Hello dear readers and welcome to what has now become a seasonal tradition at Alan's Album Archives, a farewell to the year filled with all the most brilliant additions (as well as the worst negative subtractions to) the AAA canon over the past year. What a year it's been dear reader - we now have half a dozen AAA books in the works, another 24 that are being worked on and As I write we're edging closer to the 300,000 hits mark (itself almost double where we were last Christmas) In addition, we now have a fan base that's now probably double compared to the end of last year (a great big hello to all our new readers and a warm festive hug to all our old ones!) and some firm new friends who've been kind enough to contact me over the course of the year (special shout out to Andrew Jackson for some lovely long emails over the course of the past year - and a warm thankyou as ever to Frank Gruber for his kind support, not to mention all those of you kind enough to retweet, favourite or comment on one of our AAA tweets over the past 12 months). Even an unexpected detour away from the internet and the television for eight weeks (sob!) didn't slow us down - erm, the site actually seemed to be at its most popular when we were away from it and not writing as much (actually I can see why now...) Still, at this rate our joke of Alan's Album Archives taking over the world (or at least the world's internet!) by about 2020 is looking more and more likely! Oh and we're even a big hit in Moldova - who could ask for more?!
Sadly while the AAA has been growing,
the AAA groups have been slowing. There have been less new releases by our
bands this year than at any time since starting this site in 2008 (although I
seem to recall saying that last year too...) and most of what has come out has
only been for Christmas at the end of the year, before we've properly got a
chance to get to know everything. Even the blitz of box sets and documentaries
that padded out the last couple of years and took half my savings seem to have
slowed to a drizzle (good for my bank manager, a shame for my ears). Even so
there's been plenty to get our teeth into during this issue, which has a new
section for this year: AAA books. Yes, technically our three releases came out
in the dying weeks of last year but I couldn't afford them then so they're all
eligible for entry this year instead! That's in addition to our usual
discussions of the top new releases, the best re-issues, documentaries, DVDs
and 'Songs of the year', as well as one or two releases that were seriously
under-par (we can't be nice all the time - our heads would explode!)
Usually at this point in our yearly
review we say 'this year was just like....'After a run of years 'like' 1963
through to 1966 I was hoping that 2014 would be the summer of love all over
again. Instead it turned out to be the summer of tough love, as 'grumpiness'
seems to be the theme of the year (there's been a definite theme on the last
few AAA releases of being old and grumpy - and even the re-issues, like the
1980s 10cc albums, bear this out too). In terms of music CSNY were clearly the
winners, with a best-selling box set of their 1974 tour that - finally - put
them back in all the music papers where they all belonged, along with Crosby's
first solo CD in 21 years, Nash's first book and no less than two new studio
albums from Young. Elsewhere Cat Stevens/Yusuf released his first album in a
while, Oasis carried on their fine re-issue programme, 10cc finally got round
to theirs and Nils Lofgren finally got the career-spanning compilation he deserved
(actually a bit more than he deserved at nine discs and a £150 price tag!) The
Beach Boys and The Beatles - regulars in this column over the years - were both
conspicuous by their absence this year, which no doubt means they're planning
something big and expensive for next year...Thankfully there's been no AAA
obituaries to write this year (which makes a nice change) but at the same time
we've had to wave goodbye to Beady Eye (promising Oasis spin-off band) who
announced they were breaking up in October and quite possibly CSN/CSNY, who've
vowed never to make any music together ever again (erm just like 1970! And
1974! And 1976! And 1982! etc...) As ever, we'll be reviewing what comes next
by all our bands over the course of 2015 and invite you, our dear readers, to
carry on sticking by us through the year that comes when we'll be edging ever
closer to our goal of having reviews all 500 (and counting) studio albums by
our 30-odd AAA bands...(just 108 to go!)
Till then, have a great Christmas, hope you get the better AAA releases
from this list in your Christmas stocking and see you in the new year!
THE
BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1) Nils Lofgren "Face The Music"
We spent a long time rabbiting on about how great this set was last
week, so here we'll keep to the essentials: Nils Lofgren is long overdue a
career respective, his albums have been spread out over so many smaller labels
that collecting them all on CD has been hard work (impossible in some cases!) and
the chance to finally own some of the greatest music of the 1970s on my handy
portable mp3 has been the musical highlight of my year (not just 'Shine
Silently' and 'Keith Don't Go' but the stuff nobody plays: 'The Sun Hasn't Set
On This Boy Yet' 'Can't Get No Closer' 'I Found Her' 'Beggar's Day etc). Nils
has also added a full two discs' worth of unreleased material, most of which is
pretty dispensable but the best of which (a killer alternate take of 'Keith
Don't Go' with early patron Neil Young on guitar! A lovely pre-fame song by
first band Grin, never heard before! The moving 'Miss You C', a recent tribute
to Clarence Clemons, fellow member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band!) are
as great as anything with Nils' name attached to it. There are some problems:
the ninth disc of DVD footage misses a lot of the important stuff (like the
killer show at the Rockapalast in 1979), the later albums are here nearly
complete while the better earlier ones aren't (where the heck is the 'finished'
'Keith Don't Go', half the AAA favourite Nils album 'Damaged Goods' from 1995
or one of Nils' greatest tracks 'Sticks and Stones'?!) and the packaging is a
bit on the simple side for such an expensive set (£150+!) Then again, this is a
special set very much made with fans in mind and currently being hand-signed by
Nils. The good news - in a way, if you ignore any possible signature cramp - is
that the set is selling well and finally giving Nils some of the high
reputation and respect he deserves. (we won't mention that awful cheer-leading
album for the Madden American Football league if you won't!)
2) Crosby Stills Nash and Young "CSNY '74"
We covered the whole of this fascinating much-delayed
40-years-in-the-making tale in a full review posted here: http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/crosby-stills-nash-and-young-csny-74.html In short, though (well, shorter) what a privilege
to be able to hear foru of the greatest musicians on the planet on some of
their earliest recorded live shows playing to the biggest crowd of people ever
assembled in one place outside Woodstock and playing material that's otherwise
unreleased to this day. Graham Nash has worked hard on this set, trying to make
up for some rather ragged and raw recordings at the time by combining the best
tapes from several different shows, although to be honest the raw and ragged
bootlegs sound even better. We're not entirely happy with this expensive box
set - the booklet has two rather odd essays, a handful of pictures and not much
track information, while some key songs are missing (the explanations in the
booklet aren't good enough: the bootlegs of certain songs like 'Carry On' sound
great to me!) However by and large this set is a powerful reminder of what a
powerful band CSNY were with some cracking live versions of some of the world's
greatest music and no less than four Neil Young songs exclusive to this set. Recorded
the year of Watergate and Nixon's resignation, this is CSNY at their most
potent and political outside of 1970, with a job to do but with great fun doing
it; suddenly a tour that once got such a bad name for excess and raucous noise
seems a whole lot better. One last request though: please put the entire Wembley
show from this tour out on DVD (just four songs are used for the DVD with this
set): it's one of the greatest things I own, official or otherwise...
3) Neil Young "Storytone"
We've already got our 'full' review of Neil's second album of the
year planned, hopefully I'll remember to include it here - if not then, oops,
have a look for it on our 'Neil Young' section somewhere around the bottom of
the page. A record inspired by the woe and grief of getting divorced after 37
years of marriage, 'Storytone' is a major album for Neil, if not quite up there
with his very best. Guilt often brings out the best in Neil and we're right
back where we were in the early 1970s, with Neil once more in love 'with an
actress' and trying to come to terms with the disruptions in his life. This
time of course he has a family to consider and it all seems very complicated.
For the first time since 1972 Neil went back to singing with an orchestra and
the results were, erm, mixed bordering on schmaltzy (the same goes for the jazz
band he brought in on one song). Thankfully Neil also had the novel idea of
including his rough demos of the songs on the 'deluxe' version of the album and
they're a revelation: stark, honest, powerful, everything we want Neil Young to
be. Not every song is great, not every idea works and the consistency of sound
on either version gets a little wearing. However this is Neil back talking to
us, rather than hiding behind cover songs, tracks about his car or extended
moody jamming pieces with Crazy Horse. I'm still not quite sure whether this
album beats 'Psychedelic Pill', but that album aside it's his best in a decade,
since 'Prairie Wind' (a record with which it bears many simailarities).
4) Pink Floyd "The Endless River"
In any other year this album would probably be sitting in our 'worst
releases' column - it's not very bad, it's just not very good either, a set of
unreleased instrumentals from 20 years ago that weren't thought good enough to
release at the time and effectively sounding like an hour's edit of 'Marooned'
(the six minute track from 'The Division Bell'), but not quite as interesting. The
result is cleverly edited from various sessions to sound like the band intended
the music to run that way and the pair have even re-recorded a few bits and
pieces for the record, but still by and large this is an instrumental record
made as a 'warm-up' to a proper LP and however well dressed up it may be, it
still sounds like a warm-up for a proper LP. However the fact that David
Gilmour and Nick Mason are working together again is great news, the idea of
this album as a 'tribute' to dearly departed keyboardist Rick Wright is a
lovely notion (he's the record's undoubted star) and the closing song (the only
not an instrumental) 'Louder Than Words' is 'almost' the send off Floyd deserve
(they're adamant there won't be anything else with their name attached to it
now). I can't say I'm disappointed with it because to be honest I expected a
lot worse, but in truth 'Endless River' is worth buying only for one song, a
few bits of lovely Rick Wright improvisation and to know where the opening
instrumental from 'Marooned' had its original home. We certainly won't be
treating it as part of the proper 'canon' in another 20 years, but as a sort of
glorified bootleg it is at least a chance to hear something we fans thought we
never would. If only more of this album had more lyrics attached to it...(Hint: if you want to hear this album the way I hoped it would sound send a tweet to @martink10 and he might just surprise you...)
