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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

Review by Chris Jones

PE: The last great political act of our times? This album certainly seems to back the theory up. A year after the polemic of Chuck D, the sneer of Flavor Flav and the post-modern noise concrete of the Bomb Squad burst onto the public consciousness wi...

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3 by Nouvelle Vague

Review by Michael Quinn

A third offering from cover artists supreme, Nouvelle Vague, shifts away from Brazilian bossa nova and towards America's musical hinterlands to take its classy covers credo in new and nimbly delightful directions. The formula – conjured up by produce...

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Sunken Condos by Donald Fagen

Review by Martin Aston

New York's Steely Dan were one of the most swinging, groovy and erudite rock bands of the 1970s. When founder members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker split, frontman Fagen was the more visible flag-bearer of the two - except that he rather took his ti...

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Olly Murs by Olly Murs

Review by Fraser McAlpine

Anyone who enjoys a chipper ditty, a milkman-friendly whistle-along of a song, will find a lot to like in this album. Olly is a very confident fellow, with a winning smile and a spring in his step, and this is spread thickly across his debut like mar...

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Born Again: Collected Remixes 1999-2005 by Sutekh

Review by Colin Buttimer

Listening to Sutekh's Collected Remixes prompts a number of questions such as 'Does the world need another remix album?' And 'How many remixes are in anyone's top 20 desert island discs?'. The first disc of this double CD release collects Sutekh's mo...

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Everybodys Mouth's a Book by Henry Threadgill

Review by Bill Tilland

In his previous groups, Henry Threadgill has demonstrated a penchant for unusual instrumental combinations -- tubas, accordion, harmonium, harpsichord, cellos, etc. -- but in this newest version of Make a Move, he opts for a relatively conventional l...