The politically outspoken London punk icons THE CLASH released their
staggering Self-titled Debut LP on 8 April 1977, today 48 years ago.
A historic LP and probably one of the most important punk albums of that time.
A new generation raised its voice. Loud, clear, fast, innovative and straight in the
face of the narcissistic, right-wing establishment.
Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…
19 April 2018
Band: MASSIVE ATTACK
Album: MEZZANINE
Released: 20 April 1998 – 20 years ago
Pitchfork wrote: “The album corroded their tendencies to make big-wheel hymnals of interconnected lives where hope and despair trade precedent—on Mezzanine, it’s alienation all the way down. There’s no safety from harm here, nothing you’ve got to be thankful for, nobody to take the force of the blow: what ‘Mezzanine’ provides instead is a succession of parties and relationships and panopticons where the walls won’t stop closing in. ‘Mezzanine’ stands as an album built around echoes of the ’70s, wrestled through the immediacy of its creators’ tumultuous late ’90s, and fearless enough that it still sounds like it belongs in whatever timeframe you’re playing it.” Score: 9.3/10 – Full review here
Turn Up The Volume says: This longplayer always sounded to me like a perfect soundtrack for sci-fi movie ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind‘. Otherworldly, transcendental, but most of all astonishingly fascinating in sound and vision. Groundbreaking performance…
Three Top Tracks: Teardrop / Risingson / Man Next Door
“In light of Facebook’s continued disregard for your privacy, their lack of transparency and disregard for accountability, ‘Massive Attack’ will be temporarily withdrawing from FB”
(March 2018)
