Up Next....My All-Time Favorite Album!

Up this week we're looking at the 1970 folk classic 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkel. It topped charts, won Grammy’s and influenced millions. But why does it out-rank the likes of Doolittle, Exile on main St. and The Bends to be my favourite album of all time?

Well, to put it simply...it was the first one I ever heard.

My dad is not a massive music listener...in fact nobody in my family is. He had a very skimpy record collection mainly of classical releases and the odd, very dodge 70s pop. But one of them stood out to me; Bridge Over Troubled Water. The reason was that the back of the LP had all the lyrics, which meant that I could sing all the songs with ease. I literally spent hours playing it over and over again. I know every lyric, every chord change and every harmony like the back of my hand.

I now have my dad's copy of the record framed and on my wall at home (pic to follow) and have replaced his with another second hand copy (not that he'll ever listen to it).

I went to see them live in the summer of 2003 in the RDS (the same summer I saw the Pixies live for the first time). And they were brilliant. I’m really looking forward to this show now.

Sunday 9pm….Phantom 105.2

Up This Week....

It's Nirvana's Nevermind from 1991. This Sunday at 9pm onPhantom 105.2

Up This Week...

Up this week we're looking at Beastie Boys - Ill Communication as they are playing two sets at the weekends Electic Picnic. As a long time fan who still hasn't seent them live, I'm really looking forward to this gig!

If you want to get yourself in the mood before the weekend, I can't recommend enough their latest DVD Dude, I Fuckin Shot That.....one of the best concert DVDs around and well worth the beans! So tune in next Sunday at 9pm for the Album Archive on Phantom.

In the time being heres a great Beastie Boys wallpaper for you to enjoy.

Up Next Week

Again apologies for lack of updates due to holidays....but next week we're looking at R.E.M.'s 1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Not only is it my favorite R.E.M. album, it also gives me a chance to stick up this pick again.......

I know, I'm sorry...couldn't resist. I'll get up last nights playlist for Led Zepelin later tonight when I get back into the station.

This Week

The last studio release in his Lifetime...its the fourth album in the American Recordings sessions: American IV - The Man Comes Around

Coming Up This Week...

It's the 80's hard rock classic.....

Guns n' Roses and Appetite for Destruction

Up Next Week

Next Sunday at 9pm we'll be looking at Moon Safari by French outfit Air.

Don't forget that the Jackson C. Frank show will be repeated next Sunday morning at 7 if you're still awake!

Up This Week...

A special show this week as we look at the life of Jackson C. Frank and his self titled release from 1965. It was to be his first and only release as his deeply troubled youth would evolve into an even more troubled future.
His album is regarded as the most forgotten classics of the last century and it would later go on to inspire the likes of Simon and Garfunkle and Nick Drake. But what happened to him in his childhood that brought out such a beautiful album and indeed what happened to him in later life? Well this Sunday between 9 and 10pm on Phantom 105.2's album archive we're going to tell you his story.

Up This Week...

Back to normal business...

Coming up this Sunday we're looking at Bob Dylan and his 1966 release Blonde on Blonde. This Sunday at 9pm on Phantom 105.2

Coming Up This Week:

It's Muse with their 2nd studio outing, the wonderful Origin of Symmetry

Coming Up This Week.....

This week on the Album Archive we're looking at the 1995 masterpiece by the Smashing Pumpkins 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'.

So tune in this Sunday at 9pm on Phantom 105.2.

This Week On the Album Archive

Next up on the show we have Radiohead's 3rd studio outing; OK Computer. Some people claim it's one of the greatest albums of all time, but is it even one of Radiohead's best albums? Tune in this Sunday at 9pm and make up your own mind.

Next Week

Sorry for the delay in updating this but I was up at the Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon over the weekend (adds Rory to the hit list for future weeks). I'll get last weeks play list up later today (I have to get it faxed over from Phantom Towers).

But in the time being....next week we're looking at Tom Waits' Closing Time. Whoop!