5) Cat Stevens/Yusuf "Tell 'Em I'm Gone"
Just about squeezing onto our list - mainly because of the dearth of
any albums released this year, good or bad - is Cat Stevens' third album since
returning from the musical dead as Yusuf. 'Tell 'Em I'm Gone' is a woeful
follow-up to the excellent 'Roadsinger' of five years ago and even lacks the
(very) occasional high points of 'An Other Cup', but where this album does
succeed is with the return to the R and B music that first inspired Cat to pick
a guitar up some 55 years ago and some entertaining cover versions ('You Are My
Sunshine' and 'Big Boss Man'). The originals are a very mixed bag: 'I Was Born
In Babylon' tries to be brave but ends up patronising, a lament about how the
white Christian Empire has crumbled which makes a valid point rather clumsily;
'Editing Floor Blues' is also a little dodgy in the way that Cat tries to
defend himself from newspaper criticisms made 30 years ago in some cases and
succeeds in sounding bitter rather than heroic. 'The Cat and Dog Trap' is a
clever nod of the head to the days a teenage Cat sang 'I Love My Dog', though,
and 'Dying To Live' is a rather moving look at old age and frailty, taboo for
most lesser artists. At half an hour in the CD age - and after five years of
waiting - this is a scandal - yes Cat's 1970s albums were all short too but
contained so much emotional weight that didn't seem to matter; this record,
however, is only heavy in parts (and not always successfully), with most of it
about as heavy as a whiskerfrom a Firecat. Overall Yusuf sounds as confused as
he ever has - the lyrics and his voice sound old and weary, but the cover
silhouette sets out to make him look young for instance - but the album
highlights are worth sitting through the lesser moments for.
THE BEST RE-ISSUES OF THE
YEAR
1) 10cc "Ten Out Of
Ten" (1981)/"Windows In The Jungle" (1983)
I still can't believe that
these two 10cc albums (plus their lesser predecessor 'Look, Hear, Are You
Normal?') are here, sitting on my shelves with their 10cc brethren as if owning
them was the most natural thing in the world. For both 'Ten Out Of Ten' and
'Windows In The Jungle' are my favourite ever 10cc albums, recorded right at
the very end of the band's original run when the records had stopped selling
and the hits had stopped coming. Eric Stewart had been badly injured in a car
crash in 1979 that effectively put the band on hold and they were back to a
core trio of Eric, Graham Gouldmann and drummer Paul Burgess for these two
records. More serious and less wacky than usual, but every bit as thoughtful,
'Ten Out Of Ten' is Graham's finest moment within the band and 'Windows' Eric's
as both men come to terms with their changing fanbase and a darker, scarier
1980s than the 1970s had been for both of them. The result is a pair of quiet
triumphs (after a bit of a mis-step with 'Look Hear'), much ignored by most of
their fans that we liked enough to make part of our 'core' 101 album listing
(I'm pleased to say that they're now officially the last AAA core albums still
missing on CD: it may have taken six years of nagging - and probably had
nothing to do with us at all - but we finally did it!) You see, these two
albums came out in America on CD briefly some 25 years ago but never did come
out in Europe and until the beginning of this year were clocking up prices of
£200 secondhand on Amazon. So much love do I have for 'Windows' in particular
that I nearly bought that copy myself - instead patience has been rewarded and
these CDs cost a grand total of £8 each! And that's with bonus tracks - nothing
that juicy, just some lesser B-sides, radio edits and live tracks - and if I
was being really critical the packaging isn't up to much either. But....wow,
they're actually here; I haven't got this emotion about buying a record before
technically hearing it since Dennis Wilson's pair of albums came out seven
years ago...
2) Oasis "(What's
The Story) Morning Glory?" Deluxe Edition (1995)
Like the album itself, this
deluxe re-issue of Oasis' 'Morning Glory' lacks the 'wow' sparkle and energy of
the one for 'Definitely Maybe' but once again features more delights and
successful pieces of vault-raiding than anything of the same generation. This
three CD set includes the whole of the re-mastered album, some ridiculously
impressive B-sides (although alas there's less that hadn't already been
gathered up on superlative compilation 'Masterplan') and a full disc of
unreleased material: demos a plenty, live extracts from legendary Oasis gigs
like Knebworth and Earl's Court available officially for the first time, extracts
from the MTV Unplugged show (with Noel singing everything), the 'radio one
unplugged' cover of The Beatles' 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' and the
legendary and hard-to-find 'Bonehead's Bank Holiday' intended as the
guitarist's 'Ringo' contribution to the album but sung by Noel when Paul Arthurs
chickened out! There's nothing quite as spine-tingly as the original unedited
take of 'Shakermaker' or the pre-Oasis demos as 'The Rain' included on the 'Definitely
Maybe' set. But this is still a handy clue as to why Oasis were the biggest band
of their generation - let's hope that the next batch of under-rated albums get
similarly deluxe re-issues and the full 'story' of this most fascinating of
bands can at last be told.
3) Paul McCartney and
Wings "Venus and Mars" Deluxe Edition (1975)
After a tiny gap of 18 months
or so, The McCartney Collection deluxe series is back in force, with re-issues
of Wings albums four and five ('Wings At The Speed Of Sound' is also out). I've
always had a soft spot for 'Venus and Mars', which tends to get overlooked alongside
'Band On The Run', a typically eclectic McCartney mini-masterpiece in which he
tries a ridiculous amount of styles and almost all of them work (although the
patronising 'Treat Her Gently' is abominable). Like most of these re-issue sets
I have to take issue with the expense and the sheer amount of
not-that-interesting filler included on these sets (the songs from 'One Hand
Clapping' aren't that rare, while '4th Of July' isn't that long) Clips of Wings
filming the awful (and thankfully unreleased-till-1986) 'My Carnival' and a TV
advert for the album aren't the most interesting DVD extras either. But the
chance to own a studio take of 'Soilly' (the finale to live set 'Wings Over
America'), an 'early' version of 'Rock Show' and the delightfully dotty outtake
'Hey Diddle' make it all worthwhile. The better unreleased material is actually
on 'Wings At The Speed Of Sound' (including demos for album singles 'Silly Love
Songs' and 'Let 'Em In', a version of 'Beware My Love' with Led Zeppelin's Jon
Bonham filling in for Joe English and Joe's song on that album 'Must Do
Something About It' with a vocal by Paul), but 'Venus and Mars' is still a more
essential purchase if you don't already own either.
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THE BEST TV/RADIO
DOCUMENTARIES OF THE YEAR
1) The Rolling Stones At
The BBC (TV, BBC4)
This compilation of rare and
not-so-rare Stones clips was rather thrown away on BBC4 and not given the
publicity it deserved (and that was before it was taken off once after the sad news
about Mick Jagger's girlfriend's suicide and rescheduled a month later). While
not quite as jaw-dropping as similar compilations for Pink Floyd and The Kinks
(please please please carry on and do some more for The Who, The Hollies and
the Solo Beatle Years...) this was another excellent compilation containing
footage even the band's biggest fans hadn't seen before (the brief clip of
'19th Nervous Breakdown' had only just been returned to the archives, in fact,
after popping up in a TV play about a pill-popping parent - yep, they should
have used 'Mother's Little Helper'!) There was a nice lot of rarely seen
interview footage too, with a notably thoughtful Brian Jones of whom hardly
anything exists, while the compilation sensibly stuck mainly to the band's
glory years in the 1960s. Perhaps one day the beeb will put all their excellent
'at the...' series out on a special DVD. Till them this is one documentary
British readers ought to keep their eyes peeled for (BBC4 have a habit of
repeating these things late at night...)
2) Mitch Benn Is The 37th
Beatle (Radio, Four Extra)
You
don't get many stand-up comedy shows about music - perhaps because your
audience has to really know a subject to find it funny - but The Beatles have
always been a popular choice for a laugh, woven as they are into the fabric of
our times. Liverpudlian Mitch Benn knows all this and uses it to his advantage,
claiming that so many other people over the years have claimed to be 'the fifth
Beatle' that he may as well throw his hat into the ring. Listing all the
candidates available for fifth Beatle (George Martin, Brian Epstein, even Tony
Sheridan whose death in 2013 inspired the show) allows for some inspired banter
and some Rutles-style songs (including one about a damaged sculpture of The
Beatles in Liverpool after Ringo's unkind comments about the city: 'Someone
decapitated Ringo, I know that because someone decapitated Ringo, and now he's
even shorter than he was!') I've heard
from others who've actually seen the show (I haven't, just heard the Radio Four
Extra broadcast of it at the beginning of the year) that it rambles a bit when
seen in full but the half hour I heard is the funniest Beatles comedy since
Paul McCartney went out with Heather Mills!
