Top Five Albums Of 2018
❉ It’s the reason for the season – Liz Buckley returns with her favourite albums of this year.
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Silver Stars In The Trashcan – ‘Felt – A Decade In Music: The Final Five Reissues’
❉ It’s Lawrence’s ball, of course, and his newfound freedom since the group’s dissolution resulted in a more freewheeling Felt, the subject of this second set of “revisitations”.
Aura(l) Pleasures – Queen’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Soundtrack
❉ Queen’s music is a fundamental part of the texture of Flash Gordon, an artful fusion of sound and vision, writes Don Klees.
‘Sky – The Studio Albums’ reviewed
❉ There is much in here to beguile and intrigue, writes Chris Newman.
Podcast of the Week: The David Bowie Albums Podcast
❉ This week: “Ultra-geek deep-dive high-octane Bowie chat par excellence”!
Top Five Albums Of 2017
❉ Liz Buckley on her top five favourite albums of this year. We have music, and dance. But mainly music, as dance needs room and no one can afford to buy a room in 2017.
The Vindication of Roger Taylor
❉ Let the record show, M’Lud – Roger Taylor was right. Exhibit A: The first 6 Queen albums.
Terje Rypdal –‘ Bleak House’ reviewed
❉ A welcome reissue of Rypdal’s rare 1968 solo album featuring Jan Garbarek.
B.A. Robertson – A Square Peg In A Round World
❉ The post-punk polymath’s Elektra trilogy, re-evaluated by Tim Worthington.
Brett Anderson – ‘Collected Solo Work’ reviewed
❉ The sound of an artist rediscovering his voice and how to make music without compromises.