This is probably the oldest song I've ever written about on this blog, although obviously some songs were written earlier but recorded...

Now that everybody's in awe of the new album by David Bowie, I thought it would be fun to showcase on of his less critically acclaimed...

'Les lacs du Connemara' was released by Michel Sardou in 1982. It became a hit single in several European countries, and also in t...

Sung by Marcella Detroit (of Shakespear's Sister fame), 'If you could read my mind' was a pretty nice cover version of a song ...

I don't have many Pet Shop Boys 12" singles, even though I really like their music. Most of their remixes have been released on c...

'Sweet love' was a cover version of the 1986 Anita Baker track by the female trio Fierce, consisting of Chantal Alleyne, Aisha Pet...

When Police frontman Sting starred in the movie Brimstone and Treacle, an adaption of a play of the same name, he wrote and co-wrote the maj...

The American band Sixteen Deluxe are a "psychedelic noise-pop band", according to their own biography, from Austin, Texas. Forme...

Kylie Minogue is in the music business for 25 years now. Hard to believe that the Neighbours actress who brought us 'The loco-motion...

Who can still hum the melody of 'Another way to die', the previous Bond theme? Thought not. The steady decline of James Bond movie...

I'm not a Beatles fan and not an expert either, but when I found out that 'Love me do' was to be re-released this month becaus...

Released last month, the Pet Shop Boys’ latest album Elysium is a very consistent set of songs. The duo tried to maintain a mood for a who...

After two years of absence from the music scene, Black returned in 1993, free from his contract with A&M records and owner of a new se...

In the late Eighties, record companies released as much formats of a single as they could, to sell more copies which meant higher chart pl...

After a very productive 2011, during which Kate Bush released both the album 'Director's cut' and '50 words for snow',...

The end of the Eighties was a strange time. Many idols who were very successful in the mid-Eighties were declared 'yesterday's new...

Taken from the soundtrack of the movie '1984', for which Eurythmics provided the soundtrack, 'Julia' was the second single...

With a still from the movie 'The line, the cross & the curve', EMI Records could have chosen a better picture for the sleeve o...

Some 12" singles only appear in my collection because they're cheap. I don't think I would have ever had this one if I'd ...

'Master and servant' was Depeche Mode's 11th UK single and the second single from their album 'Some great reward'. The...