3) A Grammy Salute To The
Beatles (TV, ITV)
Screened in America in February
to mark the - gulp! - 50th anniversary of the fab four's first appearance on
the Ed Sullivan Show, we Brits didn't get to see this programme until Easter,
when it was parked away late at night (although after gaining some good
coverage ITV have already repeated it twice in prime time). I'm still not quite
sure what I think about this documentary/concert: it was more moving than I
expected to see Paul and Ringo back playing together for the first time in -
another gulp! - 12 years (George Harrison's memorial concert). Both seemed to
be enjoying themselves and even sat together in the audience to watch the rest
of the bill, just like old times (that was the new Mrs Macca Nancy on her first
'official' outing next to Paul, while Barbara Bach was alongside Ringo as
ever). The interview snippets with David Letterman (whose show now comes from
what was the Ed Sullivan studio) were also moving, the pair of Beatles looking
round in awe and picking out things they remembered from the day itself. Alas
what could have been the TV event of the year never quite materialised - there
were way too many nobody bands trying to do The Beatles (and do them badly;
Annie Lennox was about the best and she was merely poor as opposed to
unlistenable) and any newcomers to The Beatles (there must be some!) would have
been very lost: nowhere were we told just how big the impact of the show was,
the exact TV ratings for it (73 million! Back when there was 'only' 174 million
Americans around to watch it - and this doesn't include 'guesting'
relatives/friends not counted by the TV companies!), how many teenagers started
bands immediately afterwards or the fact that this night still has the lowest
crime spree of any single night in American records (because all the teenage
hoodlums were inside watching the mop tops!) There was no context as to how
lucky Ed Sullivan was to hire The Beatles either (his acts were booked months
in advance and Sullivan only 'discovered' the band by chance after seeing
screaming crowds of Beatle fans at Heathrow when The Beatles were coming back
from a European tour!) A bit of a lost opportunity, but a special event all the
same. Oh and a bit of history that unbelievably had never ever happened before
(and didn't get as much fuss as it should!): while Paul has sung 'Sgt Peppers'
live and Ringo 'With A Little Help From My Friends' this is the first time the
pair have ever done the medley together (with Ringo making his entrance as
'Billy Shears'!) That alone is enough to tip this TV show into our top three!
THE BEST DVDS OF THE YEAR
1) Freda Kelly - The
Beatles' Press Secretary (Documentary)
There have been so many
programmes and books made by people who had very little connection with The
Beatles down the years that very few of their 'inner circle' are left to talk.
The Beatles' liverpool fanclub secretary is one such person, someone who took
the band's privacy so seriously that her children barely knew of her 20s spent
working for The Beatles and only agreed to do this film with the birth of her
grandchild (so he can think her 'cool' when he grows up!) Freda played a major
role in the band's story: she was there in the very early years assisting Brian
Epstein, she helped confused Beatle mums and dads cope with the mountains of
fan letters arriving at their houses each and every day, she wrote a regular
column in The Beatles Book magazines and was one of the passengers on the
Magical Mystery Tour coach. She has plenty of fine stories to tell, although
you get the impression that even now she's reluctant to tell half of them, the
interviewer looking on astonished as she brings out one tiny case of souvenirs
from her attic and claims 'I honestly haven't looked at these in 40 years - I
guess some of them might be worth a bit now!' With an impressively long running
time (the BBC4 edit was an hour and a quarter, although I believe that's longer
on the DVD), this is a better and more interesting documentary than many
assumed, telling more on the lowest of low budgets than major chunks of the
high budget 'Beatles Anthology'. As ever with the fab four, the beauty is in
the small details - but Freda's largely untold story is a bigger detail than many
ever give her credit for. Mitch Benn left her out when discussing the '37th
Beatle' - Freda belongs somewhere in the early 20s!
2) Gene Clark - The Byrd
Who Flew Away (Documentary)
Gene Clark was the quiet
heart of the early Byrds - the line-up that everyone thinks of when they
imagine the band. Roger McGuinn may have had the granny specs, David Crosby the
cape and Michael Clarke the hair, but Gene had the songs. His solo catalogue -
poor selling, largely neglected in his lifetime and still only now slowly
slinking out onto CD - has always deserved better, with no less a writer than
Bob Dylan calling Gene his 'only competition' (although in truth I'd take
Gene's songs over Dylan's any day). While Clark's reputation is now in relatively
safe hands (his 1974 album 'No Other' is nowadays regarded as a classic - it
isn't quite, but several of his other solo albums genuinely are), one thing he
's always lacked is a decent documentary just about him. Sadly, despite some
nice clips of archives film and some nice interview clips with the likes of
David Crosby we're still waiting: 'The Byrd Who Flew Away' is one of those
documentaries that has a great half hour spread amongst an hour and a half and
at times moves slower than a ballad from Gene's 'Two Sides To Every Story' LP
(surely the album with the slowest per song running speed of any AAA record!)
'Outsider' fans no doubt scratched their heads wondering what all the fuss was
about, seeing as the documentary wasn't able to secure rights to a lot of the
music and most of the second half was taken up with the sad tale of self-destruction
(the cycle of abstinence, great new material/gigs, the party afterwards to
celebrate, the drunken shambles repeated over and over) that made Gene look a
mess, not a tortured genius. But the sheer fact that this documentary exists -
and managed to be as good as it was during the better documented Byrds years -
means it more than fully deserves a place in our yearly listings, a nice try on
a difficult subject for which we're thankful they even tried at all. Oh and
good on BBC4 for screening it, although as this documentary later came out on
DVD (sadly without any extras but with an even longer running time) we've added
it to our 'DVDs' list for now (that said, it seems to have gone missing off
Amazon - I swear it was there last week when I researched this article though
so we'll keep it here in the hope it comes back again!)
3) CSNY '74 (Concert)
Another quick mention of the
CSNY box set of their 1974 tour. The box set includes a DVD of eight songs
recorded at two separate shows. All eight songs are fabulous, especially the
Wembley material, and had both concerts been released in full this set would be
sitting at the top of our 'greatest release of the decade' review, not just the
yearly one. But alas teasing us with a mere 40 minutes worth of great material
when we could be seeing - gulp - eight odd hours is tantamount to torture! And
oh boy is it fit to use; the material released here is amongst the weakest footage
out there...
THE MOST DISAPPOINTING
RELEASES OF THE YEAR
1) The Hollies "More
Live Hits"
I love The Hollies in all
their many incarnations down the years: with Graham Nash, Terry Sylvester, Allan
Clarke, Mickael Rickfors, even the Carl Wayne years were ok...but now down to
two original members (Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott) and with a paucity of new
songs (the last two Hollies studio albums have been truly dreadful, amongst the
worst in my collection) and it's clear that something has gone badly wrong.
Vocalist Peter Howarth tries so hard to take charge, but he's a musicals-style
vocalist, not the leader of a pop band; the rhythm section try hard but the
years are slowing them down; keyboardist Ian Parker is a little gem but his
best work belongs to the 1980s not in the 21st century where his beloved
keyboards sound dates; only the guitar work really comes to life and even then
Tony seems to be having an off day by his standards. The modern day Hollies
finally make only their second live LP some 47 years after their first but the
differences between them are between day and night: the 1977 Hollies were a
tight outfit that played plenty of hits but still had plenty to prove, with
great new songs and modernised arrangements of old ones. The modern Hollies
sound trapped in a permanent hell where Carrie Anne and Jennifer Eccles haunt
them every single bloody night, while the presence of members past has never
been more keenly felt. Yes there are highlights - Tony's autobiographical 'Dolphin Days' is the one decent Hollies song
of the 21st century, there's a lovely slow folky reading of 'Look Through Any
Window' and a sitar/banjo hybrid version of rarity 'The Baby' is a welcome
revival for a much-loved song. But my goodness, the rest of it...what's
happened to Soldier's Song? Purple Rain? Shine Silently? We're Through? Number
one hit I'm Alive?!? (all of which sounded majestic even a few years ago). The
Hollies' standing was never higher than with the release of the superlative
'Clarke-Hicks-Nash' set a couple of years ago, but with this release they've
thrown it all away. Again. Bah!
2) Neil Young "A Letter Home"
Suddenly the past ten years
all make sense: Neil really was 'hiding' something from us all these years he's
been giving us non-albums and passing off weird ideas and off-centre spin-offs
as bona fide Neil Young albums (just like the 1980s all over again!) 'A Letter
Home' is one of the worst of the bunch so far, a deliberately poorly recorded covers
album of all the acoustic songs that first inspired Neil, recorded in a replica
of a mono 'soundbooth' and given added 'aged' effects. Coming on the back of
the launch date for Neil's new gadget 'Pono' (his response to what the
guitarist considers ridiculously low levels of quality on mp3), it seemed like
a joke that got out of hand - an 'Everybody's Rockin' for the modern era (only
not quite as blessedly short and without the hilarious cover of Neil as a 1950s
pink suited rocker). The song choices are boring, the performances lack fire
and the whole project is worth owning for just one song: Neil's tribute to
fellow AAA star Bert Jansch (of Pentangle) who died in 2011 with a recording of
his 'Needle Of Death' (although even this isn't a patch on the original). Must
try harder, See me after class. Leave that mono sound-booth at home and stop
tinkering at the back there, Neil!
3) David Crosby
"Croz"
The world seemed to go crazy
for David Crosby's first solo album in 21 years (although really it's the third
CPR album without P!) Crosby's greatest since the 1970s, a fine return, Crosby
at the top of his game...I couldn't wait to get hold of this album, not least
after hearing of the horrendous money issues making it (Crosby spent most of
his time making it lying on his son James Raymond's -the 'R' in CPR - couch). Our website is here to
support artists through thick and thin and do what it can when an artist is
brave and bold and clearly has something they need to say desperately bad. And
yet...this album didn't really say anything at all, well not by Crosby's high
standards. Some bland songs with bland productions that lacked the fire of Crosby
from even ten years ago, the only major addition to Croz' canon was a song
already premiered on a live LP. What a pity - there I was all prepared to buy
ten copies to help Crosby out...
