Birthday albums

THE ROLLING STONES – 40 Candles And An Anniversary Issue For ‘TATTOO YOU’

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20 August 2021

Band: THE ROLLING STONES
Active: Since 1962 / 23th (British) studio LPs

Birthday album: TATTOO YOU – 16th LP
Score: No 1 in the US, Canada, Australia and
several European countries, #2 in the UK
Released: 24 August 1981 – 40 years ago

The anniversary trailer

Anniversary issue: Including nine previously unreleased tracks on
a disc called ‘Lost & Found’. Other newly excavated cuts are a couple
of covers and a reggae version of ‘Start Me Up.’ On another disc comes
‘Still Life: Wembley Stadium London.’

One of the previously unreleased tracks is Living In The Heart Of Love

Start Mick Up…

Full original album…

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THE ROLLING STONES: Facebook

More info here

SYSTEM OF A DOWN Released Self-Titled Metallic Powerhouse Debut Album 20 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

29 June 2018

Band: SYSTEM OF A DOWN

Album: Self-titled debut

Released: 30 June 1998 – 20 years ago

ALL MUSIC wrote: “System of a Down’s self-titled major-label debut finds the Los Angeles
band consolidating its gothic alt-metal, sharpening its deadly riffs, strengthening its brutal rhythms, and adding muscle to its attack. The band differentiates itself from the legions of Southern Californian alt-metalheads by emphasizing its Armenian musical heritage, which
gives the music an eerie, otherworldly quality. Part of the success of System of a Down lies
with producer Rick Rubin, who helps give the band focus, but ultimately the record works because of the band itself, since they have contributed a set of strong songs that illustrates
this is a band that relies on smarts as well as sound.” Score: 4/5

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: crazed, demonic, clamorous, hellish and LOUD!

EXPLOSIONS in full…

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Website – Facebook – All Albums

LIZ PHAIR Released Highly Praised Debut LP ‘EXILE IN GUYVILLE’ 25 Years Ago…

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22 June 2018

Artist: LIZ PHAIR

Album: EXILE IN GUYVILLE

Released: 22 June 1993 – 25 years ago

All Music wrote: “If ‘Exile In Guyville’ is shockingly assured and fully formed for a debut
album, there are a number of reasons why. Most prominent of these is that many of the
songs were initially essayed on Liz Phair’s homemade cassette ‘Girlysound’, which means
that the songs are essentially the cream of the crop from an exceptionally talented artist.
Each of the 18 songs maintains a high level of quality, showcasing a singer/songwriter of immense imagination, musically and lyrically. If she never equaled this record, well, few
could.” Score: 5/5 – Full review here

Track by Track: Liz Phair spoke in-depth about each and every song
on her debut album with Rolling Stone Magazine. Read it here.

Album in full…

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LIZ PHAIR: Website – Facebook – Discography

THE VERVE Released Mind-Blowing Debut LP ‘A STORM IN HEAVEN’ 25 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

21 June 2018

Band: THE VERVE

Album: A STORM IN HEAVEN

Released: 21 June 1993 – 25 years ago today

ALL MUSIC wrote: “The group’s 1993 full-length debut, ‘A Storm in Heaven’, was based on buoyant, extended psychedelic passages. Looking back today, it was an interesting and original musical direction, since at the time, angst-ridden Seattle bands (and their many copycats) were all the rage. A fine debut, the important connection between the Verve’s expansive early work (1992’s self-titled EP) and their later worldwide pop hits.”
Score: 4/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: Far-out longplayer in sound and vision. Add Richard Ashcroft‘s imposing voice and his state of madness and what you got was breathtaking psychedelic paranoia.

TOP TRACKS: Slide Away / Star Sail / Blue

* SLIDE AWAY – way-out, sky-high…

* BLUE – spiritual rocker…

* STAR SAIL – insane live rendition…

The exorcism in full…

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THE VERVE Facebook – Biography – All Albums

VAN MORRISON & THE CHIEFTANS – Heartwarming Album ‘IRISH HEARBEAT’ Released 30 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

20 June 2018

Artist: VAN MORRISON & THE CHIEFTAINS

Album: IRISH HEARTBEAT

Released: 20 June 1988 – 30 years ago

ROLLING STONE wrote then: “It would be hard to imagine a more natural merger of pop
and folk than this collaboration between Van Morrison and Ireland’s preeminent oldwave traditional band, the Chieftains. Yet even those expectations don’t prepare one for the splendor and intense beauty of ‘Irish Heartbeat’, a collection of ballads that finds both acts at the top of their form. Never hokey and always affecting, Irish Heartbeat taps into the melancholy, deeply spiritual side of the Irish heritage, in which centuries-old music is more than a way of life; it is life. “ Score: 4/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: A solid gold, Irish roots diamond.

