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On 01/08/2003 andrew said: "Tape time"


David Bowie - Low

I've been aware of this as an important album for a while, and it turns out it's but good and influential, but the good bits (side1) aren't influential, and the influential bits (side2) aren't any good. They're not terrible, but they just sort of hang there.

The Inspiral Carpets - Revenge of the Goldfish

The Inspirals are quite a bit angrier than I remember them being. With Bitches Brew, Dragging Me Down and Two Worlds Collide, this is as close to a greatest hits as you can get apart from the, y'know, actual greatest hits. Dragging Me Down in particular I've always considered "the" Inspiral Carpets song, due to the prominent organ riff. The problem is, the songs you don't know sound a lot like the songs you do. Great for playing loud, for a while.



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The same sort of thing about Pin-Ups, actually I don't know if it is rated as influential or important - I bought it on name recognition value alone and it's only all right. (It's an album of covers more for completists).

I have and like the first Inspiral Carpets album Life

Eamonn said @ 06/08/2003 09:53 AM GMT

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