4) Pink Floyd "The
Division Bell"
Before we heard news of 'The
Endless River', rumour amongst Pink Floyd fans was ripe. Their official site
promised the exciting news: big event coming soon. Fans held parties on the
night in question sure that the band were a) touring b) had a 'proper' album in
the works or c) Syd Barrett had somehow come back from the dead with his third
solo LP dictated by a Pink Floyd roadie. Sadly none of these were true: their
last album 'The Division Bell' was getting an expensive re-mastering and we
were all asked to buy it. That was all. No bonus tracks, no unreleased
material, no new cover artwork or packaging, not even a coaster (like the
expensive sets of 2011). In these days that's not enough to tantalise fans so
much, especially as the last time The Division Bell was re-mastered was...let
me see...two thousand and flipping eleven as well!!! (Honestly what technology
changed so much in three short years to warrant this?!) Of course we all know
now why the band were studying these album sessions so hard, but that doesn't
prevent poor 'Division Bell' from a place on our list...
5) George Harrison
"The Apple Years"
We'd been asking for a decent
CD re-issue of some of George's rarer albums for years: the great and
under-rated 'Wonderwall Music', the mixed 'Dark Horse', the rather odd 'Extra
Texture', the downright bonkers 'Electronic Sound'...it's always seemed
criminal to me that records by one of the members of the most famous band on
the planet should be so hard to get hold of, even if they aren't Harrison at
his best. However when I asked for them, I meant individually, at affordable
prices - not in some mega-expensive (£80! I was expecting £40...) box set that
comes with absolutely no previously unreleased extras whatsoever, complete with
an album like 'All Things Must Pass' that's been out half a dozen times on CD
by now. The best you get for collectors with this set is a booklet with lots of
padding and a DVD that - like the one for the 'Dark Horse' box set of a decade
back - is very good for what it is but contains not quite half of everything
that could have been on it. Chances are Apple are inevitably going to milk this
set for all they're worth and re-release these discs separately so our advice
is to wait till then and perhaps this Apple goodie won't taste quite so
rotten...
THE BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR
1) Graham Nash "Wild
Tales"
The most meticulous of the
three CSNY autobiographies to date (Stills is the only one not to have written
a book so far!), Nash's autobiography starts with the poignant part of his life
that divides the book in two: should he get on a plane to tour with The
Hollies, the band he's been with for the past seven odd years and one of whom
he's known since the age of five? Or should he leave for a new life in America with
two buffoons he's just met called Crosby and Stills? Most of the book seems to
be examining whether Nash made the right decision (a cautious yes for the most
part, with some definite 'nos' during Crosby's darkest drugged up period in the
1980s), although curiously Nash doesn't spend much time on the Hollies part of
the book (the lesser known half of the story). Nash's keen eye and witty observations
make for a delightful companion on a busy story and Graham's well known love of
photography results in some of the greatest photos in any AAA autobiography.
More detail on the songs would have been welcome, but by and large this is an
excellent book - one that manages to be both honest and supportive (he gets
Crosby's egotism and lovable innocence spot on!)
2) Ray Davies
"Americana"
As we said last week, not the
book I was expecting. Ray's subtitle for his third book is 'The Kinks, Americana and Searching For The
Perfect Riff' - instead it should be called 'Me Alone, With My Thoughts, In a
Gloomy New Orleans Hospital, Musing About The Bastard Who Shot Me'. Ray's
darker side comes through as he recounts what he thought would be the last
chapter of his life: dying from a mugger's bullet wounds in a hospital where no
one believes he's a real rock star and who no one expects will last the night. Thankfully
that wasn't the case and Ray recovers enough to reminisce about The Kinks'
struggles cracking America (they were famously booted off a plane for some
old-fashioned hi-jinks in 1965 and banned from the country until 1970), his
feelings for his brother and his burgeoning solo career (all about to kick-off when
the mugger got involved). However again and again Ray keeps returning to the
fact that nobody comes to visit, that he's burned all his bridges chasing a
silly American dream he's not sure he ever believed in and his fear that he'll
end up a hermit, like his friend Alex Chilton (of The Box Tops and Big Star).
This is a sad, lonely book from a dark and lonely time in Ray's life and by
contrast makes the first two books 'X-Ray' (an 'unauthorised autobiography' -
how I love that phrase!) and 'Waterloo Sunset' (a collection of short stories
based on Kinks songs) look like a 'Sunny Afternoon'. You wonder why Ray
released it now (well - at the tail end of 2013 when I was too poor to afford
it!) Tough going and serious as it is, though, 'Americana' is a book worthy of
Ray's musical talents and a fascinating glimpse into a tortured soul at its
most tortured.
3) Neil Young
"Waging Heavy Peace"
Neil's book is predictably
weirder than the above pair. Like the musician it tends to ramble, leaping from
subject to subject and dancing through the decades to tell a single story as if
the past is as alive as the present. By the end of the book you've learnt
almost nothing, with the 'real' Neil cleverly hidden by typical wordplay and
subterfuge, but like the records where this happens (especially the 'Geffen'
years in the 1980s) somehow it's all so in keeping in character you don't mind.
I'd have hated for Neil's books to tell me all his darkest secrets - he's not
that sort of a writer - and given the events of this year it seems likely that
Neil was simply too emotionally 'used up' to release albums like clockwork the
way he always has (but still didn't want fans to guess anything was wrong).
Usefully the book seems to have kick-started his creative juices ('Psychedelic
Pill' is like a distillation of this book, good and bad) and is great company
while listening to various Neil Young albums; less usefully there's no index,
no chance of looking anything up and that scary picture of Neil on the front
cover's eyes do tend to follow you around the room...
THE BEST SONGS OF THE
YEAR
1) Keith Don't Go
(Alternate Version) (Nils Lofgren with Neil Young, 'Face The Music' Box Set)
Fast and furious, this early
take of what many consider to be Nils Lofgren's greatest rocker (not quite me:
it's second to 'Moon Tears') is a revelation, not least for the fact that this
song from the sessions for last Grin album 'Gone Crazy' features a certain
rather famous guitarist. We fans are used to hearing Neil Young and Nils battle
it out on the former's home territory: their work on the 'Tonight's The Night'
and 'Trans' album are among the greatest in Neil's back catalogue, even without
Nils coping with being thrown in at the deep end made to play piano (an
instrument he' never touched!) for the 'After The Goldrush' sessions. Here's
the return compliment - as far as we know the only time Neil turned up to a
Lofgren session - and what's fascinating is how easily Neil slips in as 'one of
the boys'. Neil really gets into the spirit of doubling Nils' playing on a
grungy rhythm part (not unlike what Danny Whitten used to do for him) and both
men do a fine job at aping The Rolling Stones (for those who don't know, this
song was inspired by rumours of Keith Richards' demise and heavy drug use in
the mid-1970s; Lofgren came very close to being a Rolling Stone instead of
Ronnie Wood but was dropped simply for being 'American' - that band's history
over the past 40 odd years could and should have been so different). The pair
sound rather good on harmonies too. Overall I think I'd still take the
re-recording, but this faster even angrier take (Lofgren sounds like his vocals
have been sandpapered!) is a fine extra and great to hear after all these years,
the highlight of the Lofgren box set 'Face The Music's impressive 40 unreleased
tracks.
2) Pushed It Over The End
(Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, CSNY '74)
A favourite of bootleggers
since the first time CSNY performed it on their 'stadium tour' of 1974, we've
waited 40 years for one of Neil Young's greatest from a whole collection of
unreleased songs to see the light of day. A bonkers fiery take on feminism, this
ragged-but-right song might feature some very questionable lyrics ('Good
looking Millie's got a gun in her hand, but she doesn't know how to use it!')
but the music is a delight, tearing this way and that as if to throw off a
movement too strong to back down. The 'falling down' refrain, where Neil
physically keeps moving down the keys, long past the point where it's
comfortable, is one of the highlights of the CSNY '74 set (even if it's still not
the best version of the song doing the
rounds). A shoe-in for the 'Human Highway' reunion album CSNY never quite got
round to making, 'Pushed It Over The End' is testament to how powerful the
quartet's music together could be at its best and can now at last be judged
properly alongside it's brothers and sisters (except in Italy, incidentally,
where a record company 'accidentally' leaked this song on an official release -
the source of many a bootleg...)
3) Louder Than Words
(Pink Floyd, The Endless River)
The one actual 'song' as
opposed to not-good-enough-to-release-at-the-time-noodling on Pink Floyd's 'Endless
River' album has become a major talking point with fans. It's not quite as good
as it thinks it is - like a lot of 'The Division Bell' and David Gilmour's solo
LPs his wife Polly Samson only partly 'gets' the band and what they stand for.
No lyric could ever sum up 47 years of Floyd-dom in one go and Roger Waters is
probably laughing his socks off at lines like 'world weary growth' and the
rhymes of 'fire' and 'desire'. But for all that, when the chorus kicks in with
all its glory, talking about Pink Floyd as a band hopeless at communicating
with each other in anyway except music, and Rick Wright's much-missed organ
swells up from 20 years previously like a ghost and Gilmour's guitar begins to
glide and the beautiful chord changes pull at your heartstrings...somehow it
works. The band are adamant that this is really it this time and after two
whole decades since the last bona fide release under that name they're probably
right. This isn't quite the perfect farewell that 'High Hopes' was in 1994 but
it's still powerful stuff, another reminder of how expressive and telepathic
their music was is and always will be. You just wish that they'd taken their
own advice and left this one as pure music...
Once
again we leave you with our own personal greatest moments of the year as voted
for by....one of you. Again. Oh dear (perhaps we haven't done as well this year
as we'd thought!) Never mind though - we agree, so here are the five most un-missable
moments form our menagerie of music and madness, starting - inevitably enough -
with our April Fool's Day column (which seems to get more popular - and weirder
- every year!)
1) Max The Singing Dog's Scrapbook: 2099
(Published April 1st 2014: http://www.alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/max-dogs-picture-book-news-views-and.html
and http://www.alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/max-dogs-picture-book-part-two-news.html)
By the year 2099 Max is a great-great-grandoggy
himself (see various Youtube videos...) and content to share with readers of a
'special' #176761 edition of 'News, Views and Music' his happiest memories. He
gets out his photo-album (i didn't even know he had a camera!) and proceeds to
tell you all the story of how Alan's Album Archives grew to become a film
franchise, release a charity single, a hit musical about the history of the AAA
('Max-A-Mama-Mia!') and organise our own spin-off version of Alphabet Soup
before Max retired from a scandal-filled life full of a cane addiction to
become a vicar...The bits that seemed to go down especially well were the scripts
from Max's personal appearances promoting the show: he got around did our mascot
dog appearing on all the greats: Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross, Question Time, Top
Gear, Just A Minute, The Archers... Oh and it must all be true - we even
guessed that Dr Who villain The Master would become a woman (although we were a
bit out with our guess of former companion Bonnie Langford...)
2) AAA Granamas - Whoops, AAA Anagrams
(http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/aaa-anagrams-news-views-and-music-issue.html)
Next up, some anagram unf, sorry fun, with a whole bunch of anagrams
based not only on all the best AAA bands but also your humble website! Here are
two to get you started: 'The Rolling Stones' = 'Get No Shrill Notes' and 'Alan's
Album Archives' = 'Am An Ear's Lavish Club'!
3) Hilariously Misheard AAA Album Titles/Lyrics
(http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/top-thirty-hilariously-misheard-aaa.html)
Wigs at the speed of sound! Parsley, Sage,
Rosemary and Tim! Sitting on the back of a duck, wasting time!...yes it's an
AAA top thirty 'funniest misheard song titles'/ 'funniest misquoted lyrics', a
laughaminute finale to our regular 'top ten' section!
4) An AAA Guide To The Beatles' Cartoons
(http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/an-aaa-guide-to-beatles-cartoons.html)
No one else but Alan's Album Archives could write 10,000 words on a
cartoon series that has never been made commercially available and wasn't
officially sanctioned by the band anyway. But we had fun writing this one and
offering 'plot' summaries and bits of trivia to 'remind' people of some very
cherished memories, our guide to 40 episodes (ie 80 individual cartoons and
another 80 singalongs!) that range from the delightful to the diabolical, often
within the same episode!
5) The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band"
( http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-beatles-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts.html)
Finally, something serious! Interestingly the
album review that's gained me most nice comments and general back-slapping to
date isn't an album I love, or an obscure record that was one of the reasons I
created this site (to plug albums other people might not know). Instead it's
one of the best selling of all AAA albums and one of the most famous albums on
the planet, over which everyone has already had their two cents' worth to say.
I did feel on good form the night I wrote it though so who knows -perhaps Sgt
Peppers really will become my favourite Beatles album after all and I just haven't
caught up with my sub-consciousness yet?...
And that, as they say, is that. Not just for this
article but for this year. Thankyou for supporting this site over the past 12
months! It's been a hectic and confusing but nicely productive year and I
couldn't have made it without you all - here's to better health, better music
and being that bit closer to our goal of having reviewed every AAA release
under the sun by this time next year! Till then from the Alan's Archives team
(erm, Max The Singing Dog and me!) a very happy cheery chappy not at all snappy
or flappy or clap trappy Spice Girls in a nappy 2015 and see you in the new
year!
159) A (Not That) Short Guide To The 15 Best Non-AAA Bands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-not-that-short-guide-to-15-of-best.html%20%0d160
160) The Greatest AAA Drum Solos (Or Near Solos!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-greatest-aaa-drum-solos-or-near.html%20%0d161
161) AAA Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame Acceptance Speeches http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aaa-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html%20%0d162
162) AAA Re-Recordings Of Past Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/aaa-re-recordings-of-past-songs-news.html%20%0d163
163) A Coalition Christmas (A Fairy Tale) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/a-coalition-christmas-news-views-and.html%20%0d164
164) AAA Songs About Islands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/aaa-songs-about-islands-news-views-and.html%20%0d165
165) The AAA Review Of The Year 2012 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-aaa-review-of-year-2012-news-views.html
166) The Best AAA Concerts I Attended http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-best-aaa-concerts-i-attended-news.html
167) Tributes To The 10 AAA Stars Who Died The Youngest http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/tributes-to-10-aaa-stars-who-died.html
168) The First 10 AAA Songs Listed Alphabetically http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-first-10-aaa-songs-if-listed.html
A NOW COMPLETE List Of Top Five/Top Ten/TOP TWENTY Entries 2008-2019
1) Chronic Fatigue songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/news-views-and-music-issue-1-top-five.html
2) Songs For The Face Of Bo http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-2-top-five.html
3) Credit Crunch Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-3-top-five.html
4) Songs For The Autumn http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-4-top-five.html
5) National Wombat Week http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-top-five-national.html
6) AAA Box Sets http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-6-top-five.html
7) Virus Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issue-7-top-five.html
8) Worst AAA-Related DVDs
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issu-8-top-five.html
9) Self-Punctuating Superstar Classics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issue-9-top-five.html
10) Ways To Know You Have Turned Into A Collector http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issue-9-top-five.html
11) Political Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/news-views-and-music-issue-11-top-five.html
12) Totally Bonkers Concept Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/news-views-and-music-top-five-totally.html
13) Celebrating 40 Years Of The Beatles' White Album http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/top-five-issue-13-40-years-of-beatles.html
14) Still Celebrating 40 Years Of The Beatles' White Album
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-14-top-five.html
15) AAA Existential Questions
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-15-top-five.html
16) Releases Of The Year 2008 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-16-top-five.html
17) Top AAA Xmas Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-17-top-five.html
18) Notable AAA Gigs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/news-views-and-music-issue-19-top-five.html
19) All things '20' related for our 20th issue http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/news-views-and-music-issue-20-aaa-songs.html
20) Romantic odes for Valentine's Day http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/news-views-and-music-issue-22-top-five.html
21) Hollies B sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-23-top-five.html
22) 'Other' BBC Session Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-24-top-five.html
23) Beach Boys Rarities Still Not Available On CD http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-25-top-five.html
24) Songs John, Paul and George wrote for Ringo's solo albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-26-top-five.html
25) 5 of the Best Rock 'n' Roll Tracks From The Pre-Beatles Era http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/news-views-and-music-issue-27-top-five.html
26) AAA Autobiographies http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/news-views-and-music-issue-28-top-five.html
27) Rolling Stones B-sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/news-views-and-music-issue-29-top-five.html
28) Beatles B-Sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-30-top-five.html
29) The lllloooonnngggeesssttt AAA songs of all time http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-31-top-five.html
30) Kinks B-Sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-32-top-five.html
31) Abandoned CSNY projects 'wasted on the way' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-33-top-five.html
32) Best AAA Rarities and Outtakes Sets http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/news-views-and-music-issue-34-top-five.html
33) News We've Missed While We've Been Away http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-35-top-five.html
34) Birthday Songs for our 1st Anniversary http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-37-top-five.html
35) Brightest Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-37-top-five.html
36) Biggest Recorded Arguments http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-38-top-five.html
37) Songs About Superheroes http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-39-top-five.html
38) AAA TV Networks That Should Exist http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-40-top-five.html
39) AAA Woodtsock Moments http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-41-top-five.html
40) Top Moments Of The Past Year As Voted For By Readers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-42-top-five.html
41) Music Segues http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/news-views-and-music-issue-43-top-five.html
42) AAA Foreign Language Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/news-views-and-music-issue-44-top-five.html
43) 'Other' Groups In Need Of Re-Mastering http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/news-views-and-music-issue-45-top-five.html
44) The Kinks Preservation Rock Opera - Was It Really About The Forthcoming UK General Election? http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/news-views-and-music-issue-46-top-five.html
45) Mono and Stereo Mixes - Biggest Differences http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/news-views-and-music-issue-47-top-five.html
46) Weirdest Things To Do When A Band Member Leaves http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/nerws-views-and-music-issue-48-top-five.html
47) Video Clips Exclusive To Youtube (#1) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/news-views-and-music-issue-49-top-five.html
48) Top AAA Releases Of 2009 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/news-views-and-music-issue-50-top-five.html
49) Songs About Trains http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/news-views-and-music-issue-51-top-five.html
50) Songs about Winter http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/news-views-and-music-issue-52-top-five.html
51) Songs about astrology plus horoscopes for selected AAA members http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/news-views-and-music-issue-53-top-five.html
52) The Worst Five Groups Ever! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/news-views-and-music-issue-54-top-five.html
53) The Most Over-Rated AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/news-views-and-music-issue-56-top-five.html
54) Top AAA Rarities Exclusive To EPs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/news-views-and-music-issue-57-top-five.html
55) Random Recent Purchases (#1) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/news-views-and-music-issue-58-top-five.html
56) AAA Party Political Slogans http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/news-views-and-music-issue-60-top-five.html
57) Songs To Celebrate 'Rock Sunday' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/news-views-and-music-issue-61-top-five_21.html
58) Strange But True (?) AAA Ghost Stories http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/news-views-and-music-issue-61-top-five.html
59) AAA Artists In Song http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/news-views-and-music-issue-63-top-five.html
60) Songs About Dogs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/news-views-and-music-issue-65-top-five.html
61) Sunshiney Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/news-views-and-music-issue-67-top-five.html
