Music Gems

Daily album gems on a random basis.

Colin Newman - A-Z (1980)

Colin is more known for his involvement in the post-punk outfit Wire, but his debut album A-Z easily takes up where Pink Flag left off, with the avant garde touch a solo album such as this deserves.

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John Cale - Paris 1919 (1973)

John Cales most accessible effort, a mature and embracing record that actually contains none of Cale’s noise and thunder, which made him famous during the Velvet Underground days. This is how you craft songs for the crowds - and it sounds great.

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Tom Waits - Alice
Documentary covering Tom Waits and his work on the play Alice at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg. Just wonderful.

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Thurston Moore - Psychic Hearts (1995)

Thurston Moore’s debut album. Easily comparable with Sonic Youth’s brightest moments.

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Black Tambourine - Black Tambourine (2010)

Lovely and noisy shoegaze.

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Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)

The sound is thicker compared to Cohen’s earliest albums, but the lyrics is just as good. Great album.

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Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Children Of Nature (1996)

Hilmar’s soundtrack for the icelandic oscar winning movie “Children Of Nature”.

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Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)

Spiritualized’s strongest piece. Gospel, electronic drones and classical music in a big beautiful mess.

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Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)

Gorgeous dream pop, the first four tracks on this album is mesmerizing.

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Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes et Cætera (1979)

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Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)

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Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)

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Fairport Convention - What We Did on Our Holidays (1969)

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Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)

Britpop at it’s best.

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