Category Archives: Album Review

Trust by Elvis Costello, 1981, Score: 8.5

This came after Get happy (was the first commercially unsuccessful album of his career) and just before imperial bedroom. In terms of the arrangements and the instruments used, this doesnt bare a very strong relation to imperial bedroom and really … Continue reading

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First thoughts on “The Eraser”

This isnt a review, cos ive only listened to it once so far so I’m by no means qualified to write a review yet, but just a couple of thoughts that struck me on first listen.   When Colin Greenwood … Continue reading

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Perfect Albums

Just wrote a list (for no particular reason) of what i consider to be perfect masterpieces in album form cos Y’know… That’s what I do… I Basically went through my whole album collection using my rating method on all my … Continue reading

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Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959, Score; 8

There’s not much needs to be said about this album really. It’s a perfectly catchy and listenable piece of accessable jazz that, although being grounbreaking in one respect, is still very much of it’s time.   The main theme (or … Continue reading

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Happy Sad by Tim Buckley, 1969, Score : 9.5

After finishing his second album, the acclaimed and in my opinion wholly overrated Goodbye and hello, Tim Buckley went into a hiatus period to redefine and expand his musical style and to work on his singing. After 2 years of … Continue reading

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