Album Review: Staff Benda Bilili's Tres Tres Fort" (Wayango)

AIM FOR THE STAFF

You couldn't make it up. "Their line up consists largely of paraplegic musicians, some in their fifties, whose mobility depends upon customised tricycles. They’re joined by a 17 year old street kid playing a homemade instrument called a satongé constructed from a tin can, a wooden bow and a piece of electrical cable, and if these circumstances don’t seem enough to hold an act back, they call the grounds of Kinshasa Zoo home." But what a record. Oh, what a record! More at this link: http://www.wayango.com/staff-benda-bilili-tres-tres-fort-album/reviews/aim-for-the-staff/.

Make sure you also check out the recording of 'Polio' live in the grounds of the zoo they call home...

Album Review: Staff Benda Bilili's Tres Tres Fort" (Wayango)

Album Review: Tears For Fears' 'Songs From The Big Chair' (Wayango)

BIG SONGS, BIG CHAIR

Some people call it a guilty pleasure. They're wrong. "What really sets this record head and shoulders above its contemporaries – despite its massive success in the UK and US rendering the band hugely unfashionable amongst the musical elite – is both its refusal to confine itself to commercial pop and Chris Hughes’ production..." It's all here: http://www.wayango.com/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-album/reviews/big-songs-big-chair/

Album Review: Tears For Fears' 'Songs From The Big Chair' (Wayango)

Album Review: Talk Talk's 'Spirit Of Eden' (Wayango)

A PEACEFUL SPIRIT

Talk Talk's 'Spirit Of Eden' is not only "a suite of interlinking songs, perfectly paced, dramatically poised and whoozily intoxicating", but it's also probably my favourite album of all time. Find out why: http://www.wayango.com/talk-talk-spirit-of-eden-album/reviews/a-peaceful-spirit/

Album Review: Talk Talk's 'Spirit Of Eden' (Wayango)

Album Review: David Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' (Wayango)

BEING CROSBY

"Soaked in well meaning spirituality and an enviable sense of camaraderie", David Crosby's 1971 debut is a gem. Read my Wayango review here: http://www.wayango.com/david-crosby-if-i-could-only-remember-my-name-album/reviews/being-crosby/

Album Review: David Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' (Wayango)

Album Review: Propaganda's 'A Secret Wish' (Wayango)

WISHFUL THINKING

Recently added to the pages of Wayango is my review of Propaganda's 'A Secret Wish', a record that manages to be not only one of the greatest German albums of all time but also one of the 1980s' more underrated debuts. In fact, it's "an almost solitary testament to one of the decade’s most interesting acts". Read on: http://www.wayango.com/propaganda-a-secret-wish-album/reviews/wishful-thinking/

Album Review: Propaganda's 'A Secret Wish' (Wayango)

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