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NIKKI
SUDDEN PRESS
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TREASURE ISLAND
THE NEW NIKKI SUDDEN ALBUM
Treasure Island, the new Nikki Sudden album has gotten excellent reviews
by well known music magazines such as Uncut, Mojo Magazine and the German
Rolling Stone
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UNCUT |
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Swell Map recruits famous mates for career-topping set.
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a dream band that features Mick Taylor, Ian Mclagan, pedal steel
guitarist BJ Cole and saxman Anthony Thistlethwaite, Nikki Sudden's
"Treasure Island" has all the hallmarks of a career
record. Certainly it's more focused, more seamless than the lion's
share of Sudden's prolific post-Swell Maps work, though it hardly
veers from his beloved archetypes. Like a 70s fugitive wandering
through the long-lost songbooks of Ronnie Lane, Ian Hunter, Johnny
Thunders and Elliot Murphy, Sudden writes evocative songs hatched
in the church of rock'n'roll and performed with a true believer's
gospel fervour.
Best song "Stay Bruised", a gorgeous bit of ensemble
brilliance. (Luke Torn) 4*/5
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ROLLING
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good old rock'n roll vagabond and incorrigible romantic has finally
succeeded. Nikki Sudden has his new LP in the can. The album he's
been talking about so much that you thought it was a tale from his
daydreams. A fantastic album with solid production, 14 great to
gorgeous songs, strong melodies, hungry lyrics and a handful of
sidekicks, which don't just share the sound asthetics of Sudden
but also have the same necessary musical abilities (besides the
fact that names like Mick Taylor and Ian McLagan on the credits
neither spoil the reputation nor the saleableness of an album).
Sudden stays true to the style of himself and the Stones. Blues
and rifforama, down home rock'n roll and gospel in between countryfied
ballads (polished by steel and sax). Sticky banquet soup on Main
St. "One of these days I might just get lucky" sings the
likable (Sudden). Go for it. (Rookwood) **** |
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Island enjoyed Nikki's biggest budget in years, and in true pirate
tradition, it nails its colours firmly to the mast: sure, there's
a powerful Stones influence on House of Cards, but it's Mick Taylor
himself guesting on guitar; and if elsewhere there's an enthusiastic
nod in the direction of the Faces, well, yep, that's Ian McLagan
on keyboards. BJ Cole and ex-Waterboy Anthony Thistlethwaite show
up on pedal steel and sax, and there's even a female choir. Despite
the star guests, it's always Nikki's album - one part Bolan swagger
to two parts Keith Richards guitar riffs - and it's one of his best.
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