Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Manic Street Preachers
Everything Must Go [10th Anniversary Ed]
(Epic, 2007)
2CD-plus-DVD revamp does great credit to Welshmen's post-Richey epic.
With the disappearance of their lyricist/iconoclast Richey Edwards in February 1995, the Manics seemed hamstrung. Yet out of the darkness emerged their most fluent rock album, a magical compromise between bassist Nicky Wire's sepia-tinged dignity-of-labour rhetoric, the Plathy remnants of Edwards's lyric book and singer/guitarist James Dean Bradfield's elegiac chords and tolling, lachrymose riffs. Though slightly less au courant than its jagged, post-punky predecessor, The Holy Bible, today it sounds miraculously big-yet-small: massive harp and string arrangements plus Spectorish Mike Hedges production swirling around a tiny, defiant Bradfield. Almost despite themselves, the songs struck a chord in a new audience for whom Richey was but a spectral presence, and retain their power because - in a mature, sincere, unsentimental way - they appear to offer a glint of hope that tomorrow might just be survivable. A proud, lovely record and - by dint of its near-unique circumstances - the indie Back In Black.
Danny Eccleston
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 08/01/2010
Further Listening
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (Epic, 1994)
AC/DC - Back In Black (Atlantic, 1980)
Radiohead - The Bends (Parlophone, 1997)
Previous Disc of the day
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Earl Brutus - Larky
Last salvo of Ginsters Pasty-Warholism from Britpop ramraiders.
12:04 PM GMT 08/06/2011
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Loudon Wainwright - T-Shirt
An overlooked small wonder from an unpredictable career.
6:00 AM GMT 03/06/2011
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Landscape - From The Tea-rooms Of Mars… To The Hell-holes Of Uranus
Dry computer club Futurists, upon hitting implausible chart paydirt.
6:00 AM GMT 17/05/2011
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Causa Sui - Summer Sessions Vol 1-3
Epic Danish jams, for when the neighbours get you down.
6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2011
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Would be nice to know what's on it.
Posted by Bill F at 3:19 PM GMT 08/01/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Bill F
Yeah, tracklistings. Cos there's nowhere on the internet you can find that information. And what's the catalogue number while you're at it! Hey, and how long are the tracks??!
Posted by Alton Toastrack at 3:51 PM GMT 08/01/2010 Report Abuse
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Whilst it (the original album) certainly packs some great tunes continue to endure, the album - particularly on the more anthemic tracks - still sounds poorly mixed to me. A flat, tinny sound does these powerful, emotive songs no good at all.
Posted by Australia at 5:43 AM GMT 11/01/2010 Report Abuse
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Whilst it (the original album) certainly contains some great tunes, the album - particularly on the more anthemic tracks - still sounds poorly mixed to me. A flat, tinny sound does these powerful, emotive songs no good at all. A shame, but still a damn fine album, especially given the circumstances.
Posted by Australia at 5:47 AM GMT 11/01/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Alton Toastrack Try Wikipedia. Track lists, times, loads of shit. Or try going into a C.D. store, pick up the display case and take in the info.
Posted by thegenuineseer at 12:25 AM GMT 07/06/2010 Report Abuse
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