Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
It’s one of these soundtracks that you have to listen to independently from the film, in a way. Sometimes I wish this had been released in the 60s and it was for some obscure, hard-to-find Italian film: I walk into this second-hand store and there is this little box, the owner is Chinese and is looking up from reading this occult book… "It’s my pleasure…" I pick up this vinyl, and the journey starts. Musical respect is the only currency for me…
40 years on from its release, Wayne Gooderham revisits the second album Richard Thompson recorded in the wake of his split from wife Linda, and finds a subtle, off-kilter – and unfairly overlooked – mid-career masterpiece (and an utterly essential live sister album)
While there are great 'pandemic albums' being released now, it’s hard not to gravitate toward records where the charged, spontaneous interplay of musicians feels palpable. Complete Communion has both polarities covered, says Peter Margasak, with some gripping stops in between
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