The Fall - Shift-Work (1991)
I had wondered what would be an apt selection for this, the 300th review in this exercise. Then I saw the owner of the excellent Albums...
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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
Oct 25, 20231 min read
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980)
The Cure were firm favourites during the final years of university. I loved the simplicity of their music, shunning both the...
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Oct 25, 20231 min read
Beck - Sea Change (2002)
Beck seems to be one of those artists who sold quite big at the time, but for whom people haven't maintained that affection, hence the...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 16, 20232 min read
David Bowie - Low (1977)
My long overdue Bowie education continues with the first of his 1977 albums (and the first of his Berlin trilogy). My favourite trivia...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 15, 20231 min read
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974)
This CD was another recent purchase in an EBay raid (oh, the perils of alcohol and late night internet browsing), and an attempt to catch...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 14, 20231 min read
Neu! - 2 (1973)
Despite my curious and enquiring musical taste in the 1970s, Krautrock (or Kosmische Musik) completely passed me by. No one in my circle...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Joan As Police Woman - Real Life (2006)
Joan As Police Woman is a name I've heard over the past couple of years from people whose opinion I respect, so when I saw this for a...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 9, 20232 min read
King Crimson – The ConstruKction Of Light (2000)
This is the penultimate King Crimson studio album (assuming there isn't yet another resurrection), where the band is reduced to a...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
The whole Iggy / Bowie / Berlin thing completely passed me by in the 1970s and it wasn't until much later (possibly when Lust For Life...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 6, 20232 min read
The Fall – I Am Kurious Oranj (1988)
Have I mentioned that I like The Fall? One of the latest purchases is this 1988 album, originally the soundtrack to a Michael Clark...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Pharoah Sanders – Thembi (1971)
I was only vaguely aware of Pharoah Sanders, until a friend recommended the album Promises he made with Floating Point shortly before his...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 5, 20232 min read
Pere Ubu With Sarah Jane Morris – "Long Live Père Ubu!" (2009)
A recent purchase from a charity shop, I was expecting far more noise and experiment than tunes from Pere Ubu's 'rock opera', even with...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)
The outcome of this review is a foregone conclusion. I borrowed this album from Deal Library when it was released, and a friend who had...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Eels - Beautiful Freak (1996)
This is another recent purchase - I seem to be buying these quicker than I can review them. This is an album I heard and enjoyed at the...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 29, 20232 min read
The Wedding Present - George Best (1987)
After a hectic fortnight, it's back to these reviews. The Wedding Present are another band of whom I was aware at the time, but didn’t...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
Wishbone Ash were one of a number of rock bands from the 1970s, obviously popular, frequently mentioned in the music press yet neither I...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Terry Riley - A Rainbow In Curved Air (1969)
My only reference to Riley from the 1970s was reading that Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells had been influenced by this album. However, in...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005)
I've recently been listening to a lot of podcasts from Martyn Ware (Human League and Heaven 17), and he's mentioned Richard Hawley a few...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 9, 20232 min read
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds (1972)
This is an album I heard frequently during my teenage years, yet many felt it wasn't a 'proper Pink Floyd album', being a film soundtrack...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 9, 20231 min read
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)
The Tangs (as no one ever called them) were a band that in the 1970s I thought I should like, but at the time seemed too airy-fairy...
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