Articles by: Hugh Fielder

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Hugh Fielder has been writing about music for 47 years. Actually 58 if you include the essay he wrote about the Rolling Stones in exchange for taking time off school to see them at the Ipswich Gaumont in 1964. He was news editor of Sounds magazine from 1975 to 1992 and editor of Tower Records Top magazine from 1992 to 2001. Since then he has been freelance. He has interviewed the great, the good and the not so good and written books about some of them. His favourite possession is a piece of columnar basalt he brought back from Iceland.

Articles by: Hugh Fielder

Eric Clapton: The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vol.1 packshot

What happened when Eric Clapton got sober: the box set

By Hugh Fielder published 4 November 22

The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vol 1 features remastered versions of Eric Clapton’s first six solo studio albums with Reprise, plus an additional LP of rarities

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Hugh Cornwell: Moments Of Madness album review

By Hugh Fielder published 22 October 22

Stranglers founder Hugh Cornwell plays all the instruments himself on 10th solo album Moments Of Madness

Corky Laing: still hard rockin' after 50 years

By Hugh Fielder published 16 October 22

The sleighride rolls on as Corky Laing calls upon Michael Monroe, Ian Hunter and more for Finnish Sessions album

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A cultural artefact from Yugoslavia's communist past for the Zappa-ophiles

By Hugh Fielder published 16 October 22

Cunningly constructed from shows in Yugoslavia, Zappa '75: Zagreb / Ljubljana features less than pristine sound and two drum solos

Donovan: my stories of The Beatles, Marc Bolan, Jimi Hendrix and more

By Hugh Fielder published 11 October 22

Brian Jones got him his first big break, he meditates with David Lynch, and he mislaid Jeff Beck's guitar. He's the first star of British folk music, Donovan

Nikki Lane chronicles youthful follies on defiant Denim And Diamonds album

By Hugh Fielder published 23 September 22

Country music's Nikki Lane is alive, kicking and rockier than before on Josh Homme-produced fourth album Denim And Diamonds

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Pink Floyd's remix of Animals is hollowed out, brittle and harrowing

By Hugh Fielder last updated 18 September 22

Proof that pigs can fly again, as the 2018 remix of Pink Floyd's Animals finally emerges from beneath the bickering

Jimmy Hall's voice and harp playing are still in fine shape on Ready Now

By Hugh Fielder published 17 September 22

Wet Willie singer and harmonica man Jimmy Hall returns under the patronage of blues superstar Joe Bonamassa

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The Kinks: two albums of urban isolation, cultural paranoia and occasional whinging

By Hugh Fielder published 9 September 22

A 50th anniversary combined deluxe re-issue of two classic Kinks albums, Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody’s In Show-Biz

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A tour to the Dark Side: how Pink Floyd built their biggest album on the road

By Hugh Fielder last updated 20 September 22

In early 1972 Pink Floyd were lacking direction. A year later they emerged from Abbey Road with an album that would overshadow everything they had done before

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Goo Goo Dolls have not run out of stuff to sing about yet

By Hugh Fielder published 12 August 22

Iris hitmakers Goo Goo Dolls are still dizzying up the girl on Chaos In Bloom

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The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd: the ultimate track-by-track guide

By Hugh Fielder last updated 20 September 22

A look at the musical intricacies of Pink Floyd's masterpiece The Dark Side Of The Moon

Shinedown paint a bleak, chilling picture of the future on Planet Zero

By Hugh Fielder published 30 June 22

A concept album about social media, cancel culture, and growing toxic intolerance? Step right this way!

Jeff Beck: My Life In 11 Songs

By Hugh Fielder last updated 25 June 22

From The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group to jazz fusion and Stevie Wonder, guitar legend Jeff Beck looks back on his stellar career

Lit have returned to the party

By Hugh Fielder published 17 June 22

California countrification on hold for Orange County punks on seventh album Tastes Like Gold

What happened when Jimi Hendrix created pandemonium and got banned by The BBC

By Hugh Fielder published 14 June 22

The producers of BBC1's Happening For Lulu wanted Jimi Hendrix to play Hey Joe. Instead, viewers were treated to a tribute to Cream and controlled chaos

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James LaBrie: Beautiful Shade Of Grey album review

By Hugh Fielder published 20 May 22

James LaBrie delves into the complexities of human relationships on fifth solo album Beautiful Shade Of Grey

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Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus album review

By Hugh Fielder published 6 May 22

No longer obscured by clouds, Pure Reason Revolution pull their music into sharp focus on Above Cirrus

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Bill Bruford's stellar career celebrated on dizzying Making A Song & Dance box

By Hugh Fielder published 29 April 22

A 40 year journey through prog, jazz and improv starring former Yes, King Crimson and Genesis drummer Bill Bruford

How love, chaos, ego and drug abuse fuelled an Eric Clapton classic

By Hugh Fielder published 28 April 22

Was Duane Allman the catalyst for Derek and the Dominos' Layla, or did his “out of tune” playing spoil it? And was the piano outro nicked from another song?

Edgar Winter gets the greats in and pays impressive tribute to brother Johnny

By Hugh Fielder published 15 April 22

Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, Derek Truck and more line up to pay tribute to Johnny Winter

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The stars shine as respect is paid to a late great on Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West

By Hugh Fielder published 25 March 22

Stars including Robby Krieger, Steve Morse, Yngwie Malmsteen and Slash make the album the late Leslie West wanted to make

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Kris Barras broadens his horizons on Death Valley Paradise, but not by much

By Hugh Fielder published 4 March 22

Anthems? Big riffs? Belligerence and fist pumping? It's all here on the Kris Barras Band's Death Valley Paradise

Cream rowing a boat in Central Park, New York

Cream albums: the essential guide

By Hugh Fielder published 3 March 22

Cream's albums showcased three mercurial talents who blew the stuffy, traditional British blues scene apart and exported the results back to America

The Zealot Gene is light, bright, tight and recognisably Jethro Tull

By Hugh Fielder last updated 7 February 22

Donald Trump. 9/11. The Bible. These are just some of the ingredients that make up The Zealot Gene, Jethro Tull's first album of new material since 2003

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