A round up of weekly reviews of ‘the classics’ I had never bothered to listen to. — What a year it has been. The year is ending, the choosing tin is empty, we have reviewed the last album. It has not been an easy year for anyone but let’s have a little look back on what we’ve done this year, shall we? We started off by taking…

Album #52 : Oasis — (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? — And so we come to the end. When I set out to write about the 52 best albums of all time, I genuinely had no idea what I would write about each record. …

Thrifty Words Challenge #69: Portrayal — He said my wordplay was childish. So, enraged, I slipped the poison into his bottle of fortified wine. Nobody else drank it, we couldn’t stand it, so I knew he’d be my only victim. Now I bide my time until after Christmas dinner and await my port betrayal, my portrayal!

Album #51 : Bruce Springsteen — Born In The USA — At one point this week, whilst I was on maybe my third or fourth listen through of this album, an old university friend text me to remind me of something (she had found an old conversation of ours in which we’d reminisced about some daft game we played at uni…

Album #50 : Queen — A Night At The Opera — It is fitting that this album should come up at this time of year, when so many of us are stretching ourselves thin spending money on Christmas presents and Christmas night’s out. After all, what is Christmas without a healthy dose of consumerism? Why is it fitting I hear you…

Album #49 : Beach Boys — Pet Sounds — As with every year, we have somehow slipped into December and, as with every year, it is a complete and total shock to everyone. DECEMBER! At this time of year?! Unheard of. As a result, though, I have started to think about what has happened this year, good and bad…

Album #48 : Taylor Swift — 1989 — Is this the most culturally significant event of the last 6 or 7 years? It feels like a career defining moment, the instant that catapulted the artist from relative success to super stardom. The thing that made people sit up, listen, think to themselves ‘they’re not a kid anymore, this…

Album #47 : Prince — Purple Rain — I gave blood again this week. There’s not much reason to tell you other than to remind you that I am a brilliant human being. I also got a another haircut — again there’s no real reason to mention that. …

Album #46 : The Chemical Brothers — Dig Your Own Hole — Maybe it is because we were still in lockdown for a lot of the year, maybe it is because I haven’t been to many as a result, maybe it was because I sold some tickets for one I can no longer make but I realised earlier this week that there…