Hello there and welcome
to my music blog! Come in and make yourself comfortable.
Just a quick introduction to this site:
I initially started
this blog many moons ago, but it was quite generic; wrote a dozen-or-so entries
and things pretty much dried up soon after. It wasn’t because I couldn’t be
bothered – of the pieces I had written only about half ended up getting
finished and posted. I guess I had deemed the rest too ranty or uninteresting
for anyone other than myself. Moreover, I realised my blog was getting too
intimate and quite frankly nobody needs to read about that stuff. ‘Tis better
to retain some mystique, no?
So I have decided to
reboot and write about music. Album reviews, specifically. I decided this would
be a good project as it allows me to talk about the music I am listening to beyond
Twitter, and thus not horrendously condensing everything down to one hundred
and forty characters. I am not musically trained nor a professional writer, but
I am passionate about music and I like to talk about it. All the time. Sometimes
I go on with an almost fanatical level of detail (ever seen ‘American Psycho’?)
but feel that a blog is far better a soundboard than my partner’s ear.
More importantly, it
means I have to listen to an album in its entirety, as I have too often spent upwards
of thirteen quid on a CD only to listen to the singles.
This will mean that I
will review albums of different genres, old and new. Most I will already own,
and some I don’t. Of course there may be a little bit of bias (as my taste in
music is supreme) but I will try and give my
honest opinion. I like most genres
of music (my main areas of interest are Rock and Pop, mainly 70s through to
noughties), and if there is a particular album you think I should listen to,
then drop me a line. I do have reservations though…
Which brings me onto
housekeeping:
- All reviews are written by me and formed from my own opinion. If you disagree with my comments, then I’m sorry but that’s too bad.
- While music suggestions are appreciated, I may not be able to fulfil all - Life is too short to have to listen to a whole album by an artist you loathe.
- I tend not to listen to a “trending” artist; instead preferring to wait for the hype and discussions to calm down before giving their work a go.
I rate albums out of
10:
10 – A truly
exceptional album; a milestone achievement and an essential purchase.
8-9 – An excellent
album; one of the highlights in an artists’ discography and highly recommended.
6-7 – A good album with
some consistently fine moments; definitely worth a listen.
4-5 – An average
album, with a few key cuts.
2-3 – A disappointing
album, with possibly only one or two good moments.
0-1 – A very poor piece of work; not worth
your time or money.
Still reading? Then onwards
and upwards, and thanks.
Simon.
Simon.
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