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October 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 241
The Album Leaf, In A Safe Place (2004) I had an arthroscopy on my left ankle. Bone spurs removed. And the greatest thing about my convalescence was this album arriving to review for a magazine. I remember it vividly. I received a box of Sub-Pop stuff including comedy records, pop and indie – it was […]Archive
June 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 285
The Roots, The Tipping Point (2004) A mate told me he had a copy of this on vinyl – he liked it, but didn’t think he’d be playing it all that often and did I want to take it off his hands? I did! I really did. And yet in this way of the world we […]Archive
April 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 145: Liars – “They Were Wrong, So We Drowned”
I do remember Liars though not much about them – and doubt I ever heard any of their albums – certainly not this – their second. Look, maybe it’s good, but I feel very much the anti-climax as this is the end of the challenge for me, the final thing in the book – the final album on the list […]Archive
April 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 144: Cee-Lo Green – “Cee-Lo Green…Is The Soul Machine”
Cee-Lo Green…he’s a bit like the Elton John or Sting or Eric Clapton of his day really, in that people now might struggle to believe how potent, how good he once was. Since everything happens a lot quicker now this happened a lot quicker to Cee-Lo. There he was in Goodie Mob killing it and then across his first couple of solo albums […]Archive
June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 399
Madvillian, Madvillainy (2004) So this guy buzzes me the other day, says “What do you make of this record, any good?” And I tell him that Madvillain – the pairing of MF DOOM and Madlib – was golden as far as I was concerned; like a really big deal for me. It arrived when I […]Archive
December 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 597
Tortoise, It’s All Around You (2004) This has long been one of my favourite Tortoise albums, but when I got to the merch desk at their recent gig it was also the only one left. What I’m saying is I would have bought it no matter what. Good thing I love it. Didn’t own any […]Archive
March 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 737
Prince, Musicology (2004) I had almost forgotten I owned this record – I was in a music store in Auckland the day after seeing Prince and another customer (I didn’t know him) struck up a conversation with me, we were both checking out soundtrack albums and hip-hop stuff and he asked me if I had […]Archive
October 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 812
V/A, Sock It To ‘Em Soul – 60s Club Classics (2004) There’s two LPs in this set, 30 tracks in total and it’s a collection of sixties soul music – pretty wonderful stuff really, Joe Tex and Don Covay and Eddie Floyd and The Drifters and Rex Garvin and Solomon Burke and The Bar-Kays and […]Archive
September 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 822
V/A, Funky Funky New Orleans Volume 4 (2004) A fantastic series this – I remember the CDs, the first couple anyway…and then I saw this record and had to check it out. That cover – daunting, jarring. Everyone says so. I’ve checked out a couple of reviews online that mention it. I took it over […]Archive
May 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1124
Amp Fiddler, Waltz of a Ghetto Fly (2004) I did a couple of stints in music retail, back when there was such a thing. Chain stores. Serving up the “bargain” $10 CDs of old Journey and ELO albums, saying, with a mostly straight face, “yeah, I hear it’s pretty good actually” when people were all […]Archive
January 2, 2012 by Simon Sweetman