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Saturday, 25 January 2014

1977: Elvis Costello - My Aim is True

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Elvis Costello: I own about 90 of his songs, five over full albums, 'My Aim is True', 'Imperial Bedroom', 'Blood and C...
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Sunday, 19 January 2014

1985: Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down

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It took a lot of jiggling about to put this list together, to fill one slightly desolate year while choosing the most suitable from a full...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

2011: The Decemberists -The King is Dead

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I love the Americana, of course, whatever that is. That's my favourite. Alt-country, Beyond Nashville, whatever you call it, the guita...
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Sunday, 12 January 2014

1973: David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

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Listening to 'Aladdin Sane' now, I'm struck by how glam it is. It's a real glam stomp of an album. In that sense it's ...
Wednesday, 8 January 2014

1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Déjà Vu

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They weren't the first supergroup, CSNY, but they're probably the definitive American supergroup. Massively successful over there...
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Saturday, 4 January 2014

1979: The Clash - London Calling

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Here's an interesting thing about 'London Calling' - it was a 70s album in Britain and an 80s album in the USA, indeed it was ...
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Thursday, 2 January 2014

1975: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

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Perhaps I allow myself too many "seminal moments" in my musical life, too many awakenings and turning points. But here's ano...
Friday, 27 December 2013

Music in 2013

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I always come up with an End of Year list of my favourite songs and albums, and always think it gets harder by the year, which may or may no...
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Friday, 20 December 2013

2002: Bright Eyes - Lifted Or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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Talkin' New Bob Dylan Blues. Must be hard being a new Bob Dylan. There used to be loads, from Loudon Wainwright to Bruce Springsteen...
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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

1963: Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

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Regular readers of the blog could almost certainly have guessed both the album and the artist to follow Blur (and not just because I actua...
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Tuesday, 19 November 2013

1993: Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish

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This is another wonderful album cover, and the album that is seen in some ways as the "start" of the Blur we know and love and t...
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Sunday, 17 November 2013

1978: Blondie - Parallel Lines

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1978, the year I was born, and a classic album cover. What a tremendous concept Blondie was, a punk band, a pop band, a rock band, a disco...
Friday, 15 November 2013

1983: Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy

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1983's a bit of a funny year, isn't it? Thatcher got re-elected, Thriller had just come out but Madonna hadn't hit yet, the J...
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013

2006: Beyonce - B'Day

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I'm not going to lie to you, I don't own this album. I wanted to put together a Beyonce/Destiny's Child compilation, so needed...
Sunday, 10 November 2013

1966: The Beatles - Revolver

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Right, no fucking about with this one. 1966 - Revolver, The Beatles. If you were to collate all the lists ever of Best Album ever, this w...
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