On this Day in Music – 19th August

Previous Albums Of The Day

No.1443 19/08/2020

The 1967 Miles Davis album Miles Smiles was recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, nicknamed The Church, with Davis’s second great quintet, which included saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock. Masterful playing.

No.1079 19/08/2019

The Arctic Monkeys 3rd album Humbug was released (in Japan first) a decade ago today! The presence of Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme producing gave the Sheffield band an added dimension. Important piece of their back catalogue. A fan?

No.713 19/08/2018

The Walkmen album You & Me is 10 years old today! I’d heard the Arctic Monkeys have been compared to The Walkmen before, but this album really brought it home for me. The album has been described “intimate, intense and beautiful.” AM owe a lot to this band.

No.348 19/08/2017

The Pogues 1985 album Rum Sodomy & the Lash was among their finest. A pefect balance of shanty and irish drinking songs.

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