BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 25 In 2025
Back in time
30 December 2024
Band: PRIMAL SCREAM
Album: XTRMNTR
6th one, #3 in the UK.
AllMusic: “XTRMNTR is a nasty, fierce realization of an entire
world that has also lost the plot. It’s simply a protest, sonically
as well as lyrically, and maybe this would be a fine time to once
again rally behind something worthwhile.”
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Artist: PJ HARVEY
Album: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Her 5th longplayer. #23 in the UK. Platinum in the US.
NME: “A magnificent, life-affirming opus.”
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Band: THE WHITE STRIPES
Album: De Stijl
The duo’s 2nd one. No. 137
in the UK. No. 38 in the US.
Rolling Stone: “Feisty and clever. Like everything about the White Stripes,
the album proves that you don’t need bombast to make a blues explosion.”
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Band: RADIOHEAD
Album: Kid A
4th LP. No. 1 in the UK, US, Ireland,
Scotland, New Zealand and Canada.
The Guardian: “Even listeners raised on krautrock or
Ornette Coleman will find Kid A a mystifying experience.”
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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT
Album: Alone With Everybody
Solo debut.
NME: “Ashcroft’s newly discovered stability has done nothing
to blunt his powers of communication or reduce his belief in
the apocalyptic potential of music.”
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Band: SHELLAC
Album: 1000 Hurts
3rd full length.
AllMusic: “True to Shellac form, the record is a sound purchase.
Within the domain of atonal, anti-commercial rock & roll, very
few are on their level.”
R.I.P. Steve Albini.
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Band: THE DELGADOS
Album: The Great Eastern
3rd longplayer. #12 in the UK, #37 in
their home country Scotland.
DIS: The Great Eastern is a majestic
journey of astounding beauty.
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Band: GRANDADDY
Album: The Sophtware Slump
Second LP.
The New York Times: “A heart-achingly beautiful requiem for
a culture in which progress and technology have led to alienation
and disposability”.
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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Album: Rated R
Second one. #16 in the US,
#54 in the UK.
AllMusic: “R is mellower, trippier, and more arranged than its predecessor, making
its point through warm fuzz-guitar tones, ethereal harmonies, vibraphones, horns,
and even the odd steel drum.”
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Band: AT THE DRIVE IN
Album: Relationship Of Command
Their 3rd. #33 in the UK,
#116 in the US.
BBC Music: “Mesmerising. A statement of
grand intent that could never be followed.”
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