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Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
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Post by vya on Mar 25, 2015 0:01:42 GMT 1
Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
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Post by vya on Mar 23, 2015 21:49:34 GMT 1
Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
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Post by vya on Mar 17, 2015 18:59:41 GMT 1
Depeche Mode - Judas
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Post by vya on Mar 7, 2015 0:45:11 GMT 1
URBNRI - Back Me Up
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Post by vya on Mar 4, 2015 19:25:43 GMT 1
Lana Del Rey - Ride
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Post by vya on Mar 1, 2015 21:50:50 GMT 1
Gabriella Cilmi - On A Mission
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Post by vya on Feb 26, 2015 19:25:56 GMT 1
Stephen Duffy - The Deal
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Post by vya on Feb 14, 2015 0:45:59 GMT 1
Erasure - The Circus
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Post by vya on Feb 14, 2015 0:39:36 GMT 1
The Lilac Time - If The Stars Shine Tonight
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Post by vya on Feb 11, 2015 18:41:31 GMT 1
Erasure - Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
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Post by vya on Feb 7, 2015 21:04:56 GMT 1
Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm
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Post by vya on Feb 7, 2015 17:51:47 GMT 1
One of my favourite pop music years.
10 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance 8 Roy Orbison - You Got It 3 Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo - Help 9 Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real 5 Paula Abdul - Straight Up 9 Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care 7 Lynne Hamilton - On The Inside 7 Queen - I Want It All 6 Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could 8 Cliff Richard - I Just Don't Have The Heart 8 Madonna - Cherish 7 Rebel MC and Double Trouble - Street Tuff 8 Jeff Wayne - Eve Of The War (Ben Liebrand Remix) 8 Soul II Soul - Get A Life
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Post by vya on Feb 2, 2015 0:37:45 GMT 1
I am not THAT surprised - - and I might even consider agreeing, despite some obvious temptations in other directions (The Jam as well as some already mentioned spring to mind), although that Wizzard are just so much fun is a strong argument in their favour:
The main argument for the case against Wizzard for me: too small a back catalogue (I admit to being quite unfamiliar with the albums recorded under other names though..) . "Angel Fingers" is a brilliant, far too overlooked record, and Ray Wood certainly proved his worth both in the band and elsewhere....
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Post by vya on Jan 31, 2015 11:42:13 GMT 1
Lana del Rey - Shades of Cool
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Post by vya on Jan 29, 2015 14:29:27 GMT 1
Jean Carne -Was That All It Was
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Post by vya on Jan 28, 2015 14:05:53 GMT 1
Carter USM were a breath of fresh air - I greatly enjoyed their first album, "101 Damnations", and the third one, "1992 The Love Album" too. And a number of very singles were very fine indeed ("Anytime Anyplace Anywhere", one not to have made the top 75, remains a particular favourite). But....really, they were a bit of a one-trick pony (puns + bad singing + limited instrumentation + inspired use of samples and voiceovers + "socially concerned" lyrics), and it did start to wear thin after a while. - there are only so many puns you can make out of South East London place names. That said, I saw them live I think four times, and a fair bit of their material has held up really well.
Never quite thought the HMHB comparison stood up, though - I thought a tougher, sharper, version of the Pet Shop Boys (to accompany Momus, much lower down th charts, as their sleazier twin....) was my reference point - "Suburbia" could have been a Carter USM song, really....
I'd be severely tempted to consider the case for Prefab Sprout at #7 - consistently superb, quality, songwriters with a back catalogue of which to be very proud. Possibly Carter's quirkiness swings it for them, but i'm conflicted.
I also agree about "Of Course I'm Lying". Fabulous record.
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Post by vya on Jan 26, 2015 0:23:24 GMT 1
It's gotta be Billy Mackenzie for me at 9, can't fault the Weddoes at 10, and would be torn between Fuzzbox and Haysi Fantaysee at 11 - but I think Fuzzbox would just win through on the strength of their wider catalogue (also: ROBERT LLOYD. Yes indeed). 12 - would be seriously tempted by the Inspirals, even if they didn't really live up to their early promise (The whole "She Comes In The Fall" 12" EP is possibly even more stunning than "This Is How It Feels", if less elegiac, though).
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Post by vya on Jan 24, 2015 10:54:38 GMT 1
The Cure - Pictures Of You
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Post by vya on Jan 22, 2015 14:58:11 GMT 1
Depeche Mode - Jezebel
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