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March 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Aretha Franklin: The Genesis of Aretha: 1960-1966

Aretha Franklin The Genesis of Aretha: 1960-1966 Columbia There are so many Aretha compilations on the market – but this one, one of the first since her passing, is a goodie. Its well established that between 1967 and 1972 Aretha Franklin was crowned the Queen of Soul and in that five year period there are […]
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May 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Leon Bridges: Good Thing

Leon Bridges Good Thing Columbia I might be the only person that doesn’t like Leon Bridges – and I’m okay with that. When he burst on the scene and was described as Pure Vintage Soul or whatever approximate bullshit I cringed. Hard. I mean, he was no more Sam Cooke or Otis Redding than Charles […]
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July 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Manic Street Preachers: Futurology

Manic Street Preachers Futurology Columbia Wow, for all the second coming-styled reviews for this album I thought I might actually get to hear something a little bit wonderful. But Second Coming is perhaps more like it; I’d be underwhelmed if I didn’t already expect a Manic Street Preachers album to be filled with diet-pomp and […]
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September 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks

Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks Columbia Much has been made of the return of Nine Inch Nails after Trent Reznor called time on the project in 2009. He’s hardly been silent in that time, establishing himself, on the back of all those pay-what-you-want/free-download instrumental releases, as a soundtrack composer of some note and worth. There […]
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