Category: A’s Track of the Day

For those unfamiliar with it, Bachelor No 2 or the last remains of the dodo is a terrific album. From 2000.

Nick Drake reincarnated in the form of an Argentine Swede. From his 2005 album Veneer.

Interesting clip from 1998: R E M really weren’t all that bad.

The title was a gift for reviewers ill-disposed to the band but this track from The Garden of Jane Delawney has some lovely guitar from Barry Clarke. How many axe … Continue readingTrees: Nothing Special

Following my piece about Bowie the other day, a reader suggested that Heroes owes a strong debt to this song, and he’s not wrong.

From the album The Crux of the Biscuit, featuring outtakes from 1974’s Apostrophe. This is a longer version of the title track, Frank’s guitar combining wonderfully with Jack Bruce’s fuzz … Continue readingFrank Zappa: Energy Frontier (Bridge)

From Brian’s superb album Apollo, which is now 37 years old.

. . . might get you killed. Live version of Dwighty’s uncompromising warning to his errant piece of skirt.

Wonderful opening verse: ‘Silk scarf and a napkinHidden in a drawerTwo hundred bucks in an envelopeLabelled Lenore.’ Another selection from the excellent Greendale album.

Chosen purely for the title, one for Brexit Day.