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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.
Feline The Stranglers Full Review
After 'Golden Brown', The Stranglers released an album that's not at all commercial and they would soon stop having hits altogether....
Blow Up Your Video AC/DC Full Review
In the great rock'n'roll wars your grandchildren will ask you how AC/DC responded to hair-metal and MTV in the eighties and you'll reply they didn't really, they just kept carryin' on. Well, the album title is a nod to MTV yet AC/DC return to their original producers Harry Vanda and George Young and sure, the production is smarter than the self-produced 'Fly On The Wall' and the overall sound is satisfyingly un-dated for a metal album released in 1988...
Vitalic Flashmob Full Reviews
The welcome return of Vitalic injects the dance/electronica/IDM scene with much needed class. 'One Above One' for instance has squelchy 80s analogue type beats, a spoken
Shorts Only the hippest acts... Full Reviews
Only the hippest acts over at adriandenning.co.uk - yes, it's Susan Boyle, Peter Andre and a Take That live LP!!
Fools Mate Peter Hammill Full Review
'Re-Awakening' is my pick of the bunch here alongside 'Vision', 'Imperial Zeppelin' and perhaps 'Summer Song'. I like the line 'Re-awakening isn't easy when you're tired' and I like the grand, sweeping sounds the musicians create. You could record a wholly orchestral version of this and it would sound great. Hammill could also just as easily play it straight by himself, on Piano or Guitar and still get his points across.
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