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February 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
AC/DC: Live At River Plate
AC/DC Live At River Plate Sony Another twenty-year gap, another live album, this is the tour-souvenir for anyone who went to the Black Ice World Tour. I caught the show, doesn’t make me want to listen to the album. You can’t say it’s terrible – but it’s certainly by rote. The previous live album arrived [...]Archive
January 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane
The Rolling Stones Crossfire Hurricane Shock Released as yet another celebration of the Stones turning 50 Crossfire Hurricane is a great Rolling Stones documentary – if you’ve never seen one before. And given the band has been the subject of a bunch of docos, both official and not-so-much, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a [...]Archive
November 13, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Rolling Stones: Grrr!
The Rolling Stones Grrr! Universal If you’ve never ever been a Rolling Stones fan – and, really, if that’s the case: what is wrong with you? – then perhaps the band’s 50th Anniversary will make you fork out for a three-disc set of hits highlights. No? Hmm, why are you reading reviews about The Rolling [...]Archive
February 11, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1626
The Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup (1973) For a lot of people this album is where The Rolling Stones started to go sour. The four albums before this are regarded as their best and – yep – it’s a great run of records. But some days Goats Head Soup is my favourite stones album. Dancing [...]Archive
February 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1639
The Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue (1980) I get the feeling that this album doesn’t attract a lot of noise in the scheme of things, one of the lesser known/less acclaimed/less interesting albums by The Rolling Stones. We had the album on tape, round and round it would go in mum’s car – and those songs [...]Archive
January 2, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1689
Moondog and his Honking Geese, Moondog and his Honking Geese Playing Moondog’s Music [EP] (2004) A friend pops over from Sydney once a year or so – and he’s started this game you see, where he gives me a record; hoping (I assume) that it’s not one I already have. It is somewhat in retaliation [...]Archive
December 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1701
The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street (1972) I first heard this – one of the most revered/raved about albums by The Rolling Stones – when my brother bought the cassette tape. I only ever knew it as a tape and then a single CD; I never heard it as the double album. I liked [...]Archive
October 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1794
Mick Jagger, She’s The Boss (1985) I think that Mick Jagger gets a hard time where Keith Richards tends to get a bit of a free ride. To me The Rolling Stones work on whatever level they do now – greatest rock’n’roll band in the world/best live touring act, dinosaurs, whatever – because of Mick [...]Archive
September 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1847
The Rolling Stones, Undercover (1983) I got the feeling – when the latest round of reissues of albums by The Rolling Stones were, ah, rolled out – that not that many critics had listened to Undercover. It might say something about the album that they had listened and don’t remember it – but I’m dubious. [...]Archive
July 15, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1928
The Rolling Stones, Solid Rock (1980) Strange compilation this. Strange in that it probably seems quite redundant in this day and age but it works very well. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense on paper but you don’t play records on paper! Put this on the turntable and sit back and it’s great. [...]Archive
May 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman