Every now and then, something pops onto your iPod which prompts you to stop the track and play the whole album again. This happened to me today and I rediscovered a classic album, ‘Vibrator’, by Terrence Trent D’arby (He since converted and now goes by the name Sanada Maitreya).
This is, in my opinion, one of those few albums which is perfect; the quality of the instrumentation and production is simply second to none and the lyrics are of a quality that is very rarely seen (not just in modern music, but ever).
I’m very aware though that, when you rediscover little gems like these, that you are always affected by the associations that the music has for the time in your life that it represents; particularly when that music is from your teenage years when everything seems to have more significance and seems so new as you fight to gain your independence as a person in your own right. Music is an important part of this process but, with this association, comes perhaps a ‘rose-tinted’ view on the music. This particular album brings back memories of long hot summer days hanging around aimlessly with Bill, George and John H amongst others and preparing for John H’s legendary parties at his parents spare house.
With this in mind, when I find these gems I’m going to post them up here; please give them a listen and write back a comment to the blog - tell me what you think of the album. Are these albums really hidden gems or just a musical association to our formative years?
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