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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
September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 84: The Teardrop Explodes – “Kilimanjaro”
The Teardrop Explodes…I love them! Don’t make me laugh. I love them! Fucking Julian Cope! Of course. I love his book…and (some of) his albums to…actually, I do like The Teardrop Explodes; but only because of Cope and his books and some of his albums and…you know what…as much as I love this album – […]Archive
August 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 83: The Undertones – “Hypnotised”
Everyone that likes music knows at least one thing about The Undertones – you know that John Peel loved Teenage Kicks so much he played it twice in a row; when the veteran DJ died the station paid tribute by playing that song through twice. You might also know Feargal Sharkey – who went on […]Archive
August 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 82: The Soft Boys – “Underwater Moonlight”
Here’s another where I can’t really explain myself – I’m really a big fan of Robyn Hitchcock, I continue to check out his material (mostly great) and I have a few favourite albums by him. And yet the band he was in, The Soft Boys, has sat neglected – I had a compilation album and […]Archive
August 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”
I don’t hate this at all – but I can’t say I’m hooked, wouldn’t have mattered if I’d ever heard this or not I reckon. Look, I like some of The Damned did and was about but it’s just that thing of this music existing at the wrong time for me, and/or me for it […]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
July 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman