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November 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 363
Carly Simon, Spy (1979) This is just my experience of course but I feel like Carly Simon is an artist brutally underrepresented by her Greatest Hits, particularly Her Greatest Hit. And look, I still like that song and all, but I just sat with a budget Greatest Hits comp on CD for years and didn’t […]Archive
October 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 364
Randy Newman, Dark Matter (2017) My favourite album of 2017 – and my most-played album of 2017 too – was this. No surprise, anyone reading will know I’m a huge Randy Newman fan. Have been since I first heard about him, saw him interviewed; was a fan before I even heard his music – turns […]Archive
October 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 365
Phil Judd, Rendezvous [Single] (1983) They say “never meet your heroes” – I don’t agree. I’ve been lucky to meet a few; to interview some, sit on a panel with others, even had one stay at my house once…amazing. All good things. But perhaps don’t ask your heroes about your favourite things you think they’ve […]Archive
October 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 367
Reb Fountain, Hopeful // Hopeless (ep) (2017) Just last week I met Reb Fountain – we had a chat for my podcast – and you’ll get to hear that in good time if you check back in. I also got Reb to sign my copy of this album, one of two she released last year […]Archive
October 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 368
Electric Light Orchestra, Out of the Blue (1977) Jeff Lynne has never been cool/Jeff Lynne has always been cool. Jeff Lynne might live until he’s about 189 I think. He lives for making music. And he is wonderful at it. Here, with his band/under the band name Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) he made a double […]Archive
October 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 369
Tina Turner, Private Dancer (1984) Of all the giant pop stars of the 1980s the most remarkable – in terms of actual “comeback” – was surely Tina Turner. Her life-story would later be told in a book and a film – and across the 1990s she rode on the goodwill (and good music) she had […]Archive
September 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 135 – Rhian Sheehan Divides The Quiet
Welcome to episode 135 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Rhian Sheehan and I go back way further even than episode two of this podcast – which was recorded over three years ago now. In that conversation, if you missed it at the time, we chart his first few […]Archive
September 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 370
Burt Bacharach, Make It Easy On Yourself (1969) Many things have drawn me to the music of Burt Bacharach – that line in the Monty Python film where his music is used as the very embodiment of naff and out of touch; the 90s/00s re-appreciation of his music; the fact that Hal David seems largely […]Archive
September 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 371
Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run (1975) Maybe this is the very best – and the very worst of Bruce Springsteen all in one. I mean, we open with Thunder Road which is his none-more-perfect song; a song So-Springsteen that any of the other “next Bob Dylans” have framed their copies of the lyric sheet with […]Archive
September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 372
Schnell Fenster, Ok Alright A Huh Oh Yeah [Single] (1990) I loved Schnell Fenster. I love Schnell Fenster still. But discovering them, finding out all about this band – not just Phil Judd but other ex-Split Enz members too – it was just a whole new world, my mind was blown. I was about 10 […]Archive
September 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman