If you're unfamiliar with Ian Dury's work, this double album is a good introduction. Above all Dury was a poet, listen hard to the lyrics of 'What a Waste', 'Reasons to be Ch... read full review
It's perhaps ironic that The Strawbs' best known song - the upbeat, shout-along, beloved of documentaries about the 1970s - 'Part of the Union' is atypical of most of their material. ... read full review
Although they were made in the mid '70s, the high production values employed in making these boy's annual-style Yarns show through and they still look fresh today. There are touches of Pyth... read full review
If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding
The Wall is very much a love it or hate it album. Released in 1979 when the punk explosion had already undermined the foundations of prog rock it's easy to see this as just another overblown concept album.... read full review