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September 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 91: ABBA – “The Visitors”

I grew up hating ABBA without really listening to them. Truth is I loved Dancing Queen and The Winner Takes It All and Fernando – and then, a few years on, when my brother returned home from uni with a copy of ABBA Gold I was sold. But that’s mostly all I’ve ever needed. I […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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November 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1737

Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (2000) Got around to buying this LP a couple of years ago. The CD ran its course – and it’s nice to have this back in the collection. It’s one of only a (small) few Ryan Adams albums I care about. He has his Kool Aid-drinking defenders that talk up so many […]