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Bles Bridges - The English Album

Now the purists may feel post-humously betrayed by Bles’ foray into English music, but there are plenty of good reasons to buy the aptly titled English Album:

  1. 1. For when the G-Unit comes over on Sunday (that’s grandparents, guys).
  2. 2. If you are the G-Unit.
  3. 3. To sell on Ebay in twenty years’ time. Bles is already worth up to $50 on vinyl.
  4. 4. To ward off the undead. Ghouls can’t slow dance.
  5. 5. To prove to your English relatives that you’re down with the language.
  6. 6. To woo die dames if you are sent back in time.
  7. 7. To ‘borrow’ style tips from the lover himself. Start with a faded green leather jacket.
  8. 8. If you hated The Platters’ inferior original version of “The Great Pretender” and you reckon Freddy Mercury is just a besembek wimp.
  9. 9. In case someone puts a gun to your head and says “prove you’re South African”.
  10. 10. Because Bles knows best.

Too many people treat music like newspapers: rapidly consumed and thrown away without a thought for posterity and the bigger picture. Tragedy, say I. CDs are documents, they are stories about our past and present, and deserve a much longer shelf life.

The English Album may be a departure from Bles’ usual vernacular, but as a historical recording it says more about the South African music landscape than your Prime Circle CD ever will.

- Niel Bekker

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