62) The AAA Staff Play Their Own Version Of Monoploy/Mornington Crescent! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/news-views-and-music-issue-68-top-forty.html
63) What 'Other' British Invasion DVDs We'd Like To See http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/news-views-and-music-issue-69-top-five.html
64) What We Want To Place In Our AAA Time Capsule http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/news-views-and-music-issue-70-top-five.html
65) AAA Conspiracy Theroies http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/news-views-and-music-issue-72-top-ten.html
66) Weirdest Things To Do Before - And After - Becoming A Star http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/news-views-and-music-top-ten-aaa-stars.html
67) Songs To Tweet To http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/news-views-and-music-issue-74-top-five.html
68) Greatest Ever AAA Solos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/news-views-and-music-issue-75-top-ten.html
69) John Lennon Musical Tributes http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/news-views-and-music-issue-77-top-five.html
70) Songs For Halloween http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/news-views-and-music-issue-78-top-five.html
71) Earliest Examples Of Psychedelia http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/news-views-and-music-issue-79-top-five.html
72) Purely Instrumental Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/news-views-and-music-issue-81-top-five.html
73) AAA Utopias
74) AAA Imaginary Bands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/news-views-and-music-issue-82-top-five.html
75) Unexpected AAA Cover Versions http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/news-views-and-music-issue-83-top-five.html
76) Top Releases of 2010 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/news-views-and-music-issue-84-top-five.html
77) Songs About Snow http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/news-views-and-music-issue-85-top-five.html
78) Predictions For 2011 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_01_02_archive.html
79) AAA Fugitives
80) AAA Home Towns http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/news-views-and-music-issue-88-home.html
81) The Biggest Non-Musical Influences On The 1960s http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/news-views-and-music-issue-89-top-five.html
82) AAA Groups Covering Other AAA Groups http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/news-views-and-music-issue-90-top.html
83) Strange Censorship Decisions http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/news-views-and-music-issue-91-top-ten.html
84) AAA Albums Still Unreleased on CD http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/news-views-and-music-issue-92-top-five.html
85) Random Recent Purchases (#2) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/news-views-and-music-issue-93-top-ten.html
86) Top AAA Music Videos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-issue-94-top-ten.html
87) 30 Day Facebook Music Challenge http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-issue-95-top.html
88) AAA Documentaries http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-top-five-aaa.html
89) Unfinished and 'Lost' AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-issue-97-top-ten.html
90) Strangest AAA Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/newsa-views-and-music-issue-98-top-ten.html
91) AAA Performers Live From Mars (!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-99-top-ten.html
92) Songs Including The Number '100' for our 100th Issue http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-100-top-five.html
93) Most Songs Recorded In A Single Day http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-101-top-five.html
94) Most Revealing AAA Interviews http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/news-views-and-music-issue-102-top-five.html
95) Top 10 Pre-Fame Recordings http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/news-views-and-music-issue-103-top-ten.html
96) The Shortest And Longest AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-104-top-ten.html
97) The AAA Allstars Ultimate Band Line-Up http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-105-top.html
98) Top Songs About Sports http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-106-top-ten.html
99) AAA Conversations With God http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-107-top-ten.html
100) AAA Managers: The Good, The Bad and the Financially Ugly http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-108-top-ten.html
101) Unexpected AAA Cameos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-109-top-ten.html
102) AAA Words You can Type Into A Caluclator http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-110-top-five.html
103) AAA Court Cases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-111-top-five.html
104) Postmodern Songs About Songwriting http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-112-top-five.html
105) Biggest Stylistic Leaps Between Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-113-top-ten.html
106) 20 Reasons Why Cameron Should Go! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-114-top.html
107) The AAA Pun-Filled Cookbook http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-115-top-five.html
108) Classic Debut Releases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-116-top-five.html
109) Five Uses Of Bird Sound Effects http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-118-top-five.html
110) AAA Classic Youtube Clips Part #1 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-119-top.html
111) Part #2 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-120-top.html
112) Part #3 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-121-top.html
113) AAA Facts You Might Not Know http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-122-top-ten.html
114) The 20 Rarest AAA Records http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-123-top.html
115) AAA Instrumental Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_04_archive.html
116) Musical Tarot http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/news-views-and-music-issue-125-top-23-i.html
117) Christmas Carols http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_18_archive.html
118) Top AAA Releases Of 2011 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_25_archive.html
119) AAA Bands In The Beano/The Dandy http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/news-views-and-music-issue-128-top-five.html
120) Top 20 Guitarists #1 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/news-views-and-music-issue-129-top-ten.html
121) #2 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_15_archive.html
122) 'Shorty' Nomination Award Questionairre http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_22_archive.html
123) Top Best-Selling AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_29_archive.html
124) AAA Songs Featuring Bagpipes
125) A (Hopefully) Complete List Of AAA Musicians On Twitter http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_19_archive.html
126) Beatles Albums That Might Have Been 1970-74 and 1980 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_26_archive.html
127) DVD/Computer Games We've Just Invented http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_11_archive.html
128) The AAA Albums With The Most Weeks At #1 in the UK http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_18_archive.html
129) The AAA Singles With The Most Weeks At #1 in the UK http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_25_archive.html
130) Lyric Competition (Questions) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_15_archive.html
131) Top Crooning Classics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_22_archive.html
132) Funeral Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/news-views-and-music-issue-142-top-five.html
133) AAA Songs For When Your Phone Is On Hold http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-143-top-five.html
134) Random Recent Purchases (#3) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-144-top-five.html
135) Lyric Competition (Answers) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-146-top.html
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-145-top-five.html
136) Bee Gees Songs/AAA Goes Disco! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-issue-147-top-five.html
137) The Best AAA Sleevenotes (And Worst) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-issue-148-top-ten.html
138) A Short Precise Of The Years 1962-70 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-149-top-eight.html
139) More Wacky AAA-Related Films And Their Soundtracks http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/top-five-for-news-views-and-music-150.html
140) AAA Appearances On Desert Island Discs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/top-eight-aaa-desert-island-discs.html
141) Songs Exclusive To Live Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/news-views-and-music-issue-153-top-10.html
142) More AAA Songs About Armageddon http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/aaa-armageddon-songsalbums-top-5-for.html
2) Songs For The Face Of Bo http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-2-top-five.html
3) Credit Crunch Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-3-top-five.html
4) Songs For The Autumn http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-4-top-five.html
5) National Wombat Week http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-top-five-national.html
6) AAA Box Sets http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/news-views-and-music-issue-6-top-five.html
7) Virus Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issue-7-top-five.html
8) Worst AAA-Related DVDs
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issu-8-top-five.html
9) Self-Punctuating Superstar Classics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issue-9-top-five.html
10) Ways To Know You Have Turned Into A Collector http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/news-views-and-music-issue-9-top-five.html
11) Political Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/news-views-and-music-issue-11-top-five.html
12) Totally Bonkers Concept Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/news-views-and-music-top-five-totally.html
13) Celebrating 40 Years Of The Beatles' White Album http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/top-five-issue-13-40-years-of-beatles.html
14) Still Celebrating 40 Years Of The Beatles' White Album
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-14-top-five.html
15) AAA Existential Questions
http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-15-top-five.html
16) Releases Of The Year 2008 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-16-top-five.html
17) Top AAA Xmas Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/news-views-and-music-issue-17-top-five.html
18) Notable AAA Gigs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/news-views-and-music-issue-19-top-five.html
19) All things '20' related for our 20th issue http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/news-views-and-music-issue-20-aaa-songs.html
20) Romantic odes for Valentine's Day http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/news-views-and-music-issue-22-top-five.html
21) Hollies B sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-23-top-five.html
22) 'Other' BBC Session Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-24-top-five.html
23) Beach Boys Rarities Still Not Available On CD http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-25-top-five.html
24) Songs John, Paul and George wrote for Ringo's solo albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/news-views-and-music-issue-26-top-five.html
25) 5 of the Best Rock 'n' Roll Tracks From The Pre-Beatles Era http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/news-views-and-music-issue-27-top-five.html
26) AAA Autobiographies http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/news-views-and-music-issue-28-top-five.html
27) Rolling Stones B-sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/news-views-and-music-issue-29-top-five.html
28) Beatles B-Sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-30-top-five.html
29) The lllloooonnngggeesssttt AAA songs of all time http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-31-top-five.html
30) Kinks B-Sides http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-32-top-five.html
31) Abandoned CSNY projects 'wasted on the way' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/news-views-and-music-issue-33-top-five.html
32) Best AAA Rarities and Outtakes Sets http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/news-views-and-music-issue-34-top-five.html
33) News We've Missed While We've Been Away http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-35-top-five.html
34) Birthday Songs for our 1st Anniversary http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-37-top-five.html
35) Brightest Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-37-top-five.html
36) Biggest Recorded Arguments http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/news-views-and-music-issue-38-top-five.html
37) Songs About Superheroes http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-39-top-five.html
38) AAA TV Networks That Should Exist http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-40-top-five.html
