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Jesus Jones - Doubt
Wednesday 01 February 2012
Kunt u deze nog? Dertigers en veertigers herinneren zich misschien nog wel het radiohitje Right Here, Right Now, een single van het tweede album van Jesus Jones. Wie had gedacht dat dit album 21 jaar na dato opnieuw zou verschijnen?
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Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Thursday 05 January 2012
They were only reinventing the wheel, but Bandwagonesque keeps on spinning.
The pop-quiz fact everyone seems to know about the Glaswegians’ 1991 album is that Spin magazine anointed it the best of the year, ahead of Nirvana’s Nevermind, My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, Primal Scream’s Screamadelica and REM’s Out of Time. That was a shock at the time. Two decades on, it’s safe to say that this blast of jangly-fuzzy, shoegaze-tinted power-pop hasn’t since dominated the discourse of rock critics as much as other contenders from that interesting year. Yet it was always unaffected and likeable, and remaining the perennial underdog only makes it more so.
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Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Marked the vital revival of an artist who continues to fascinate.
Forgive the wording, but there’s no doubt that Prince’s purple patch was considered to be behind him by many when he released Diamonds and Pearls, backed by The New Power Generation, in October 1991. His mid-80s peak produced the classic LPs 1999, Sign O’ the Times and Purple Rain, each a showcase for the man’s accomplished-yet-chameleonic song-craft. But 1988’s Lovesexy was a comparatively poor set that, while full of ambition, misfired several times across its high-concept tracks. And the following soundtracks for Tim Burton’s Batman and Graffiti Bridge, both best summarised as seriously flawed, suggested that Prince’s creative control had overheated.
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