In 1980 The Rolling Stones released the album (and single) Emotional Rescue. The album tends to be overlooked. Unjustly so. The story of a forgotten album.
Category: Review
Jun 19 2020
Neil Young – Homegrown
Another great release in Neil Young’s ongoing Archives series, the previously unreleased 1975 album Homegrown. An impressive piece of music history.
Jun 12 2020
The first posthumous Joy Division release: Love Will Tear Us Apart
In June 1980 Joy Division was no more. Just one month earlier the future seemed bright, but it all changed on May 18th, 1980. The band’s first release since that date was the haunting Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Jun 05 2020
Run The Jewels – RTJ4: tribute to victims, protestors and activists
The release of RTJ4 came earlier than planned. A great move, because this album is very much needed. The shocking events in the US need perspective. Run The Jewels provide that in an impressive way!
May 31 2020
Prince – Nude Tour – The reviews
Prince’s 1990 Nude Tour received heavy press coverage. No unanimous praise this time, but disappointment and admiration went hand in hand. A selection of reviews.
May 20 2020
David Bowie – LIVEANDWELL.COM
In 1999 BowieNet members received the first Bowie internet CD, in part compiled by members themselves. In 2020 it was made available for everybody to enjoy and listen to!
May 16 2020
Devo’s third (and best?) album, Freedom Of Choice
In 1980 Devo released their third album. Freedom Of Choice saw the band taking a new turn which obviously connected to people. It was to be the band’s biggest succes, one that unfortunately wouldn’t be replicated.
May 09 2020
Linton Kwesi Johnson’s masterpiece Bass Culture
Linton Kwesi Johnson’s third album Bass Culture appeared in 1980. An impressive and rather depressing report on immigrant life in England. Read the complete story!
Apr 22 2020
The Cure surprises with the sublime Seventeen Seconds
In 1980 The Cure released their second album, Seventeen Seconds, the real beginning. The story behind the album and its subsequrent tour.
Apr 22 2020
Prince creates psychedelic funk on Around The World In A Day
In 1985 Prince released the impressive Around The World In A Day. The complete story on an album that above everything else should not be Purple Rain Part II.
Apr 22 2020
Prince – Around The World In A Day – The reviews
Five contemporary reviews of Prince’s seventh album Around The World In A Day, which was released on April 22nd, 1985. Mixed reviews on a superb album.
Apr 18 2020
Romanthony – R.Hide In Plain Site
The story on the album R.Hide In Plain Site by Romanthony. A look back and tribute to the career of the original dance producer Romanthony, that was tragically cut short.
Apr 10 2020
And yet another Public Enemy hip-hop classic, Fear Of A Black Planet
The road to Public Enemy’s third album was a rocky one. The story of a hip hop classic that would turn into Public Enemy’s best sold album: Fear Of A Black Planet.
Mar 31 2020
Sufjan Stevens releases the beautiful, demure and moving Carrie & Lowell
In 2015 Sufjan Stevens released the beautiful, moving and intimate Carrie & Lowell, a brutally honest portrait of Carrie’s passing and the reaction to that. Impressive!
Mar 26 2020
Van Halen’s third album slams: Women And Children First
The third Van Halen album proved that the band was more than the sum of its parts. An impressive piece of work by a band that sadly showed the first signs of the bumpy road ahead.
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