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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Day 303 – 25 October 2012
Artist: The Pretenders Album: Pretenders Released: December 1979 UK Chart: 1 Wikipedia Another favourite album, although I didn’t really get into it at the time, it being a little too commercially successful in 1980 to be afforded a great deal … Continue reading
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Day 302 – 24 October 2012
Artist: John Foxx Album: Metamatic Released: January 1980 UK Chart: 18 Wikipedia Everybody sing now… bmm tsz, bmm tsz ne noo na ne na noo noo ne noo na ne na noo noo ne noo na ne na noo noo … Continue reading
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Day 301 – 23 October 2012
Artist: The Psychedelic Furs Album: Midnight to Midnight Released: February 1987 UK Chart: 12 Wikipedia Having a hit US single kind of ruined The Furs, and this album – the first one after Pretty in Pink was featured in the … Continue reading
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Day 300 – 22 October 2012
Artist: REM Album: Out of Time Released: March 1991 UK Chart: 1 Wikipedia Why would you want to get Kate Pierson to appear on your album? I never knew if it was her voice or that of the other woman … Continue reading
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Day 298 – 20 October 2012
Artist: Simon & Garfunkel Album: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Released: October 1964 UK Chart: 24 Wikipedia I saw Paul Simon at Glastonbury 2011 – middle of the Sunday afternoon, just about the time I start worrying about getting home and … Continue reading
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Day 297 – 19 October 2012
Artist: Tame Impala Album: Lonerism Released: October 2012 UK Chart: 14 Wikipedia I keep hearing mention of this band, and thought I’d give the album a go, only realising after I’d listened to it that it’s only been released a … Continue reading
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Day 296 – 18 October 2012
Artist: The Jam Album: The Gift Released: March 1982 UK Chart: 1 Wikipedia
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Day 295 – 17 October 2012
Artist: Graham Coxon Album: Happiness in Magazines Released: May 2004 UK Chart: 19 Wikipedia Like Blur, but without the annoyance of Damon Albarn’s sibilating whistle. He’s just like a smart-arsed grandad who’s not smart-arsed enough to realise that the NHS … Continue reading
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Day 294 – 16 October 2012
Artist: The Stranglers Album: The Raven Released: September 1979 UK Chart: 4 Wikipedia “…when I was a viking, my friend he was the raven” It’s taken until day 294 to get to the best album ever made, but for the … Continue reading
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Day 293 – 15 October 2012
Artist: Elvis Presley Album: Elvis Presley Released: March 1956 UK Chart: 1 Wikipedia Spotify providing this one as well, as driving today. Caused me to look up the provenence of Tutti Frutti, never having realised that Elvis had covered it.
Posted in 1950s, Rock and roll, rockabilly
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Day 292 – 14 October 2012
Artist: Van Morrison Album: Astral Weeks Released: November 1968 UK Chart: 140 Wikipedia This album is on so many “best albums ever” or “albums you must listen to before you die” lists, that it had to come up here eventually. … Continue reading
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Day 291 – 13 October 2012
Artist: Magazine Album: The Correct Use of Soap Released: May 1980 UK Chart: 28 Wikipedia In contrast to yesterday, this is exactly the type of album the I would onto other people in the late seventies and early eighties. And … Continue reading
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Day 289 – 11 October 2012
Artist: Prefab Sprout Album: Steve McQueen Released: June 1985 UK Chart: 21 Wikipedia One of the few bands where “sounds very eighties” is a compliment. Maybe Prefab Sprout defined the eighties sound rather than vice versa.
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Day 288 – 10 October 2012
Artist: Bombay Bicycle Club Album: A Different Kind of Fix Released: August 2012 UK Chart: 6 Wikipedia Hmmm, I really want to like this, but I got a bit bored by the end. Maybe next time round.
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Day 287 – 9 October 2012
Artist: Teenage Fanclub Album: Bandwagonesque Released: November 1991 UK Chart: 22 Wikipedia My first Teenage Fanclub album was Grand Prix, which is a great, and I’ve slowly worked my way back through their catalogue, failing to really get into any of … Continue reading
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Day 286 – 8 October 2012
Artist: The Rezillos Album: Can’t Stand the Rezillos Released: July 1978 UK Chart: 16 Wikipedia This is what you need to wake you up on a Monday morning drive into work! Tremendous. Like a scottish B52s, but way better, not … Continue reading
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Day 285 – 7 October 2012
Artist: John Coltrane Album: A Love Supreme Released: February 1965 UK Chart: — Wikipedia Just chosen at random from Spotify for a relaxing Sunday evening. Actually… just wanted something short that I could listen to on headphones while reading twitter … Continue reading
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Day 284 – 6 October 2012
Artist: Rod Stewart Album: Every Picture Tells a Story Released: January 1971 UK Chart: 1 Wikipedia A comprehensive package of early Roderick albums arrived this morning, and this was the first one to make it into the album of the … Continue reading
Posted in 1970s, folk rock, R&B, Rock and roll
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Day 282 – 5 October 2012
Artist: Hugh Cornwell Album: Totem and Taboo Released: September 2012 UK Chart: — Wikipedia It’s new album day today, this having just arrived in the post as part of the October CD delivery. Still a strong connection to the late … Continue reading
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Day 281 – 4 October 2012
Artist: The Ruts Album: The Crack Released: September 1979 UK Chart: 16 Wikipedia It seems to have been a bit of a late-70s fest this week, which has not been a conscious decision. Of the bands still probably classified truly … Continue reading
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Day 281 – 3 October 2012
Artist: Elvis Costello and the Attractions Album: Get Happy Released: February 1980 UK Chart: 2 Wikipedia Twenty tracks?!? Even with a couple of duffers in there it’s still terrific value for money. At school, I played bass in a succession … Continue reading
Day 280 – 2 October 2012
Artist: Blondie Album: Blondie Released: December 1976 UK Chart: 75 Wikipedia I have a terrible admission – until elatively recently I didn’t even know that Blondie had an album out before Plastic Letters in 1978, but this album predates it … Continue reading
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Day 279 – 1 October 2012
Artist: Penetration Album: Moving Targets Released: October 1978 UK Chart: 22 Wikipedia I will always have a bit of a soft-spot for this band, despite their rubbish name. My first gig was Penetration at The Rock Garden in Middlesbrough. I … Continue reading
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