Ashcroft, Richard - Keys To The World (First Time On Vinyl!)

Originally released at the height of CD's popularity, in 2006, 'Keys To The World' is available on vinyl for the first time. The album certainly has a spring in its step – "Why Not Nothing" blasts the album off, with strings and saxes over a northern soul beat. With its sample of Walter Jackson's "It's All Over", "Music Is Power" is one of Ashcroft's best songs – another where he celebrates the command that popular music has had over him. The catchy, incessant "Break The Night With Colour" – the album's first single – placed him back in the UK Top 10; with it vocal samples and ominous string bed, the title track is powerful, topped with a passionate vocal. "Sweet Brother Malcolm" is one of Ashcroft's most poignant numbers, inspired by the flowers and tributes that amass on suburban lampposts after a tragic occurrence