Issue 380

Jimmy Cliff.

For a man who's been involved in the music industry for over 45 years Jimmy Cliff still holds a few surprises, not least among which is the fact that singing is not his first choice of profession, or even what he thinks he's best at. This despite his assertions that "there are three names that come to the front when you mention reggae: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh..."

Placebo
Meds
EMI

It really is amazing how an artist can pull out an album that seems predictable in so many ways and yet manage to make it so damn likeable. 'Meds' is another Placebo album containing a plethora of lyrics that those kids in black can relate to about drugs, dysfunctional relationships, school and self loathing and it could all sound so cliche, but here it sounds so cool yet again...

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