Best Albums 2025
Faced with writing about the best albums of 2025 a bit late, I figured an extra six months of perspective might help me make some decisions …
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808 State, Don Solaris
I sometimes wonder if I picked the correct 808 State album for my understated classics series. That’s because today I was listening to …
Bill Drummond, 45
45 is Bill Drummond’s sort of memoir, albeit one with a hazy memory of the events most readers (myself included) are likely to be …
Robin Egg Blue
This is record one of nine from the new “A Ghost Is Born” superdeluxe edition. I was hoping to write a review tonight but I …
Peter Gabriel, So
I recently watched the entry about Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album “So” in the Classic Albums series on Amazon Prime. It was an …
In Praise of Pomme Fritz
The release of Pomme Fritz by The Orb in 1994 was a moment of genuine excitement for me as it was the first new material they released after …
Ian MacDonald, Revolution in the Head
Ian MacDonald’s “Revolution in the Head” is a book that I’ve read parts of dozens of times and even all the way …
Albums Matter
Having recently completed my review of 2024’s best albums, I’ve been reflecting on what a strange year it was for me in terms of …
Parquet Courts, Sympathy For Life
Getting back to my occasional album revisits, I’d like to consider the 2021 Parquet Courts album “Sympathy For Life”. This …
2024 Albums of the Year #6: Total Blue, Total Blue
What do you think of when you think of the colour blue? The sea? Perhaps the sky? Maybe it makes you think of blue stones like sapphires, or …
2023 Albums: Honourable Mentions
A quick list of ten other albums I considered to be among the best of last year. I either listened to these less, or in the cases of …
2023 Albums of the Year #1: Sofia Kourtesis, Madres
Sofia Kourtesis is a Berlin-based Peruvian dance producer, “Madres” is her debut album which follows on from a 2021 EP …