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This new slant on the events is at least a small recompense for all that bad feeling.
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...anyone fearing that finally finishing 'Smile' would diminish its status can now...
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Tragedy was lurking just around the corner, but for these precious moments they were,...
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Not a release for beginners; but most satisfying for those who already know Frank's...
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Let's be unequivocable here. These two albums represent the most important re-releases...
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An album that's always going to sound box fresh: 5.1 surround sound just adds a little...
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But always that voice wins you over, turning history into passion before your very...
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He succeeded because he knew nothing about how to make pop records. And he failed...
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Listening to Cuckooland is akin to having a cup of tea with a very, very intelligent...
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While there's no denying the oft-comical aspects of all things heavy and metallic only...
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...Just another, utterly spellbinding collection of trad and self-penned tunes...
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This is a band at the height of its powers. Forget their prestigious past. The future...
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They go cycling. They don't give interviews. Every day they turn up at their Kling...
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Bill's approach is, on the surface, a little more traditional than many, yet get a...
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This is, quite simply, the best way to hear Kraftwerk in a fresh setting.
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Hicks (and his Hot Licks) has been titillating our ears now for nearly 35 years with...
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An essential glimpse of what makes Young an enigma and a genius.
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The songs here return to the simple acoustic heartland that lies at the centre of some...
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An ability to disregard the weight of the past and restlessly seek new ground is to be...
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A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and...
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Sylvian alone is his most compelling incarnation yet. Prepare to get close...
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Following a virtually albumless 90s he gives us his third album of high-wire...
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He was the greatest guitarist of the 60s until some wild-haired guy from Seattle...
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Forget Nick Cave - Shirley and Dolly got there first...
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His critically-lauded albums had made little money and Miller, himself injured in a...
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On this evidence he still has the energy, not only to keep pace with the contemporary...
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Those of a sensitive nature can leave now. They came from the land of the ice and...
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On this evidence it'll be a long (or should that be lang?) time before Reader and her...
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Like the wild-eyed bloke muttering next to you on the bus, John Cale refuses to go...
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The man who, in the 70s, used to present one of the most disturbing live shows ever...
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...it's business as usual. If only all other bands' business were this crisp, funky...
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The phrase that strikes home again and again is: 'I said: your Daddy loves you very...
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He emotes, he urges and, above all, he convinces. It's about as far as you can get...
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...listening to the oddball irreverence applied to these radio sessions reminds one...
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Few bands today would dare to be so audacious...
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You'll find no rolling, highway-chewing numbers on this album. McCusker and Rusby have...
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It's still not yer average party album, but it is a brave and necessary step away from...
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Never before or since has so much volume been made for so many by so few. And that...
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Breezes from the Baltic seem to make as good a muse as the dry Mojave winds of Tuscon...
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Brooding soundtrack to Soderbergh's remake of the classic sci-fi film. Set adrift in...
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This reissue goes some way in restoring an unnecessarily tarnished reputation.
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Not for the faint-hearted.
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As with his finest Lemonheads songs, the bitterness is always delivered with a...
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Reissued at last, now the world can finally catch up...
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Spacey improv meets post rock and fragile folky constructions in the debut from...
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He may be working on the West Coast these days and his muse may still reside in Middle...
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...Mambo Sinuendo doesn't exactly redress the balance, but he's back in full electric...
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Two volumes in, and it's already looking like a memorable ride...who cares if it's...
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There's no escaping Oldham's darker viewpoint and Greatest Palace Music is unavoidably...
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This is a peaceful album, but it contains very little peace.
