Sunday 16 November 2014

Mind Your Language

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Foreign Language.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 7th December. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 
The deadline for voting is 10pm, Sunday 23rd November.


1. Goran Bregovic – Music Inspired and Taken by Underground
2. Alpha Blondy - Merci
3. Alpha Blondy & the Solar System - Masada
4. Aston Villa - Aston Villa
5. Blumfeld - L'etat Et Moi
6. Jacques Brel - Ces Gens-La
7. Jacques Brel - C'est Comme Ca
8. Jacques Brel - Mijn Vlakke Land
9. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
10. Willie Colon - Cosa Nuestra
11. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
12. La Dusseldorf - Viva
13. Ethiopiques 8 - Swinging Addis
14. Euros Childs ~ Bore Da
15. Fille Qui Mousse ~ Trixie Stapleton 291 / Se Taire Pour Une Femme Trop Belle
16. Peter Gabriel - Ein Deutsches Album
17. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
18. Serge Gainsbourg  - Initials B.B.
19. The Gloaming -  The Gloaming
20. Nina Hagen – Unbehagen
21. Happy End - Kazemachi Roman
22. Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Sessions
23. Kraftwerk – Autobahn
24. Le Mans - Aquí Vivía Yo
25. Bavon Marie-Marie et L'Orchestre Negro Succes - L'Intrepide Bavon Marie-Marie
26. Emel Mathlouthi - Kelmti Horra
27. Mishima  - Trucar a Casa. Recollir Les Fotos. Pagar La Multa
28. Neu! - Neu!
29. Bo Ningen - III
30. Bo Ningen - Line the Wall
31. Gruff Rhys – Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
32. Oumou Sangare – Oumou
33. Sigur Ros - ( )
34. Sigur Ros - Agætis Byrjun
35. Sigur Ros Takk
36. Sobin a'r Smaeliaid - Caib
37. Soon E MC - Point de Vue
38. Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm
39. Che Sudaka - Mirando El Mundo Al Reves
40. Super Furry Animals - Mwng
41. Svper – Pegasvs
42. Tarmac - Notre Epoque
43. Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
44. Tinarawen - L'Eau, Cest La Vie
45. Tirez Sur Le Pianiste OST
46. Rokia Traore - Tchamantché
47. Various Artists - Haiti Direct!
48. Y Niwl – Y Niwl
49. The Young Gods - L'Eau Rouge



Saturday 8 November 2014

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?

The theme for @lpgrp’s November session is ‘Foreign Language Albums’.
The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 7th December.
We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two foreign language albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Saturday 15th November. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Saturday 18 October 2014

Say, Planet Rock - It's the sure shot

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Hip-Hop.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 2nd November. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 
The deadline for voting is 8pm, Thursday 23rd October.



1. Aim – Hinterland
2. Atmosphere - Lucy Ford:The Atmosphere EP’s
3. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
4. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
5. Blitz the Ambassador – Stereotype
6. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
7. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
8. Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap
9. cLOUDDEAD - Ten
10. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
11. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
12. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
13. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life
14. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
15. Dessa - Castor, the Twin
16. The Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
17. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hiphoprisy is the Greatest Luxury
18. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
19. DLS - Buhloone Mindstate
20. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
21. El-P  - Cancer4Cure
22. El-P - Fantastic Damage
23. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
24. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
25. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
26. Ice Cube – The Predator
27. Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math
28. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
29. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
30. King Sun - XL
31. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter lll
32. Madvillain – Madvillainy
33. Main Source - Breaking Atoms
34. Mantronix - The Album
35. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
36. Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
37. Nas - Illmatic
38. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
39. OutKast - Aquemini
40. OutKast – Stankonia
41. P.O.S – Audition
42. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
43. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back
44. Quakers – Quakers
45. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
46. Real Live - The Turnaround
47. Run DMC - Raising Hell
48. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels
49. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
50. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
51. Us3 – Hand on the Torch
52. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)


Tuesday 7 October 2014

It Takes a Nation of MIllions to Hold the Lpgrp Nominating Process Back

The theme for @lpgrp’s November session is ‘Hip-Hop’.
The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 2nd November.
We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two hip-hop albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Wednesday 15th October. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Here's a mighty list of hip-hop albums - straight outta Gloucester. 

Sunday 21 September 2014

Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is 1968.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 5th October. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 
The deadline for voting is 8pm, Thursday 25th September.

