Echo And The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
by Heaven Up Here was released on Korova in 1981 and was, by all measures, a success – a top 10 album in the UK, an entry in the US Billboard album charts, and it spawned two singles, A Promise and Over The Wall.
Dollar Brand Trio – Anatomy Of A South African Village
Just a shade under 15 minutes, Anatamoy starts off with a single piano playing traditional jazz style over the thrumb of mingling voices in the audience. You can almost smell the cigarette smoke.
Michael Nyman – The Kiss and Other Movements
Imagine a Peter Greenaway movie, personified, going into Pete Townshend’s Lifehouse. The result would be the biorhythm and undulating classical melody of Michael Nyman.
Attacco Decente – The Baby Within Us Marches On
All or Nothing! Records, 1988 A difficult to describe band and quite obscure it seems, Attacco Decente were around from 1984 to 1996, a long …
XTC – Skylarking – Virgin 1986
Close your eyes, imagine laying on a rug in a field, mid summer. You can smell the freshly cut grass, the flowers, and hear the insects buzzing around, the crickets and barking dogs. It’s the English Summer perfectly captured in sampled sound and droning organ. Summer’s Cauldron is a perfect introduction to the album. It sets the theme brilliantly and you know something special is about to happen.
Random Release
Each week (or so) I’ll be clicking on the Random Item link for my collection in Discogs.com – whatever comes up I’ll feature/review on this …
The Who Sell Out – Deluxe Box Set Announced
The new trend of releasing physical media in deluxe, collectable packaging with added goodies and extra music continues, with The Who’s excellent Sell Out album …