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An unsentimental tribute to the silent era...It is very easy to become consumed by a cosy nostalgia for the silent era. We all know Gloria Swanson’s anguished protest as the ageing silent queen from Sunset Boulevard: “We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!” We’ve seen Chaplin’s bow-legged walk, Keaton’s stony-faced escape-artistry and Harold Lloyd dangling from the clock face.

Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011

100. Rene Hell – The Terminal Symphony (Type) 99. King’s Daughters And Sons – If Not Then When (Chemikal Underground) 98. Wolfgang Voigt – Kafkatrax (Profan)

Uncut Playlist 44, 2011

I suspect this will be the last playlist of 2011, so thanks once again for all your encouragement and support over what has been a slightly erratic year of blogging.

Your Best Of 2011 Charts, Please…

Thanks for all your kind responses to my 100 Albums of 2011. In case you missed it the other day, one of the blog’s most diligent regulars, Nick, has put together a Wild Mercury Sound Spotify playlist with most of the 100 featured. Enormous thanks again, for that; let me know, of course, what you all think.

Uncut Music Award 2011: Gillian Welch, “The Harrow And The Harvest”

The last in our series of transcripts from the judges' discussions: Gillian Welch, "The Harrow And The Harvest".

Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011: 25 to 1

And after 100 to 76, 75 to 51 and 50 to 26, here's my rough top 25. Thanks for indulging me.

Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011: 50 to 26

Part three of my rundown. Check out 100 to 76 and 75 to 51, too.

Uncut Music Award 2011: Paul Simon, “So Beautiful Or So What”

This morning, a look at what the Uncut Music Award judges said about Paul Simon's "So Beautiful Or So What".

Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011: 75 to 51

Part two of my 2011 favourites. Check out 100-76 here.

Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011: 100 to 76

Here's the first quarter of my very subjective favourites list of 2011. The ordering is pretty arbitrary, to be honest, but I guess it's all part of the game.
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