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Member	Item		Review/Comment
TheJudge 12th May 2021		CD Album Penguin Cafe - The Imperfect Sea (2017)	Protection [YouTube Video]
TheJudge 12th May 2021		CD Album Silver Apples - The Garden (2016)	Walkin' [YouTube Video]
TheJudge 28th Apr 2021		CD Album "Weird Al" Yankovic - Alpocalypse (2011)	Corrected.
TheJudge 26th Apr 2021		CD Album Peter, Paul And Mary - Around The Campfire (1998)	You meant a comma, but I've corrected it anyway. I've also removed a duplicate entry for this album.
TheJudge 16th Apr 2021		CD Album Alan Davey - Captured Rotation (1996)	Pre-Med: [YouTube Video]
TheJudge 3rd Feb 2021		CD Album Samantha Fox - Play It Again, Sam: The Fox Box (2017)	'Fraid not. But it was for charidee: Discogs entry.
TheJudge 14th Jan 2021		CD Album Kate Bush - The Whole Story (1986)	Update to self: the Note probably means that there was no indication of who the producer was on the re-recorded vocal, so I've amended the Note to reflect that better. I still don't understand why she felt the need to issue a version with a re-recorded vocal; after all, the original was an absolute classic. She did the same thing with this a few years later and - to my mind at least - completely destroyed Moments Of Pleasure by completely re-working it.
TheJudge 12th Jan 2021		CD Album Various Artists - Mojo Presents There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (2012)	I think it was attempt at one of those 'gritty northern' tropes that designers and meeja types in London tend to go in for. At least The Smiths (who had a lot of sleeves with images which had no connection to the actual music) were actually from 'the north'.
TheJudge 8th Jan 2021		CD Album Kate Bush - The Whole Story (1986)	From the Notes: "but there's no indication of any difference with regard to the re-recorded vocal track on this release." Then why does it say 'new vocal' on the booklet, the rear card and the disc(s)? I think that part of the Note needs to be deleted.
TheJudge 9th Dec 2020		CD Album The Who - Sell Out (1995)	Just noticed that 'perspiration' is spelled wrong on the caption to the Townshend photo. It has this in common with the vinyl edition of twenty years later (see 3715609).
TheJudge 9th Dec 2020		CD Album Hawkwind - In Search Of Space (2001)	It's always been an issue with that album. I think it's down to people only reading what they expect to be there (you wouldn't expect to see that 'X', for instance, added to the fact that it's partially obscured by the artwork), and that 'error' then being duplicated in all sorts of ways (in discographies and other listings, for example).
TheJudge 2nd Dec 2020		CD Album Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest Kiev 2017 (2017)	I've managed to do it.
TheJudge 29th Nov 2020		CD Album J. Karjalainen - Laura Häkkisen Silmät (1998)	Doesn't appear to be anything to suggest that: Discogs
TheJudge 20th Oct 2020		CD Album Steve Martin - Comedy Is Not Pretty! (1998)	If what's on Discogs (yeah, I know) is to be believed, this was reissued twice in short order. The one listed here is was issued as part of the Flashback series of budget-priced releases, while the one you described in your comment was issued on the Warner Archives re-issue imprint. I think a separate entry for your disc would be warranted.
TheJudge 30th Sep 2020		CD Album Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)	I've finally got around to buying this, and let me tell you that it's an astounding album! A variety of styles played and produced to bring out the best in some high-quality material. I'm going through his back catalogue on YouTube at the moment, and there are at least two other albums which I'll probably be buying soon; he's a most remarkable artist.
TheJudge 12th Sep 2020		CD Album Robben Ford And The Blue Line - Robben Ford And The Blue Line (1992)	It's a GRP cat#, but I've put Stretch in as the secondary label now.
TheJudge 31st Aug 2020		CD Album Gorefest - False (1992)	Nuclear Blast is a German label, but it seems there were a lot of reissues from another source trying to pass themselves off as NB releases. Given what you've said about the insert, it's possible this is one of those.
TheJudge 31st Aug 2020		CD Album Gorefest - False (1992)	"Wrexham, England"!!!!? Bloody cheek! Actually, The Windings was only a fifteen-minute walk from where I'm sitting now. Quite a few bands recorded there, including Chumbawamba (Disc Two of this) and Hecate Enthroned.
TheJudge 24th Aug 2020		CD Album The Goons - The Goon Show Volume 33 (2018)	Etong-iddle-I-po!
TheJudge 26th Jul 2020		CD Album Phil Collins - The Singles (2016)	There's only facility to add two discs when making a new entry. Any further discs would have to be reported via the 'Add Missing Info' link at the bottom for a mod. to add them.
TheJudge 20th Jul 2020		CD Album Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (2020)	[YouTube Video]
TheJudge 20th Jul 2020		CD Album Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (2020)	Review It might have been thought impossible for the Mael brothers to have met the standards of 2017's Hippopotamus, but they have not merely succeeded, they have exceeded the quality of that album. All the Sparks trademarks are there: the varied musical styles and influences (Left Out In The Cold is in a distinctly Latin style, The Existental Threat is based on klezmer); the oblique takes on reality (Stravinksky's Only Hit postulates what would have happened if Igor had decided to write pop songs instead, for example); and the glorious battiness (Lawnmower, Onomato Pia). But there is a surprising melancholy underpinning many of the tracks Pacific Standard Time being the standout example. Perhaps this is what we can expect from a couple of septuaginarians. The musicianship and production are excellent, with the brothers clearly knowing who they can bring in to provide tight and dynamic playing. The outstanding track is iPhone, in which - in turn - Adam, Abraham Lincoln and Mrs Steve Jobs wrestle with the difficulty of trying to communicate with their audiences (Eve, the crowd at Gettysburg and Mr Steve Jobs respectively), hence the chorus, "Put that fucking iPhone down and listen to me!" Quite possibly Sparks' strongest ever album and a sure-fire classic. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
TheJudge 8th Jul 2020		CD Album The Selecter - Cruel Britannia (1998)	None of the entries at Discogs (yeah, I know) for this release has that front cover.
TheJudge 9th Jun 2020		CD Album Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1994)	To me, it suggest that Fantasy had the original issue but that this one is released by Carrere. Suggest no change.
TheJudge 6th Jun 2020		CD Album Various Artists - Detroit (Rare Tracks From) Vol. 1 (1994)	Agreed. BAR was, though, a subsidiary of Marginal. I've changed this release to 'BAR' and 'BAR' to Belgium.
TheJudge 3rd May 2020		CD Album Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1987)	That flag has also been used as the flag of the Council of Europe. We needed something to represent the continent (the CoE has 47 member states at time of writing) for pan-continental releases.
TheJudge 19th Apr 2020		CD Album Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)	Chicago [YouTube Video]
TheJudge 10th Mar 2020		CD Album Jerry Goldsmith - The Mummy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1999)	The Tuareg are a north African tribe, so it's almost certainly correct.
TheJudge 7th Oct 2019		CD Album Penguin Cafe - Handfuls Of Night (2019)	Chapter: [YouTube Video]
TheJudge 17th Sep 2019		CD Album Rockets To Ruin - Rockets To Ruin (2004)	Thing is, the tracks could have been recorded in '04, but not released until the latter year.

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