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June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer

A few years back I reviewed a Kindle Single, a keen drummer’s list of his Top 30 Drummers. Keen drummers don’t always make the best writers and this book – well it’s a sliver of a book (as is the point of Kindle Singles – seems wrong in this instance to bestow a title like essay) – […]
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February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 20 – Rush, “Roll The Bones”

Rush, Roll The Bones, 1991 You have to believe me that I was going to write about this album anyway. Then Neil Peart died (R.I.P.) and so I held off a few weeks because I didn’t want to look like I was timing a post for clicks. Also I fucking hate Rush – always have, […]
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April 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 321 

Eric Clapton, Music From The Motion Picture Rush (1992) I was/am a big fan of the film – underrated, lesser discovered, great actors, and I love the score by Eric Clapton. It arrived at  the time when I was at the end of my run as being almost the biggest Clapton fan on the planet. As a kid and young teen I was obsessed with […]
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October 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Greta Van Fleet: Anthem Of The Peaceful Army

Greta Van Fleet Anthem of the Peaceful Army Republic Records I’ll acknowledge it right at the top, Pitchfork did a number on this band – they nailed it; got it right in a way the website hasn’t managed in years – and to not acknowledge this and go on to write about this band now […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Almost Famous, Anthem Of The Peaceful Army, Battle of The Bands, Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Pitchfork, Republic Records, Rush, Stillwater, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 399

Madvillian, Madvillainy (2004) So this guy buzzes me the other day, says “What do you make of this record, any good?” And I tell him that Madvillain – the pairing of MF DOOM and Madlib – was golden as far as I was concerned; like a really big deal for me. It arrived when I […]
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May 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 61: Rush – “2112”

Whenever I start to think of the wrong-turns in my life, the bad decisions, the time wasted, I snap out of it with one satisfying thought: At least I’m not a Rush fan. You see, it can always be worse… And it was, maybe, a close call, by all rights I should be a Rush […]
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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 54: Bad Company – “Bad Company”

Just. Couldn’t. Give. A. Fuck. About Bad Company. Never cared. Still don’t. Listened to this – because it’s a challenge. And feel the same way about them (still) as I do bands like Cheap Trick, Rush, Heart and Grand Funk Railroad. (Not comparing any of them as soundalikes of each other). Just bizarre to think […]
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February 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Aerosmith: Awful!

Here’s something you won’t read all that often – but it’s (still) the truth: Aerosmith is really a pretty awful band. Oh, I had Rocks on cassette tape when I was a kid and just learning up on all this stuff. And Pump (the real comeback record for them; they crossed over to the younger […]
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January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Zombi: Shape Shift

Zombi Shape Shift Relapse Drummer A.E. Paterra and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore are back as Zombi – and back for the first time in nearly a decade making music in the same room together. Here, with their latest album we’re reminded of their film-score fixation (Mission Creep feels like something by John Carpenter as interpreted by […]
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