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The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops (1985)

20/08/2010
By Chris Wright
The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops (1985)

From the days when waistbands were high and trousers voluminous; as close to perfection as a debut album has ever been, ‘A Walk Across The Rooftops’ launched one of the most meticulous recording careers in rock. Not uncommon for ten years or more to elapse between releases, yet each album maintains the implausibly high...
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Brighton Festival: This is Afrobeat! – Tony Allen

15/05/2010
By Chris Wright
Brighton Festival: This is Afrobeat! – Tony Allen

At £20 per ticket, this event deserved a better sound system, but overhearing an earnest debate on who performed the original “Burning Down The House” – Talking Heads or Tom Jones? was worth the price of admission alone. Tony Allen of course played on neither version, but as Brian Eno pointed out in his...
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