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June 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48 – Boris Gardiner, “Everything To Me”
Boris Gardiner, Everything To Me, 1986 Nostalgia works in funny ways – it pulls you in at the weirdest times. I knew Boris Gardiner by fluke. One day in the library I saw a CD called Every Nigger Is A Star. It is the soundtrack to a film I haven’t seen. I took the CD […]Archive
May 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 46 – Lou Reed “Metal Machine Music”
Lou Reed, Metal Machine Music, 1975 It’s probably cool now – in fact I know that it’s regarded as pioneering, it’s also been performed (in tribute) by large ensembles. There’s an official orchestra version. But that was never Lou Reed’s plan. And the album Metal Machine Music still exists as shorthand for Belligerent Artist Does […]Archive
April 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 45 – Yes, “Big Generator”
Yes, Big Generator, 1987 This one’s pretty funny. I bought this because I quite liked that 80s hit, Owner Of A Lonely Heart. Then, much later, I found out that was the band Yes. I’m not sure if I ever really liked the band Yes, but I did know their early prog records – the, […]Archive
March 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 44 – Sophie B. Hawkins, “Tongues and Tails”
Sophie B. Hawkins, Tongues and Tails, 1992 Sometimes one song used to be enough. It used to be enough to make you want to buy in to the parent-album and it used to be enough to nearly carry that record; to keep you invested so you did the time until you came away with something […]Archive
February 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 43 – Candy Dulfer, “Saxuality”
Candy Dulfer, Saxuality, 1990 Around 1990 Candy Dulfer was having a moment. She had been doing session work with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and it had resulted in a charming wee instrumental called Lily Was Here – for a film of the same name. The song, barely a song – just a floaty little […]Archive
January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”
Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues, 1990 There was a time when I loved Gary Moore – and it was mostly because of this album. I mean I was excited about his pedigree (Thin Lizzy) and his hard-rock background. I was a kid. And rock guitar was my jam. And 1990 was the year that […]Archive
November 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 40 – Frank Zappa, “Jazz From Hell”
Frank Zappa, Jazz From Hell, 1986 Almost a trick question really – looking for the crap Frank Zappa albums that are good. His music lives in the vacuum of its cult endorsements. Ask the wives and girlfriends. Ask the bemused best friends of certain music nerds. Ask yourself. Is there an enjoyably Frank Zappa album? […]Archive
November 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 39 – Stevie Wonder, “Characters”
Stevie Wonder, Characters, 1987 Stevie Wonder is, as we all know I’d hope, A MUSICAL GENIUS! But this is where he absolutely runs out of juice I think. As rum as his 1980s was overall this is the nadir. This is the album where he sounds bored and desperate to be relevant – the curse […]Archive
October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38 – Keith Jarrett, “Restoration Ruin”
Keith Jarrett, Restoration Ruin, 1968 Somewhere in my quest to collect a whole heap of things by Keith Jarrett (not everything – because how could you?) I found out about this album. The Oddity In His Catalogue. Recorded and released in 1968 it is his second album. It is unlike anything else he’s made. Jarrett […]Archive
September 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36 – Jim Morrison, “An American Prayer”
Jim Morrison, An American Prayer, 1978 I’ll always maintain that in terms of poetry, Jim Morrison had a spectacular voice. Maybe not anything special as actual poetic voice – but his spoken-world delivery was superb. He was just mad enough and insecure enough to want to try to believe everything he said. But quite apart […]Archive
August 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman