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John Caithness
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Married to Julie Season ticket holder at Plymouth Argyle. Big music fan, too many bands to mention but within punk, post-punk, gothic rock & metal, contemporary folk and soundtrack. Album of the week blog at https://jcalbumoftheweek.blogspot.com/
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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 1d
This week's album is the first of my 17 albums by Australian band Midnight Oil to be selected, with their 1990 release Blue Sky Mining.

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My first selection is the opening track, Blue Sky Mine.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 2d
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My final selection from this week's album is the closing track, Yellow Feathers.
This is Ferocious Dog showing their more folky side with this tribute song full of lightness and optimism.

#ferociousdog

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 4d
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My penultimate selection from this week's album is essentially the title track. The song Fake News is an uptempo folk/punk offering attacking media outlets who distort the truth for an agenda. Sounds familiar.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 6d
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Today's selection from Fake News & Propaganda is another Ferocious Dog live favourite, the poignant and powerful, Cover Me.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 7d
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My second selection from this week's album is Ferocious Dog at their very best. Written with Jeremy Cunningham of The Levellers, The Landscape Artist is a superb offering from Fake News & Propaganda.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 8d
This week we have the first album from folk punk band Ferocious Dog to be selected from my collection with their 2019 release Fake News & Propaganda.

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My first selection is the opener, Cry Of The Celt.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 9d
Closing this week's album is the final track from Darkest White, the song Arteries. A song that incorporates black metal and clean vocals into a melodic gothic metal offering to bring to a close the final Tristania album.

#Tristania

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 11d
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My penultimate selection from Darkest White sees Tristania in full gothic rock majesty with the song Cypher. One of the longer offerings on the album at just under 6 minutes.

#Tristania

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 12d
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My third selection from Darkest White is the track Scaling.
A typically powerful yet melodic Tristania song with a vivid lyric, in keeping with this fine album.

#Tristania

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 13d
My second selection from Darkest White is the title track from the album. This song has a mix of clean and death male vocals with a powerful metal track and lyric. An example of the influences Tristania bring to the album.

#Tristania

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 14d
This weeks album takes us back into my metal collection with the final release from Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania with the 2013 album Darkest White.

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My first selection is the album opener, the powerfully bleak Number.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 18d
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My final offering from Real Life is the closing song, When Two Worlds Collide.
Like the title track, this song has a lyrical, vivid narrative and is a strong track to close this Simple Minds album.

#simpleminds

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 19d
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My penultimate selection from Real Life is the track Rivers Of Ice.

One of the more subdued and introspective songs that add a real balance the album.

#simpleminds

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 20d
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Today's selection from Real Life is one of the stand out tracks from the album, the lyrically vivid and percussive African Skies.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 21d
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My second selection from Real Life is See The Lights, the second single released from the album and, for me, a real highlight from this, the 9th Simple Minds album.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 22d
This week we stay with the Simple Minds and their 1991 release, Real Life.

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My first selection is the opening and title track, Real Life.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 23d
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The final selection from this week's album is the closing track, the beautifully powerful and atmospheric Dolphins.
A thought provoking song to close this excellent Simple Minds album.

#simpleminds

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 25d
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My penultimate selection from Black & White 050505 is the track Different World (Taormina.Me), a gorgeous song of escape and belonging and a real highlight on this superb Simple Minds album.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 26d
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My second selection from Black & White 050505 is the album opener, Stay Visible, an excellent and trademark Simple Minds track to kick off the album.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · 29d
This week's album is the 14th studio album from Simple Minds with their 2005 release Black & White 050505.
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My first selection is the lead single, the outstanding Home.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · Oct 2
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My final selection this week is the closing track on So, Who's Paranoid, the 14 minute psychedlic infused Dark Asteroid, the The Damned tribute to Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett.

#thedamned

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · Sep 30
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Today's selection from So, Who's Paranoid is one of my favourites from the album.
Perfect Sunday has an infectious rhythm and a lyric laced with nostalgia and irony.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · Sep 29
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Today's offering from So, Who's Paranoid is the track Dr. Woofenstein, a song that dips into the gothic and theatrical side of The Damned.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · Sep 28
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My second selection from So, Who's Paranoid is Danger To Yourself, a dig at the priviledged rich adrenaline thril seekers. This is one of the more classic punk Damned songs on the album.

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John Caithness @johncaithness.bsky.social · Sep 27
This week's album is the first of my 11 albums from The Damned to be selected with their 2008 release, So Who's Paranoid.

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My first selection is the album opener, A Nation Fit For Heroes.

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