Thanks for joining in last week's quest for self-referential songs. I appreciate that it was a tricky one but we got there eventually. I hope it makes sense when you read the final column.
Pleased to discover: Gunga Din (maybe the last Byrds album is better than people say), Ballad of the Band (Felt will appear soon, I promise) and Fleetwood Mac's Man of the World (not particularly relevant but what a song). Surprised not to see: Through the Wire, The Way I am, Izzo (HOVA). Disappointed to realise it doesn't sound as good as I remembered it: The KLF's Justified and Ancient. And don't ask me why the deadline didn't come into effect. Some kind of glitch in the system, I assume.
This week, the brief is a little more straightforward: duets. For our purposes, a duet requires two singers with separate careers. The Human League's Don't You Want Me wouldn't qualify because the singers were bandmates. And Martina Topley-Bird has now gone solo but at the time she recorded with Tricky she was known only as his co-vocalist, so their work together wouldn't count either. Also, there must be two voices on the record. The Chemical Brothers & Noel Gallagher's Setting Sun is a collaboration but not a duet. Does that make sense?
I've asked for the link in the newspaper - physical and digital editions - to be updated. Keep reporting any other technical hitches to me. The archive of all things Reader recommendy can be found here. Deadline is midnight on Sunday, whatever the computer may think.
