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Not Forgotten: Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1

Listening to The Randy Newman Songbook Vol.1, there’s probably a case to be made for him being one of the all time great American songwriters. It’s always been something of…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Comes a Time

Comes A Time is generally seen as Neil Young cycling back to the more laid back sounds of the hugely successful Harvest, and is therefore one of Young’s gentlest albums…

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Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Lincoln

They Might Be Giants debut album is one of those releases where the act seems to have emerged fully formed almost out of nowhere. I say almost, in reality the…

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Not Forgotten: Eels – Electro-Shock Blues

Electro-Shock Blues might very well be one of the bravest albums ever released. Although Mark Oliver Everett (a.k.a E) had released a couple of solo albums prior to Eels’ debut,…

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Not Forgotten: Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

Even after four and a half decades, there’s still something oddly lovable about The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. I guess it’s the fact that it really…

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Not Forgotten: Mansun – Six

Twenty years later and the shock of hearing Six for the first time still stays with me. I’d already heard the single “Legacy”, which was one of the best things…

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Not Forgotten: XTC – Mummer

1982s English Settlement had achieved a lot for XTC. Their first top ten album was also home to their first top ten single, and they seemed poised to be one…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night

The opening title track starts with the saddest piano notes you’ve ever heard, droplets of sorrow falling onto a lake of melancholy, and you quickly start to realise that this…

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Not Forgotten: Warren Zevon – The Wind

The Wind is a difficult album to review, as the fact that Warren Zevon passed away barely a couple of weeks after it’s release casts a long shadow over it.…

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Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Severe Tire Damage

It’s probably fair to say that there are mixed opinions when it comes to Severe Tire Damage. An album of largely live performances, of the two studio tracks, one is…

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