Great albums from the past…
5 February 2019
‘Tellin’ Stories‘ by THE CHARLATANS
The band’s fifth longplayer
Released: 21 April 1997
Three Top tracks right here…
– NORTH COUNTRY BOY –
Delightful swagger…
– ONE TO ANOTHER –
Amplified pop splendour…
– HOW HIGH –
Buzzing electricity…
Album in full…
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4 February 2019
‘Yield‘ by PEARL JAM
Their fifth longplayer
Released: 3 Feb 1998
Three top tracks right here…
– GIVEN TO FLY –
Epic masterstroke…
– WISHLIST –
A captivating stream-of-consciousness…
– DO THE EVOLUTION –
Mighty biting commotion…
YIELD in full…
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22 January 2019
‘Shotter’s Nation’ by BABYSHAMBLES
Released: 1 October 2007
Top Tracks: UnBiloTitled / There She Goes
– UnBiloTitled –
– There She Goes –
Album in full…
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21 January 2019
‘Spartacus’ by THE FARM.
Released: 4 March 1991
The baggy Liverpool groovers hit top of
the UK’s album charts with this debut LP.
TOP TRACKS: Groovy Train / All Together Now
– Groovy Train –
– All Together Now –
SPARTACUS in full…
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THE FARM: Bio
From priest to pop star…
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12 December 2018
‘The Charlatans’ by THE CHARLATANS
Released: 28 August 2005
Their fourth longplayer
A psychedelic blues trip
Three Top Tracks: Crashin’ In / Toothache / Nice Acre Court
– CRASHIN’ IN –
– TOOTHACHE –
– NINE ACRE COURT –
ALBUM in full…
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‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ by THE STREETS
Released: 17 May 2004 / Second longplayer
Turn Up The Volume‘s Three Top Tracks:
1. Fit But You Know It
2. Dry Your Eyes
3. Blinded By The Lights
Album in full…
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‘The Futureheads’ by THE FUTUREHEADS
Released: 12 July 2004 – The British band first LP
ALL MUSIC review: “On their self-titled full-length debut, The Futureheads turn
the promise of their early EPs and singles into an almost relentlessly playful, lively,
and smart album of zippy post-punk-pop. Even though shades of XTC, the Jam, and
Gang of Four (whose Andy Gill produced the album) jump out at almost every turn
on Futureheads, the band’s chiming, precise vocal harmonies — which sound more
British Invasion than new wave — give their sound a distinctive kick.”
Full review here – Score: 4/5
TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: With the speedy guitars, the agitated pace, clever harmonies and amazingly catchy tunes it felt like The Futureheads reinvented punk.
TOP TRACKS: Robot / A to B / Decent Days And Nights /
Meantime / ALMS / Stupid And Shallow
ALBUM in full…
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‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ by WILCO
Released: 18 September 2001 – the band’s 4th longplayer
ROLLING STONE review: “This is how screwed up the music business is in the early twenty-
first century: Last summer, after completing their fourth and best studio album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, alternative-country idols Wilco delivered the record to their label, Reprise. The company reacted as if the music was caked in anthrax, throwing the album back at Wilco and arranging for them to leave the label, immediately. ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ now arrives in stores, intact, on Nonesuch. Like Reprise, Nonesuch is a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner. Essentially, the mother firm paid for the album twice. I would love to see one of the suits explain that to the shareholders…” – Full review here – Score: 4/5
TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: Probably their best longplayer (so far). Top-notch songwriting all the way. Fav tracks: Kamera / Radio cure / War on war / Heavy metal
drummer / I am the man who loves you
ALBUM in full…
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‘The Difference Between Me And You Is That I’m Not On Fire’ by MCLUSKY
Released: 18 May 2004 – The Welsh band’s third and final longplayer
ALL MUSIC review: “Working again with sonic wizard Steve Albini, Mclusky offer up their rawest-to-date album with The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not on Fire. While
it’s not as catchy or melodic as ‘Mclusky Do Dallas’, the band’s third full-length is just as much
of a thunderous assault. Albini frequently buries the mad screams of Andy Falkous beneath a mountain of scratchy, barbaric guitars, and the band seems, for the most part, more serious than usual…” Score: 4/5 – Full review here
TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: To be honest it was several years ago that I listened to this album and it sounds as brutally fresh and as stunningly striking as then. Top rediscovery!
ALBUM in full…
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MCLUSKY: Biography – The Three Albums
And then turning to the left for the future…
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‘Laid’ by JAMES
Released: 27 September 1993 – 25 years ago
BBC MUSIC wrote: “It may be hard to believe, but once upon a time, back in the pre-Britpop era of the early 90s, James were one of the biggest groups in the UK… A warm, subtle album in tone, songs like Out to Get You, One of the Three and Lullaby might be seen as forerunners of Snow Patrol’s more-measured, less-grating fare… The cover may make your eyes bleed – the band in dresses, eating bananas – but the contents of Laid comprise what is probably James’ real masterpiece.”
TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: I’m still wondering why these colorful and sprightly popsmiths didn’t become global stars.
THREE TOP TRACKS: Laid / Out To Get You / Sometimes
* LAID – If that doesn’t make you happy then I don’t know what will do the trick …
* OUT TO GET YOU – goosebumps beauty…
* SOMETIMES – “Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes I swear I can see your soul”
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