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Not Forgotten: Ian Hunter – You’re Never Alone With a Schizophrenic

While Ian Hunter’s self-titled solo debut was met with enthusiasm, the increasingly muted reception that met his next two albums must have been disappointing for the former Mott the Hoople…

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Classic Album: Queen – The Works

The Works is frequently seen as a concerted effort by Brian May and Roger Taylor to return Queen to their rocking roots after far too long dabbling with a horrible…

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Classic Album: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

The New Yardbirds doesn’t sound like a particularly promising prospect does it? If you plonk the word ‘New’ at the start of something, most of the time you’re setting someone…

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Not Forgotten: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country

American rock music was in an interesting place in the late 60s, with the psychedelic sounds of the West Coast jam bands, a burgeoning singer-songwriter movement, arty outsider rock courtesy…

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Album Review: Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth: Tell Me Yours (20th Year Collectors Edition)

I remember moving to London during the peak of the Brit Pop years in the midst of the Blur versus Oasis hyperbole. But the albums from that era that really…

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Not Forgotten: The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

As unfeasible as it seems, there was once a time when the singles chart was of equal importance to the album chart. Actually, no, it was more important. In the…

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Classic Album: The Beatles – The Beatles (a.k.a The White Album)

Oh dear, the double album. A place for acts to stretch their legs and indulge their every creative whim, part diverse buffet of styles, part bloody mess. Dylan and Frank…

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Classic Album: Queen – Jazz

Given the amount of effort that Queen had put in to create the more direct music and production of 1977’s News of the World, it’s follow up, Jazz, is quite…

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Classic Album: The Who – Quadrophenia

After his failure to realise his full ambition ambition with Lifehouse, Pete Townshend must have been doubly determined to get his next concept album made and for it to be…

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Classic Album: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland

For better or worse, my opinion of the work of Jimi Hendrix has always been smothered somewhat by the blanket opinion that he was the greatest guitar player in the…

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