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Thu Feb 03 2022
Hotel California
Eagles
3
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Some classic songs on this album, including A Long Way from Anywhere, which I sang at school. It's disconcerting to realise I still know my part, and all the lyrics roll straight off my tongue. Fire and Rain, Suzannah, are standouts, but I feel the same mix of attraction and repulsion to some of the more saccharine numbers. Some lovely guitar work, and the inimitable JT voice - know it anywhere. Some cringey appropriations. No blues singer, really. Even so, I'd give this 4 stars.
4
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This is a work of genius. Pastiche meets pop. I’ve forgotten how brilliant the lyrics are. How dense each song is. How distinctively Elvis Costello’s voice is in each song. Puns and deft rhymes. Rhythms pushing each track forward. One of the greats.
5
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Tue Feb 08 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
It's so weird to listen to an album I would have insisted I did NOT know and find I know almost every song. And as for this singer's voice... no idea of his name, yet it's so familiar, I'd know it anywhere. I don't know what the album is about; I feel no need to know. Faint echoes of Nick Drake? It's good music. Yep. They know their way round a song.
3
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Live!
Fela Kuti
This is cool. Political black music that is unapologetic. I've heard of Fela Kuti but this was my first listen. I doubt I'd go back for more, but it was great to hear the artistry.
4
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
I could not find a single thing about this to appreciate.
1
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Mon Feb 14 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Nothing distinctive here. Pop pap.
1
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
This was totally new to me. I liked it a lot. Breathy, high, floaty, but then the odd whiff of Joan Baez.
4
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Mon Feb 21 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Brilliant as it ever was.
5
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Unforgettable. Once heard can never be unheard!
5
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Thu Dec 15 2022
C'est Chic
CHIC
Don't know this one except for the one iconic anthem.
2