Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies (1986) - "This 1986 collaboration between Harold Budd, the master ambient minimalist and the Cocteau Twins, the original purveyors of ethereal pop is an effective blend of styles which results in an interesting album."
Neil Ardley - A Symphony of Amaranths (1971) - "how can one of the most diverse, inventive and beautiful records ever made in Britain remain so little-known?"
Marvin Pontiac - The Asylum Tapes (2017) - "... Pontiac made these songs on an anonymously donated four-track recorder, while locked up at the fictional Esmerelda State Mental Institution"
Tapper Zukie - Earth Running (1979) - "across this album's nine tracks the DJ gamely tackles a variety of social subjects"
U Brown - Repatriation (1979) - "Brown's principal influence is the great U-Roy and his deejaying retains U-Roy's surreal jive, only its a bit faster and more percussive"
Jen Cloher - Jen Cloher (2017) - "a slow-burning masterpiece from a first-class songwriter"
Radiohead - The Bends (1995) - "The band’s critically acclaimed second album welcomed a more prominent use of keyboards, as well as greater balance between delicate and abrasive guitar tracks."
Endless Boogie - Nothing for the Water (2016) - "some studio stuff, some live stuff, some jams from the dungeon"
Baxter Dury - It’s a Pleasure (2014) - "a keyboard melody bloops and Dury whispers forlornly about a missed romantic opportunity"
John Coltrane - "Live" at the Village Vanguard (1962) - "‘Trane takes it to heaven and back with some style, man. Some richness, daddy. It’s a sad thing his life was cut short by them jaws o’ death."
Bob Dylan - Saved (1980) - "The result is looser, with a more authentic gospel feel - that makes it Dylan's most listenable album of his "born-again trilogy."
Bob Dylan - Shot of Love (1981) - "...remains one of the most neglected albums of Bob Dylan’s career, in large part due to its association with his so-called “Born Again Period,” and popular kneejerk pigeonholing as the closing brimstone book of the “Christian Trilogy”"
Steve Tibbetts - Big Map Idea (1989) - "the king of high energy electric Jazz fusion world music without the cliché factor ... Light synths and subdued just right percussion. Perfect for drives in the country"
Jessie Ware - Glasshouse (2017) - "her signature slinky torch songs sound invigorated"
Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex (2017) - "elemental, hazy and romantic, but with a noir edge underneath Gonzalez's androgynous voice"
Martha and the Muffins - Metro Music (1980) - "A Blondie-wannabe, this release does charm with female vocals, modestly upbeat songs - and sax solos"
The Flamin' Groovies - Flamin' Groovies Now (1978) - "marked a resurgence of the San Francisco band and brought them to international audiences informed by the post-punk ethic of simplicity that chimed with their classic West Coast melodic pop."
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