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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 […]

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July 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74: Chic – “C’est Chic”

I love Chic. I love Nile Rodgers. And yet I had never heard C’est Chic until just recently. I have listened to live albums and watched the recent DVDs and then way ahead of that I’ve had compilations and I regularly jam the key tracks, the big singles, the obvious stuff…but it’s weird that I’ve […]

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May 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1135

Madonna, Like A Virgin (1985) It’s funny what you wouldn’t allow yourself to buy at one stage – I kinda wanted this album on tape. But I never ever bought it – must have thought it not right to own a Madonna tape. Weird. No issue with that now. I don’t like a lot of […]

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July 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nile Rodgers: Le Freak

Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny Nile Rodgers Sphere When Nile Rodgers released his brilliant autobiography he was yet to collaborate with Daft Punk – that’s certainly brought him even more of an audience, brought even more of an audience to him. But the book tells a great tale already, […]