Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
A truly astonishing album from last year. Who says that it's no longer possible for music to be taken in a different direction???
Howling Bells - Radio Wars
This is the 2CD version with a live disc. A great band with excellent material who seem to be criminally ignored.
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
The CD single with both the original version of the track and the Norman Cook remix. It's rather frightening to think that this came out 14 years ago!!!
Paul McCartney - McCartney
Paul's lo-fi (although I don't think that the term had been invented then!) first post-Beatles effort. It wasn't well received at the time as McCartney was almost universally blamed for breaking up The Beatles. It wasn't public knowledge then that John Lennon had actually left the band in September 1969. This album contained the superlative Maybe I'm Amazed which would have been more than at home on any Beatles album.
The Who - Quadrophenia
Reckoned by Pete Townshend to be the last great Who album (he's probably right). Despite the lavish production it's one of the most vital works that The Who committed to vinyl.
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack
This was a 1999 pull-together of the Beatles tracks on the original Yellow Submarine album (it excludes the George Martin orchestration which, whilst pleasant, is hardly essential) together with the rest of the songs which were on the film soundtrack. It was also the first (pretty successful) attempt at remixing and remastering Beatles tracks. Of the four songs recorded for the film, Hey Bulldog and It's All Too Much are criminally underrated.
Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7"s
One of the most consistent producers of cracking singles of the nineties and noughties. If nothing on this album brings a smile to your face then it's possibly wise to start checking for rigor mortis.
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