Album Reviews from the Beeb
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
Mature and experimental… Possibly the great lost 90s trip-hop album, in parts.
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Benjamin Britten - Cello Symphony / Cello Suite No.1
Bursting with contemplative beauty, instinctive phrasing, full-toned radiance.
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George Frideric Handel - Concerti Grossi Opus 6
The Avisons achieve what every composer hopes for, to move the listener's spirit.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40
Surprisingly crisp and spry, but authentically Mozartian.
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TrondheimSolistene - In Folk Style
An ensemble with a unique and delicious accent.
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Skream - Outside the Box
Dubstep producer’s second LP incorporates pop accessibility with puzzling results.
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Earth, Wind & Fire - The Greatest Hits
EWF can keep being sold into houses the length and breadth of the land.
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James Chance - Twist Your Soul – The Definitive Collection
Two-disc retrospective of scabrous No Wave figure’s searing jazz-punk contortions.
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Fresh - Kryptonite
Sticks to a tried-and-tested drum’n’bass sound, but an undeniably bouncy affair.
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Chicane - Giants
Pleasant to be around but not much of a distraction, this has its place.
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El-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3
This could represent the greatest thinking man’s beat tape of all time.
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Sarah Harmer - Oh Little Fire
Quiet, unassumingly lovely fifth album from celebrated Canadian songstress.
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Wavves - King of the Beach
San Diego scuzz-rocker overcomes his demons in mesmerising style.
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Ali Love - Love Harder
An album that sounds a little too cold for the sweaty world it sprang from.
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Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
New soundtracks for rare experimental films.
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Panjabi by Nature - Crowd Pleaser
Ironically not for everyone, but sure to appeal to PBN’s existing audience.
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Panjabi by Nature - Crowd Pleaser
Ironically not for everyone, but sure to appeal to PBN’s existing audience.
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Travie McCoy - Lazarus
An unmemorable collection of clichéd rap numbers from the Gym Class Heroes vocalist.
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