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March 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1401
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Re*ac*tor (1981) Funnily enough Re*ac*tor was one of the first Neil Young albums I bought on vinyl; bought because I heard it was awful. It sat on the shelf for a while and I couldn’t bring myself to actually listen to it. I love Neil with Crazy Horse so I [...]Archive
February 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1416
Genesis, Genesis Live (1973) I grew up with the Phil Collins version of Genesis. And this album was my introduction to the Peter Gabriel version. Bought for a buck, as part of a larger haul and formative/crucial in my first year of university; so often you bond with people over records, right? Well, to date, [...]Archive
May 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1507
Leo Sayer, Endless Flight (1976) The Leo Sayer song of great annoyance is You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – and it’s here in all its Jackson 5-pastiche glory. And as a kid I really dug that song but it became revolting to me rather swiftly. I can’t say I ever thought too much about [...]Archive
May 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1508
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Greatest Hits (1971) I dig Kenny Rogers – it’s music I grew up with. Seen him live once – it was good. A bit boring after a while but he did a fine line in country-schmaltz. And before that there was the First Edition stuff – part psychedelic-pop, part [...]Archive
May 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1509
Madness, Complete Madness (1982) Any thought of Madness, any time I hear the music – and I wouldn’t call myself a huge fan or anything – I’m transported back to The Young Ones. Picked up on some cool music from that show – and in a before-my-time sort of way as I was addicted to [...]Archive
May 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1510
Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3AM (1964) This is the first Simon & Garfunkel album. You listen to it now and it’s hard to believe that this duo that promised “exciting new sounds in the folk tradition” would go on to deliver that; would go on to create enduring classics. I rather enjoy the low-key [...]Archive
May 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1511
The Hollies, Their Twenty Greatest Hits (1974) The Hollies – now here’s a singles band, my word. Went to their gig just the other year, expected it to be some oldies phoning it in – but they delivered. So many hits, pretty much everything on this album – just hit after hit. Immaculate pop songs. [...]Archive
April 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1512
Neil Young, Hawks & Doves (1980) It’s easy sometimes to agree with the conventional wisdom that Neil Young released/releases some filler. I’ve certainly always admired the way he just moves on, he keeps moving, almost ignoring the album as soon as it has dropped. If it resonates then so it does. If not then it’s [...]Archive
April 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1513
Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic (1974) A key album this – for both the band and me. It was the first Steely Dan LP I heard – the first album away from all the singles I knew and a couple of Greatest Hits-type compilations. It’s also the bridging album for the band between being an actual [...]Archive
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