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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah’ – Debut LP By BLACK GRAPE

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‘It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah’
BLACK GRAPE
Released: 7 August 1995
Debut album

ALL MUSIC / Stephen Erlewine wrote: “When ‘Happy Mondays’ fell apart in 1992,
most observers assumed that Shaun Ryder would never recover from his numerous
drug addictions. No one could have ever predicted that he would return to the top of
the charts three years later, relatively fit and healthy, with a new band that fulfilled all
of the promises of his old group. Black Grape is what Happy Mondays always were, only
better. Leaving behind the stiff musicianship that plagued even the best Mondays records,
‘Black Grape’s debut, It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah, is a surreal, funky, profane, and perversely joyous album, overflowing with casual eclecticism and giddy humor.Not only is
‘It’s Great When You’re Straight’ a triumphant return for Ryder and his sidekick Bez, it’s the
first album they have ever recorded that justifies all of the hype.”
Score: 9/10 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: ‘It’s great to have a party record like this… yeah.’

TOP TRACK: In The Name Of The Father…

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‘Songs From Northern Britain’ By TEENAGE FANCLUB…

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‘Songs From Northern Britain’
TEENAGE FANCLUB
Released: 29 July 1997
Sixth longplayer

ALL MUSIC wrote: “No longer the brash, slightly grungy flavor of the month they were
in 1992, Songs From Northern Britain finds Teenage Fanclub’s trio of singer/songwriters
– Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley, and Norman Blake – addressing adulthood and responsibility with a bright optimism that sets them apart from many of their contemporaries. From the cheeky yet heartfelt title to the gorgeous cover photographs taken by the band with photographer David Milne in the Scottish Highlands, Songs From Northern Britain is ostensibly
a concept album about home and love. The album may be too gentle and subtle for those listeners not willing to give it more than one spin, it is a resolutely beautiful album that will
most likely stand as Teenage Fanclub’s masterpiece.” Score: 9/10 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: ‘Mesmerizing LP by the Scottish Byrds and Eagles’…

TOP TRACK: I Don’t Care…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Infected’ – THE THE

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‘Infected’
THE THE
Released: 17 Nov 1986
Second longplayer

ALL MUSIC / Johnny Loftus wrote: “Infected’s sound still suggests dance-pop, especially
on the title track. But don’t get the impression that it’s made for dancing. Instead of the light fare displayed on Soul Mining, Infected’s songs seethe instead of preen, and Matt Johnson’s lyrics are laced with tension. Thematically, he plunges a lance into the exposed midsection of Great Britain, analyzing the state of modern urban life in the country. ‘Infected’ was the first true indication of Johnson’s mercurial nature, and established the dissonance and reinvention of his later work.” Score: 4.5/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME‘s favorite track: ardent soul music… ANGELS OF DECEPTION

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) by Sonic Visionary… CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND

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‘Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)’
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND
Released: October 1978
Tenth longplayer

ULTIMATE ROCK CLASSIC wrote: “After Beefheart and old friend Frank Zappa made an album together (‘Bongo Fury’) in 1975, the Captain recorded an LP called ‘Bat Chain Puller’ for Zappa’s label. But a legal dust-up with Zappa’s manager resulted in Zappa withholding the master tapes to the record. So Beefheart, with yet another new Magic Band, re-recorded the songs and released them as ‘Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)’ in 1978. It was his best album since 1970’s ‘Lick My Decals Off, Baby’ and the start of a creative rebirth, following 1974’s double duds ‘Unconditionally Guaranteed’ and ‘Bluejeans & Moonbeams’) that lasted until his retirement in the mid-’80s. (Incidentally, the original Zappa version of the album eventually came out in 2012.”

TURN UP THE VOLUME: One word = genial.

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Highly Evolved’ – Debut LP By THE VINES…

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‘Highly Evolved’
THE VINES
Released: 23 March 2004
Debut longplayer

NME wrote: “Drenched in the Sydney sun, The Vines’ debut has enough subtleties
thanks to its Kinks-ian touches to be more than a party album, but with its brake
cords cut and the irresistible chaos it creates, it’s not a bad record to have around
if there’s a party going on.” – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: This is what you get when
paranoia and schizophrenia have a heavy screaming jam…

Top Track:: exorcistic outburst… GET FREE

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – Here’s ‘Music For The Jilted Generation’ By THE PRODIGY

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‘Music For The Jilted Generation’
THE PRODIGY
Released: 4 July 1994
Their second LP

BBC MUSIC wrote: “Recorded against the backdrop of the Criminal Justice Act, the 1994 legislation that effectively criminalised outdoor raving – ‘How can the government stop young people from having a good time?’, reads a note on the inner sleeve – Music… simmers with righteous, adrenalised anger, rave pianos and pounding hardcore breakbeats augmented by gnarly punk guitar, wailing sirens and on ‘Break And Enter’, the sound of shattering glass. At
no point is this merely a band coasting on edgy vibes and bad attitude, though, rather, this
is a record that saw Prodigy mainman Liam Howlett maturing as a producer, increasing his palette of sounds and instruments without diluting The Prodigy’s insolent rush, and simultaneously smash ’n’ grabbing from a diverse range of influences that would be neatly integrated into the band’s design.” Full review right here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME‘s favourite track: funky smack… POISON

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Poisonous breakbeats…

TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Broken English’ – MARIANNE FAITHFULL

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‘Broken English’
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
Released: 2 Nov 1979
Seventh studio album

THE GUARDIAN says: “In theory at least, there were more opportune moments in pop history for a forgotten 60s legend to stage a comeback than the late 1970s. Admirably less tolerant than subsequent generations of the idea that the 60s were a matchless cultural high-water mark, punks made a great pantomimic show of disdaining the preceding decade. “No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones/ In 1977,” sang the Clash. And yet the punk generation seemed to make an exception for Marianne Faithfull. McLaren attempted to cast her as Sid Vicious’s junkie mother in The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle. The songs on her 1979 comeback album, Broken English, were premiered at a gig at the Music Machine in London, the bearpit venue where Bob Geldof was punched in the face in the middle of a Boomtown Rats gig and Richard Hell received such a grim reception that Rotten, of all people, took the stage to ask for calm. “Punk,” Faithfull later recalled, “made Broken English possible. The record careers by, its 35 minutes as bracingly full of venom and spite as anything her punk admirers could muster. For Faithfull, it seemed to work as catharsis.” – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME‘S favorite track: title track BROKEN ENGLISH

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Red Mecca’ – CABARET VOLTAIRE

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‘Red Mecca’
CABARET VOLTAIRE
Released: 15 Sept 1981
Third studio album

ALL MUSIC wrote: “It isn’t without reason that Red Mecca is often referred to as one of
Cabaret Voltaire’s most cohesive and brilliant records. Taken as a whole, the record contains
all the characteristics that have made the Sheffield group such an influential entity when it comes to electronic music of the untethered, experimental variety that isn’t afraid to shake
its tail a little. Unlike a fair portion of CV’s studio output, Red Mecca features no failed experiments or anything that could be merely cast off as “interesting.” It’s a taught, dense, horrific slab lacking a lull.” – Score: 10/10 – Full review right here

TURN UP THE VOLUME‘S favorite track: the haunting LANDSLIDE…

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Spreading the virus…

TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me – THE CURE

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‘Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me’
by THE CURE
Released: 25 May 1987
Seventh studio album

ROLLING STONE wrote: “Even in a year already marked by sprawling, ambitious double albums from Prince and Hüsker Dü, the Cure’s new Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me stands out.
Like ‘Sign o’ the Times’ and ‘Warehouse: Songs and Stories’, this 2-record, 18-song set is about reaching inward. The Cure is trying to deepen and refine an existing sensibility rather than reach outward to expand it. On previous efforts, guitarist and singer Robert Smith has flirted with everything from conceptually orchestrated studio pop (The Top) to sarcastic dance tracks (“Let’s Go to Bed”); now that the Cure has evolved into an actual band, he’s able to consummate those eclectic desires. Kiss Me is a breakthrough all right. For the first time, the Cure’s music is relatively unfettered by pretension and indulgence, and the results are remarkable.”
Score: 5/5 – full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME‘s favorite track: JUST LIKE HEAVEN

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Kissing legends…