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Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule (1989): Review
Produced by Lenny Kravitz Label – Virgin If any musical historian were looking for the roots and similarities behind Lenny Kravitz’ debut long player “Let Love Rule”, then it’s probable that Jimi...
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Lambchop – Damaged (2006): Review
Label – Merge The months preceding the release of “Damaged” had been extremely tough for Lambchop leader Kurt Wagner. Just prior to recording the singer/songwriter required surgery for a mouth cyst so...
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Screaming Trees – Dust (1996): Review
Produced by George Drakoulias Label – Sony Forty miles upstate from Seattle, Ellensberg’s Screaming Trees were the jewel in the grunge scene’s crown before it even began. Signed to a major label long...
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Keane – Under The Iron Sea (2006): Review
Produced by Andy Green and Keane Label – Island One of the most interesting conclusions one could extract from Keane’s drawn out double DVD set from 2005 was that having established themselves as one...
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Yes – The Yes Album (1971): Review
Produced by Eddie Offord and Yes Label – Atlantic Having released a severely underwhelming psych pop self titled debut in 1969, their sophomore record (“Time And A Word”) contained the rudimentary...
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Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007): Review
Produced by Stephen Street Label – B-Unique/Universal Motown With 3 Million sales for their debut album “Employment”, an opening slot at the U.S. Live 8 concert, and three top ten U.K. singles, 2006...
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Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous (1978): Review
Produced by Tony Visconti Label – Vertigo Continuous claims by many critics and fans that this is the greatest live recording from the modern era have been scuppered by controversies over its validity...
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Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008): Review
Produced by 9th Wonder, Erykah Badu (exec.), Mike “Chav” Chavarria (exec.), Madlib, Georgia Anne Muldrow, James Poyser (co-exec.), Karriem Riggins, Sa-Ra, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Label – Universal...
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Anita Baker – Rapture (1986): Review
Produced by Michael J Powell Label – Elektra By the mid 1980s virtually all soul and R&B was commanded by performers, producers and composers wrapped up in the new sonic developments of the time....
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Duke Special – Songs From The Deep Forest (2006)
Produced by Dave Lynch and Paul Pilot Label – V2 Duke Special came out of nowhere with nothing but odd visual preconceptions. After all, hardly anyone had heard of him outside his hometown, Lisburn,...
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Nina Simone – Wild Is The Wind (1966): Review
Label – Philips In the excellent Liz Garbus directed documentary of 2015, “What Happened, Miss Simone?”, the biggest revelation was that Nina was both a reluctant singer and jazz artist. A classically...
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Blancmange – Mange Tout (1984): Review
Produced by John Luongo, Peter Collins, Blancmange & John Owen Williams Label – London Their 1982 debut “Happy Families” was an album of explosive candescence as Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe...
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War – The World Is A Ghetto (1972): Review
Produced by Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan and Howard Scott. Label – United Artists When former Animals front man Eric Burdon abruptly quit War, it would have been easy to assume that the band were a...
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TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain (2006): Review
Produced by David Sitek Label – 4AD/Interscope/Touch & Go By 2006, TV On The Radio were the darlings of alternative music and particularly the written music press. You wouldn’t have to look far to...
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The Cool Kids – The Bake Sale (2008): Review
Produced by Evan “Chuck Inglish” Ingersoll, N. Cobey Label – XL, Chocolate, C.A.K.E. The retro resurgence of Hip Hop made a brief come back towards the end of the noughties, and The Cool Kids (Mikey...
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Into It. Over It – Standards (2016): Review
Produced by John Vanderslice Label – Triple Crown Evan Weiss’ effort to test his creative resolve by esconcing himself (and drummer Joshua David Sparks) to a remote Vermont log cabin to write songs...
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Oasis – Heathen Chemistry (2002): Review
>Produced by Oasis Label – Big Brother/Epic By 2002, both Noel and Liam Gallagher knew they had to raise their game somewhat. The gobshite Glummer Twins were better known for their forthright...
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Motorhead – Ace Of Spades (1980): Review
Produced by Vic Maile Label – Bronze From an era where popular music was tribal in its influence to young fans, Motorhead were one of the very rare acts that managed to bridge the huge chasm between...
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James – Girl At The End Of The World (2016): Review
Label – BMG Four decades in and it seems that James front man Tim Booth hasn’t run dry of the acerbic wit and self deprecating analysis of a life in music. On “Bitch”, the singer decries his own...
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Nelly Furtado – Loose (2006): Review
Produced by Daryn Barry, Jim Beanz, Julio Reyes Copello, Danja, Nelly Furtado, Lester Mendez, Rick Nowels, Neal H. Pogue, Andy Rogers, Nisan Stewart, Timbaland and Track & Field Label – Geffen In...
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