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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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Not Forgotten: Kate Bush – Lionheart

Kate Bush had exploded on the British music scene early in 1978 and had made an immeadiate impact, sweeping all before her and instantly becoming the biggest artist in the…

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Not Forgotten: Electric Light Orchestra – On The Third Day

Prior to On the Third Day, The Electric Light Orchestra looked to be in jeopardy. With co-leader Roy Wood having departed part-way through sessions for the band’s second album, and…

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Not Forgotten: Billy Joel – An Innocent Man

Billy Joel is a musician who has always been capable of greatness. The Stranger is a brilliant slice of singer songwriter greatness, and Cold Spring Harbor is a genuinely pretty…

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Not Forgotten: Pugwash – Play This Intimately (As if Among Friends)

Sometimes it’s just nice to discover an act that you weren’t expecting. I first encountered the name of Pugwash when I stumbled across footage of Pugwash main man Thomas Walsh…

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A Buyers Guide to Crowded House (1986-1996)

Few acts have ever managed the career trajectory that Crowded House managed to pull off during their initial decade-long run from 1986 to 1996. Their debut album did solid business…

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A Buyers Guide to Electric Light Orchestra

The Move were one of those psyche-pop acts of the late 60s that were able to release great singles, but albums success always seemed to elude them. Originally formed in…

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Not Forgotten: Randy Newman – Randy Newman

While Randy Newman had been a songwriter for others since 1960, and he had released his debut single at the tender young age of 18 in 1962, his self titled…

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Not Forgotten: José Feliciano – Feliciano!

There have been numerous times in the history of popular song when quiet has proved to be the new the new loud, in fact it is something that happens so…

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Not Forgotten: Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel

In retrospect From The Choirgirl Hotel was an important album for Tori Amos. By 1998, despite a couple of medium sized hit singles earlier in the decade, she was in…

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