Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental (2006): Review
Produced by Trevor Horn & Pet Shop Boys Label – Parlophone/Rhino The Trevor Horn produced “Left To My Own Devices” from Pet Shop Boys 1988 album “Introspective” was one of the glorious marriages...
View ArticleDire Straits – Brothers In Arms (1985): Review
Produced by Mark Knopfler & Neil Dorfsman Label – Vertigo/Warner Bros Logic and wisdom should suggest that Dire Straits fifth studio album is far and away their greatest collection, an amalgam of...
View ArticleOpeth – Watershed (2008): Review
Produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jens Bogren Label – Roadrunner There’s little to criticize Opeth’s consistent and imaginative back catalogue. Right from their raw inception they have been brave...
View ArticleNeil Young – After The Gold Rush (1970): Review
Produced by David Briggs and Neil Young Label – Reprise In a richly diverse career, Neil Young’s critically acclaimed “After The Gold Rush” is for many, a strong representation of the many styles he...
View ArticleNine Black Alps – Love/Hate (2007): Review
Produced by Dave Sardy Label – Island The tragedy for Sam Forrest and his Nine Black Alps is that every time you’re introduced to a new song there’s a tendency to immediately think of which bands were...
View ArticleThe Offspring – Smash (1994): Review
Produced by Thom Wilson Label – Epitaph Before U.K. and European audiences dismiss their introduction to The Offspring via their best forgotten, throwaway, idiotic dabble with the singles chart with...
View ArticleNew Order – Republic (1993): Review
Produced by Stephen Hague & New Order Label – London The turbulence that wells beneath “Republic”, New Order’s first full length recording in four years, defies the polished dance/Pop veneer...
View ArticleRoxy Music – Roxy Music (1972): Review
Produced by Pete Sinfield Label – Polydor/Island/Reprise/Atco Formed in 1971, Roxy Music carefully fused glam with art rock for a style of music that was extraordinarily ambitious, the manicured...
View ArticleMystery Jets – Twenty One (2008)
Produced by Erol Alkan and Stephen Street Label – 679 Recordings Frankly, Mystery Jets’ debut “Making Dens” was a muddled concoction that floundered by the fact that it was attempting to encompass the...
View ArticleOutKast – Stankonia (2000): Review
Produced by Earthtone III, Organized Noize and Carl Mo Label La Face/Arista “Stankonia” may not have been the first time the Atlanta duo combined their differing interpretations of rap, funk, pop and...
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