1. Airplane - Crown of Creation
2. The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Centre of the Mind
3. David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
4. The Band - Music from Big Pink
5. The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album)
6. Graham Bond - Love is the Law
7. The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
8. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
9. Caravan – Caravan
10. Chamber Brothers - Time Has Come
11. Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
12. Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
13. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
14. The Everly Brothers – Roots
15. Fairport Convention – Fairport Convention
16. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
17. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
18. The Impressions - This Is My Country
19. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
20. Etta James - Tell Mama
21. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
22, John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
23. Mad River - Mad River
24. Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull
25. The Monkees – Head
26. The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
27. Nico - The Marble Index
28. Laura Nyro - Eli
29. Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets
30. The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
31. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
32. Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
33. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
35. William Shatner - The Transformed Man
36. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
37. Silver Apples – Silver Apples
38. Nina Simone - 'Nuff Said
39. Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music 
40. The Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
41. Traffic - Traffic
42. The United States of America - The United States of America
43. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
44. Scott Walker - Scott 2
45. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - A Child's Guide to Good and Evil
46. Bobby Womack - Fly Me to the Moon
47. Neil Young – Neil Young

























Friday 12 September 2014

MCMLXVIII

The theme for @lpgrp’s October session is ‘1968’.
The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 5th Ocober
We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two '1968' albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Friday 19th September. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Here is a great big list of 1968 albums.

Astral Weeks is disqualified as it won the Ireland vote.

Sunday 10 August 2014

Instincts that can still betray us

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Funk/Soul.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 7th September. 

You can vote for four albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 

The deadline for voting is 11pm, Sunday 17th August.


1. Archie Bell & the Drells -Tighten Up
2. James Brown - There It Is
3. James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up
4. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
5. Randy Crawford - Secret Combination
6. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
7. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
8. Marvin Gaye - There, My Dear
9. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
10. Al Green -  I'm Still in Love with You
11. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
12. Donny Hathaway - Live
13. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
14. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
15. David Holmes - Essential Mix 1997
16. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall  
17. Curtis Mayfield - SuperFly  
18. Parliament - Mothership Connection
19. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
20. Prince - Parade
21. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
22. Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!
23. Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
24. Andy Smith - Andy Smith's Northern Soul
25. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
26. The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
27. Voices of East Harlem - Right on be Free
28. Bobby  Womack – The Poet II
29. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
30. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

Tuesday 5 August 2014

Hot Buttered LP Group

The theme for @lpgrp’s September session is ‘Soul & Funk’.

The listening session will be 9.00pm, Sunday 7th September.

We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two 'Soul/Funk' albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Saturday 9th August. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Here is Mojo's list of 100 top soul albums. And here is a list of funk albums. 

Saturday 19 July 2014

Radio Africa

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Africa.

The listening session will be 9.30pm, Sunday 3rd August. 

You can vote for four albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 

The deadline for voting is 9pm, Tuesday 22nd July.

(Thanks to the lad Sweeny for sorting this list out).

1. Damon Albarn with Africa Express – Maison des Jeunes
2. Mulatu Astatqe – New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-75
3. Bhundi Boys – Shabini
4. Group Inerane – Guitars from Agadez
5. Fela Kuti – Black President
6. Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
7. Fela Kuti – Music of Many Colours
8. Fela Kuti – The Unknown Soldier
9. Habin Koité Bamada – Afriki
10. King Sunny Ade – Juju Music
11. Konono No1 – Assume Crash Position
12. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Somewhere in Africa
13. Emel Mathlouthi - Kelmti Horra
14. Native Sun – Blitz: The Ambassador
15. Osibisa - Osibisa
16. Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions
17. William Onyeabor – Atomic Bomb
18. William Onyeabor – Who Is William Onyeabor?
19. Orchestra Baobob – Pirates Choice
20. Ali Farka Touré - Savane
21. Various Artists – Ethiopiques 8: Swinging Addis
22. Various Artists – Shangaan Electro
23. Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto

Wednesday 9 July 2014

Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

The theme for @lpgrp’s July session is ‘Africa’.

The listening session will be 9.30pm, Sunday 3th August.

We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two 'Africa' albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Wednesday 16th July. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Wednesday 18 June 2014

I hope to god I'm talking metaphorically...

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is All Girl Groups.

The listening session will be 9.30pm, Sunday 6th July. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 

The deadline for voting is 8pm, Sunday 22nd June.

(Thanks to the lad Sweeny for sorting this list out).

Girl Groups – July 2014
1. All Saints – All Hits
2. Babes in Toyland - To Mother
3. Bananarama – Deep Sea Skiving
4. Bangles - All Over the Place
5. Bangles - Different Light
6. The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown
7. Chastity Belt – No Regrets
8. Chin Chin – Sound of the Westway
9. CocoRosie – La Maison De Mon Reve
10. Cornshed Sisters - Tell Tales  
11. Dolly Mixture - Demonstration Tapes
12. Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
13. Emily Barker & the Rec Clay Halo – Dear River
14. ESG – Come Away With…
15. First Aid Kit – Lion’s Roar
16. Girls Aloud – Out Of Control  
17. Katzenjammer – A Kiss Before You Go
18. L7 – Smell the Magic
19. L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
20. The Like – Release Me
21. Lunachicks - Babysitters On Acid
22. Marine Girls – Beach Party
23. Marine Girls - Mixture and Lazy Ways
24. The Nolan Sisters – The Nolan Sisters
25. Pony Up - Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes
26. Potty Mouth – Hell Bent
27. The Raincoats – The Raincoats
28. The Roches – The Roches
29. The Ronettes – Best of
30. The Ronettes – Presenting…
31. The Runaways – Queens of Noise
32. The Runaways – The Runaways
33. September Girls - Cursing the Sea  
34. The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World
35. The Shirelles – Tonight’s The Night
36. Shonen Knife - 712
37. Shonen Knife – Pretty Little Baka Guy
38. Shonen Knife – Let’s Knife
39. Sleater Kinney – All Hands On The Bad One
40. Sleater Kinney – Call The Doctor
41. Sleater Kinney – Dig Me Out
42. Sleater Kinney – Sleater Kinney
43. Sleater Kinney – The Woods
44. The Slits – Cut
45. Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light and Trees
46. Smoosh – She Like Electric
47. Stealing Sheep – Into The Diamond Sun
48. Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade
49. The Supremes – The Supremes A-Go-Go
50. Toquiwa – Toquiwa
51. Various Artists – ¡Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974
52. Various Artists – Girl Group Sounds: One Kiss Can Lead To Another
53. The Vivian Girls – The Vivian Girls
54. Warpaint - The Fool
55. Warpaint – Warpaint
56. We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Not Afraid To Use It - We’ve Got A Fuzzbox
And We’re Not Afraid To Use It
57. Wild Flag – Wild Flag


Thursday 5 June 2014

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder...

The theme for @lpgrp’s July session is ‘All Girl Groups’.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 6th July.

We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two 'All Girl Group' albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Friday 13th June . Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Wikipedia list of all girl bands...

Sunday 11 May 2014

Sting is on this list

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Mercury Prize Nominated Albums.

The listening session will be 9.30pm, Sunday 1st June. 


It's a big list!

You can vote for eight albums (big list!) by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

Please don't vote for Sting or Mumford and Sons. 
The deadline for voting is 8pm, Sunday 18th May.


1992
3. Erasure – Chorus
8. Simply Red – Stars
9. U2 – Achtung Baby
1993
12. Suede  Suede
14, The Auteurs – New Wave
17. East 17 – Walthamstow
18. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
19. New Order – Republic
20. Stereo MCs – Connected
1994
24. Blur – Parklife
30. Pulp – His 'n' Hers
32. Therapy? – Troublegum
1995
XX Portishead  Dummy
37. Elastica – Elastica
39. Leftfield – Leftism
44. Tricky  Maxinquaye
1996
45. Pulp  Different Class
1997
61. Spice Girls – Spice
62. Suede – Coming Up
63. John Tavener – Svyati
1998
65. Gomez  Bring It On
66. 4hero – Two Pages
1999
77. Talvin Singh  Ok
78. Thomas Adès – Asyla
81. Blur – 13
83. Faithless – Sunday 8PM
86. Kate Rusby – Sleepless
2000
91. Coldplay – Parachutes
92. M. J. Cole – Sincere
95. Doves – Lost Souls
2001
102. Basement Jaxx – Rooty
105. Gorillaz – Gorillaz (nomination withdrawn at the request of the band)
107. Tom McRae – Tom McRae
108. Radiohead – Amnesiac
112. Zero 7  Simple Things
2002
114. Guy Barker – Soundtrack
116. David Bowie – Heathen
117. The Coral – The Coral
123. Joanna MacGregor – Play
2003
127. Eliza Carthy – Anglicana
130. Floetry – Floetic
136. Terri Walker  Untitled
2004
140. Jamelia – Thank You
141. Keane – Hopes and Fears
145. Ty – Upwards
146. Amy Winehouse – Frank
2005
151. Coldplay – X&Y
152. Hard-Fi – Stars of CCTV
155. M.I.A. – Arular
158. Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay
2006
163. Editors – The Back Room
166. Hot Chip – The Warning
168. Zoe Rahman – Melting Pot
169. Lou Rhodes – Beloved One
171. Sway – This Is My Demo
172. Thom Yorke  The Eraser
2007
178. Maps – We Can Create
2008
186. Adele – 19
188. Burial – Untrue
189. Estelle – Shine
195. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2009
201. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
202. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
206. La Roux – La Roux
207. Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
2010
209. The xx  xx
215. Kit Downes Trio – Golden
2011
222. Adele – 21
223. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
229. Katy B – On a Mission
2012
233. Alt-J  An Awesome Wave
236. Field Music – Plumb
242. Plan B – ill Manors
244. Jessie Ware  Devotion
2013
245. James Blake  Overgrown
246. Arctic Monkeys – AM
248. Disclosure – Settle
249. Foals – Holy Fire
250. Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
251. Jon Hopkins – Immunity
254. Rudimental – Home


256. Villagers  {Awayland}