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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening
I started this thing a while ago where I decided I was going to name ten albums important to me (and important for me) in a particular musical genre. I started with hip-hop (see here). And then I decided to do my list of seminal and sentimental metal albums (see here). And most recently it […]Archive
September 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Ryan Adams: Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams Ryan Adams Blue Note/Universal Remember on Gold – the album that really announced Ryan Adams to the world (if you think about the inclusion of songs from that on movie soundtracks, if you think that people were still just catching up with Heartbreaker and/or Whiskeytown, often after hearing Gold) – he had this […]Archive
February 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1182
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Gold (1972) This was a nice score, just recently. The original version with the coloured profile flaps, you lift back each silhouette to reveal a photograph of that particular band member. I don’t truly need this as I have all of the Creedence Clearwater Revival albums – CD and vinyl. (And […]Archive
July 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1328
Ryan Adams, Gold (2001) This is my favourite album by Ryan Adams. I went off it. Big time. Then got right back into it. I guess I can only play it now and then – but I decided to buy the LP (just recently) because we were doing some cooking and it was the right […]Archive
May 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Matt Langley: Virginia Avenue
Matt Langley Virginia Avenue Rhythmethod Where I was a huge fan of Featherbones, Matt Langley’s previous LP, a debut that seemed to creep up, slowly opening the door and checking out the scene before introducing itself, new album Virginia Avenue is just too pleased with itself. The door bursts open and opener Told You So […]Archive
February 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1412
Ryan Adams, Demolition (2002) It’s amazing what time will do – I had this album, vinyl, sealed, from the time it was released. And at that time I a) didn’t have a turntable and b) figured I might start a time-capsule type-thing. The idea was to once or twice a year get an album from […]Archive
November 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman