MY answer to the impossible to answer question? Well, I’ve thought about this long and hard and in the end, the one album I have probably played the most and still enjoy after countless listens is ‘Abbey Road’ by The Beatles. The Beatles, as for millions of people, have always been one of my most…
Read articleWOW, how do you condense a lifetime’s listening to one album? This is the question that runs around my head as I sit at my computer. There are so many sides to my music tastes. So many great albums and so many forgotten classics. Can I really ever hope to live without Magazine’s Second-hand Daylight?…
Read articleWHEN I think about a desert island scenario, I’d want an album with a little bit of everything and lots of parts. This album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, ‘Child is Father to the Man,’ makes me feel something across many spectrums. I am constantly fascinated to my core with the musicianship and writing. I…
Read articleTAKING only one album to a desert Island would be like asking me which ear I want to listen to it with. It’s a virtually impossible task. And my choice will be different with each rising sun. But because this is for Bradders, I am happy give you my February 2022 choice. And it’s ‘Young…
Read articleASSUMING I was stranded on a desert island, not by my own choice, and could be in possession of one album only, I would want an album that I could totally get lost in. I would want an album that echoes my situation and makes me feel comfortable with being removed and isolated from the…
Read articleWE really thought about an album that was important to both of us and that we would choose if we were stuck on a desert island. Choosing one album is such a difficult task. We went back and forth and considered Pink Floyd and Kate Bush who are artists that really inspire us, but an…
Read articleWHEN I was contacted to contribute my thoughts about my ‘Desert Island Album,’ the first thought was, “why can I only take one?” Of course, one would not likely be travelling with half their record collection when disaster struck. What album would I have on me in such situations? My current ‘can’t get it out…
Read articleGROWING up on an island which is mostly desert, I have a massive range of albums that I could choose from to take with me to a smaller desert island to keep me sane! But being an absolute Beatles ‘nuffy’ there’s one that I think would make for perfect accompaniment — 1968’s The Beatles, affectionately…
Read articleSO, dispensing with the usual caveat that this is of course an impossible task, we have decided to reach into our overhead luggage as the plane goes down to grab R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ to keep us company as we await death or rescue from our barren rock in the middle of the ocean. There’s…
Read articleTHIS album already feels like it has been my desert island disc! I listened to it on a loop back in the days when I moved to Rome. It kicks off with a grimy horn and guitar and riff. “Hang on St. Christopher on the passenger side. Open it up and now the devil can…
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