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  Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 05/07/2025 - Track 4 My penultimate selection this week is another Stranglers track that like yesterdays song that has long instrumental sections, another example of how they never really stuck to a typical punk sound and approach. Originally released in 1977, Down In The Sewer remains a live favourite. Album Of The Week - 05/07/2025 - Track 3 Today's selection from Live At The Apollo is arguably the best cover The Stranglers have done to date. Their version of the classic Walk On By was actually structured in the same way as the Doors Light My Fire with extended keyboard and guitar solo's taking up a large part of the song. This recording gives us a chance to see the late, great, Dave Greenfield at his very best. Album Of The Week - 05/07/2025 - Track 2 Going slightly off topic with today's selection with a song I mentioned in my write up for the Live At The Apollo. The song Retro Rockets was included in the DVD release but for some ...
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  Album Of The Week 2025 - Archive Album Of The Week - 04/01/2025 Century Child - Nightwish   To kick off 2025 we have the third of my 18 Nightwish albums to be selected, the album, Century Child being the bands 4 th  studio album, released in 2002. By the time this album came out in 2002, Nightwish were already well established on the metal scene and were big selling artists, especially in their native Finland where their previous album, Wishmaster (album of the week 01/07/2023) went to number 1. As stated previously, Nightwish are a band that helped changed my opinion to metal back in the late 90’s prior to which it was not a genre that held much interest for me. Nightwish introduced me to the dark symphonic side of metal which blends rock guitars with melodic vocals, choral and orchestral effects. The mix, when done right, is powerful, atmospheric, grandiose and is generally very easy to listen to. Like any genre, there are plenty of bands that struggle to get it right...
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