She’s been around the world and she can’t find her baby, but Lisa Stansfield still loves her hometown, “because everyone gets so excited that it gets really sweaty”. Live In Manchester reveals that the feeling is reciprocated, its two CD set of her September 2014 show at the city’s Bridgewater Hall documenting the affection in which this partisan crowd still holds a woman whose multi-million sales are often forgotten. This at times sounds like it was recorded at the back of the room, but it’s a still decent document of slick, funky, soulful performances covering her entire career, from All Around The World to tracks off her last album, Change, via her cover of Barry White’s Never, Never Gonna Give You Up.
LISA STANSFIELD - LIVE IN MANCHESTER Review
She’s been around the world and she can’t find her baby, but Lisa Stansfield still loves her hometown, “because everyone gets so excited that it gets really sweaty”. Live In Manchester reveals that the feeling is reciprocated, its two CD set of her September 2014 show at the city’s Bridgewater Hall documenting the affection in which this partisan crowd still holds a woman whose multi-million sales are often forgotten. This at times sounds like it was recorded at the back of the room, but it’s a still decent document of slick, funky, soulful performances covering her entire career, from All Around The World to tracks off her last album, Change, via her cover of Barry White’s Never, Never Gonna Give You Up.
Single Review: A-HA - UNDER THE MAKEUP
Very huge and symphonic, which made it hard to get into, but Morten Harket is a beautiful singer and the melancholic feel emerged eventually. A-ha have made some amazing songs – Take On Me is one of the best singles ever, and I loved Analogue. I’d love to see Morten collaborate with Johnny Marr. Imagine how good that would be!
The Classic POP OF . . . BOND (All James Bond Soundtracks)
1963: From RussiaWith Love
The first film to be scored
by John Barry and with Matt
Monro delivering a rousing
vocal for the end titles.
1964: Goldfinger
Every musical element gels
for the first time and sets
the template for the genre
of music that is Bond. The
first of three title songs by
Shirley Bassey.
Marc Bolan - Love and Death Review
Limited to 1,000 copies, Love And
Death is based on 12 very early
demos from 1966 made by Marc Bolan for his
first manager, Simon Napier-Bell. The demos
remained unheard until extra instrumentation
was added in 1981. The album’s release at
that time by Cherry Red came as a picture disc
with a free interview book, You Scare Me To
Death. Let Them Eat Vinyl’s reissue omits the
book and is pressed on heavyweight white
vinyl. It also drops the three songs Cherry Red
added for the album’s 1998 CD version, which
came from Bolan’s single The Wizard.
Deafheaven: New Bermuda - Album Review
With their third album
Deafheaven continue to push
the boundaries of what is
expected within black metal.
Returning to their heavier
roots on ‘Brought To The Water’, the progression
of the band since 2013’s ‘Sunbather’ is
incredible, mastering technicality and emotion
with an eight-minute epic of soaring
instrumentation. With veteran producer Jack
Shirley at the helm, the Californians’ direction is
breathtaking with some mind-bending time
signatures. Each song showcases a part of this
band’s diversity and ‘Baby Blue’ utilises the dark,
brooding type of chord progression that we have
come to love from the experimental five-piece.
