25 Years On: Looking Back at Pavement’s Debut Album Slanted and Enchanted
April 19th, 2017 | by Darren Keane
Slanted And Enchanted, Pavement’s debut album, has aged oddly well in the twenty five years since its release. It’s an …
Browsing the "classic album" Tag
Classic Album: The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (1986)
June 13th, 2016 | by Jonathan Wallace
The Smiths recorded their 3rd album ill at ease with their position in the music world. They were unsure of their …
Classic Album: Van Halen – 1984 (1984)
June 6th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
Two immense planets having been moving in synchronous orbit around a dazzling sun for a few years now, their every …
Classic Album: Ash – 1977 (1996)
April 27th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
For a moment, it seemed like anything could happen. Three teenagers from Downpatrick are staring blankly from the pages of …
Road To Nowhere: Modest Mouse’s This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About, Twenty Years Later
March 31st, 2016 | by Eoin Lynskey
What do you think of when you hear the phrase ‘driving music’? As musical notions go, it’s one that usually …
Classic Album: Motörhead – Another Perfect Day (1983)
February 5th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
1983 was an interesting year to be in Motörhead. After conquering the UK charts with the one-two punch of Ace …
Classic Album: Can – Future Days
August 13th, 2015 | by John Higgins
This may seem a pretentious review. It probably is. I may well be using words like “oneiric”*, a word that …
Classic Album: Gene Clark – No Other (1974)
August 10th, 2015 | by Brian Coney
Gene Clark was the Byrd who couldn’t fly. If that sounds trite (and let’s face it, it is) consider the …
Classic Album: Television – Marquee Moon
June 10th, 2015 | by Steven Rainey
I was 17, staring forlornly out of my bedroom window to a street clad in the dimming light of dusk. …
Classic Album: Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds
March 20th, 2015 | by Steven Rainey
In the wake of the solar eclipse that has captured people’s imaginations, and clogged up their social media feeds, Steven …