39) AAA Woodtsock Moments http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-41-top-five.html
40) Top Moments Of The Past Year As Voted For By Readers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/news-views-and-music-issue-42-top-five.html
41) Music Segues http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/news-views-and-music-issue-43-top-five.html
42) AAA Foreign Language Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/news-views-and-music-issue-44-top-five.html
43) 'Other' Groups In Need Of Re-Mastering http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/news-views-and-music-issue-45-top-five.html
44) The Kinks Preservation Rock Opera - Was It Really About The Forthcoming UK General Election? http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/news-views-and-music-issue-46-top-five.html
45) Mono and Stereo Mixes - Biggest Differences http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/news-views-and-music-issue-47-top-five.html
46) Weirdest Things To Do When A Band Member Leaves http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/nerws-views-and-music-issue-48-top-five.html
47) Video Clips Exclusive To Youtube (#1) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/news-views-and-music-issue-49-top-five.html
48) Top AAA Releases Of 2009 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/news-views-and-music-issue-50-top-five.html
49) Songs About Trains http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/news-views-and-music-issue-51-top-five.html
50) Songs about Winter http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/news-views-and-music-issue-52-top-five.html
51) Songs about astrology plus horoscopes for selected AAA members http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/news-views-and-music-issue-53-top-five.html
52) The Worst Five Groups Ever! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/news-views-and-music-issue-54-top-five.html
53) The Most Over-Rated AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/news-views-and-music-issue-56-top-five.html
54) Top AAA Rarities Exclusive To EPs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/news-views-and-music-issue-57-top-five.html
55) Random Recent Purchases (#1) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/news-views-and-music-issue-58-top-five.html
56) AAA Party Political Slogans http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/news-views-and-music-issue-60-top-five.html
57) Songs To Celebrate 'Rock Sunday' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/news-views-and-music-issue-61-top-five_21.html
58) Strange But True (?) AAA Ghost Stories http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/news-views-and-music-issue-61-top-five.html
59) AAA Artists In Song http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/news-views-and-music-issue-63-top-five.html
60) Songs About Dogs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/news-views-and-music-issue-65-top-five.html
61) Sunshiney Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/news-views-and-music-issue-67-top-five.html
62) The AAA Staff Play Their Own Version Of Monoploy/Mornington Crescent! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/news-views-and-music-issue-68-top-forty.html
63) What 'Other' British Invasion DVDs We'd Like To See http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/news-views-and-music-issue-69-top-five.html
64) What We Want To Place In Our AAA Time Capsule http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/news-views-and-music-issue-70-top-five.html
65) AAA Conspiracy Theroies http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/news-views-and-music-issue-72-top-ten.html
66) Weirdest Things To Do Before - And After - Becoming A Star http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/news-views-and-music-top-ten-aaa-stars.html
67) Songs To Tweet To http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/news-views-and-music-issue-74-top-five.html
68) Greatest Ever AAA Solos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/news-views-and-music-issue-75-top-ten.html
69) John Lennon Musical Tributes http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/news-views-and-music-issue-77-top-five.html
70) Songs For Halloween http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/news-views-and-music-issue-78-top-five.html
71) Earliest Examples Of Psychedelia http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/news-views-and-music-issue-79-top-five.html
72) Purely Instrumental Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/news-views-and-music-issue-81-top-five.html
73) AAA Utopias
74) AAA Imaginary Bands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/news-views-and-music-issue-82-top-five.html
75) Unexpected AAA Cover Versions http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/news-views-and-music-issue-83-top-five.html
76) Top Releases of 2010 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/news-views-and-music-issue-84-top-five.html
77) Songs About Snow http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/news-views-and-music-issue-85-top-five.html
78) Predictions For 2011 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_01_02_archive.html
79) AAA Fugitives
80) AAA Home Towns http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/news-views-and-music-issue-88-home.html
81) The Biggest Non-Musical Influences On The 1960s http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/news-views-and-music-issue-89-top-five.html
82) AAA Groups Covering Other AAA Groups http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/news-views-and-music-issue-90-top.html
83) Strange Censorship Decisions http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/news-views-and-music-issue-91-top-ten.html
84) AAA Albums Still Unreleased on CD http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/news-views-and-music-issue-92-top-five.html
85) Random Recent Purchases (#2) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/news-views-and-music-issue-93-top-ten.html
86) Top AAA Music Videos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-issue-94-top-ten.html
87) 30 Day Facebook Music Challenge http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-issue-95-top.html
88) AAA Documentaries http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-top-five-aaa.html
89) Unfinished and 'Lost' AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/news-views-and-music-issue-97-top-ten.html
90) Strangest AAA Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/newsa-views-and-music-issue-98-top-ten.html
91) AAA Performers Live From Mars (!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-99-top-ten.html
92) Songs Including The Number '100' for our 100th Issue http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-100-top-five.html
93) Most Songs Recorded In A Single Day http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/news-views-and-music-issue-101-top-five.html
94) Most Revealing AAA Interviews http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/news-views-and-music-issue-102-top-five.html
95) Top 10 Pre-Fame Recordings http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/news-views-and-music-issue-103-top-ten.html
96) The Shortest And Longest AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-104-top-ten.html
97) The AAA Allstars Ultimate Band Line-Up http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-105-top.html
98) Top Songs About Sports http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-106-top-ten.html
99) AAA Conversations With God http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/news-views-and-music-issue-107-top-ten.html
100) AAA Managers: The Good, The Bad and the Financially Ugly http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-108-top-ten.html
101) Unexpected AAA Cameos http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-109-top-ten.html
102) AAA Words You can Type Into A Caluclator http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/news-views-and-music-issue-110-top-five.html
103) AAA Court Cases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-111-top-five.html
104) Postmodern Songs About Songwriting http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-112-top-five.html
105) Biggest Stylistic Leaps Between Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-113-top-ten.html
106) 20 Reasons Why Cameron Should Go! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/news-views-and-music-issue-114-top.html
107) The AAA Pun-Filled Cookbook http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-115-top-five.html
108) Classic Debut Releases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-116-top-five.html
109) Five Uses Of Bird Sound Effects http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-118-top-five.html
110) AAA Classic Youtube Clips Part #1 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/news-views-and-music-issue-119-top.html
111) Part #2 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-120-top.html
112) Part #3 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-121-top.html
113) AAA Facts You Might Not Know http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-122-top-ten.html
114) The 20 Rarest AAA Records http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/news-views-and-music-issue-123-top.html
115) AAA Instrumental Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_04_archive.html
116) Musical Tarot http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/news-views-and-music-issue-125-top-23-i.html
117) Christmas Carols http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_18_archive.html
118) Top AAA Releases Of 2011 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_25_archive.html
119) AAA Bands In The Beano/The Dandy http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/news-views-and-music-issue-128-top-five.html
120) Top 20 Guitarists #1 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/news-views-and-music-issue-129-top-ten.html
121) #2 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_15_archive.html
122) 'Shorty' Nomination Award Questionairre http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_22_archive.html
123) Top Best-Selling AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_01_29_archive.html
124) AAA Songs Featuring Bagpipes
125) A (Hopefully) Complete List Of AAA Musicians On Twitter http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_19_archive.html
126) Beatles Albums That Might Have Been 1970-74 and 1980 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_26_archive.html
127) DVD/Computer Games We've Just Invented http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_11_archive.html
128) The AAA Albums With The Most Weeks At #1 in the UK http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_18_archive.html
129) The AAA Singles With The Most Weeks At #1 in the UK http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_25_archive.html
130) Lyric Competition (Questions) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_15_archive.html
131) Top Crooning Classics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_22_archive.html
132) Funeral Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/news-views-and-music-issue-142-top-five.html
133) AAA Songs For When Your Phone Is On Hold http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-143-top-five.html
134) Random Recent Purchases (#3) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-144-top-five.html
135) Lyric Competition (Answers) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/news-views-and-music-issue-146-top.html
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136) Bee Gees Songs/AAA Goes Disco! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-issue-147-top-five.html
137) The Best AAA Sleevenotes (And Worst) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-issue-148-top-ten.html
138) A Short Precise Of The Years 1962-70 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/news-views-and-music-149-top-eight.html
139) More Wacky AAA-Related Films And Their Soundtracks http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/top-five-for-news-views-and-music-150.html
140) AAA Appearances On Desert Island Discs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/top-eight-aaa-desert-island-discs.html
141) Songs Exclusive To Live Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/news-views-and-music-issue-153-top-10.html
142) More AAA Songs About Armageddon http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/aaa-armageddon-songsalbums-top-5-for.html
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159) A (Not That) Short Guide To The 15 Best Non-AAA Bands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-not-that-short-guide-to-15-of-best.html%20%0d160
160) The Greatest AAA Drum Solos (Or Near Solos!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-greatest-aaa-drum-solos-or-near.html%20%0d161
161) AAA Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame Acceptance Speeches http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aaa-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html%20%0d162
162) AAA Re-Recordings Of Past Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/aaa-re-recordings-of-past-songs-news.html%20%0d163
163) A Coalition Christmas (A Fairy Tale) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/a-coalition-christmas-news-views-and.html%20%0d164
164) AAA Songs About Islands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/aaa-songs-about-islands-news-views-and.html%20%0d165
