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November 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 99: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Porcupine”
I like Echo & The Bunnymen – and I know a lot of the band’s music now. But, albums-wise, I kinda started in the middle of their discography, reform/comeback-era, Evergreen. And then I went back to the start. But I mostly know them from a handful of great singles – including The Cutter – and […]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 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 97: The Associates – “Sulk”
This one totally passed me by – I mean, obviously, I’m including it here on this list…but I mean I’d never really been aware of The Associates at all. As far as I can tell. I certainly didn’t even know about the album Sulk. And look, I like synth-pop as much as the next person…provided […]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 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 93: Haircut One Hundred – “Pelican West ”
So, the band Haircut One Hundred (or Haircut 100) totally passed me by. I really don’t know them at all. I know the name, I’ve seen it mentioned, the first two songs here felt instantly familiar – probably have heard them out and about, as part of compilations, in DJ sets, etc – but I […]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 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 91: ABBA – “The Visitors”
I grew up hating ABBA without really listening to them. Truth is I loved Dancing Queen and The Winner Takes It All and Fernando – and then, a few years on, when my brother returned home from uni with a copy of ABBA Gold I was sold. But that’s mostly all I’ve ever needed. I […]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