20 years ago Pavement’s Brighten The Corners was released, their finest album. The re-release in particular, turned out to be a real treasure. From Denmark, no less!
Category: Review
Feb 05 2017
Divine – My First Album
Drag queen Divine got into music 35 years ago and emerged with My First Album: a great dance album!
Jan 21 2017
Madhouse: Prince and jazz
Prince and jazz: Madhouse, the interesting and good project that resulted in two beautiful albums in 1987, 30 years ago: a tribute!
Jan 17 2017
Daft Punk – Homework
Daft Punk’s Homework turns 20 years old. Considered a classic, almost from day one. One of my first dance albums.
Jan 01 2017
Closing of 2016
Closing of 2016. What was good? What wasn´t? What were the main events? Which stories were the favorites? A look back at a year, that got off to a very good start.
Dec 26 2016
George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael’s Listen Without Prejudice is het highlight in man’s body of work: a beautiful album with great songs that showed that Michael was to be taken seriously: a tribute.
Dec 21 2016
A Christmas Gift For You
Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You is widely regarded as the world’s best Christmas album of all time. Do I agree?
Dec 15 2016
D’Angelo – Black Messiah
D’Angelo’s Black Messiah was suddenly released two years ago. After 15 years of waiting finally a successor to the genius Voodoo! Could D’Angelo fulfill the sky-high expectations?
Nov 19 2016
Prince – Emancipation
With the release of Emancipation Prince celebrated his liberation from his contract with Warner Bros. It became a 3 hour-long, 36 song album, divided by 3-discs. 20 years ago today. A look back.
Nov 13 2016
Japan – Tin Drum
Japan’s Tin Drum: 35 years old! An utterly unique masterpiece by the former glamrock band Japan. A tribute to the best music can produce.
Nov 11 2016
Leonard Cohen – Greatest Hits
Leonard Cohen’s Greatest Hits is a kind of soundtrack to my youth: beautiful songs. A (small) tribute to the Artist (with a capital A).
Nov 09 2016
The Cure: 35 years of Faith
In honor of 35 years of depression and beauty, a tribute to the album Faith, the best album within the entire body of work by The Cure!
Oct 27 2016
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
Family favorite Amy Winehouse – Back To Black is 10 years old. This album still sounds fantastic and still moves, even after listening all those times!
Oct 16 2016
Prince – The Rainbow Children
15 years old already: Prince – The Rainbow Childen, a controversial album, but also an artistic highlight. A tribute to an unknown Prince album.
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