165) The AAA Review Of The Year 2012 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-aaa-review-of-year-2012-news-views.html
166) The Best AAA Concerts I Attended http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-best-aaa-concerts-i-attended-news.html
167) Tributes To The 10 AAA Stars Who Died The Youngest http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/tributes-to-10-aaa-stars-who-died.html
168) The First 10 AAA Songs Listed Alphabetically http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-first-10-aaa-songs-if-listed.html
169) The Last 10 AAA Songs Listed Alphabetically http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-last-10-aaa-songs-listed.html%20%0d170
170) Tributes To The 10 AAA Stars Who Died The Youngest http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-10-youngest-aaa-stars-at-time-of.html%20%0d171
171) The 10 Best Songs From The Psychedelia Box-Sets ‘Nuggets’ and ‘Nuggets Two’ http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-best-of-two-nuggets-psychedelia.html%20%0d172
172) The 20 Most Common Girl’s Names In AAA Song Titles (With Definitions) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/girls-names-in-aaa-song-titles-from.html
17 3) NME/Melody Maker Questionairres Filled Out By AAA Bands http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/nmemelody-maker-questionairres-filled.html
174) Top Ten AAA Bootlegs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/top-10-aaa-bootlegs-news-views-and.html
175) Days Of The Week AAA Style http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/days-of-week-aaa-style-news-views-and.html
176) AAA Musicals http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/aaa-musicals-news-views-and-music-issue.html
177) Interesting AAA Line-Ups That Were Or Nearly Were http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ten-interesting-aaa-line-ups-that-were.html
178) The 101 Greatest AAA Songs Of All Time (Maybe?!) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-greatest-101-aaa-songs-well-ish-see.html
179) Mrs Thatcher Meets The Devil http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/mrs-thatcher-meets-devil-plus-intro-for.html
180) First Recordings By Future AAA Stars http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/first-
181) The Ten Oldest AAA Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-ten-oldest-aaa-songs-news-views-and.html
182) AAA Artists (Books Of Paintings) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/aaa-artists-books-of-paintings-news.html
183) AAA Appearances on TV Show 'Colour Me Pop' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/aaa-appearances-on-colour-me-pop-tv.html
184) AAA Years In Song http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/aaa-years-in-song-news-views-and-music.html
185) A Tribute To Storm Thorgerson Via The Five AAA Bands He Worked With http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/a-tribute-to-hipgnosis-via-five-aaa.html
186) Five Top AAA Apps http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/top-five-aaa-apps-news-views-and-music.html
187) The Ultimate Grateful Dead Concert Setlist http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-ultimate-grateful-dead-concert-top.html
188) Surprise! Celebrating 300 Album Reviews With The Biggest 'Surprises' Of The Past Five Years Of Alan's Album Archives! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/celebrating-300-album-reviews-10.html
189) Top Ten Dave Davies Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/top-ten-dave-davies-songs-news-views.html
190) Comparatively Obscure First Compositions By AAA Stars http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/comparatively-obscure-debut.html
191) Famous AAA Fathers: http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/famous-aaa-fathers-news-views-and-music.html
192) The Best Five AAA Re-Issue CD Series http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-best-five-aaa-re-issues-series-news.html
193) Evolution Of A Band: Comparing First Lyric With Last Lyric: http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/evolution-of-band-comparing-1st-lyric.html
194) Ten Of The Best AAA Riffs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/ten-of-best-aaa-riffs-news-views-and.html
195) Twenty AAA Milestone Moments Part One 1956-66 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/twenty-aaa-milestone-events-part-one.html
196) Twenty AAA Milestone Moments Part Two 1967-80 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/twenty-aaa-milestone-events-part-two.html
197) Eleven Random Recent Purchases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/eleven-random-recent-purchases.html
198) Five AAA Outcasts Who Know More Than They Let Onhttp://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/five-aaa-outcast-characters-who-know.html
199) That's Why They Call It The (Top Ten) Blues! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/thats-why-they-call-it-bluesaaa-top-ten.html
200) The Monkees In Relation To Postmodernism (University Dissertation) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/university-dissertation-monkees-in.html
201) The Music Never Stopped: AAA Youtube Video #5 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-music-never-stopped-alans-album.html
202) Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain': Was It About One Of The AAA Crew? http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/carly-simons-youre-so-vain-was-it-about.html
203) Ten AAA Stars In Further Education http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/aaa-stars-in-further-education-top-five.html
204) AAA Dramas and Plays http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/aaa-dramas-and-plays-news-views-and.html
205) Abandoned AAA Album Covers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/abandoned-aaa-album-covers-top-ten-news.html
206) Chinese Horoscopes AAA Style http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/chinese-horoscopes-aaa-style-top-twelve.html
207) Top Ten Songs The Beatles 'Gave Away' http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/top-ten-songs-beatles-gave-away-news.html
208) AAA Song Titles That Are The Same As Other AAA Songs http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/aaa-songs-with-same-titles-as-other-aaa.html
209) Updates to Our 'Special Editions' #1 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/updates-to-our-special-editions-on.html
210) Most Parodied AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-most-parodied-aaa-album-covers-news.html
211) Longest Average AAA Songs Per Album http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-longest-average-aaa-songs-per-album.html
212) Shortest Average AAA Songs Per Album http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-shortest-average-aaa-songs-per.html
213) An AAA Guide To The Twenty Best Dr Who Stories http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-20-best-doctor-who-stories-aaa.html
214) AAA Songs and Albums Based On Books http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/aaa-songsalbums-based-on-books-and.html
215) Top Ten AAA Concert Quotes http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/top-aaa-quotes-from-concerts-top.html
216) Top Ten Surrealist AAA Lyrics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/top-ten-sureallist-aaa-song-lyrics-news.html
217) AAA 'Christmas Presents' we'd most like to have next year http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/aaa-christmas-presents-wed-most-like-to.html
218) Review Of The Year 2013 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/review-of-year-2013-news-views-and.html
219) Nominate This Site For A Shorty Award 2014 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/nominate-this-site-for-shorty-award-2014.html
220) A Tribute To Phil Everly http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/a-tribute-to-phil-everly-everly.html
221) Dr Who and the AAA (Five Musical Links) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/01/dr-who-and-five-musical-links-to-alans.html
222) Five Random Recent Purchases http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/01/five-random-recent-purchases-news-views.html
223) AAA Grammy Nominees http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/02/aaa-grammy-nominees-top-twelve-news.html
224) Ten AAA songs that are better heard unedited and in full http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/02/ten-aaa-songs-that-are-better-unedited.html
225) The shortest gaps between AAA albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-shortest-gaps-between-aaa-albums.html
226) The longest gaps between AAA albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-longest-gaps-between-aaa-albums.html
227) Top ten AAA drummers http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2014/03/top-ten-aaa-drummers-news-views-and.html
228) Top Ten AAA Singles (In Terms of 'A' and 'B' Sides) http://www.alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/top-ten-aaa-singles-and-b-sides-news.html
229) The Stories Behind Six AAA Logos http://www.alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-stories-behind-six-aaa-logos.html
230) AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! The Best Ten AAA Screams http://www.alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-best-aaa-screams-top-ten-news-views.html
231) An AAA Pack Of Horses http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/aaa-songs-about-horses-top-ten-news.html
232) AAA Granamas - Sorry, Anagrams! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/aaa-anagrams-news-views-and-music-issue.html
233) AAA Surnames and Their Meanings http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/aaa-surnames-and-their-meanings-news.html
234) 20 Erroneous AAA Album Titles http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/twenty-erroneous-aaa-album-titles-news.html
235) The Best AAA Orchestral Arrangements http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/fifteen-great-aaa-string-parts-news.html
236) Top 30 Hilariously Misheard Album Titles/Lyrics http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/top-thirty-hilariously-misheard-aaa.html
237) Ten controversial AAA sackings - and whether they were right http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/ten-controversial-aaa-sackings-news.html
238) A Critique On Critiquing - In Response To Brian Wilson http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/a-critique-on-critiquing-in-response-to.html
239) The Ten MusicianS Who've Played On The Most AAA Albums http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-ten-musicians-whove-played-on-most.html
240) Thoughts on #CameronMustGo http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/thoughts-on-cameronmustgo.html
241) Random Recent Purchases (Kinks/Grateful Dead/Nils Lofgren/Rolling Stones/Hollies) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/six-random-recent-purchases-kinksg.html
242) AAA Christmas Number Ones http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/aaa-christmas-number-ones.html
243) AAA Review Of The Year 2014 (Top Releases/Re-issues/Documentaries/DVDs/Books/Songs/ Articles plus worst releases of the year) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/aaa-review-of-year-2014.html
244) Me/CFS Awareness Week 2015 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/mecfs-awareness-week-at-alans-album.html
245) Why The Tory 2015 Victory Seems A Little...Suspicious http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/why-tory-victory-seems-deeply.html
246) A Plea For Peace and Tolerance After The Attacks on Paris - and Syria http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/a-plea-for-peace-and-toleration.html
247) AAA Review Of The Year 2015 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/the-aaa-review-of-year-2015.html
248) The Fifty Most Read AAA Articles (as of December 31st 2015) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-fifty-most-read-aaa-posts-2008-2015.html
249) The Revised AAA Crossword! http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2016_07_10_archive.html
250) AAA Review Of The Year 2016 http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-aaa-review-of-year-2016.html
251) Half-A-Dozen Berries Plus One (An AAA Tribute To Chuck Berry) http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/an-aaa-covers-tribute-to-chuck-berry.html
252) Guest Post: ‘The Skids – Joy’ (1981) by Kenny Brown https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/guest-post-skids-joy-1981.html
253) AAA Review Of The Year 2017 https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-aaa-review-of-year-2017.html
254) Guest Post: ‘Supertramp – Some Things Never Change’ by Kenny Brown https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2018/06/guest-review-supertramp-some-things.html
255) AAA Review Of The Year 2018 https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-aaa-review-of-year-2018.html
256) AAA Review Of The Year 2019 plus Review Of The Decade 2010-2019 https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-alans-album-archives-review-of-year.html
257) Tiermaker https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2019/06/alans-album-archives-on-tiermaker.html
258) #Coronastock https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronastock.html
259) #Coronadocstock https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2020/05/coronadocstock.html
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