David Quantick
David Quantick is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former staff writer for the music magazine NME, his writing credits have included On the Hour, Blue Jam, TV Burp and Veep; for the latter of these he won an Emmy in 2015.
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This retrospective Best Of rewinds through Roxy Music's past from beginning to end which is also the beginning

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The brilliance continues on Eels' 14th album Extreme Witchcraft

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Elvis Costello conjures up echoes of his excellent past as the excellence continues on The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories)

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Late legend Chuck Berry in excellent form on the club recording Live From Blueberry Hill

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Barn is album number umpteen from grizzled veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young and his old friends Crazy Horse

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The final Beatles album Let It Be, peered at from yet another angle, reveals a new perspective

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Rest In Blue is a posthumously-completed, career-spanning collection from singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty

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Time’s been kind to Ram, Paul McCartney’s second, relatively understated, post-Beatles solo album

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Van Morrison's Latest Record Project: Volume 1 suggests that lockdown wasn’t such a bad thing for some

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Veteran American genre leaders Cheap Trick continue to fuse power and pop with panache on In Another World

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Gang Of Four's 77-81 compiles the groundbreaking band's post-punk glory years

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Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil

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Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues

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Never Boring: a collection that conspires to capture the extraordinary personality and talent of Freddie Mercury

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Drive-By Truckers embellish their brilliant legacy on The New OK, their second album of a troubling year

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George Thorogood & The Destroyers prove themselves to be badder than ever with the thoroughly expanded Live in Boston, 1982: The Complete Concert

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Elvis Costello's aim is still true on 25th solo album Hey Clockface

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Return of 80s big hitters Psychedelic Furs well worth the decades wait on eighth album Made Of Rain

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Career-spanning but hits-heavy collection from Fleetwood Mac

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From Mott The Hoople, a band that had two lives: a collection drawn from their fist and most exciting one

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Macca goes back to basics.

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Great music coming out of Liverpool didn’t stop after The Beatles

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A remarkable consistency across almost four decades
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