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A Broken Frame– Depeche Mode I was surprised to find this album in my library; I’d never heard of it. Turns out this is the second studio album by DM; the first following the departure of Vince Clarke. Seems like Martin Gore described it as “our worst album”. It shows. I’m not familiar with any…
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A Bit O’ This & That – Emilie Autumn I guess this is one of them “Oh you need to be a fan” type albums. I’m not a fan. I have no idea why this album is in my library. I tried. I really did. I played 8 tracks off this before turning it off.…
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01011001 by Ayreon I can’t remember how I first heard about Ayreon. It might be listening to a compilation or something but from the first song that I heard, I just knew that I would like his work. So I managed to get his back catalogue with this fantastic double album being released at the…
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9012 Live: The Solos – Yes People that have known me for a while will no doubt agree when I say, as a youth, I was weird. When all my contemporaries were enjoying U2, Deacon Blue, Blur and Shakespear’s Sister; I was deeply entrenched in a puddle of prog. Most notably, Yes and Triumvirat. As I…
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2001: A Space Odyssey – Various Artists (Original Soundtrack) As a child I thought 2001 was boring. Too much talk. Not enough lasers or explosions. And what was that thing about the huge slabs of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk in space about? And why was Rigsby talking with a Russian accent? But hey! Look at all that…
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1984 – Rick Wakeman Take one Chaka “Chaka” Khan (out of deep storage), a dose of Kenny Lynch, a teaspoon of Jon Anderson, a pinch of cockney rebel Steve Harley and mix well with copious amounts of bearded prog rock keyboard player (remove beard). Garnish with sprinklings of Tim Rice Libretto which has been steeped…
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1200 Curfews – Indigo Girls What is this shite doing in my music library and how did it get there?!
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666 – Aphrodite’s Child Aphrodite’s Child is to Greece what the Beatles are to Liverpool and Abba to Sweden. If Greece had maintained such quality progrock output I suspect they wouldn’t be in financial difficulty now. Though what do I know about economics? Stuff all. I suspect most of you will not have heard of Aphrodite’s…
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101 – Depeche Mode Depeche Mode's music incites a strange mix of emotions and feelings. Kind of kinky dirty but also grimey in the same way. I suppose it's because I know some members had a really bad smack habit so often images of Grange Hill's Zammo slumped in a dirty public bog, hypodermic needle…
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90 Bisodol (Crimond) – Half Man Half Biscuit There are these four blokes from Merseyside in the UK who formed a band and stormed the world with their music. Unfortunately they were very over rated, one had such a big opinion of himself he got shot; another took too much drugs in India; the third…
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