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Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison

Recensione di Chris Jones

Now known more for his fearsome reputation as a curmudgeonly r&b; shouter in a hat, at one point in the dim and distant past, Van Morrison was, well... a happy curmudgeon. In the early '70s his magnificent voice and mystic vision were wedded to an id...

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Doll Creature by David Toop & Max Eastley

Recensione di Colin Buttimer

Doll Creature is Max Eastley and David Toop's first recording since 1994's Buried Dreams and only their third since 1975's New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments. Both are criminally long out of print. Buried Dreams in particular was a brilliantly ...

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Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys

Recensione di Chris Roberts

Released just four months after Today! in July 1965, The Beach Boys' ninth album was at first deemed by some to be a regression. Its predecessor had, on its second side, revealed the now studio-locked, pot-guzzling Brian Wilson's knack for melancholy...

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Karthik Calling Karthik by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Recensione di Jaspreet Pandohar

There's no stopping the music machine that is Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendosa. Having started 2010 on a high with the soundtrack to My Name is Khan, the trio hit the rights notes once again with Karthik Calling Karthik. Fresh and fu...

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The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets by Buddy Holly and The Crickets

Recensione di Chris Jones

This latest collection commemorates the 50th anniversary of the day that Charles Hardin Holley (sic) climbed aboard his last plane ride. Who, you wonder, really needs to hear the story one more time: of how the geeky boy from Lubbock Texas heard Elvi...

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Parade by Prince and The Revolution

Recensione di Mike Diver

Whereas 1984's Purple Rain had seen Prince merge the on-screen and on-record perfectly, remaining a classic to this day, Parade can't quite claim to be as essential. Again a soundtrack to one of the Purple One's excursions into cinema, it supports th...