Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Chic – Risqué (Atlantic, 1979)
Don’t underestimate the Nile, the Nile is within you. When it comes to disco, people don’t understand tequila sunrises, girl’s handbags and bad aftershave… it’s fun. It gets the girls dancing. This is ‘Good Times’, the bass line that launched the thousand trillion versions, not to mention Queen’s ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ and ‘Rapper’s Delight’ by Sugar Hill Gang.
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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