Monthly Archives: May, 2011
COCTEAU TWINS-HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS.
COCTEAU TWINS-HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS. In a previous article about Annie Barker, and her album Mountains and Tumult, I mentioned that former Cocteau Twin, Robin Guthrie, produced the album, and that Annie Barker sounded like Liz Fraser, another former Cocteau Twin. This made me think that maybe the time was right for an article about …
JERRY BURNS-JERRY BURNS.
JERRY BURNS-JERRY BURNS. The album that I am about review has a sumptuous, atmospheric and dreamlike sound. It is a laid back, musical soundscape that transports you on a journey that will soothe your weary soul. The album is by Jerry Burns and is called Jerry Burns. It was released back in 1992, and this …
AL GREEN-IS LOVE.
AL GREEN-IS LOVE. Al Green released Is Love in 1975. At that time, his career was perceived as being in decline. The sound that Green, and producer Willie Mitchell, had carefully created, and became the Hi Records sound, had been widely admired up until then. However, in 1975, this sound was seen as stale and …
PRIMAL SCREAM-GIVE OUT BUT DON’T GIVE UP
PRIMAL SCREAM-GIVE OUT BUT DON’T GIVE UP. It’s never easy to followup a classic album. Countless bands have discovered that. In 1994, the latest band to realise that were Primal Scream. Three years earlier, at the height of the Acid House era, Primal Scream had released Screamadelica, a fusion of rock and dance music. Released on 23rd September 1991, Screamadelica …
NIGHTMARES ON WAX-SMOKERS DELIGHT.
NIGHTMARES ON WAX-SMOKERS DELIGHT. Smoker’s Delight is the second album from Nightmares On Wax. It was released back in 1995 on Warp Records. Nightmares On Wax’s first album was A Word of Science The 1st and Final Chapter and was released on 1991. On that album George Evelyn worked with Kevin Harper, who subsequently left …
FRAGILE STATE-THE FACTS AND THE DREAMS.
FRAGILE STATE-THE FACTS AND THE DREAMS. Fragile State’s debut album The Facts and the Dreams was released in September 2003 on the Bar De Lune label. Fragile State are Ben Mynott and Neil Cowley. They wrote, arranged, mixed and produced all of the ten tracks on The Facts and the Dreams. Both of them have …
TELEFUZZ-SLEEP.
TELEFUZZ-SLEEP. Telefuzz’s album Sleep was released in 2002. This, to me, is a glorious example of downtempo music. Others may refer to this as trip-hop, ambient or chill-out music. Regardless of how one would categorise this album, The Telefuzz sound on Sleep is a complex, almost psychedelic soundscape. This album is multi-layered and multi-textured and …
NITIN SAWHNEY-BEYOND SKIN.
NITIN SAWHNEY-BEYOND SKIN. When I first started writing about Nitin Sawhney’s album Beyond Skin, I had intended this review to be part of an article I am writing about downtempo albums. However, when doing the research for this article I realised that to do the album justice, it would be better if I wrote a …
THE BLUE NILE-A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS.
THE BLUE NILE-A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS. A Walk Across the Rooftops is the debut album from The Blue Nile. It was released in 1983 on the Linn record label. The Blue Nile were formed in 1981, when two friends Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell, met Paul Joseph Moore, all of whom met at Glasgow …
ANITA BAKER-RAPTURE.
ANITA BAKER-RAPTURE. Ever since I was young, I have always liked soul music, and back in 1986 one of my all-time favorite soul albums was released. The album was Rapture by Anita Baker. Rapture was Anita Baker’s second album and was her breakthrough album. Also, in my opinion, it is Baker’s best album to date. …
FEINA-A STAR OF THE FUTURE?
FEINA-A STAR OF THE FUTURE? The one thing about music is that now and again you discover new talent, someone that you have never heard before, someone that you just know should have a great future in front of them. However, we all know about the strange vagaries of the music industry, and how that …
JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT ME
Hi to everyone who reads this. My name is Derek Anderson, I’m 50, single and live in Scotland. My main interest in life is music. I am and always have been, immersed in music. Music is what I love. It means so much to me, it brings back memories, changes the way I feel and …
TERRY CALLIER-LIFETIME.
TERRY CALLIER-LIFETIME. I first came across Terry Callier’s music in about 1999, I was listening to a Northern Soul compilation Just Keep On Dancing-Chess Northern Soul, a Kent/Ace Records release, and on this album was this fabulous track Look At Me Now. Straight away, I had to find out more about Terry Callier. Luckily, when …
GREAT ALBUM COVERS VOLUME 1: 15 OF THE BEST
GREAT ALBUM COVERS VOLUME 1: 15 OF THE BEST. Recently, whilst looking through a large number of old albums, I was struck by how many great album covers I came across. Funnily enough, not every great album cover I came across was to be found on an album that one would call a classic album. …
THE BATHERS-PANDEMONIA
THE BATHERS-PANDEMONIA. The Bathers are one of these groups who never have received the acclaim that their wonderful music deserves. This demonstrates how unfair the music industry can be when, nowadays, made for television artists, receive publicity way beyond their talent, and sell huge quantities of mediocre music. Sadly, The Bathers meanwhile remain one of …
PRIMAL SCREAM-SCREAMADELICA 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET.
PRIMAL SCREAM-SCREAMADELICA 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET. On 14th March the Screamadelica 20th Anniversary Box Set was released. Thank you! I had waited patiently since November when this was first announced. When I opened it, I was not disappointed. It truly is a thing of beauty. However, I am not just talking about the great music …
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