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April 28, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1514
Jeff Beck, Flash (1985) It’s the worst Jeff Beck album – I’m pretty sure of it – but I had probably the opposite reaction to it when compared with another album from the same year by a guitar hero struggling to be relevant in the 1980s – that being Eric Clapton’s Behind The Sun, which [...]Archive
April 28, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1515
Eric Clapton, Behind The Sun (1985) So many of the big stars of the 1960s and 1970s really struggled to get to grips with where things were at in the 1980s. It’s as if they tried the same old tricks while being talked into the technology/recording techniques of the day – resulting, almost always, in [...]Archive
April 16, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1529
Sade, Promise (1985) As with the first album you’re allowed to think this is naff – sure. And probably in this day and age people do that without even listening to it, and, possibly in equal measures people decide it’s ironically cool without ever listening to it but I’ve come to realise from rediscovering Sade [...]Archive
March 31, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1552
Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (1985) The rules are pretty simple. You are allowed to like Phil Collins for his early work with Genesis (especially when he was a drummer). You are in fact allowed to like him as a drummer. This means you can even go back to Brand X and you can certainly [...]Archive
March 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1562
Always hard to pick a favourite with Tom Waits – I’m a bit all or nothing with him actually. I go through phases – I think he’s great. Then I think he’s an actor only. Does a good acting job – but an actor nonetheless. That in itself doesn’t put me off his music – [...]Archive
March 22, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1567
Robert Fripp, Network (1985) A network is important for a guitarist like Robert Fripp. I’ve been enjoying this mini-album/EP. It showcases some of his musical friends (Daryl Hall, David Byrne, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno) but it also, naturally, showcases Fripp. You might hear him play wilder stuff elsewhere – but there’s a logical [...]Archive
March 16, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1578
Mike Oldfield, The Complete Mike Oldfield (1985) It should really be called The Incomplete Mike Oldfield because it’s as much a case of that as it is in getting anywhere near complete. I know that now, but at the time, as a fresh convert to Mike Oldfield (thanks to Amarok, The Killing Fields soundtrack and [...]Archive
January 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1647
The Dance Exponents, Expectations (1985) It’s very easy to say you don’t like The Exponents/Dance Exponents because there are a lot of chant-along munters that might have ruined the appeal of the music. But Jordan Luck is a great songwriter – in fact I think he’s one of our best; our best even. I really [...]Archive
January 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1684
Jimmy Barnes, For The Working Class Man (1985) This was my introduction to Jimmy Barnes; his second solo album. I knew this before I knew Cold Chisel. My aunty was (presumably still is?) a massive fan. And she had the tapes of this and Freight Train Heart – later my mum would buy that double [...]Archive
January 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1691
George Benson, The Love Songs (1985) I prefer the George Benson that, at a young age, played with Miles Davis and lit up the guitar on his own records. And he’s a sweet-voiced singer too, sure. But I also love a bit of the cheese. I can’t dig all of his ballads and I haven’t [...]Archive
December 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman