#423: Diana Ross and The Supremes - Anthology

Diana Ross and The Supremes - Anthology

May 1974, Motown

Side One (The Early Sessions)

1. "Let Me Go The Right Way"

2. "A Breath Taking Guy"

3. "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"

4. "Standing At The Crossroads Of Love"

5. "Run, Run, Run"

6. "Where Did Our Love Go"

Side Two (The Big Boom)

7. "Baby Love"

8. "Ask Any Girl"

9. "Come See About Me"

10. "Stop! In The Name Of Love"

11. "Back In My Arms Again"

12. "Nothing But Heartaches"

Side Three (Non-Stop Hitmaking)

13. "I Hear A Symphony"

14. "My World Is Empty Without You"

15. "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"

16. "You Can't Hurry Love"

17. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

18. "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone"

Side Four (New Horizons)

19. "The Happening"

20. "Reflections"

21. "In And Out Of Love"

22. "Forever Came Today"

23. "Some Things You Never Get Used To"

24. "Love Child"

Side Five (Versatile Stylists)

25. "A Hard Day's Night"

26. "Funny How Time Slips Away"

27. "You Send Me"

28. "Falling In Love With Love"

29. "I'm The Greatest Star"

Side Six (Memories, Moving On)

30. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (with the Temptations)

31. "I'm Livin' In Shame"

32. "The Composer"

33. "I'll Try Something New" (with the Temptations)

34. "No Matter What Sign You Are"

35. "Someday We'll Be Together"

RESULTS

Rate: 8/10
Best Song: Stop! In The Name of Love
Worst Song: Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart

Comments

I don't like looking at what Album comes next, but I am given the joyful delight of a tiny picture of the next Album.

The next three Albums looks exactly like this.

Actually, this Album was probably extremely gratifying for both Blacks and Women. Racial prejudice and sexism were both still very real when Ross cooked up these songs, but what they came up with, they hit hard.

Yet, instead of convening the message of mixing races, or empowering women, she sang about everybody knows yet nobody understands.

Love.

A bit of a wasted topic, but it still produced some legendary songs about heartbreak and romance. They are upbeat, happy, and catchy beats that could make a deaf man tap his foot. Props to The Supremes with providing the classic black womanly backup singers that are still used today in all kinds of media. No sarcasm intended.

#424: Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

July 30, 2002, Columbia

1. "Lonesome Day" - 4:08

2. "Into the Fire" - 5:04

3. "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" - 4:18

4. "Nothing Man" - 4:23

5. "Countin' on a Miracle" - 4:44

6. "Empty Sky" - 3:34

7. "Worlds Apart" - 6:07

8. "Let's Be Friends (Skin to Skin)" - 4:21

9. "Further On (Up the Road)" - 3:52

10. "The Fuse" - 5:37

11. "Mary's Place" - 6:03

12. "You're Missing" - 5:10

13. "The Rising" - 4:50

14. "Paradise" - 5:39

15. "My City of Ruins" - 5:00

RESULTS

Rate: 7/10

Best Song: Further On (Up the Road)

Worst Song: The Rising

Comments

Half of this Album sounds like Folk (Yuck) and half sounds like Rock (Nice).

Springsteen did ok in this Album. Some nice rhythms, hard percussion, and lyrics that are deep or something. It was kind of a bland and regular Album. Sub-par performing skills. Bruce is influential, but this isn't the greatest I've heard of him.

I really have nothing else to comment on this Album, other than it had some talent in it, but there was nothing to back it up.

(Note: Shoutout to my local radio station Cjay 92 for featuring me on an article on their website! You can check them out here) 

#425: Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel

January 1974, Reprise

1. "Return of the Grievous Angel" – 4:19

2. "Hearts on Fire" – 3:50

3. "I Can't Dance" – 2:20

4. "Brass Buttons" – 3:27

5. "$1000 Wedding" – 5:00

6. "Medley Live from Northern Quebec:"

(a) "Cash on the Barrelhead"– 2:12

(b) "Hickory Wind" – 4:15

7. "Love Hurts" (Originally performed by Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:40

8. "Ooh Las Vegas" – 3:29

9. "In My Hour of Darkness" – 3:42

RESULTS

Rate: 4.5/10

Best Song: Ooh Las Vegas

Worst Song: Hearts on Fire

Comments

Well, let's get this over with.

Again, never been a huge country fan. This is classified as "Country Rock", so I figured it would sound like Johnny Cash. It didn't. It sounded like country. Do not want.

The Album is interestingly laid out. It turns into a live Album halfway, then back to a studio Album. It's a pretty interesting concept that I haven't heard so far.

The Album gets good near the end.

Tips to Parsons for some of my favourite country lyrics:

"Well, the Queen of Spades is a friend of mine
The Queen of Hearts is a bitch
Someday when I clean up my mind
I'll find out which is which"

Haha, that's awesome.

#426: Cheap Trick - At Budokan

Cheap Trick - At Budokan

February 1979, Epic

1. "Hello There" – 2:27

2. "Come On, Come On" – 3:03

3. "Lookout" – 3:15

4. "Big Eyes" – 3:47

5. "Need Your Love" – 9:07

6. "Ain't That a Shame" – 5:10

7. "I Want You to Want Me" – 3:38

8. "Surrender" – 4:40

9. "Goodnight Now" – 2:42

10. "Clock Strikes Ten" – 4:11

RESULTS

Rate: 9/10
Best Song: Surrender

Worst Song: Clock Strikes Ten

Comments

Whenever I think of Cheap Trick, my mind always auto sorts into more of a Glam Rock kind of band that I don't really want to listen to. 

This Album is a great reminder that this isn't true.

Again, live Albums can be hard. The crowd has to be perfect, you can't miss a note, no changing lyrics, and so forth. Cheap Trick nailed it with this Album at the legendary Budokan in Japan, where famous musicians such as Dylan, The Beatles, and for some reason Ozzy Osbourne all played. Being part of that is a truly memoric moment for Cheap Trick, and this Album makes sure that nobody forgets.

I tried watching them play a couple songs live, and I just cannot stand looking at them. They sound outstanding live, but they look really stupid at the same time.

This Album keeps the purity in sync.

#427: Peter Wolf - Sleepless

Peter Wolf - Sleepless

September 10, 2002, Artemis

1. "Growin' Pain" – 3:12

2. "Nothin' but the Wheel" – 4:34

3. "A Lot of Good Ones Gone" – 3:33

4. "Never Like This Before" – 3:21

5. "Run Silent, Run Deep" – 4:13

6. "Homework" – 2:39

7. "Five O'Clock Angel" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:00

8. "Hey Jordan" – 3:03

9. "Too Close Together" – 2:24

10. "Some Things You Don't Want to Know" – 2:31

11. "Oh Marianne" – 4:19

12. "Sleepless"– 4:05

RESULTS

Rate: 8.5/10 

Best Song: Growin' Pain

Worst Song: Homework

Comments

The music in this Album had a good tendency to change. The overall genre was Rock, but as the Album progressed, the influence on the rock changed with it.

At first, it felt straight up rock and roll kind of feel. Through the Album, that changed into a Jazz influence, Swing influence, and ended with a heavy blues influence. It was a really cool technique that kept the music fluid and also added the variety that other Albums seemed to lack. I was always open-minded to see what 

song came next. 

The vocals were unique in the sense that they were not. Wolf's voice sounded young and new. There were no special falsetto type keys, or raspyness. It was normal, which is actually different for music. Most bands have some kind of new kick to the vocalist, but Wolf just sounded ordinary. It sounded like a man was singing to you, not some kind of God singing down to you.
It was touching.

#428: The Police - Outlandos d'Amour

The Police - Outlandos d'Amour

November 2, 1978, A&M

1. "Next to You" - 2:50

2. "So Lonely" - 4:49

3. "Roxanne" - 3:12

4. "Hole in My Life" - 4:52

5. "Peanuts" - 3:58

6. "Can't Stand Losing You" - 2:58

7. "Truth Hits Everybody" - 2:53

8. "Born in the '50s" - 3:40

9. "Be My Girl – Sally" - 3:22

10. "Masoko Tanga" - 5:40

RESULTS

Rate: 9/10

Best Song: Can't Stand Losing You

Worst Song: Hole in My Life

Comments

This makes up for Synchronicity in so many ways.

This Album is The Police that I know and love. It's actual music this time, with an even blend of laid-back Reggae, and classic Rock. It's an astonishing compromise of sounds.

One of my favourite part of The Police is their choruses. They can instantly turn a bad song good with the catchy choruses that they wield.

Another great thing about The Police is the backup singers. Nobody ever touches the thought of backup singers, but The Police have fantastic backup that really add the kick that the Album stands for. It's a weird and almost unheard of form of criticism, but I thought it should get some kind of mention.

#429: Brian Eno - Another Green World

Brian Eno - Another Green World

September 1975, Island

1. "Sky Saw" – 3:25

2. "Over Fire Island" – 1:49

3. St. Elmo's Fire" – 3:02

4. "In Dark Trees" – 2:29

5. "The Big Ship" – 3:01

6. "I'll Come Running" – 3:48

7. "Another Green World" – 1:38

8. "Sombre Reptiles" – 2:26

9. "Little Fishes" – 1:30

10. "Golden Hours" – 4:01

11. "Becalmed" – 3:56

12. "Zawinul/Lava" – 3:00

13. "Everything Merges with the Night" – 3:59

14. "Spirits Drifting" – 2:36

RESULTS

Rate: 8/10

Best Song: Golden Hours

Worst Song: Everything Merges with the Night

Comments

Brian Eno. We meet again.

Actually, this Album was really beautiful. The more I hear of Eno, the more intrigued and fascinated I am by him.

He produces a crisp, charming Ambient sound in this Album. It's like Sound, but actually music, and not shit.

The vibrant clashes of background music form together wonderfully in this brilliant little work of art by the world's creepiest vocalist. It's like you can close your eyes and imagine parts of your childhood. It's really pretty. I wish there was more vocalism in it, but I needed the instrumentals as some kind of a break from belting out random poetic words.

But the man's still creepy.

#430: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

January 29, 2008, XL

1. "Mansard Roof" - 2:07

2. "Oxford Comma" - 3:15

3. "A-Punk" - 2:17

4. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" - 3:34

5. "M79" - 4:15

6. "Campus" - 2:56

7. "Bryn" - 2:13

8. "One (Blake's Got a New Face)" - 3:13

9. "I Stand Corrected" - 2:39

10. "Walcott" - 3:41

11. "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance" - 4:03

RESULTS

Rate: 6/10
Best Song: A-Punk

Worst Song: The Kids Don't Stand a Chance

Comments

Hipster Trash.

Actually, these songs are pretty catchy.

Reluctant to hear bitch teenagers whine about their problems, the songs came out with an electronic kick, filled with rhythm and opportunity. The are alive and interactive, which makes the listener immune to being bored on a rainy day.

They just are sooo whiny.

"Boo-Hoo, woe is me, I love a girl but she doesn't love me, life sucks, buy my records"

Upbeat songs, but cheesy sad lyrics. Alot of effort to be on high ground with a whole other scene of people.

Still, catchy.

Change your band name, though. It sounds like you were inspired by Twilight.

#431: PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea

PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea

October 23, 2000, Island

1. "Big Exit" - 3:51

2. "Good Fortune" - 3:20

3. "A Place Called Home" - 3:43

4. "One Line" - 3:14

5. "Beautiful Feeling" - 4:00

6. "The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore" - 4:01

7. "This Mess We're In" (featuring Thom Yorke) - 3:57

8. "You Said Something" - 3:19

9. "Kamikaze" - 2:24

10. "This Is Love" - 3:48

11. "Horses in My Dreams" - 5:38

12. "We Float" - 6:07

13. "This Wicked Tongue" - 3:42

RESULTS

Rate: 8.5/10

Best Song: Big Exit

Worst Song: We Float

Comments

I've never heard of PJ before, but I'm glad I have now.

Her music (Alternative Rock) is pretty solid. It's a commandment of both Hole and those underground garage rock bands that they play at free venues.

It's so cool.

A heavy dose of vocals blasted together with a compromise of garage rock turns out to be extremely powerful for someone like me, and I felt myself enganged with the music personally.

That was sappy, I apologize.

But it really was good music, it just felt like it was missing something, but even I don't know what.

Featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke, worth a good listen or two to a couple golden songs on here.

#432: Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

January 1974, Island

1. "Needles in the Camel's Eye" - 3:11

2. "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" - 3:04

3. "Baby's on Fire" - 5:19

4. "Cindy Tells Me" - 3:25

5. "Driving Me Backwards" - 5:12

6. "On Some Faraway Beach" - 4:36

7. "Blank Frank" - 3:37

8. "Dead Finks Don't Talk" - 4:19

9. "Some of Them Are Old" - 5:11

10. "Here Come the Warm Jets" - 4:04

RESULTS

Rate: 8.5/10

Best Song: Needles in the Camel's Eye

Worst Song: Driving Me Backwards

Comments

Brian Eno is the Andy Warhol of the music world, with being weird and generally creepy his top priority, it spins off into some great music.

"Eno used unusual methods such as dancing for his band members and having them play accordingly, and singing nonsense words to himself that would form the basis of subsequent lyrics" is the quote which describes how the music in this Album was made.

Dancing and forcing your band to match the dancing, while blaring out drunken blabbering.

If you don't think that's the tightest shit ever, get out of my face.

The music is so catchy, and undoubtedly bizarre. It's new and experimental, but in a good way. I found the Album started to fall apart around "Baby's on Fire",  but it still held itself together in its own independent way.

Truly a great, weird Album.

#433: George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

November 27, 1970, Apple

1. "I'd Have You Anytime" – 2:56

2. "My Sweet Lord" – 4:38

3. "Wah-Wah" – 5:35

4. "Isn't It a Pity (Version One)" – 7:10

5. "What Is Life" – 4:22

6. "If Not for You" – 3:29

7. "Behind That Locked Door" – 3:05

8. "Let It Down" – 4:57

9. "Run of the Mill" – 2:49

10. "Beware of Darkness" – 3:48

11. "Apple Scruffs" – 3:04

12. "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" – 3:48

13. "Awaiting on You All" – 2:45

14. "All Things Must Pass" – 3:44

15. "I Dig Love" – 4:55

16. "Art of Dying" – 3:37

17. "Isn't it a Pity (Version Two)" – 4:45

18. "Hear Me Lord" – 5:46

19. "Out of the Blue" – 11:14

20. "It's Johnny's Birthday" – 0:49

21. "Plug Me In" – 3:18

22. "I Remember Jeep" – 8:07

23. "Thanks for the Pepperoni" – 5:31

RESULTS
Rate: 6.5/10
Best Song: Wah-Wah
Worst Song: I Dig Love

Comments
After The Beatles broke up, everyone went straight for their style of music.
Harrison focused primarily on Spirituality, which I find sooo boring.
This was 1970, the same year The Beatles broke up, which meant through those 10 years, Harrison compiled this mountain of music that never made it through The Beatles' filters.
The beginning of the Album is soft, genuine, and peaceful, with the occasional swing. The end throws itself into an upbeat, rhythmic clash of rock, which is pretty sweet, and help defines the Album as a story itself.
My favourite part was the instrumental songs. Don't get me wrong, Harrison has the voice of an angel, but when you can only imagine a story in your head based off of strings and percussion, it's loaded with potential.
The Album was just dreadfully long and kind of boring, and didn't really have much motif behind it.
You REALLY have to like Harrison to dig this Album. 

#434: Big Star - #1 Record

Big Star - #1 Record

June 1972, Ardent/Stax

1. "Feel" – 3:34 

2. "The Ballad of El Goodo" – 4:21 

3. "In the Street" – 2:55 

4. "Thirteen" – 2:34 

5. "Don't Lie to Me" – 3:07 

6. "The India Song" – 2:20

7. "When My Baby's Beside Me" – 3:22 

8. "My Life Is Right" – 3:07 

9. "Give Me Another Chance" – 3:26 

10. "Try Again" – 3:31 

11. "Watch the Sunrise" – 3:45 

12. "ST 100/6" – 1:01

RESULTS

Rate: 7/10

Best Song: In The Street

Worst Song: ST 100/6

Comments

This was a pretty good Album.

Featuring the Theme song to "That 70's Show", I really dig the 60's feel, which they pretty much steamrolled over in this Album.

A cool blend of guitar mixed nicely with the bass, which really made the vocals pop out. Lyrics sounded nice and fluid, but my only problem was that it wasn't really all the way there in terms of sounding catchy and fun, as they intended.

It sounded like one of those underground 60's bands that tried to replicate The Beatles but just didn't make it. 

I also feel like they should have polished their songs as a whole a bit more.

Still, good Album to hang out to.

#435: Nirvana - In Utero

Nirvana - In Utero

September 13, 1993, Geffen

1. "Serve the Servants" – 3:36

2. "Scentless Apprentice" – 3:48

3. "Heart-Shaped Box" – 4:41

4. "Rape Me" – 2:50

5. "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" – 4:09

6. "Dumb" – 2:32

7. "Very Ape" – 1:56

8. "Milk It" – 3:55

9. "Pennyroyal Tea" – 3:37

10. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" – 4:51

11. "Tourettes" – 1:35

12. "All Apologies" – 3:51

RESULTS

Rate: 10/10

Best Song: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

Worst Song: Very Ape

Comments

Anyone who knows me understands that this is no surprise to me.

I was in a band for awhile, and we covered every single Nirvana song we could think of, listening to Albums, demos, everything. So, yes, the rating is very biased.

But it's my Blog, so I can do whatever I want.

Cobain really let his passion out in this one. He unleashed an array of talent, alongside Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. He smashed through a completely new genre and created his own, because it was him. Everyone sounded much more relieved in this Album, but still stressed, while the essence of apathy covers every song beautifully. The sound factor and garage-like tone really adds in, and choosing a "Best Song" was impossible, so I randomly picked from my top 3.

So, if this Album is so Godly,

Why is it in the goddamn 400's?!

#436: Beck - Sea Change

Beck - Sea Change

September 24, 2002, DGC

1. "The Golden Age" - 4:35

2. "Paper Tiger" - 4:36

3. "Guess I'm Doing Fine" - 4:49

4. "Lonesome Tears" - 5:38

5. "Lost Cause" - 3:47

6. "End of the Day" - 5:03

7. "It's All in Your Mind" - 3:06

8. "Round the Bend" - 5:15

9. "Already Dead" - 2:59

10. "Sunday Sun" - 4:44

11. "Little One" - 4:27

12. "Side of the Road" - 3:23

RESULTS

Rate: 9/10

Best Song: Lonesome Tears

Worst Song: Sunday Sun

Comments

Music is an escape.

The thing about music is you don't have to talk or explain your situation to someone. You don't have to feel self-pity, or be scolded for being remorseful.

You just listen.

Beck went through a nightmare of a breakup after his 9 year relationship ended when he discovered she was cheating on him. Not knowing what to do with his emotions, he wrote this Album.

The trouble I find with Beck is that I can never find a song that I hate. All of his songs, across a span of all genres that he performs in, have never been bad in my opinion. Each Album covers carries some kind of theme, whether it be humor, or calmness, or even just nonsense.

This one is beauty in pain.

Anyways, touching sad music, and brilliant performing by Beck and the rest of his band.

#437: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

June 10, 2008, Cash Money/Universal Motown

1. "3 Peat" 3:19

2. "Mr. Carter" (Feat. Jay-Z) - 5:16

 3."A Milli" - 3:42

4. "Got Money" (Feat. T-Pain) - 4:05

5. "Comfortable" (Feat. Babyface) - 4:25

6. "Dr. Carter" - 4:24

7. "Phone Home" - 3:12

8. "Tie My Hands" (Feat. Robin Thicke) - 5:19

9. "Mrs. Officer" (Feat. Bobby V) - 4:47

10. "Let the Beat Build" - 5:09

11. "Shoot Me Down" (Feat. D. Smith) - 4:30

12. "Lollipop" (Feat. Static Major) - 2:44

13. "La La" (Feat. Brisco & Busta Rhymes) - 4:21

14. "Playing With Fire" (Feat. Betty Wright) - 4:21

15. "You Ain't Got Nuthin" (Feat. Juelz Santana & Fabolous) - 5:27

16. "Dontgetit" - 9:52

RESULTS

Rate: 1/10

Best Song: Shoot Me Down

Worst Song: A Milli

Comments

Let me just set something straight.

There is nothing cool about misspelling anything.
You are not cool because you can swear.

After listening to the worst Album I've ever heard in my entire life, I had the sudden urge to go buy anti-depressants online.

The Album was soooo bad.

Like, not even music bad.

What is it even doing on The Rolling Stones Greatest 500 Albums of all time list?

It didn't culturally change anything, I could rap better than all of the songs combined, and every damn song has about 5 writers and constantly features a third party rapper. It's garbage.

All Lil Wayne does is brag about how cool he is, how much money he has, how much sex he gets, and so forth.

Where's the passion? Where's the drive behind it? Where's the common sense?

And this beat everything I've already done.

Here's a lyrical masterpiece from the crucial and important Lil Wayne's "A Milli":

"Don't you hate a shy bitch? Yeah I ate a shy bitch

She ain't shy no more, she changed her name to my bitch

hahahaha, yeah, nigga that's my bitch"

As you can obviously see, the talent is just pouring into creative and thought out meaningful lyrics.

What a prick.

#438: The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

February 5, 1980, PVC

1. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" – 2:58

2. "Boys Don't Cry" – 2:37

3. "Plastic Passion" – 2:15

4. "10:15 Saturday Night" – 3:40

5. "Accuracy" – 2:16

6. "Object" – 3:03

7. "Subway Song" – 1:54

8. "Killing an Arab" – 2:22

9. "Fire in Cairo" – 3:21

10. "Another Day" – 3:43

11. "Grinding Halt" – 2:49

12. "World War" – 2:36

13. "Three Imaginary Boys" – 3:14

RESULTS

Rate: 9/10

Best Song: Subway Song

Worst Song: 10:15 Saturday Night

Comments

I love when I find new music that I like.

