Posts Tagged Self-Titled
Archive
June 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 103
Blind Faith, Blind Faith (1969) When I first heard the Blind Faith album it was a revelation! I mean, this was back when you read about things and had to wait, had to imagine them first. Couldn’t just click and find out, trial and move on. I was a huge Eric Clapton fan when I […]Archive
June 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 109
Curtis Mayfield, Curtis (1970) I guess my introduction to Curtis Mayfield was The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique (samples) and then after that it was this incredible boxset which sent me through the catalogue and I had most of the key titles on CD and I’m trying to find them all now on vinyl and they’re […]Archive
June 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 111
Daryl Hall & John Oates, Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) One song! Sara Smile. It’s the one that really made Hall & Oates – got them going properly; created enough interest for them to re-release a couple of earlier songs and then they were away. Next thing they’re on their way to being the […]Archive
April 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 130
Amazulu, Amazulu (1986) Just the other day I was remembering Aswad – I pair them with Amazulu. Both British bands fusing a type of light reggae with pop, both big in the mid-80s, both beginning with ‘A’ – a lot of surface comparisons I guess. I pair them simply because I discovered them around the […]Archive
April 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shelby Lynne: Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne Everso Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers Shelby Lynne is a class act – one of the finest voices of the last 30 years, a great writer, also a producer and multi-instrumentalist, but that seems to be buried somewhat in the bio – never mind, it’s well on display here […]Archive
March 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 144
Commodores, Greatest Hits (1978) Very recently I bought a cheap copy of the self-titled Commodores album; the band’s fifth record. It’s good – I love the Commodores and it’s got some of their biggest hits on it. Well, actually, the copy I received has HEAPS of their hits…buried inside it was a second LP – […]Archive
March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 154
Commodores, Commodores (1977) Not their debut, in fact it arrives right smack bang in the middle of their meteoric chart run as commercial radio funk kings of the 1970s. Oh how I love the Commodores – and this, their fifth studio album has some of their mega-hits (Brick House), best ballads (Easy) and maybe their […]Archive
February 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Nick Waterhouse: Nick Waterhouse
Nick Waterhouse Nick Waterhouse Innovative Leisure On this, his fourth album – Nick Waterhouse’s musical world sounds as good as it ever has; this feels like a culmination. He’s got a similar retro and soul and jazz-blues vibe to Amy Winehouse but with more rock in there – stinging guitar lines and hints to classic […]Archive
February 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 165
Beck, Bogert & Appice, Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) I was pleased to find this just recently – I did once own it on CD but didn’t play it a lot; I’d got what I needed from it and from the band via the Beckology box-set which was such a great thrill of an education. […]Archive
February 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 176
Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel [Security] (1982) Peter Gabriel – huge fan! I wonder sometimes how you couldn’t be a huge fan of his work. It’s almost perfect, and yet still almost always peculiar. That’s what I want. Weird. And Wonderful. Equal measures. I believe he has achieved that feat – and then made great commercial […]Archive
September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman