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| | September 2003 |
 | | On June 26th 2003 I turned 40, as they say - notice after a certain age, like milk, you start to "turn" - and to celebrate (celebrate?) the occasion I thought I might amuse myself by trying to choose my top 40 albums, or pieces of music. |
 | | This dumb Desert Island Discs question was one I used to throw at people in interviews, until I realised it either annoyed the hell out of them or bored them rigid, but I still like the idea of being forced to make a selection, even if it is frustratingly difficult. |
 | | The only quibble about an otherwise excellent release is the indifferent packaging: the insert is a flimsy square of paper, the band name is missing from the cover, spelling mistakes go uncorrected and nobody is credited for the location recordings. |
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