'Our Brilliant Careers': Cherry Red Rarities 1981-1983

‘Our Brilliant Careers’: Cherry Red Rarities 1981-1983

A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order

by Leonard Roberge October 3rd, 2003August 29th, 2020

The best and worst of CD reissues in one package: From the slop-punk of the Reflections to the anti-folk of Ben Watt, we get 22 classic variations on early-’80s art-popsome remastered so carelessly that no one noticed the tape player changing speeds. Exactly why I won’t give up my turntable quite yet. Leonard Roberge

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