Aeonic Majesty - Mutant

Advantages: Bowie at his creative best.
Disadvantages: Sounds a little dated now.

...Cited by punks as one of the few artists they respected, Bowie released this tribute to George Orwell's "1984" in 1974, soon after jettisoning his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust. Opening with "Future Legend", the LP is set in some undefined future world peopled with freaks and mutants: Diamond Dogs, Halloween Jack, Big Brother, etc. In this post-nuclear wasteland Bowie lays down the tracks for a future world: the majesty of "Sweet Thing", the paranoid love song "Rock 'N' Roll With Me", and the hit single "Rebel Rebel" all go to prove that this was Bowie at his peak - remember him this way.... Read review

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Advantages: She's a rainbow is a wonderful song
Disadvantages: A bit twiddly and self-absorbed in parts

...“Their Satanic Majesties Request” was quite a departure for the Rolling Stones, even when it was released in the 60s. Nopwadays, comparing it to the rest of their huge back catalogue it still remains a bit of an oddity – quite different. So don’t expect it to be full of their usual rootsy R & B based rock. What you get instead is a psychedelic album, full of experimental doodling – basically they were trying to produce their own album to rival Sgt Pepper, and in that sense, it didn’t really work. Having said that, I don’t think it’s a bad album, and I do still enjoy listening to it, as long as I remember to program out a couple of tracks (these are “Gomper” and “2000 miles”, both of which just seem like inconsequential filler tracks to me). The album is often... Read review

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Advantages: Powerful, dark. A definate grower!
Disadvantages: Lacks an immediate punch

...This Is Hardcore was released back in 1998 to an Indie scene which had long since grown tired of "Britpop". The album was almost immediatly written off and criticised for failing to deliver the same quirky pop classics which had appeared on its fore runners. With the benefit of time, This is Hardcore can be looked back upon as arguably the finest work to come from the band. The album has a continuity and a dark soul that mark it out as something special. Songs such as "Help The Aged", which were derided as Pulp-by-numbers, take on a brooding majesty when heard in context. For anyone who appreciates quality and depth in their music, This is Hardcore will continue to please and to terrify, long after "Common People" has lost it's sheen.... Read review

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