Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate (1986)
Still less than a decade after his debut with My Aim Is True, Costello released his 11th (yes, eleventh!) studio album Blood & Chocolate...
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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
Jan 101 min read
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It (1997)
I got this CD out of the library on a whim in the 1990s, and bought it as soon as I saw it reasonably priced. Possibly something of a...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 91 min read
Pat Metheny with Dave Holland & Roy Haynes - Question And Answer (1990)
I'd heard of Pat Metheny as a great guitarist, and was interested in hearing more modern jazz, so on seeing this for a quid in a charity...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 82 min read
The Men They Couldn't Hang - The Domino Club (1990)
The so-called folk-punk genre, arguably invented by the Pogues, had its moment in the mid-eighties, and some great music emerged. Among...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 82 min read
The Members - Sound Of The Suburbs (1995)
The Members were one of those punk bands that hit the public consciousness for a year or so, before vanishing back into the ether....
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 12 min read
Robert Fripp – God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners (1980)
Happy New Year, everyone. The first post of 2024 is the only CD I received for Christmas, a 2022 reissue of Robert Fripp's noodling in...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Depeche Mode - Exciter (2001)
Ever since the early singles in the 1980s, Depeche Mode are a band I felt I ought to investigate further, so when a donation of a number...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 31, 20232 min read
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)
I first heard this album when I was at primary school, and was visiting a friend's house when he put this on, telling me this lot were...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 30, 20231 min read
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
This is an album I'd frequently heard snippets and odd songs from, and I was familiar with Chicago, there being enough there to convince...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis (1988)
This one was a recent charity shop purchase, for not very much at all, but was a firm favourite when first released and I bought it on...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 23, 20232 min read
The Undertones - The Undertones (1979)
My associations for this album are an afternoon in late 1979 spent visiting Newcastle with a new 'friend'. We'd been seeing one another...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Various Artists - Whore - Various Artists Play Wire (1996)
Tribute albums with a variety of bands doing covers of old favourites. I've been thinking, what makes some good and some awful. I've come...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 17, 20231 min read
R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)
In the mid-1990s, R.E.M. were arguably the biggest pop sensation on the planet, and this album, their tenth, was the fourth in a run of...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985)
Back after a bit of an absence while we moved house and we start with a recent purchase. Mick Jones' first work after quitting The Clash...
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steveburnhamuk
Dec 3, 20232 min read
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (1985)
Shane McGowan died yesterday. Given his lifestyle, it might surprise many that he reached 65, but a sad loss, nevertheless. From the very...
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steveburnhamuk
Nov 22, 20232 min read
Gang Of Four - Entertainment! (1979)
I bought this album at the time, and while I enjoyed it, I found subsequent albums more satisfying. I'm not sure the raw, jagged songs on...
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steveburnhamuk
Nov 20, 20231 min read
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
Is this the first punk album? it's certainly an argument I've tried to make in the past, usually incoherently after a drink has been...
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steveburnhamuk
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Ian McCulloch – Candleland (1989)
Now here's an admission. Echo and the Bunnymen were alright. They weren't the best thing Liverpool had produced since the Beatles, and in...
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steveburnhamuk
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Maxïmo Park - A Certain Trigger (2005)
Bought on a whim for a quid in a charity shop, I was pleasantly surprised by this Newcastle band and played the album a few times when I...
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steveburnhamuk
Nov 19, 20232 min read
Massive Attack - Protection (1994)
Back at the time, Bristol's trip-hop first team were all the rage, and this album was a firm favourite. I suspect I might have been drawn...
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