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100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #1 Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Released: 1977 If one narrative played strongest in the 1970’s, it was sex. Gone were the hippie conjunctions of bad … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #2 Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
Released: 1977 Almost anyone who embraces the idea of destiny is a fool or a liar, or both. Usually pre-ordainment … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #3 The Clash – London Calling
Released: 1979 The release of The Clash’s third studio London Calling was accompanied by a simple tagline, lauding them as … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #4 Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Released: 1978 Speaking to Ian Birch of the Melody Maker in 1978, Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler was unrepentant … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #5 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
Released: 1971 As it staggered into the 1970’s amongst the anger and disillusionment felt by urban communities across America there … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #6 The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Released: 1978 Just imagine for a minute that every country gets to have one entry into a winner-takes-all final Eurovision. … More
Let’s Go Round Again – 2022’s Best Reissues
Albums are served back up to a weary public these days on the flimsiest of premises, but here’s some which … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #7 Blondie Hanging on the Telephone/Heart of Glass
Released: 1978 & 1979 Sometimes impossible decisions can only be resolved by compromise. Attempting to capture the impact of Blondie’s … More
2022’s Best Albums
20. Meshuggah – Immutable 19. Wet Leg – Wet Leg Read about it here. 18. Galcher Lustwerk – 100% Galcher … More
The Voice Of Unreason 