album is often referred to as being his best.
David Bowie (Deluxe) David Bowie Full Review
53 early recordings, 20 never previously released. Yes, it's the often forgotten proper David Bowie debut LP.
The Irrepressibles / Connie Bailey Rae / Dakota / Straight Lines New 'Short' reviews Full Review
Four new album reviews on the shorts/promos page and select tracks on the listening post.
Laura Marling / Lone Lady / Emily Barker New Tracks Full Review
Devil's Spoke by Laura Marling and a new artist from Warp Records, Manchester's Lone Lady. And much much more! Well, okay, not much more really.
Easter Patti Smith Full Review
Patti Smith came back from a year-and-a-half break after falling from a stage. Easter was produced by Bruce Springsteen associate Jimmy Iovine and 'Because The Night', co-written with Springsteen, became Patti Smith's commercial breakthrough charting on both sides of the Atlantic.
Hymns From The Heart Johnny Cash Full Review
A 1962 gospel album from the mighty Johnny Cash, recorded for Columbia Records.
Live And Dangerous/Black Rose Thin Lizzy Full Review
John continues reviewing Thin Lizzy with a late-seventies brace from the Irish rockers.
The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman Sparks Full Review
Warning, there are no regular Sparks songs here that haven't been wound into the narrative of this musical play of theirs. Commissioned by Swedish National Public Radio to devise an original radio musical Ron and Russell Mael have given us The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, a sixty-four minute suite touching on the cultural divides between Europe and the US, something Sparks are very well placed to comment on.
Backspacer Pearl Jam Full Review
Lead single 'The Fixer' sees Eddie Vedder in fine voice, stripping back the past decade to provide enthusiasm and genuine aggression. 'Gonna See My Friend' is quality aggressive rock unconcerned with the fall-out from the grunge wars, sounding more like Nirvana than Pearl Jam did back in the day. Well, either Nirvana or a particularly good Foo Fighters song, at any rate.
Contra Vampire Weekend Full Review
So, a summary? It's reached the number one position on the Billboard album charts, so probably not too clever for the masses, really. Either that or Vampire Weekend have become a really BIG cult act, aka REM in the eighties.
Post Bjork Full Review
A mixed bag overall is 'Post' though, lots of styles, lots of production - too much production, really. Although perhaps not enough time has passed to say the album sounds dated, in a way it does. It sounds very 'britpop', very synthetic. Bjork's vocals do make up for this to an extent and several of the tunes are superb, but I still have nagging doubts about 'Post' as a whole.
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