OUTSTANDING TRACK: title song ‘Irish Heartbeat‘ is one to cry to. Overwhelming sentiments, gripping music, entrancing performance. Top!

Album in full…

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VAN MORRISON: Website – All Albums / THE CHIEFTAINS: Website – Facebook
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BOB DYLAN Released His 18th Album ‘STREET-LEGAL’ 40 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

13 June 2018

Artist: BOB DYLAN

Album: STREET-LEGAL

Released: 15 June 1978 – 40 years ago

ALL MUSIC wrote: “Arriving after the twin peaks of Blood on the Tracks and Desire,
Street Legal seemed like a disappointment upon its 1978 release, and it still seems
a little subpar years after its release. Perhaps that’s because Bob Dylan was uncertain
himself, not just writing a set of songs with no connecting themes, but replacing the
sprawl of the Rolling Thunder Revue with a slick, professional big band, featuring a
horn section and several backing vocalists.” – Score 3.5/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: An average Bob Dylan is still a great one
compared to countless other singer/songwriters’ work.

Album in full…

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BOB DYLAN: Website – Facebook – All Albums

MANIC STREET PREACHERS Released Second LP ‘GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL’ 25 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

12 June 2018

Band: MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Album: GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL

Released: 14 June 1993 – 25 years ago

NME wrote: “‘Gold Against The Soul’ may not be Manic Street Preachers’ finest hour – while I like this album I’ll leave it to the real fans to decide what that is, but as an adrenalin-pumping rock album that also gives you plenty to think about, it is neither weak, confused nor a black sheep.” Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: This LP was the band’s first step towards anthemic Manics melancholia and epic pop/rock for heart and soul…

THREE TOP TRACKS: La Tristesse Durera / Roses In The Hospital / From Despair To Where…

* LA TRISTESSE DURERA


* ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL

* FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE

Album in full..

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MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Website – Facebook – Twitter

SMASHING PUMPKINS Released Underrated ‘ADORE’ Album 20 Years Ago Today…

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2 June 2018

Band: SMASHING PUMPKINS

Album: ADORE

Released: 2 June 1998 – 20 years ago

ROLLING STONE wrote: “Imagine that Bruce Springsteen had released his stark
‘Nebraska’ after the towering ‘Born In The U.S.A.’ For Corgan, ‘Adore’ represents a
deflating of expectations even as it broadens the boundaries of his band. If the
Pumpkins seemed to be turning into stadium-rock behemoths on their last tour,
the new album presents Corgan, bassist D’Arcy and guitarist James Iha as pop
changelings who are bolder, quirkier and more versatile than anyone may have
imagined.” Full review here – Score: 3.5/5

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: “Instead of copying double cd bestseller ‘Mellon
Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ frontman Billy Corgan went for a softer, more
reflective and more sensitive approach to deal with his demons. ‘Adore’ is
an underrated work of vulnerable profoundness.”

TOP TRACKS: Ava Adore / Perfect / One Upon A Time

* AVA ADORE – nasty groove, freakish love song…

* PERFECT – ‘Perfect strangers down the line / Lovers out of time’

* ONCE UPON A TIME – touching ballad…

Full album here

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Released Sixth Album ‘MUNKI’ 20 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

1 June 2018

Band: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

Album: MUNKI

Released: 2 June 1998 – 20 years ago

ALL MUSIC wrote: “As befits an album bookended by tracks titled “I Love Rock’n’Roll” and “I Hate Rock’n’Roll,” the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Sub Pop label debut, Munki, is schizophrenic and impassioned, a record that both summarizes the band’s career to date and cleans the slate for their future. Virtually each of the 17 tracks here echoes a prior moment in the Chain’s existence, moving at breakneck pace from the volcanic noise of their earliest material to the bleak grace of Darklands, through to the sleek, supercharged pop of Automatic.”

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: Munki sounds like a career-spanning jukebox. An avalanche
of barbed wire pop crackers.

THREE TOP TRACKS: I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll / Perfume / Stardust Remedy

* I LOVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

* PERFUME

* STARDUST REMEDY

Album in full…

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