Year Released: 2002 Label: B-Unique Year Bought: 2002 In ye olde days, before TikTok and memes, artists had to use different ways to "go viral" (not that we called it that then). One of those was getting a song in an advert. Not that it was without risks. Andy Bell's post-Ride group Hurricane #1 lost what little credibility it had when it allowed a track to be used in an advert for The Sun. However, a song in an advert could rescue a band's career – just ask Dandy Warhols about Vodafone using 'Bohemian Like You'. With Aqualung, the appearance of debut single 'Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)' in a Vauxhall ad in 2002 was the start, and high point, of the group's career. I say group, Aqualung is actually just musician Matt Hayles. 'Strange & Beautiful' is a great tune, a mixture of twinkling piano chords and a booming bass. Listening to the rest of the album, it's clear Hayles found a groove and stuck to it. A...
Pretty much every day I listen to a record from my collection randomly picked by my daughter before she goes to school. This is to justify still having hundreds of CDs (and a few cassettes and vinyl)