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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980s, 1981, 81, ABBA, ABBA “The Visitors”, ABBA Gold, Dancing Queen, Eighties, Fernando, Gold, Mama Mia, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 91, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 91: – ABBA “The Visitors”, The Visitors, The Winner Takes It All ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 89/93: An Anthology, American Recordings, Buckle Up, Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road, Country, Country Music, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Essence, Gold, Hank Williams, Heartbreaker, Johnny Cash, Little Sparrow, Lucinda Williams, Modern Sounds In Country And Western, Patsy Cline, Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits, Ray Charles, Ryan Adams, Teatro, Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening, The Ultimate Collection, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Willie Nelson, Wrecking Ball ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Gold, Heartbreaker, Jason Isbell, Rock'n'Roll, Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams (the album), Self-Titled, Whiskeytown ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, CCR, Creedence, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Gold, Doug Clifford, Gold, John Fogerty, LP, Stu Cook, Susie Q, Tom Fogerty, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2001, Gold, Nobody Girl, Ryan Adams, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alt-Country, Brett Stanton, Dunedin, Featherbones, Gold, Kiwi, Matt Langley, Riki Gooch, Ryan Adams, Virginia Avenue ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Demolition, Gold, Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams, You Will Always Be The Same ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Awful Poetry, Come Pick Me Up, Gold, Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams, The Listener, Vinyl, Whiskeytown ·

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