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Not Forgotten: Guided by Voices – Motivational Jumpsuit

An overlooked rather than a forgotten classic, Motivational Jumpsuit was the first of two albums by Guided by Voices that were released in quick succession in the first half of…

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Not Forgotten: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Hard Promises

For reasons that have never been explained to my satisfaction, the majority of rock fans this side of the pond never embraced Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in the same…

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Not Forgotten: Teenage Fanclub – Songs from Northern Britain

Having carved a career critically acclaimed career during the peak years of BritPop, by all rights Scottish power-pop guitar-slingers Teenage Fanclub should have been huge and the fact that they…

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Classic Compilation: A Testimonial Dinner – The Songs of XTC

By the mid 90s XTC must have felt distinctly unloved. Neither critical darlings, nor a massive commercial success, they’d had a career-stalling set-to with their record label and had no…

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Not Forgotten – ZZ Top – Tres Hombres

The couple of previous albums had been an effective run-up, but Tres Hombres is where the career of ZZ Top really took flight. This is the album that saw them…

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Not Forgotten: Crowded House – Woodface

The career arc of Crowded House through their initial phase was really rather odd. Over four albums they recorded some of the finest pop songs of the era, the first…

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Not Forgotten: 10CC – 10CC

Formed by a quartet of individually proven hit writers, multi-instrumentalists, singers and producers, 10CC boasted an enviable pedigree and with an opening salvo of top ten hits that included “Donna”,…

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Not Forgotten: Fish – Internal Exile

Fish’s debut solo album, Vigil in the Wilderness of Mirrors, had sounded almost exactly like what you’d expect the debut solo album of the former Marillion frontman to sound like.…

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Not Forgotten: Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection

There are some who will always view Elton John with suspicion, or even disdain. With his stocky frame, his bad wigs and a reputation for over-reacting when things don’t go…

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Not Forgotten – The Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?

Just from the pencil-crayon artwork of the CD cover, you sort of know that Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? is going to be a chaotically shambolic album, with lots…

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