Nick Pett, Author at Backseat Mafia

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From an old record box: Eels – Souljacker Part 1

Today’s offering is Dreamworks Records 450 893-7, the September 2001 (picture disc) release that featured a bearded E cuddling a pooch. For me, a title like ‘Souljacker Part 1’ should…

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From an old record box: Brave Captain – Better Living Through Reckless Experimentation EP

On settling down to review this EP I was expecting it to at least be interesting, not least given that I couldn’t really remember anything positive about it. When I bought…

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From an old record box: Prefab Sprout – Life Of Surprises

I’m doing this the wrong way ’round, mainly because that’s how this record was purchased. I was only really interested in the b-side of catalogue number SK 63. ‘The King Of Rock…

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From an old record box: Patrick Park – Honest Skrew

The old record box has thrown out some lovely surprises in this month’s bumper crop: a reunion with a clinical pop masterpiece in Roxette’s ‘It Must Have Been Love’, the…

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From an old record box: Teenage Fanclub – Start Again

I first bought some Fannies in the early 90s – ‘The Concept’ on cassingle – and then had little to no contact with them until ‘Howdy !’ around early 2001. …

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From an old record box: Tori Amos – Winter

‘Winter’ is one of the most gorgeous songs I will ever hear. You might think that a little strong, perhaps ? I hope to have many years yet and many,…

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From an old record box: Ian Brown – F.E.A.R.

Verdict: just-about-listenable hokum. Let’s be honest – the lyrics are complete hogwash. I’m sure at the outset Ian Brown thought it was a great idea to flesh out the acronym in every…

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From an old record box: R.E.M. – Nightswimming

‘Nightswimming’ is unassailable. This beautiful song is a rarity in R.E.M.’s back catalogue in terms of arrangement and features a relatively straightforward set of lyrics, at least for Michael Stipe.…

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From an old record box: a-ha – Stay On These Roads

It’s a tough call, trying to work out which of Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig is my favourite Bond. Craig has definitely got the better movies and the benefit of…

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News: The Handsome Family – UK & Ireland Tour 2015

What a year this has been for Rennie and Brett Sparks. Before Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson starred in one of the most exciting and talked-about TV series of recent…

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