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November 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 39 – Stevie Wonder, “Characters”

Stevie Wonder, Characters, 1987 Stevie Wonder is, as we all know I’d hope, A MUSICAL GENIUS! But this is where he absolutely runs out of juice I think. As rum as his 1980s was overall this is the nadir. This is the album where he sounds bored and desperate to be relevant – the curse […]

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January 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 764

Stevie Wonder, Characters (1987) Recently I put on a Stevie Wonder DJ set – all Stevie Wonder songs, something I had wanted to do for a while; I knew it could work. And it did – it sounded good – really good (here’s the playlist based on that afternoon/evening’s run of great, great tunes). I […]

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December 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 785

Peter Sellers, The Best of Sellers (1958) I love a good 10-inch (ooh, er!) and yes, yes, Peter Sellers was a genius. I love these old comedy records where it’s about sketch comedy – and a range, musical interludes, full songs, parodies, speeches, impersonations, big character pieces. There weren’t many around that did that better […]