De La Soul - De La Soul Is DeadUK first pressing, 1991 VG G++ (sleeve has a wave, and record plays with minor crackle)

The album was co-produced by the band

It’s also an album that sees Weller taking a rare glance into the rear-view mirror as he speeds into the 2020s

or of the direction of power-pop that was more focused on writing worldbeaters than fixing its hair (look at the Replacements

I tend to believe it

‰ÛÏIt‰۪s the same room where we rehearsed

he went into a variety of musical directions and was one of the pioneers of the Jazz-Rock/Fusion sound

' Even at its darkest

’s debut EP CHRONIC TOWN

Vinyl reissue of State Hospital to be released on April 23rd for Recordstore Day 2022 on Silver vinyl

off-kilter aural fusions

‘Bossa Nova’

It's an outstanding document of the band at the start of their career