
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.
Latest articles by David Quantick

Stiff Little Fingers - Best Served Loud! Live At Barrowland album review
By David Quantick published
Live album number 15 shows the Fingers still rock

ZZ Top - Cinco album review
By David Quantick published
Not yet ratedFirst-five-albums package displays the ups and downs – and humour – that remained features throughout their career

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s...50th Anniversary Edition album review
By David Quantick published
One of the most remarkable albums of all time, rebooted one more time

Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution album review
By David Quantick published
The Modfather brings peace and love and melody to the masses as he nears his sixties

Bat Out Of Hell: The turbulent life cycle of a rock’n’roll phenomenon
By David Quantick published
From its stage show origins to a global smash hit album, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell has returned to its roots... as a West End musical

Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock album review
By David Quantick published
Former Soft Boy continues down his singular path

The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive review
By David Quantick published
Finally, a Beatles book as fab as its subjects

Eight Rounds Rapid - Objet D’Art album review
By David Quantick published
Second album of punkified, slapped-about R&B

Sharks - Killers of the deep album review
By David Quantick published
Vets’ return shows they’ve still got bite

Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch / Time’s Up reissue album review
By David Quantick published
Originality and pop brilliance from one of the best and most likeable bands of their era

Various Artists - Lazarus Original Cast Recording album review
By David Quantick published
Bowie musical soundtrack, including three previously unreleased Dave songs

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Reissues album review
By David Quantick published
Not yet ratedIt’s not rock’n’roll – but for the most part, we still quite like it...

David Bowie - The Man Who Fell To Earth DVD review
By David Quantick published
Bowie’s best moment on the silver screen

Simple Minds - Acoustic album review
By David Quantick published
Jim Kerr’s former electro-poppers (un)plugging away

The Pop Group - Honeymoon On Mars album review
By David Quantick published
Post-punk agit-funk sound terrorists rekindled.

Status Quo - Aquostic II: That’s A Fact! album review
By David Quantick published
Status Quo reprise a winning formula on their latest chronological acoustic follow up

George Harrison - I Me Mine: The Extended Edition book review
By David Quantick published
Beautifully presented update of the youngest Beatle’s biog, now with more Lennon.

The Beatles - Live At The Hollywood Bowl album review
By David Quantick published
Long lost Beatles live set rediscovered and remastered

The Yardbirds - Live At The BBC album review
By David Quantick published
The Yardbirds' evolution in action at the Beeb

Bun E. Carlos - Greetings From Bunezuela album review
By David Quantick published
Cheap Trick drummer goes solo... Universe shrugs

The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys Collection album review
By David Quantick published
The 80s supergroup’s albums remastered and repackaged with a bonus DVD.

Paul McCartney - Pure McCartney album review
By David Quantick published
Macca scours his solo-career catalogue for a compilation that, even at 67 tracks, only scratches the surface.

The Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer (50th Anniversary Edition)
By David Quantick published
Unparalleled blues rock.
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