- The Tears of Hercules Review
After far too much time pondering, I finally rationalised it all to my satisfaction. You don’t have to agree of course.
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Thank God I wasn’t a Rod fan in 1977. I would have read about his cover of You Really Got a Hold on Me being held over until his next album… and then waited 44 years to hear it. You wait four decades to hear the outtake, and along come five at once.
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A while back I did a “year ends in a nine” piece which concluded with the assertion that 2019 was likely to become the first decade-ender when Rod would not have a compilation of some form released in the final quarter. I was ultimately proved wrong, with Rhino releasing the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra collaboration to…
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Ever wonder what a rock star does all day when not touring?
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In the context of the impact of changing technology in the world of music distribution, the recently released Cupid compilation triggers an equivalent to the old phrase “Is it a bird, is it a plane?..”. Is Cupid an album (albeit a digital one) or just a playlist?
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Is now the time?
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A Look Back at The wonder That Was 2009
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Irishman Pat Brett is a mere novice fan having first become aware of Rod when Baby Jane topped the charts 30 years ago and only discovering SMILER in 1990. Despite his first purchase being the much maligned Camouflage album, Pat was hooked and has stuck around to champion Rod’s middle years – after the heights of the seventies and before the crooner era.