Released: 1975 It’s never been definitively established what the optimal temperature is for revenge being served, but it’s certainly a … More
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Hi, my name is Andy & I live in Leeds, in northern England. I've been writing about music for more than ten years. My work outside of this blog is featured on Live4ever and Contact Music.
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #28 Elton John – Benny and the Jets
Released: 1973 The journey from rock to pop star and vice versa leaves scars alright – ask Bruce Springsteen – … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #29 Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
Released: 1979 Pink Floyd’s first single since 1968 proved to be one of the decade’s most unlikely hits, largely due … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #30 Roxy Music – Love Is the Drug
Released: 1975 The wikipedia entry for Love Is the Drug keeps it simple, explaining that (singer Bryan) ‘Ferry’s lyrics recount … More
Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart review
Interviewed in Q prior to the release of Street Fighting Years in 1989, Simple Minds front man Jim Kerr was … More
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Special Edition review
Hearing things is something label execs do. They like to hear hits, they like to hear radio-friendliness and they like … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #32 Television – Marquee Moon
Released: 1977 Call it fate, call it lack of imagination, call it whatever you want, but many of the records … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #31 Earth, Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland
Released: 1979 Six weeks after Boogie Wonderland’s release Steve Dahl held his knuckle dragger’s ball in Chicago; perhaps the outcome … More
Blancmange – Private View review
Normally in music terms people are reunited with other band members, but for Blancmange – effectively Neil Arthur and friends … More
Shakespears Sister – Hormonally Yours (30th anniversary edition) review
1992 was one of those years where whether you were dancing at five am in a field or getting tinnitus … More
The Voice Of Unreason 