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September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 9 – BBM, “Around The Next Dream”
BBM, Around The Next Dream, 1994 The short-lived “supergroup” BBM was basically the Cream reunion that Eric Clapton wasn’t interested in, so they subbed in Gary Moore. There had been a Cream get-together ahead of this and then a documented one a decade after – but this was, briefly, an exciting thing. Particularly because it […]Archive
February 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Bashing Out: My Top 10 ‘Drum’ Albums
I was hooked on Modern Drummer magazine as a teen. And I always liked reading the record reviews at the back of the Modern Drummer, they focused on drums and ‘drum’ albums or at least highlighted the drums and drumming on pop and rock records when they reviewed them. They might write-up a pop album because of […]Archive
February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary – Life In 12 Bars
To celebrate the New Zealand theatrical release of Life In 12 Bars the new feature-length Eric Clapton documentary Madman NZ has given me five double passes for fans. The film will be screening in New Zealand from February 15-28 at selected theatres. To be in to win it is this simple: Write a comment below […]Archive
November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Clapton WAS God: The Last 30 Years…Turgid
In a word. Well, lifeless. Or lazy. Uninspired. Dull. Meaningless. Take your pick I guess. I was an Eric Clapton fan. Was. He was the first international big-name act I saw and it was amazing. On a good day I’m still happy with most of that first decade of work he did – I have a soft spot […]Archive
April 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Metal on Metal – That’s What I Crave: Ten ‘Gateway Drug’ Metal Albums In My Life
Recently I posted this – about “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I’m going to repeat the opening paragraph from that post: We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” […]Archive
March 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 726
Eric Clapton, Slowhand (1977) One of very few solo albums by Eric Clapton where he actually pulls finger and gives it a go, a proper go…and yet, it has not aged well. I had this album in the late 1980s/early 1990s, when I was one of the biggest EC fans on the planet…into him for […]Archive
June 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Eric Clapton: Forever Man
Eric Clapton Forever Man Reprise There are – of course – far too many Eric Clapton compilations on the market, more than he probably knows (or cares) about. But this one is particularly vile, a 3CD set to showcase his Reprise Records years, a 30 year holding pattern up to and including 2013’s dismal, fusty […]Archive
December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Jack Bruce: Silver Rails
Jack Bruce Silver Rails Esoteric Antenna It was the sad news of Jack Bruce’s passing that pushed me toward what is now his final studio album, 2014’s Silver Rails. I wasn’t too worried about hearing it, but I’m glad – bittersweet/silver-lining – that I did. For it’s a solid effort. Okay, it’s not a career […]Archive
July 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1076
Cream, Disraeli Gears (1967) Weird – but this was my favourite album for a long time, or one of, before I’d even heard it. How does that work? Fucked if I know – but here goes, I’ll try take you back to how that played out…You see, I loved Cream (still do, some days at […]Archive
July 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Ginger Baker: Why?
Ginger Baker Why? Motema Music If you’ve seen the 2012 documentary film Beware of Mr. Baker (and if you haven’t – you really should) you’ll be somewhat excited and nervous at the thought of new music from Mr. Baker. Actually, Why? – you could easilyt be convinced the title is his hi-hat’s only response to […]Archive
December 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman