Placebo - Placebo (1996)

Placebo - Placebo (1996)

A placebo is a substance that has no therapeutic effect or a measure designed merely to humour or placate someone. Placebo, the band, are more often than not treated similarly by the music press.

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Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)

Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)

If you haven’t listened to this band, I urge you to drop everything and do so right now! Start with this fantastic record, circa 1972, then work your way up from 1969’s “Monster Movie” through to 1973’s “Future Days”.

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Pink Floyd - Pulse [Vinyl Box] (1995)

Pink Floyd - Pulse [Vinyl Box] (1995)

Ok, more “Dad” rock this evening but there’s a good story behind this one that involves The Big Red Shed. While browsing the vinyl bins recently I came across this beast of a box set newly remastered on 4 big slabs of vinyl.

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Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation (1994)

Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation (1994)

A classic dance/drum’n’bass/rock/metal cross-over record that absolutely slam dunks all of the big beats, electronic riffage and squelchy brilliance. We lost a past “Shut Up And Listen” member because of this band (notably “Smack Your Bitch Up”).

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Mad Season - Above (1995)

Mad Season - Above (1995)

An absolute stonker of a record this evening. This is truly a forgotten gem from the very short-lived Seattle supergroup made up of members of Alice In Chains (Layne Staley), Screaming Trees (Barrett Martin), Pearl Jam (Mike McCready - who I tolerate big time on this record) and some dude called John Baker Saunders.

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Mr David Bowie - Ziggy (SACD)(1972)

Mr David Bowie - Ziggy (SACD)(1972)

If you don’t get goose bumps during Ronson’s “Moonage Daydream” solo you are fucking deaf and probably musically bereft. The end of “Soul Love” as it counts down into the first note of that song is also as perfect a moment on any record that I can think of.

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