Album of the Month: Massive Attack “Blue Lines”
May 18, 2013
Massive Attack’s debut album but Bristol on the musical map, became a post-club and late-night (or early morning?) classic and forged a sound that influenced a range of acts from DJ Shadow to Portishead.
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Album of the Month: New Order “Power Corruption and Lies”
May 6, 2013
The album that was inspired by downtown New York City club culture and completed the band’s musical transformation.
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Album of the Month: Talking Heads “Remain in Light”
April 20, 2013
The album that united the Downtown New York Scene circa 1980 with its Paradise Garage-meets-CBGBs-meets-The Kitchen recipe.
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Album of the Month: Led Zeppelin “Houses of the Holy”
March 1, 2013
“We thought of putting steps on the cover to help you do the dance.” – Jimmy Page on “Houses of the Holy”. CAS celebrates the 40th Anniversary.
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Miles Davis “Kind of Blue”
January 9, 2013
Ever the musical chameleon who continuously challenged himself with new musical forms, Miles wanted to move away from the hard bop sound and instead, experiment with modal jazz.
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Brian Eno “Here Come the Warm Jets”
November 29, 2012
After leaving Roxy Music, Brian Eno unleashes his own unadulterated brand of art-rock-pop on his debut solo album “Here Come the Warm Jets”.
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Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here”
November 16, 2012
“It was the end. We’d reached the point we’d been aiming for since teenagers. There was really nothing more to do.” – Roger Waters after the unanticipated success of “The Dark Side of the Moon”. Time to make another album then!
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Portishead “Dummy”
October 11, 2012
Portishead’s first album, “Dummy”, did not sound like much else out there when it was released in 1994. Although it did draw upon the trip hop Bristol sound popularised by The Wild Bunch and Massive Attack, it pushed the sound further afield.
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