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February 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 752

Simple Minds, Alive & Kicking [Single] (1985) I’d start off by saying I’m not a massive Simple Minds fan…except I kinda am…I barely ever let a DJ set slide by without playing something by this band. I grew up with their hits – loved them, still love them and about a decade or so ago […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, 7, A-side, Alive & Kicking, Alive & Kicking (Instrumental), B-side, EP, Instrumental-Version B-Side, Jim Kerr, LP, Simple Minds, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 752, Vinyl ·

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November 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Chrissie Hynde: Reckless – My Life As A Pretender

Reckless: My Life as a Pretender Chrissie Hynde Ebury Press I like The Pretenders – good bunch of singles, most of the really good ones still sound close to great too. But I’ve never been a massive fan. I don’t much like Chrissie Hynde. She seems needlessly angry, jumped up and fronting. And spare me […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Chrissie Hynde, Jim Kerr, Memoir, Music, Ray Davies, Reckless, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender, Simple Minds, The Kinks, The Pretenders, Vegetarianism ·

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February 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Simple Minds: Big Music

Simple Minds Big Music Caroline Anyone rushing to call this the best Simple Minds album in 20 or even 30 years is forgetting Black & White 050505 but Big Music is the best since then, the best in a decade; a continuation of fine form shown across the last decade and a half. It’s also […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Big Music, Black & White 050505, Jim Kerr, Manic Street Preachers, Simple Minds, The Waterboys, U2 ·

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