Category: Singers
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Phil Collins: Testify
After raving about Collins’ previous reissues (Face Value, Hello I Must Be Going, No Jacket Required, Dance Into The Light), we have to say that the songs on this are pedestrian at best; he’s reissuing all his albums so he’s got to do this one, but it’s a bit unmemorable. Maybe he has to be…
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Phil Collins: No Jacket Required
This was a massive album back in the 80s: the third solo studio album by drummer Collins, it sold 10 million copies in the US, 1.8 million in the UK and 20 million worldwide. No wonder Phil has such nice houses. It won the Grammy for album of the year in 1985. It bit like…
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Meilyr Jones: 2013
It takes some time to get into this adventurous, bold and frankly difficult pop album from former Race Horses frontman Meilyr Jones. It’s a mix of soul/dance music in the style of Dexy’s Midnight Runners and all manner of orchestral instruments: one comparison is early ELO — but far more the debut Electric Light Orchestra…
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The Heavy: Hurt and The Merciless
We’ve heard people raving about The Heavy and can see why: they’re basically the best wedding band you’ve ever heard, and they’ll keep you awake and happy on the drive to work. If “the best wedding band you’ve ever heard” seems harsh, it’s not meant to: fans of the Blues Brothers, particularly the live touring…
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Shonen Knife: Adventure
We’ve never heard of Shonen Knife, who turn out to be a cult Japanese pop/punk trio who’ve been going for 35 years. Kurt Cobain was a fan and they toured with Nirvana, Dave Grohl helping their drummer with the tech stuff. We know this now but listening in ignorance they came over as a jolly…
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Blair Dunlop: Gilded
We reviewed Dunlop’s second album House of Jacks and remember thinking he was a British Neil Young, with his intelligent songs and mix of the folk and the rock; the lack of guitar solos possibly suggests he’s more of British Jackson Browne but still: he’s good and several cuts above many “folk” artists out there.…
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Lukas Graham: Lukas Graham
Spending all day listening to new albums we don’t do a lot of radio so we didn’t know that Lukas Graham Forchhammer and his band had scored a number one hit with 7 Years and that everyone has heard of him. Graham seems to be one of those preternaturally talented performers who pop up every…
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Graham Nash: This Path Tonight
With so many rock legends boarding the great tour bus in the sky, the surviving performers can be forgiven existential thoughts. This new offering from the former Hollies/CSNY man opens with the line “Where are we going” and goes on: “I may not know where I’m going/But I’m on this path tonight”. This slightly…
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