David Tattersall's (The Wave Pictures) albums of the decade
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These guys aren't nearly well known enough. It's a shame that this album isn't known in the UK. I'm sure it would have a devoted cult audience. I, for one, really fell under it's hypnotic spell. It's repetitive, pedantic, folk, velvet undergroundy music. It's all with just two chords all the way through. The whole album just with E and A. It's very, very good. A genuine bona fide cult classic.
This is an album from my old friend Andre. I think he will get more than one album in my list. I admire and enjoy his music very much, and there is very little modern music I enjoy. This album is mainly acoustic guitar, vocals and shakers, but the songs have real bite to them. It's an album to play over and over again.
This is a superb late period Lou Reed album. It has a great sound and the songs of romantic despair and dissillusionment (Tatters, Mad and especially Baton Rouge) are so heartbreaking and moving. And Modern Dance is funny. And the title track is brilliant. It's a really great album. I love it!
I remember hearing Prayer To God on John Peel and thinking ''wow!'' I went and bought this new, which I almost never did but I was working on a furniture delivery van at the time so I could afford it. It came in a nice special package. It's still, I'm sure, a very brutal and satisfying listen. I like particularly that it is just guitar, bass and drums all the way through. I like a lot of the lyrics. Very funny stuff about squirrels being slaughtered and what not.
From the title onwards, this is a masterpiece.
Hefner were a great band, we all know it. I think this is probably their greatest album.
Herman Dune are a great band, we all know it. I think this is probably their greatest album. I like particularly that it is just guitar, second guitar and drums all the way through. Very funny lyrics too. No squirrels though.
That reminds me, I need another Stanley Brinks album for my list. I listen more to his music than anyone else who makes records these days. He's extraordinary. Very talented. This album has more electric guitar than Loiters. It has some very good guitar solos on it.
Ten good songs!
This ties in nicely, since Richman covers ''Here It Is'', a Leonard Cohen song from Ten New Songs. He does a good job of it too. I like this album very much. As My Mother Lay Lying, about the death of his mother, is particularly moving. And the title track is a very beautiful love song.
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