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Julkaisuryhmä

Mirrored by Battles

Arvostelu käyttäjältä P J Lucas

It's long been my conviction that writing about music is one of the most widespread follies of modern times. Each month, hundreds of thousands of words about music are written by people wearing converse trainers. What does it mean? Why bother descri...

Julkaisuryhmä

Kamaal the Abstract by Q‐Tip

Arvostelu käyttäjältä Stevie Chick

That Q-Tip spent his own money to purchase the rights to this previously-shelved album suggests how close it is to his heart. That it took the name he chose when converting to Islam in the mid-90s, Kamaal, as its title suggested that this follow-up t...

Julkaisuryhmä

Parade by Prince and The Revolution

Arvostelu käyttäjältä Mike Diver

Whereas 1984's Purple Rain had seen Prince merge the on-screen and on-record perfectly, remaining a classic to this day, Parade can't quite claim to be as essential. Again a soundtrack to one of the Purple One's excursions into cinema, it supports th...

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Bongo Bong

Arvostelu käyttäjältä rob

This track has long been the stand-out track that exemplifies Manu Chao for me -- I've been loving this song ever since it came out a long time ago.

Julkaisuryhmä

Spaceball: The American Radio Sessions by Marc Bolan & T. Rex

Arvostelu käyttäjältä Jon Lusk

Subtitled The American Radio Sessions, this double-disc set collects largely acoustic versions of classic T. Rex songs performed in 1971 and 1972, when the original glam rock pixie was trying to bust his way into America. Both the poor recording qual...

Julkaisuryhmä

Choral by Mountains

Arvostelu käyttäjältä Sid Smith

Revealing a finely attuned sense of proportion and balance, the six pieces which make up the album never fall short of their initial promise. There's also several surprisingly dramatic moments such as on the eight minute Telescope, in which cascadin...