Album of the month is.. Bryan Ferry - Olympia |
| Wow what a return to form from Mr. Ferry! This is a fantastic album with delicate lyrics, very strong rhythm section and beautiful keyboard work by Bryan himself - not to mention excellent guitar from Oliver Thompson, Nile Rogers and David Williams with some classy David Gilmour thrown in for good measure. Even Eno shows up on this and thankfully manages not to ruin the thing. It's a hypnotic soulful album and I feel "Alphaville" and "Reason or Rhyme" are 2 of the best songs Bryan Ferry has ever recorded. "My oh My" is pretty damn good too! You can get the CD in 3 different formats, standard: which has 10 tracks; special edition: which has 2 extra cover versions; and the book CD which has amazing artwork, 2 CD's and a DVD plus lots of glossy photos of Kate Moss reclining in silk luxury - well worth the £54! |
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| Joan As Police Woman - The Deep Field - OK so Joan Wasser is the hot new female singer/songwriter and the album is original almost eclectic music based around her keyboards plus a moog bass with some catchy tunes and very good lyrics. Joan's amusing yet naughty youtube video is worth a watch - The Magic is the single but there are better songs on the album than the single - it's a strong album. Joan plays live in Bristol on 4th February. |
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| John Grant - Queen of Denmark - if you like folk style music with very good acoustic guitar playing and challenging lyrics this will be your thing! I have to admit that I am not sure what John is going on about half the time but it sounds like he means it and there is obviously much fire raging in there. Well worth a listen. |
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| Neil Young - Le Noise - on first hearing I wasn't sure about this album, but it has grown on me - it's a slow burner and "The Hitchhiker" is a great personal song reflecting upon Neil's life. The whole album centres around "Love and War" and it could have been called that, I think, but as it's just Neil plus his guitars then Le Noise is probably more suitable! A late night CD with red wine and candles man. |
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| Santana - Guitar Heaven - if you love classic rock guitar - you'll love this one. Great covers album including "Whole Lotta Love", "Smoke on the Water", "Riders on the Storm", "Get It On" - or the American version "Bang a Gong". |
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