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For me, todays choice is "In Miniature", by the Rubicks.

Jean Michel Jarre for me... various albums!

I have Fabrique on vinyl. Some of it is excellent.

I seem to remember you had to have high cheekbones to get in the band?

Ha! Ha! Ha! LOL! What ever happened to high cheekbones!? You're not wrong! And what made me laugh was that there was always one member of a band who didn't have the high cheekbones! Just large amounts of blusher!

Low cheekbone quota members club;

Ultravox - Billy Currie
Japan - Rob Dean
Duran Duran - Simon Le Bon

I recently copied my 'almost-rust' cassette version of Fabrique. The cassette had the album on the a side and on the b side; many of the dub & 12" mixes - worth getting hold of if you can find it.

Gazza

Over the past weeks:

Sideways: Johns' treat for the fans

Faith by H2O. I Dream to Sleep their finest moment.

Twilight of Idols by Fashion. Not as funky and cheeky as Fabrique but still a good record. Produced by Zeus B. Held!

Sixty Minutes With... by Billy Currie. A nice collection. However, the track Ukraine and the best tracks from Push were left out. Just happens with most compilations.

Push by Billy Currie. My favourite along Stand Up and Walk.

Jean Michel Jarre's new one has arrived so I'm looking forward to that one...

Chris C

From Trash most of the week. I'm still struggling to reach a verdict on this. I find that some of the lyrics are a bit weak & have not had much thought put into them. The music is great on most tracks, although I find From Trash a bit Euro disco - ish & I'm not to keen on euro disco. My favourite tracks are; From Trash, Never Let Me Go, Friendly Fire ( sounds like The Sweet jamming with Goldfrapp), Your Kisses Burn v.2 ( my 19 year old son said this sounds like music for a porn film !) & The One Who Walks Through You.

I'd like to hear what others think about it a few months on.

Mark

I played From Trash again recently, after having a break from it for a couple of months. I really like it, it still sounds fresh and new, and still excited me the way it did the firt time I played it.

A Million Cars is increasingly becoming one of my favoueite Foxx/Gordon songs, along with Impossible and Another You. Another favourite is The One Who Walks Through You.

I think it's quite strong lyrically although it doesn't take you anywhere 'new' - it's same few themes as on the last 3 albums (this is where Sideways has the upper hand). However the arrangements and production etc, have a much stronger, consistent quality and the album is just the right length to take in one go.

I have to agree with Alex's comments on Teo and Tea. Not my cup of tea. Vintage should have been the lead single. The opener is quite promising and he somewhat succeeds on Beautiful Agony, perhaps a homage to Gainsbourg. The rest doesn't impress me. Nevertheless, I always religiously buy the Jarre and Kraftwerk albums .

He's taken a different angle on this one, still very electronic but stepping into the world of Techno.

It's been quite a while since he released that maginficent album Oxygene (parts 7 to etc) at the turn of the century. This is where Jarre's magic appears. Chronologie is another example.

What's amazing to find, with a lot of respect to the other synth pioneers, is that our very own John is releasing the best electronic music at this moment in time. Tiny Colour Movies will be hard to beat in this decade.

Chris C

Absolutely! Oxygene 7-13 is one of my favourite albums along with the original and Chronologie.

After hearing Jarre describing his work in progress last year, I had perhaps set my hopes too high for the new album, expecting something perhaps more like Oxygene or Chronologie. And I really wish that's what he had done.

I am finding Téo & Téa quite an addictive album despite it being a bit disappointing though. I certainly think it's a grower, but he should go back to what he knows best.

I think he tried too hard.

Just been listening to the Teo & Tea samples on www.juno.co.uk

I won't be buying this album...