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May 10, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 53 – Iggy Pop, “Brick By Brick”

Iggy Pop, Brick By Brick, 1990 When I was 15 I loved this. And I loved it because of the music on it, sure. But I loved it, first of all, because I had found the poster in a music store, given it from the counter-staff to hang on my wall. I thought it was […]
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January 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 52 – Various, “Arthur The Album”

Various, Arthur – The Album, 1981 I was chatting with a friend recently. He hit play on Placebo and immediately said, “objectively there’s no real reason to like them – but I do”. We talked about Security Blanket Music. The idea that something is a comfort just because it’s there, because it’s known. This of […]
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August 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Loving Crap Albums: The First 50 in the Series

I am always looking for a new blog series here over at Off The Tracks. I’ve counted down my record collection, I’ve celebrated Authors I Admire and The Movies of My Life and many other things – great guitarists and the best drummers and many of these series’ carry on – though some have to […]
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August 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 50 – Santana, “Spirits Dancing In The Flesh”

Santana, Spirits Dancing In The Flesh, 1990 It’s quite possible that in 1990 there wasn’t a bigger Santana fan on the planet than me! I wrote the band’s name on my pencil case, and on my army surplus canvas bag. You were supposed to write things like MC Hammer and New Kids On The Block […]
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July 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 49 – “Poetic Justice”: Music From The Motion Picture

V/A, Poetic Justice [OST] 1993 I’ll let you in on what used to be a secret. A one-time guilty pleasure of mine was the film Poetic Justice. A film about poetry. As a teenager I was there for this. Waiting for it. I loved this movie – it’s not great, but it is charming. And […]
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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 […]
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May 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 47 – Elvis Presley “Elvis’ Greatest Shit”

Elvis Presley, Elvis’ Greatest Shit, 1982 Elvis Presley. The King. It was actually a 1987 compilation of hits (and some weird choices too) that was my proper introduction to Elvis – so I’ve got a bit of a thing for the slightly weirder collections and the oddball albums. I love the hits. The classic concert […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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February 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 42 – John Martyn, “Heaven and Earth”

John Martyn, Heaven and Earth, 2011 Allow me to enter this one into the sub-genre of Good Crap Albums known as The Heartbreakingly Crap Albums; allow me first to perhaps invent said sub-genre, to name it at least. We all know and have an album or two like this right? We know deep down it’s […]
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