What a poorly written article. Ha ha, you’re dim witted sheeple because you like mainstream pop music. Ha ha, you’re enthusiastic about good sound quality, you must be a virgin. Ha ha, you’re a rock snob so you […]

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Ian Dury & The Blockheads – New Boots & Panties.

Even Dury himself conceded he never bettered it and subsequently, the bulk of their live set (after the non-album hit singles) was always NB&P numbers.

I […]

Sophie Red.

‘Money’s too tight to mention… but you better not kill the groove’.

Happy Mondays.
I know the cool reply is to say ‘Bummed’, but I always thought the ‘hits’ album, ‘Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches’ edges it for tunes.

XTC is a tricky one because some say Skylarking is their best, others, Black Sea or English Settlement or even Apple Venus.

And what would Squeeze’s be to the layperson, Cool For Cats? I vote for East Side Story.

Give UB44 a go too, Dave. An underrated UB40 album.

They certainly became more assured as an albums band after their imperial eighties phase, but there’s so much to enjoy in those early LPs too. I do miss the youthful vigour and the old Langer & Winstanley taut […]

Is Not Available considered The Resident’s best album? I’ve not heard that before. I thought Eskimo or Third Reich N Roll were generally regarded (by journos) as their masterpieces. Anyway, The Commercial Album is […]

Rise and Fall and Keep Moving are certainly lyrically more interesting albums but a have a wee bit more filler than Absolutely. They’re also quite different to OSB and Absolutely in tone and style which makes […]

Late seventies British ska revival bands imperial phase LPs? IMO

The Specials: More Specials is better than Specials.
Madness: Absolutely is better than One Step Beyond.
The Beat: Special Beat Service is […]

Similarly, didn’t Noel Gallagher once say of his younger brother’s solo career?

“Look, I’m doing my thing, and our kid’s doing… my thing.”

Once Morecambe and Wise were asked in an interview “If you hadn’t been comedians what would you have been ?”

Eric immediately responded, “Mike and Bernie Winters !”

Aye, he did. That 1979 Holiday Inn blip nearly cost him everything though.

Rigid, are you saying Elvis Costello failed in the U.S. because he was ‘very British’? I consider him very American sounding for the most part, and even though he’s gone further in the UK, Europe, I always […]

It’s beautifully written and performed. I like the final ‘You have been watching…’ end credits with most of the platoon looking pensive but full of hope, and that flicker of self doubt (or maybe guilt?) in the […]

Short sighted, 56 year old man. I had cataracts removed from me eyes last year. The procedure was fine, I’ve had more traumatic haircuts. Having to not wear specs (apart from reading glasses) after half a […]

The last episode of It Ain’t ‘Alf Hot, Mum is a killer, especially the last ten minutes.

“That’s about as likely as Chumbawamba having a hit single.”

The agit prop band got to No. 2 in the UK charts and No. 6 in the States in 1997.

“A big budget tv series about a zombie apocalypse? I wish, but […]

Cool OP, but I reckon you’re wrong about the M&G album. This is ace!