The Cure's lead vocalist, Robert Smith, looks terrifying. He looks like Leatherface mixed with Billie Joe Armstrong. As terrifying as an image he may be, his talent is expressed heavily throughout this Album.

My Dad pretty much showed me that the only thing cooler than a guitar solo is a bass solo.

This Album is littered with bass solo's.

Thus, this Album is very cool.

Very similar vibes in all the songs, yet still somehow different. It's truly art. It's something that other artists who sound the same in every song should look back on and go, "Oh. That's how it's done."

It would make music so much more enjoyable.

#439: Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

June 1985, RCA

1. "Feel It" – 3:46

2. "Chain Gang" – 3:11

3. "Cupid" – 2:46

4. "Medley: It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons" – 5:11

5. "Twistin' the Night Away" – 4:19

6. "Somebody Have Mercy" – 4:45

7. "Bring It On Home to Me" – 5:37

8. "Nothing Can Change This Love" – 3:45

9. "Having a Party"– 4:09

RESULTS

Rate: 7/10

Best Song: Chain Gang

Worst Song: Having a Party

Comments

Sam Cooke can sing.

This Album was my second "Live" Album, the other by B.B. King. It's pretty incredible to see how people can truly captivate and move an audience to their bidding, and Cooke did it flawlessly.

The music is Soul, with Rhythm and Blues thrown in here and there.

Cooke demonstrates the vibrato (Don't read that wrong) and harmony of gospel music, but bends and molds it to the use of his own genre.

You also have to remember the time period of 1963. Yes, Cooke played in a primarily black community, but it was still pretty risky for a black man to go on-stage in and around this time period, especially with the MLK campaign trending on in the background.

But Sam Cooke did it, and he destroyed it. I was just not into the music itself, although the presence that the Album gives off is tremendous.

Play it again, Sam.

#440: The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash

The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash

August 1985, MCA

1. "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn" – 2:59"
2. The Old Main Drag" – 3:19
3. "Wild Cats of Kilkenny" – 2:48
4. "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" (traditional) – 2:55
5. "A Pair of Brown Eyes" – 4:54
6. "Sally MacLennane" – 2:43
7. "Dirty Old Town" – 3:45
8. "Jesse James" (traditional) – 2:58
9. "Navigator" – 4:12
10. "Billy's Bones" – 2:02
11. "The Gentleman Soldier" (traditional) – 2:04
12. "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" – 8:10

RESULTS

Rate: 8/10

Best Song: The Gentleman Soldier

Worst Song: Navigator

Comments

Sick.

Celtic Punk is hardcore. I love when bands take old and traditional concepts, such as folk songs and tin whistles, and completely revamp the whole meaning of a genre by smashing another genre together to create a new idea.

The Pogues overwhelm the Album with Irish heritage, and I can't get enough of it.

Do we jig? Do we drink? Who cares, It's The Pogues!

Just got a little repetitive at times, and by the end, you could probably take a break from the Irish for awhile.

#441: Suicide - Suicide

Suicide - Suicide

December 1977, Red Star

1. "Ghost Rider" - 2:34

2. "Rocket U.S.A." - 4:16

3. "Cheree" - 3:42

4. "Johnny" - 2:11

5. "Girl" - 4:05

6. "Frankie Teardrop" - 10:26

7. "Che" - 4:53

RESULTS

Rate: 7.5/10

Best Song: Frankie Teardrop

Worst Song: Rocket U.S.A.

Comments

Blah blah blah musical talents blah blah blah

Skip the boring shit, I need to express my feelings about "Frankie Teardrop".

If you have 10 minutes on hand, I want you to listen to it. All of it. Go ahead, I'll be here, waiting.

That song is my favourite, not because it's good, but because of the insanely intense emotions is spawned in me.

Never before have I heard a more stressful song than "Frankie Teardrop". Whatever they were trying to achieve, they did it. I felt like I was actually there, witnessing these terrible events. The screaming sounds cheesy, but it really gets to you. The lyrics pierce into your head, and the drum beat in the background syncs up with your heartbeat. To top it all off, I listened to it in my room, that is, a dark and very creepy basement.

Seriously, music can have very dangerous effects on the mind when done right.

"Frankie Teardrop" was done TOO right.