David Bowie - "Heroes" (1977)
A break from the tyranny of the alphabet for a bit, and a look at more recent purchases. This is an album I've intended to pick up at...
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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
Jul 13, 20232 min read
The Imagined Village - The Imagined Village (2007)
The Imagined Village is a folk music project founded by Simon Emmerson of Afro Celt Sound System, with a cavalcade of stars, including...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 12, 20231 min read
Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs And Stories (1987)
I came to Hüsker Dü via Bob Mould's solo work, first hearing his debut album Workbook a couple of years after release. Since then, I've...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 11, 20231 min read
John Lee Hooker - The Best Of (1991)
Picked up for the exchange of coins rather than notes, on the basis that I ought to hear John Lee Hooker, I have little idea if this 1991...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 10, 20232 min read
Hugh Hopper - Hopper Tunity Box (1977)
1976 and 1977 were all about punk as any documentary maker knows, yet where did I first hear this album? Was it Prog Time with Greg Lake?...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 7, 20231 min read
David Holmes - Bow Down To The Exit Sign (2000)
I suspect the reason I rescued this album from a charity shop, for exchange of a single coin, was my impression of Holmes as a pop...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Billie Holiday - Lady Day - The Very Best Of... (1997)
This is a classic purchase of mine - "I must have some Billie Holiday (or insert other great) to see what all the fuss is about." So, for...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower (1992)
I first encountered Holdsworth on Gong's Gazeuse! album, then later playing with Bill Bruford's band. In fact, he seemed to be the go-to...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 4, 20231 min read
The Hives - Your New Favourite Band (2001)
As ever, late to the party, I picked this up in a charity shop for a quid about ten years after release, more out of boredom than any...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 4, 20232 min read
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (1975)
I'm not sure how this escaped my attention at the time, but I wasn't aware of this album until after Hillage's second album, L, was out....
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 2, 20231 min read
Gil Scott-Heron - Glory (1990)
There's an unwritten rule (except I'm writing it now) that compilation albums won't be eligible for the coveted 5* status. But if there's...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Henry Cow - Legend (1973)
As a teenager, I was an avid consumer of anything put out by the fledgling Virgin label. Keen not to pay out any of the Tubular Bells...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation (1977)
In 1977, I'd just started university and my ears were opened to this new noisy punk rock, and the punkiest thing from across the Atlantic...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 1, 20233 min read
Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North (1973)
I was lent this album by a school friend about two years after its release, and was immediately hooked. Totally unlike anything I'd heard...
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steveburnhamuk
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Roy Harper - Valentine (1974)
During my one year at Sheffield University I helped out on the Entertainments Group, basically swapping days of setting up for events for...
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steveburnhamuk
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Ed Harcourt - Here Be Monsters (2001)
I suspect I borrowed this album from Deal Library soon after it was nominated for the Mercury Music Award, then some years later saw it...
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steveburnhamuk
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island (1994)
Possibly better known for his later jazz-funk albums, Hancock was an accomplished jazz pianist in the 1960s, coming to attention as part...
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steveburnhamuk
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Terry Hall & Mushtaq - The Hour Of Two Lights (2003)
Some celebrity deaths resonate more than others, that's only natural. Joe Strummer's passing hurt me, but I wasn't prepared for just how...
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steveburnhamuk
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Grinderman - Grinderman (2007)
How many Bad Seeds does it take to make the Bad Seeds? Obviously more than three, since this album featuring Nick Cave alongside Warren...
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steveburnhamuk
Jun 24, 20231 min read
Grid - Music For Dancing (1995)
I first heard Grid on Real World's A Week In The Real World and really enjoyed what I heard, so felt comfortable taking a punt on seeing...
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