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Album Of The Week - 27/04/2024 - Track 6 There were song superb songs that came out of the sessions for No Place Like Home and thankfully 5 of them appear on the CD  extended version of the album. Of these 5 tracks I have selected Kiss The Girl Goodbye, a song that Stuart Adamson rated as "almost a classic" but he was unhappy with some of the lyrics. In my opinion its a superb song and rates as an actual Big Country classic and is fitting track on which to wrap up this week's album. As always, I hope you have enjoyed this weeks blog. Thanks Album Of The Week - 27/04/2024 - Track 5 The final selection from the original release of No Place Like Home is the album closer, Into The Fire. A song centred around the innocence of young love and the ensuing nostalgia, this an excellent song to close the album with its excellent guitars and the coda to play out is classic Big Country rock blues, one of my favourite tracks from the album. Album Of The Week - 27/04/2024 - Track 4 My n
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Album Of The Week 2024 - Archive

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Album Of The Week 2024 - Archive Album Of The Week - 06/01/2024 Losing Streak – Less Than Jake       The first album of 2024 comes from American ska/punk band Less Than Jake and their 1996 release, Losing Streak. This is the second  selection from Less Than Jake following 1998’s Hello Rockview which was my album of the week for 01/04/2023. Not including their 1995 compilation release, Losing Streak is the 2 nd  album from the band that followed on from their vey impressive debut, Pezcore, the album that got me into Less Than Jake. With Less Than Jake the listener knows exactly what they are getting, short sharp songs, catchy ska infused punk rhythms, songs about growing up, friends, family life and drinking. Losing Streak has a rawness about it which keeps that DIY punk feel with a pop/punk sensibility and without the caustic, challenging approach of some of the other punk bands in my collection, such as last week’s band, the Anti-Nowhere League. I think what makes Less Than Jake stand
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