REVIEWS FROM MY VINYL COLLECTION

Day: May 31, 2022

WINGER – In The Heart Of The Young

This the band’s second album released in 1990, and was their second platinum album on the bounce. It’s a really great hair rock album with great tunes, and a superb production from Beau Hill.

Ironically, opening track Can’t Get Enough, was a later addition to the album as record company thought when the band handed over the album that there weren’t enough rock tracks. I wish more record companies had said that, as there were way too many ballad heavy albums coming out at this time, and we all know the kids wanna rock right?!

The big hit from the album was the ballad, Miles Away. Can’t Get Enough is a killer opening track with a very Def Leppard vibe. Easy Come Easy Go was the other track that was added, and it’s a good old crowd pleasing hands-in-the-air sing-a-long. Under One Condition is one ballad I really like as the groove and the solo are killer. You Are The Saint And I Am The  Sinner is my favourite track, and I would say it’s the most trademark Winger track on the album with a great choppy killer hook and chorus. I still play this a lot, as well as it’s siblings.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

THOM YORKE – Anima

This is the third of Tom’s solo albums, and was released in 2019. This is not something that would usually have me dipping into my wallet for, but I watched the short film that was released to accompany the album on Netflix and I dived in.

It’s nearly totally all an electronic album, and from what I can make out lyrically, it deals with his anxieties. Sonically it’s an outstanding album and sounds superb, Anyone with an half decent system will get a great kick out of this album. The stand out track for me is Not The News, which was also released as an accompanying 12” single with various remixes.

If you like electronic music (and I don’t mean BPM) and dark lyrics, you should love this.

8/10 from The Grooveman.