Category: Review

Prince & The Revolution overwhelm The Netherlands

Prince & The Revolution overwhelm The Netherlands - Header (apoplife.nl)

On August 18, 1986 I witnessed Prince live for the very first time. I wasn’t prepared for this overwhelming, exciting and pure genius show!

Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires

Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires (resolutionrecords.co.uk)

The story about the fantastic reggae dub classic Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires!

Sinatra At The Sands

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra At The Sands (spotify.com)

In 1966 Frank Sinatra released his first live album. A definite highlight, the story about Sinatra At the Sands.

Roxy Music and the superb Viva!

Roxy Music - Live 1975/76 (youtube.com)

Following five studio albums in three years, Roxy Music needed a short break, but not without almost thoughtlessly releasing one of the best live albums of all time: Viva! Roxy Music.

Roxy Music – Viva! Roxy Music – The reviews

Roxy Music - Viva! Roxy Music (discogs.com)

Roxy Music’s Viva! was the band’s first live album. It got some rave reviews at the time, some of which are assembled here.

Prince and North Sea Jazz in 2011: three unforgettable nights in Rotterdam

Prince - North Sea Jazz 2011 (northsejazz.com)

In 2011 Prince performed three nights in a row at the Dutch North Sea Jazz festival. The story of an unforgettable experience!

Prince – North Sea Jazz festival 2011 – The reviews

Prince - North Sea Jazz 2011 - Press reactions (apoplife.nl)

This article contains the summations of the Dutch reviews of the three North Sea Jazz festival 2011 shows by Prince.

Prince fulfills his contract on Chaos And Disorder?

Prince - Chaos And Disorder (spotify.com)

In 1996 Warner Bros. released the TAFKAPrince album Chaos And Disorder. Was it just filler to fulfill contractual obligations?

Prince – Chaos And Disorder – The reviews

Prince - Chaos And Disorder - The reviews (apoplife.nl)

A vast collection of reviews of the Prince album Chaos And Disorder. The press was divided about the album.

Prince – Chaos And Disorder – The website

Prince - Chaos And Disorder - The website (apoplife.nl)

In 1996 Warner Bros. Records launched a website for the Prince album Chaos And Disorder. See the look and feel now of that site then!

Boney M.’s Take The Heat Off Me: childhood sweetheart or sin?

Boney M. 1976 (twitter.com)

In 1976 the brain child of Frank Farian seemed viable after all. From Baby Do You Wanna Bump to founding Boney M.

Joni Mitchell impresses deeply with Blue

Joni Mitchell 1970 (morrisonhotelgallery.com)

In 1971 Joni Mitchell released her beautiful, moving and (painfully) honest album Blue. A masterpiece that is still held in high esteem to this very day.

The Smiths release their third masterpiece: The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths - Live Manchester 07/19/1986 (rollingstone.com)

In 1986 The Smiths released their third masterpiece. The story of the difficult road to The Queen Is Dead.

The Gladiators – Trenchtown Mix Up

The Gladiators playing guitar (djdmac.com)

In 1976 many reggae classic were released. One of them was the debut album Trenchtown Mix Up by The Gladiators. The complete story.

Marvin Gaye displays his genius: What’s Going On

Marvin Gaye - 1970 (rollingstone.com)

In 1971 Marvin Gaye releases his masterpiece What’s Going On. Despite opposition from his own record label it turned into a huge success. A look back.