This album is amazing. It’s dark, it’s powerful, it’s fucking brilliant. I originally picked it up cause I had heard ‘Family Affair’ and was blown away by it, and after listening to the whole album I was amazed. Sly and the Family Stone were one of the greatest bands of the original Funk generation, and [...]

Every time I tell some one that I love James Taylor, and get nothing but an odd stare in response, I wonder if anyone has ever really listened to the albums that make him great. This album, along with ‘Gorilla’, and ‘Sweet Baby James’, is an amazing record that if you haven’t heard you really [...]

1972’s Tangerine, recorded for the Prestige label while Gordon was still living in Europe, is one of the finest Bop albums from the period, and still a great record to hear. Gordon, who had relocated to Copenhagen a decade earlier, seeking commercial and artistic success, visited the United States often, to record with Rudy Van [...]

Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard anything off this album before. Ok, now lower your hand if the only songs you can remember are the huge hits like ‘Tennessee’ or ‘Mr. Wendal’. Now lower your hand if you don’t remember what any of the songs were actually about. Anyone left? This is where I [...]

If you don’t already have this album, get it. That is assuming you like music, any music, at all.
From ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ through ‘Burn this Disco Out’ the whole album is amazing. It’s Poppy, Funky, and from a period in Michael’s life where he still occasionally left his house to interact with [...]

So, I’ve been listening to this album every night for the past week or so and I think it’s brilliant.
It’s perfectly soft and (surprise!) quiet, while still managing to sound extremely powerful. I love Erik Glambek Boe’s voice, it’s deep and resonant, without feeling forced or over done. The music is the perfect counterpoint to [...]