Rated 4/10
HL: A punchy “Anything Goes”, “You Make Me Feel So Young”, “Old Devil Moon”
Sinatra’s music in advertisements & movies is so ubiquitous that I could never fully shake that feeling of commercialism. Will revisit when I have a lover to swing with, see if my attitude changes.
August 31, 2022
Around “Spanish Harlem” my interest started to wane, as the other covers so far had been pretty unique alternatives to the Beatles/Beach Boys recordings. Though the album’s first half is better, “Monday Monday”, “California Dreamin”, “Go Where You Wanna Go” & “I Call Your Name” are more than enough to sustain my enjoyment.
August 30, 2022
Rated 8/10
Disc 1 HL: Housequake, Starfish & Coffee, Slow Love
Disc 2 HL: I Could Never…, Strange Relationship, Adore
Not 1st listen, but I appreciated it more this time around. The slower, minimalistic songs give way to an O.TT. finale that reminded me what a tour de force Prince must have been in the 80s
August 29, 2022
Rated 8/10
HL: Minuit, Hamady Boiro, Gidelam, Lem Gi
Baaba Maal is one of my favourite recent discoveries from this album list (though reading Wikipedia, I heard his voice before in the Black Panther soundtrack). “Djam Leeli” was sparse and hypnotic, this is denser & more celebratory.
August 29, 2022
Not crazy about this one
HL: If Only, You Can’t Quit Me Baby
August 28 2022
Rated 10/10
I somehow relaxed to this before work (though it unsettled me in equal measure). Had to restart multiple tracks because with noise from outdoors all this album sounded like was white noise
HL: Loomer, When You Sleep, To Here Knows When
August 25 2022
Rated 6/10
3.5
HL: The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much B/A, Rene & Georgette…
HL: “Broken Heart”, “Cool Waves”
August 23 2022
Too long, not everything hits, has multiple personalities… reminds me a bit of my favourite Beatles album.
HL: 1979, Tonight, Thru the Eyes…and more
Mellon Collie: August 20th, listening while walking downtown
The infinite sadness: August 21st, commuting to work
Rated 8/10
Costello Album No. 3 for me, every one I’ve liked more than the last. I have a soft spot for albums that indulge in other styles, and there’s a little punk, prog, maybe early synth-pop stirred into this one. Maybe it’s just his voice I’m not the biggest fan of
HL: Oliver’s Army, Goon Squad, Accidents…
Rated 8/10
HL: Hours, Two Weeks, Give Up
The simplicity & sincerity of Twig’s voice are much appreciated amidst the sea of synths. How does it come across as both minimal and borderline overwhelming. Sure have it both ways
August 18, 2022 (late nite)
Rated 8/10
I knew in my heart that I’d like “old” Genesis, even though the one song I knew from the era was “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”. Hope some Peter Gabriel solo albums are on this list as well.
HL: “Dancing…”, “The Cinema Show”
August 18, 2022
Rated 8/10
Bottle of Red 🕺 Bottle of White 🕺
Not crazy about “Just the Way You Are” and “She’s Always A Woman”, but if that’s my personal low point, it’s still better than the highs of other artists.
HL: “Scenes”, “Only the Good Die Young”, “Get it Right”, “Movin Out”
Rated 10/10
Consistently engaging, sometimes feels modern, and yet other times like the early 90s
August 14, 2022
Rated 10/10
HLs BESIDES ‘Mother & Child Reunion’ and ‘Me & Julio’: “Duncan”, “Peace Like a River”
M&CR is probably one of my favourite songs, the rest holds up pretty well too.
Rated 6/10
Learned about the Undertones for the 1st time about a year ago, in a Derry museum. And I wasn’t immediately hooked listening to their most famous song “Teenage Kicks”, but now that I’ve heard the whole album it’s one of the better songs on one of the better punk albums I’ve heard on the list.
3 1/2
August 10, 2022
Rated 8/10
HL: Turnover, Blueprint
Dammit if this gets a 4 then so should “Rage Against the Machine” (1992).
Rated 10/10
Might be premature, but new favourite Stevie album?
August 10, 2022
Rated 4/10
HL: WIMM, Brick is Red, River Euphrates
Mixed feelings about this one- can understand and hear the influence on other alt rock bands, but uh it felt longer than 34 minutes
August 11, 2022
Rated 8/10
It’s funny that I got through over 100 albums before I started getting artists from *my* teen years. Well I didn’t really grow up with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, except for “Maps” on Rock Band. Shoulda heard them more.
August 8 2022
