Echo & The Bunnymen: Heaven Up Here
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
----Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo / Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo /
Zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo zimbo---- ALL MY COLOURS TURN TO CLOUDS.
Eddie & The Hot Rods: Teenage Depression
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sparks at the intersection of pub-rock and punk hysteria. Essential at least as much as "Stupidity" by Dr. Feelgood (also from Canvey Island - not by chance). The three minutes of "Teenage Depression" are very close to All Through The City by Wilko Johnson (same attitude, same vehemence - and the same taut drumming). And a mandatory mention for a "The Kids Are Alright" in one of its best reissues.
Edgar Broughton Band: Wasa-Wasa
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Furious as hell. An album that tells everyone to fuck off: England, America, consumerism, war, society, politicians, everything that is "order and system." A single, massive blasphemy in music. A band that would make even the Sex Pistols seem soft...
  • ranofornace
    1 aug 13
    Here's another cult album from my personal collection. "Wasa Wasa" is an extraordinary work, clumsy and irreverent music, yet with a powerful emotional impact, where aggressive impulses and liberating instincts converge into a meticulously controlled sound formalization of remarkable and original craftsmanship. An essential work for any aficionado of the English underground. I highly recommend it!
  • GIANLUIGI67
    2 aug 13
    Excellent. My brother has shattered my eardrums with this band. Time to dust it off.
A magnificent debut, emblematic of female songwriting of those years. "What I Am?", "Little Miss S", "Circles" and "Nothing" are unforgettable tracks, within a work beautifully written and arranged. And "Ghost Of A Dog," though less praised, was no less impressive.
  • macaco
    17 aug 13
    What do you bring out of me, shivers of memories...
Eric Clapton: August
CD Audio I have it ★
With the complicity of Phil Collins, the manifesto of an artist past their prime, desperately searching for credibility with a glossy, faux-blues formula for yuppies. Nothing is saved. Sakamoto should have demanded compensation for the cover of "Behind The Mask," just like Robert Cray for "Bad Influence."
  • Rensenbrink
    8 jun 16
    but also Nathan East, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Gary Brooker, Jon Faddis, Dave Bargeron, Tina Turner, and so on... quite a wonderful group of incompetents, to say the least.
Everything But The Girl: Eden
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
I got to know Tracey Thorn through that jazzy highlight "The Paris Match" on "Cafè Bleu" by the Style Council - and from there it was just a short step to this album. It's needless to say that this kind of music, for those of us who are secretly romantic but love a mix of styles like me, represents the pinnacle.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    12 aug 13
    beautiful "Eden" ... it was a recurring listen with the first of Prefab Sprout, of which I don’t remember the name... how old was I? the Prefab Sprout... My brother, Gianluigi 67, listened to "Steve McQueen" all day long... he brainwashed me. But maybe the first one was better, less pop but quite beautiful.
Everything But The Girl: Love Not Money
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
"How can we compete, with our small dreams, in this world of foolish and affected women...?". A Pop that couldn't be further from the yuppie spirit of 1985. I love it even more for that.
Everything But The Girl: Walking Wounded
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
In '96, they added yet another gem to a discography with very few missteps. Trip-(P)OP in the name of the usual innate class of Ben and Tracey.
  • mil
    6 mar 15
    That's exactly right!