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November 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Neneh Cherry: Broken Politics

Neneh Cherry Broken Politics Smalltown Supersound Four or five years is often thought a reasonably long time between records, but it’s very swift in the case of Neneh Cherry. She’s never rushed (five solo albums in nearly 30 years) but this follows, somewhat swiftly on the heels of the phenomenal return that was The Blank […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3D, Album Review, Broken Politics, Four Tet, Homebrew, Man, Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry, Neneh Cherry: Broken Politics, Raw Like Sushi, Rosanne Cash, Smalltown Supersound, The Blank Project, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 100: Cocteau Twins – “Treasure”

Another one here, a common theme in the early 80s material of this book, where I’ll tell you I’m a bit of a fan of the band – in this case Cocteau Twins. And yet I’ve never owned any of the original albums; haven’t even heard that many… But I do know their music. And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 100, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980s, 1984, Cocteau Twins, Cocteau Twins – “Treasure”, Eighties, Elizabeth Fraser, Massive Attack, Robin Guthrie, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 100, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 100: Cocteau Twins – “Treasure”, Treasure ·

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August 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 523

Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998) I remember seeing the video for Teardrop – and stopping in my tracks. It was a Saturday morning, it was peak-era for MTV and the whole integration of music/videos for me; you watched music TV, you took it in, it was how you found out about new stuff. I was probably […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1998, Inertia Creeps, LP, Massive Attack, Mezzanine, Music Video, Record, Teardrop, The Vinyl Countdown # 523, Tricky, Trip-Hop, Video, Vinyl ·

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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life

I recently posted this – a list of “Ten important metal albums”. And I started it off by linking to this – “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I mentioned then that I would be doing a series of these, across genres, and I repeated the opening paragraph from the hip-hop post. So now I’m going to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, Blue Lines, Daft Punk, Dance, Depeche Mode, Dorfmeister, Drukqs, Electronica, Hometown, Kid A, Kruder, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Leftfield, Leftism, Little Fluffy Clouds, Mad Professor, Massive Attack, Maxinquaye, Mezzanine, Nearly God, No Protection, Pre-Millennium Tension, Primal Scream, Protection, Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s), Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, Screamadelica, Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi, Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, The K&D Sessions, The Orb, The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Thievery Corp., Thievery Corporation, Tricky ·

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July 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tracey Thorn: Solo – Songs and Collaborations: 1982-2015

Tracey Thorn Solo: Songs and Collaborations – 1982-2015 Caroline That this doesn’t have, um, Everything FROM The Girl speaks more to the sheer amount of quality material rather than any failings of this compilation. Here Tracey Thorn’s sporadic solo career – and her guest spots and collaborations – are combined across a double disc. When […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Singer", 1982-2015, A Distant Shore, Album Review, Career Overview, Compilation, EBTG, Everything But The Girl, Hot Chip, Love And Its Opposite, Massive Attack, Robert Wyatt, Solo, Solo - Songs and Collaborations: 1982-2015, Solo: Songs and Collaborations, Songs and Collaborations, The Falling, The Style Council, The Unbending Trees, Tracey Thorn, Tracey Thorn: Solo - Songs and Collaborations: 1982-2015 ·

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February 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Massive Attack: Ritual Spirit (ep)

Massive Attack Ritual Spirit (ep) Melankolic Recordings Limited This brand new EP by Massive Attack is only four songs – but it offers so much more, it comes as part of an announcement of a bevy of new music, another EP to follow and a full-lengther straight after that. It’s a big statement – in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3D, Album Review, Azekel, EP, Leftfield, Massive Attack, Mezzanine, Ritual Spirit, Ritual Spirit (ep), Roots Manuva, Tricky, Young Fathers ·

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February 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Music Has Always Been There – A Chat with Neneh Cherry

Music is everywhere and all across the Neneh Cherry story. Music, culture, the arts. Music flows through her – and so many of her family members. Music is at the core of her marriage, her life – and so when last year’s return record, Blank Project broke something of a silence it seemed truly remarkable. […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged 7 Seconds, A Chat With Neneh Cherry, Blue Lines, Booga Bear, Cameron McVey, Don Cherry, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Interview, James Cabaret, Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi, Rip Rig + Panic, The Blank Project, The Music Has Always Been There – A Chat with Neneh Cherry, Tuesday March 3, Wellington Gig, Youssou N'Dour ·

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April 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1518

Tricky, Maxinquaye (1995) It was $50. And so I left it in the shop for a week to consider it. I figured that if it was gone when I went back it was not to be. If it was still there I’d think about it. But that’s bullshit – if it was gone I woulda […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1995, Black Steel, Feed Me, Hell Is Round The Corner, LP, Massive Attack, Maxinquaye, Nearly God, Overcome, Ponderosa, Pre-Millennium Tension, Public Enemy, Tricky, Trip-Hop, Vinyl ·

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