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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
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 90: The Psychedelic Furs – “Talk Talk Talk”
Terrific band The Psychedelic Furs and I thought I knew them pretty well, love the debut and particularly love their third album, Forever Now; that’s a go-to for me – Love My Way is the song, one of my all-time favourites by anyone ever, and a DJ-staple. And I had a compilation that covered a […]Archive
September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89: X – “Wild Gift”
I absolutely expected to hear a few more duds doing this challenge. But shit it’s been good. A lot of great albums I knew about and therefore kinda knew I’d missed and a lot of things I genuinely didn’t know about or certainly didn’t know just how great they would be. I guess there’ll be […]Archive
September 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 87: The Go-Go’s – “Beauty And The Beat”
I was quite into some of the Belinda Carlisle songs – and through that I found out about how she was once part of a band called The Go-Go’s, many years on I had a double-compilation of Go-Go’s material; pretty good. But no curiosity to check out individual albums. Flash forward many years – and […]Archive
September 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 86: Heaven 17 – “Penthouse and Pavement”
Another example of why this challenge has been good for me. I know of Heaven 17 of course – I even know Temptation very well and a few others. But I have never listened to a Heaven 17 album, at least not knowingly; at least not until I finally sat down with Penthouse and Pavement […]Archive
September 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 85: Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Juju”
There I was just ten albums back in this challenge saying that I really needed to listen to more Siouxsie and The Banshees because I’d been gifted a compilation album and was digging it – and had some memories of posters and singles and video clips and bit and bobs from back in the day […]Archive
August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 79: Japan – “Quiet Life”
I always love finding a New Favourite Album of The Year that comes from way back – this year my favourite album of 2018 not released in 2018 is – easily – Japan’s Quiet Life (released in late 1979). I have never listened to Japan. I’ve heard about the band, read about the band, thought […]Archive
August 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”
Well there’s already been a Chic album and a Sister Sledge album in fairly quick succession – and now another Chic album. Now I ain’t complainin’ – I love the band. But I just had never thought to listen to the original albums – I know the big singles, I know compilations, I know samples, I […]Archive
June 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 71: Buzzcocks – “Another Music In A Different Kitchen”
Gosh, it felt like just the other day that I was talking about how I loved Magazine (and Buzzcocks too) but didn’t really know the albums – certainly not the “classic” albums…well, it was just the other day…and now here we are with the Buzzcocks’ debut. An album I really don’t know well at all. […]Archive
June 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 70: Throbbing Gristle – “D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle”
I might like the idea of Throbbing Gristle as much – or more – as the actual music. Pioneering industrial group, as much an actual piece of art, a concept, as a ‘band’. That said I’ve enjoyed their 20 Jazz Funk Greats a great deal. And yet I haven’t dipped much more of a toe […]Archive
June 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman