Genre Contemporary Singer/ Songwriter |
Graham Parker - Dont Tell Columbus
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
Genre Prog Art Rock |
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
year: 93 - review: Paul Weller deservedly regained his status as the Modfather with his second solo album, Wild Wood. Actually, the album is only tangentially related to mod, since Weller picks up on the classicism of his debut, adding heavy elements of pastoral British folk and Traffic-styled trippiness. Add to that a yearning introspection and a clean production that nevertheless feels a little rustic, even homemade, and the result is his first true masterwork since ending the Jam. The great irony of the record is that many of the songs -- "Has My Fire Really Gone Out?," "Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)" -- question his motivation and, as is apparent in his spirited performances, he reawakened his music by writing these searching songs. Though this isn't as adventurous as the Style Council, it succeeds on its own terms, and winds up being a great testament from an artist entering middle age. And, it helped kick off the trad rock that dominated British music during the '90s.
Julie Tippetts - Sunset Glow
Genre * Modern Creative * Progressive Big Band * Fusion * Early Creative * Free Jazz |
Ottmar Liebert - Nouveau Flamenco
Genre * Ethnic Fusion * Flamenco * Adult Alternative |
Screaming Trees - Dust
Genre * Hard Rock * Alternative Pop/ Rock * Grunge * Neo-Psychedelia |
10cc - the Original Soundtrack
Genre * Prog-Rock/ Art Rock * Album Rock * Pop/Rock * Soft Rock |
Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Man
year: 95 - review: Rollicking guitars and a rolling rhythm kick up dust on "Harley Davidson"; "I think less well of life than of my motor bike," snarls guest vocalist Anita Lane. Mock lounge jazz suits the title track's story of descent into drink. Persistent organs give much of the material a similar feel. Elsewhere, elegant string arrangements (courtesy of Bertrand Burgalat) sweep through the songs, vaguely dating them in a past era. Like Gainsbourg's originals, however, Harvey's versions have substance beyond mere kitsch value.
Gainsbourg seems to have had an obsession with American popular culture ("New York U.S.A.," "Harley Davidson," "Ford Mustang," "Bonnie and Clyde") and on Intoxicated Man, it's the fast living of guns, cars, and alcohol that lure him. His direct, dry humor and taste for satire are also evident throughout. "Chatterton" is all punchline, with Harvey reading off a list of suicide casualties -- "How 'bout me?" he asks, "Lately I don't feel good inside." "New York U.S.A." is an ode to the city that gets Gainsbourg "high, oh so high." Harvey tours the Big Apple with his female backup singers in tow, getting his fix from Rockefeller Center and the Pan American Building. Also included are examples of Gainsbourg's dark, erotic leanings on "Sex Shop" and the controversial "Lemon Incest."
Gainsbourg seems to have had an obsession with American popular culture ("New York U.S.A.," "Harley Davidson," "Ford Mustang," "Bonnie and Clyde") and on Intoxicated Man, it's the fast living of guns, cars, and alcohol that lure him. His direct, dry humor and taste for satire are also evident throughout. "Chatterton" is all punchline, with Harvey reading off a list of suicide casualties -- "How 'bout me?" he asks, "Lately I don't feel good inside." "New York U.S.A." is an ode to the city that gets Gainsbourg "high, oh so high." Harvey tours the Big Apple with his female backup singers in tow, getting his fix from Rockefeller Center and the Pan American Building. Also included are examples of Gainsbourg's dark, erotic leanings on "Sex Shop" and the controversial "Lemon Incest."
Tango Saloon - Tango Saloon
Genre * Tango * Cowboy * Latin Jazz |
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
Happy Mondays Discography
Genre Alternative Pop/ Rock Club/Dance Alternative |
Bronski Beat - the Age of Consent
Genre New Wave Synth Pop Pop Dance |
the Cliks - Snakehouse
Genre Rock |
Todd Rundgren - The Very Best Of
Genre rock |
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
Genre Blues Rock Noise pop Punk |
Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Genre Synth Pop Dance Rock New Wave |
The The - Mind Bomb
Genre * Dance-Rock * College Rock |
Lucinda Williams - West
Genre Folk Alternative Folk |