Category: nanoReviews
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Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture)
Album: Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture) Artist: Various Artists Year: 1996 Genre: Alternative Run Time: 1h16m Rating: 86.76% Review: This album features a number of tracks heard and referenced in the titular film — and it’s wonderful. Britpop rubs shoulders with techno, and more besides. There are several numbers here not easily available from…
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Parallel Lines
Album: Parallel Lines Artist: Blondie Year: 1978 Genre: New wave Run Time: 39m Rating: 80.91% Review: Good quality new wave from Deborah Harry and friends. There’s a bit of filler in the middle of the album, but with no less than 6 hits, 4 of them really well remembered, this is an LP which can…
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Moanin’
Album: Moanin’ Artist: Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Year: 1959 Genre: Hard Bop Run Time: 41m Rating: 82.36% Review: Originally released as Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, this is a fine jazz album, featuring some tight playing and excellent tune writing. Only a series of extended drum passages spoil the flow a little.…
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Doolittle
Album: Doolittle Artist: Pixies Year: 1989 Genre: Alternative Rock Run Time: 39m Rating: 83.60% Review: One of the most highly-regarded alternative rock albums in the canon, Doolittle proves its worth at every turn, with strolling basslines and squalling guitars. There’s a surprising amount of slowness, but it never feels this way, thanks to Black Francis’s…
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