Adrian Sherwood – The genius returns

There was a time when everything Adrian Sherwood touched would be guaranteed to be stunning. But over the last few years he lost it – his records were basically not very good. OK they were as good as things produced by other people but not up to his usual standard. Anyway I got his most recent album – Becoming a cliché – the other day. In truth I didn’t expect it t o be any good but I just bought it to add to the collection. It’s fortunate that I did because it’s a fabulous record. OK it’s not up to the standard of say Vacuum Pumping, Tackhead Tape Time or Revenge of the Underdog, but still it’s superb. It features Lee Scratch Perry, LSK, Little Roy, Samia Farah and a posthumous appearance by Bim Sherman. He’s definitely back on track.