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December 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 108: Bad Brains– “I Against I”
Of all the albums in this challenge I just feel nothing really about I Against I. I didn’t hate it and I’m not sure I rate it – I’m glad I heard it I spose, so there’s that. And I’ve played it through a few times now to try to hook into something more – […]Archive
December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 107: Nanci Griffith – “The Last of the True Believers”
I’ve been listening to plenty of Nanci Griffith across the last two decades, but I’ve never gone all the way back…several of her early albums elude me including, until now of course, this – her fourth full-lengther (released back in 1986). She’s so on point as writer and singer, her sad/wise stories of heartbreak and […]Archive
December 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 106: Scritti Politti– “Cupid & Psyche 85”
I had never heard this – well, dur, that’s what these posts are all about… But I do know Scritti Politti. My first reference was the Who’s That Girl soundtrack which mostly features Madonna songs (since it was a Madonna vehicle) but has a few other period song including one from Scritti. And the “comeback” […]Archive
November 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 105: Big Black– “Atomizer”
I rushed out and bought Songs About Fucking on the back of reading about it – some list of influential guitar albums, from memory. In fact, I seem to (now) recall ordering a bunch of records on the back of that list. From rockabilly and country through to industrial and metal and all points between. […]Archive
November 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 102: Youssou N’Dour – “Immigrés”
I guess my real intro to Youssou N’Dour, perhaps as with many people, was hearing Seven Seconds – the duet with Neneh Cherry. Many years on I got to ask Cherry all about that song. From there I heard N’Dour in the context of compilations – it was great in-store play back in the day […]Archive
November 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 362
Soft Cell, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) What kind of record collection doesn’t have Soft Cell’s version of Tainted Love in it? Er, mine! (Until just very recently). Look, I maybe even do have it somewhere, on a compilation, and it’s slipped my mind, but it was certainly a plan to get the original/official album at […]Archive
November 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 98: Hanoi Rocks – “Back to Mystery City”
Look, I’m not saying I needed Hanoi Rocks any more in my life than the footnote they always were – I’m just saying I have been digging Back To Mystery City – and there’s no way that could have ever been the case were it not for the 1001 Albums Book (and Challenge). So. There. Sometimes […]Archive
October 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 96: Venom – “Black Metal”
So, as per the rules of this challenge – going through the book and listening to albums I’ve never previously heard – I just checked out Black Metal by Venom. I am not disappointed that I did. But I also don’t care at all. This could sum up my mood towards a lot of the […]Archive
October 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 95: The Birthday Party – “Junkyard”
Breathless Nick Cave fans make me want to not like him at all. (And while we’re on it, that fucking song of his, Breathless, that’s just about the single fucking worst thing he’s done!) But I am not not-a-Nick-Cave-fan. I am a fan. And I first heard about The Birthday Party by reading about Cave. […]Archive
October 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 92: Madness – “The Rise & Fall”
It was probably The Young Ones that introduced me to Madness – and madness! And when I watched them, the first few times, I was a (very) young one and I thought it was one big long series of 12 eps, not two separate sets of six eps each. So I was impressed that Madness […]Archive
September 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman