By 1980 The Jam had conquered all before them, and seemed to churn out great hit singles for fun. Following two absolute classic albums,...

I've just counted and I own 16 Neil Young CDs. Now I quite like a lot of Young's music but I'm no megafan and can only put this down to...

This one was a bit of a punt, that I don’t remember buying. I’m speculating that the album cover showing Kirk playing two saxes at once...

An ever-present album throughout my teenage years, even though I was only eleven when it was released. Every mid-seventies party would...

Joni Mitchell was 80 years old yesterday, so it seemed apt to look at one of her albums at last. Happy Birthday if you're reading, Joni....

Lapis Lazuli are a Canterbury band who seem not to have been active since 2020. There was a phase in the last decade with various bands...

I knew little about Leo Kottke, apart from having seen him on Old Grey Whistle Test a couple of times in the 1970s, and being aware of...

I've always been interested to listen to music from around the world, and often find much to enjoy, I've no recollection of buying this...

If you want to listen to swing jazz from the 1940s you could do a lot worse than pick up a Louis Jordan compilation, and given how Jordan...

I was attracted to this album for a quid at a boot fair, as it was released on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, which is generally a...

This one's a bit of a cheat, because I didn't buy it. it came free with a Sunday newspaper that I wouldn't buy, even if there was a...

I did have a bit of a folk-rock phase at one time, and have never lost my affection for the late 60s / early 70s Fairport albums, but I...

About eight years ago, I noticed that Marc Riley had an BBC TV show called All Shook Up, and the current episode featured long time...

Another recent purchase, of an album I had no idea about in 1976, and wouldn't have understood if I had. It's Waits at his most...

Often cited as one of the first jazz-funk albums, this 1973 album by Hancock was one of those picked up in a late night EBay raid (buy...

Lloyd Cole completely passed me by in the 1980s. I'd heard of him but for some reason decided he was one of these pop stars who had...

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...

The Cure were firm favourites during the final years of university. I loved the simplicity of their music, shunning both the...

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...

My long overdue Bowie education continues with the first of his 1977 albums (and the first of his Berlin trilogy). My favourite trivia...