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August 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Midnight Oil: An Appreciation (& Expectation)
The first Midnight Oil album I owned was Diesel and Dust. The first Midnight Oil song that I was aware of was The Power and the Passion. At its best Midnight Oil certainly possessed plenty of both. Because I started with Diesel I also picked up Blue Sky Mining – I still think that the […]Archive
August 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1308
The Dance Exponents, Prayers Be Answered (1983) I have a yellow-vinyl copy of Expectations signed by Jordan Luck and I love that album – lots of good songs on it but this is the one. Very happy to finally have this record. Fuck, man, it plays through like some goddamn greatest hits collection, a best-of […]Archive
February 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1643
Hunters & Collectors, Human Frailty (1986) I actually forgot I had this album – bought no doubt because I played (ad nauseum) a version of Throw Your Arms Around Me in a covers band in the mid/late 1990s. It was the thing to do. I was never the biggest fan of Hunters & Collectors […]Archive
January 14, 2012 by Simon Sweetman