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This week is the 40th anniversary of the release of Phil Collins’ Face Value – the album that launched his hugely successful solo career in 1981. To mark the anniversary,…
The Alarm to advance release new album – but WITHOUT the music!
Four weeks ago The Alarm set to work on their latest album, War, which is scheduled for release on 25/26 February. Now, in order to combat production times and to…
Embrace announce vinyl reissues and one-off online live show
Embrace are releasing Out Of Nothing and This New Day for the first time on 180g vinyl on 30 October via Craft Recordings. The long sought-after reissues were cut at…
Review: Phil Collins – … But Seriously
Already reissued on vinyl (and every other format) as part of a remastering programme of all Collins’ solo catalogue in 2016, Rhino’s new vinyl edition of …But Seriously is a…
Review Round-Up: New Releases & Reissues – Issue 52
New Albums George Benson – Walking To New Orleans Long before George Benson enjoyed hits like 1983’s In Your Eyes, he’d earned a reputation as a jazz and soul maestro,…
Reissue Review: Ash – ’94-’04: Singles Boxset
Supergrass were fond of proclaiming that they were everybody’s third-favourite Britpop band. By the same token, Ash probably rank fifth in most people’s affections. It would certainly be impossible to…
Reissue: Ian Brown – Unfinished Monkey Business
It’s possible rock history has witnessed a more precipitous decline than the drop-off in quality between The Stone Roses’ zeitgeist-setting self-titled 1989 debut and their dreadful 1994 follow-up, Second Coming.…
Reissue: Terry Hall – Laugh
The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, Vegas (with Dave Stewart)… throughout his career, Terry Hall has collected bands the way that kids nowadays collect Pokémon…
Reissue: Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself
As punk rock morphed into post-punk and new wave at the end of the 1970s, disco remained the shaping force of the Top 40. It was to attract some highly…
Review: Kate Bush – Remastered On Vinyl And CD
A series of new remasters charts the incredible back catalogue of one of pop’s most beloved auteurs, Kate Bush. At a music-awards show a few years ago, a lubricated John…