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August 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Ezra Furman: Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3)

Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3) Ezra Furman Bloomsbury Academic The death of the album – so greatly exaggerated. And the 33 1/3 series of books in tribute to classic albums (old and new) continues to trot out the titles. Here, musician Ezra Furman looks at Lou Reed’s Transformer album in this volume of the same […]
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December 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Don’t Give Up…

The original plan Peter Gabriel had for his song Don’t Give Up was for it to be a duet between him and Dolly Parton. He wrote it with Dolly in mind. She gave up before she began; she had no interest in recording the song with him. Gabriel heard it, in part, as a country song. You hear the song […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, Classic Album, Dolly Parton, Don't Give Up, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor, So, Song, Willie Nelson ·

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April 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Patti Smith (April 16, Melbourne)

Patti Smith and her Band perform ‘Horses’ Hamer Hall, Melbourne; Vic. Sunday, April 16 It was billed as Patti Smith’s last tour of Australia and it was also a run-through of the classic album, Horses. So expectations were high. It was palpable, the theatre filling up in the half-hour ahead of show-time, a reverence, and […]
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March 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Revisitation Writes: Prince’s Controversy

One of the first albums I heard by Prince was Controversy; his fourth record. It was released in 1981. He was still on his way to being a giant pop star, the year after Controversy he’d release the 1999 album and the really big hits would start to come. But Controversy built on 1980’s excellent […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1981, Classic Album, Controversy, Prince, Prince’s Controversy, Revisitation Writes, Revisitation Writes: Prince’s Controversy, Revisiting ·

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November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Steely Dan’s Aja: Their Classic

Aja is the one for me – and I was reminded of that just recently, not (just) by listening to it, but by re-reading a very short book about the record, Steely Dan’s sixth. I’m a big fan of Steely Dan’s music – I own all of the albums, I really liked bits of 2003’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1977, Aja, Black Cow, Classic Album, Deacon Blues, Donald Fagen, Everything Must Go, Gaucho, Home At Last, I Got The News, Josie, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Steely Dan's Aja, Steely Dan's Aja: Their Classic, Their Classic, Two Against Nature, Walter Becker ·

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October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Retro Record Reviews by Toby W. McWilliams: # 2 – Supertramp, Breakfast in America

Supertramp’s Breakfast in America Reviewing the classic album today By Toby West McWilliams Released in 1979, Breakfast in America was the sixth album for British prog-pop-rock group Supertramp, and by many accounts their best. It represented the band at their finest and, regrettably, the magic was never quite recaptured on any of Supertramp’s subsequent releases. […]
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October 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Retro Record Reviews by Toby W. McWilliams: # 1 – ELO, Time

Time After Time Reviewing an ELO classic, 35 years on By Toby W. McWilliams In July 1981, the Electric Light Orchestra released the retro-futurist rock ‘n’ roll synth-pop opera Time. Although it never surpassed other LPs like Out of the Blue or A New World Record in overall sales, it is still considered by many […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1981, Classic Album, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Guest Blog, Guest Blogging: Retro Record Reviews by Toby W. McWilliams, Guest Post, Jeff Lynne, Retro Record Reviews, Retro Record Reviews # 1, Retro Record Reviews by Toby W. McWilliams: # 1 - ELO, Time, Toby W. McWilliams ·

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September 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rebecca Wallwork: New Kids On The Block’s Hangin’ Tough (33 1/3)

New Kids On The Block’s Hangin’ Tough (33 1/3) Rebecca Wallwork Bloomsbury Academic Rebecca Wallwork is – unashamedly – a fan of the New Kids. She loves the Hangin’ Tough album which is why she has written this Hangin’ Tough book (snobs attracted to the 33 1/3 series will be a bit put out by […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980s, 33 1/3, Bloomsbury Academic, Book, Book Review, Classic Album, Hangin' Tough, New Kids On The Block, NKOTB, Nostalgia, Rebecca Wallwork, Rebecca Wallwork: New Kids On The Block's Hangin' Tough (33 1/3) ·

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January 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tara Murtha: Bobbie Gentry’s Ode To Billie Joe (33 1/3)

Bobbie Gentry’s Ode To Billie Joe (33 1/3) Tara Murtha Bloomsbury Academic Here journalist Tara Murtha goes into full detective-mode as she tells the story not only of the wonderful Ode To Bille Joe record but in her entry to the 33 1/3 series it is as much about the “disappearance” of Bobby Gentry, the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 33 1/3, Album, Author, Bio, Bobbie Gentry, Bobby Gentry, Book Review, Classic Album, Music Book, Ode To Billie Joe, Tara Murtha, Tara Murtha: Bobbie Gentry's Ode To Billie Joe (33 1/3), Tara Murtha: Bobby Gentry's Ode To Billie Joe (33 1/3) ·

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October 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #148 – Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity, Sydney, 2013

It can’t be often you get to see two of the best gigs you could ever see in one night – well it happened to me once. Same band too – Kraftwerk playing their classic albums through one by one. Eight albums across four nights, two shows a night and I got to hear the […]
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August 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Gabriel: Back To Front – Live In London

Peter Gabriel Back To Front: Live In London Shock Trust Peter Gabriel – fresh from interpreting his own back-catalogue in new orchestral settings and covering favourite pop tunes, as well as commissioning covers of his songs from sound-alikes and young indie figures clearly under his influence – to do the perform a classic album live […]
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