THE SUNDAYS
READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC
1989-GEFFEN
Produced By THE SUNDAYS & RAY SHULMAN
1. Skin & Bones
2. Here's Where The Story Ends
3. Can't Be Sure
4. I Won
5. Hideous Towns
6. You're Not The Only One I Know
7. A Certain Someone
8. I Kicked A Boy
9. My Finest Hour
10. Joy
This is the debut album from The Sundays, and alternative band from England. Led by Harriet Wheelers sweet...but not too sweet...vocals, this is a great debut. The songs are all excellent without exception, particularly "Can't Be Sure" and "Here's Where The Story Ends", which was a number one US Modern Rock hit. The melodies are great, and the mood is mellow without being a downer. The band had seemingly found the perfect formula. They released only two more albums and took several years between each one, and they never topped their debut. The Sundays are a forgotten treasure...this album ranks among the very best of the late 1980's. Very highly recommended.
The Sundays haven't been heard from since 1997, as Wheeler and guitarist Dave Gavurin have been concentrating on raising children. But their amazing debut lives on. Pick up a copy!
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THE SUNDAYS
READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC
1989-GEFFEN
Produced By THE SUNDAYS & RAY SHULMAN
1. Skin & Bones
2. Here's Where The Story Ends
3. Can't Be Sure
4. I Won
5. Hideous Towns
6. You're Not The Only One I Know
7. A Certain Someone
8. I Kicked A Boy
9. My Finest Hour
10. Joy
This is the debut album from The Sundays, and alternative band from England. Led by Harriet Wheelers sweet...but not too sweet...vocals, this is a great debut. The songs are all excellent without exception, particularly "Can't Be Sure" and "Here's Where The Story Ends", which was a number one US Modern Rock hit. The melodies are great, and the mood is mellow without being a downer. The band had seemingly found the perfect formula. They released only two more albums and took several years between each one, and they never topped their debut. The Sundays are a forgotten treasure...this album ranks among the very best of the late 1980's. Very highly recommended.
The Sundays haven't been heard from since 1997, as Wheeler and guitarist Dave Gavurin have been concentrating on raising children. But their amazing debut lives on. Pick up a copy!
FINLEY QUAYE
MAVERICK A STRIKE
1997-550
Produced By KEVIN BACON, JONATHAN QUARNBY & FINLEY QUAYE
1. Ultra Stimulation
2. It's Great When We're Together
3. Sunday Shining
4. Even After All
5. Ride On And Turn The People On
6. The Way Of The Explosive
7. Your Love Gets Sweeter
8. Supreme I Preme
9. Sweet And Loving Man
10. Red Rolled And Seen
11. Falling
12. I Need A Lover
13. Maverick A Strike
One of the more promising debut albums from the 90's. Finley Quaye is a reggae artist (his first single, "Sunday Shining", gives a writing credit to Bob Marley), but there are also elements of rock, hip hop, blues and jazz in his music. The album is a great listen, with lots of inventive surprises along the way. "Sunday Shining" is actually the biggest weak spot, along with "I Need A Lover"...most of the rest is pretty fine stuff. "Your Love Gets Sweeter" is as catchy as reggae can be. "It's Great When We're Together" is a great song. A fine and different breath of fresh air, a remarkable debut album.
Quaye's live performances were questionable, and he never followed up with anything as good, although he's still out there trying. Maverick A Strike is a gem, though.
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THE BUZZCOCKS
SINGLES GOING STEADY
1979-IRS
Produced By MARTIN RUSHENT
1. Orgasm Addict
2. What Do I Get?
3. I Don't Mind
4. Love You More
5. Ever Fallen In Love?
6. Promises
7. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
8. Harmony In My Head
9. What Ever Happened To?
10. Oh Shit!
11. Autonomy
12. Noise Annoys
13. Just Lust
14. Lipstick
15. Why Can't I Touch It?
16. Something's Gone Wrong Again
Never mind the Sex Pistols...here's The Buzzcocks! Singles Going Steady is a collection of their early singles, and was the first album by the band released in America. And it just may be the greatest punk album ever made. From track one, parents everywhere must have known that they were in trouble. "Orgasm Addict" in 1979 must have been a shocker. Led by Pete Shelley and Howard DeVoto, The Buzzcocks were fast, loud...and they had great songs. Every track here is a should be classic. If you like punk in any way, you should have...no. You need this album. This is what it was all about.
The Buzzcocks broke up in 1981, but regrouped in 1989. DeVoto is gone, but Pete Shelley is still at it.
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WILCO
KICKING TELEVISION: LIVE IN CHICAGO
2005-NONESUCH
Produced By WILCO
1. Misunderstood
2. Company In My Back
3. The Late Greats
4. Hell Is Chrome
5. Handshake Drugs
6. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
7. Shot In The Arm
8. At Least That's What You Said
9. Wishful Thinking
10. Jesus, Etc.
11. I'm The Man Who Loves You
12. Kicking Television
1. Via Chicago
2. Hummimgbird
3. Muzzle Of Bees
4. One By One
5. Airline To Heaven
6. Radio Cure
7. Ashes Of American Flags
8. Heavy Metal Drummer
9. Poor Places
10. Spiders (Kidsmoke)
11. Comment
Kicking Television is the best kind of live album. Recorded over 4 nights at the Vic Theater in Chicago, Wilco took the best of the shows and made a great document. The set list is great, the sound is great, and the performances are awesome. Jeff Tweedy and company simply kick ass. Two discs is long...but in this case, it could have been three and it would have been just as good. You don'ty get tired of listening, and it shows why Wilco is so revered.
Most of the material is from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is born, but there are also earlier songs. This is a gem of an album from one of the best. Pricey, but you should have it if you're a fan.
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ENUFF Z'NUFF
STRENGTH
1991-ATCO
Produced By PAUL LANI, DONNIE VIE & CHIP Z'NUFF
1. Heaven Or Hell
2. Missing yOu
3. Strength
4. In Crowd
5. Holly Wood Ya
6. The World Is A Gutter
7. Goodbye
8. Long Way To Go
9. Mother's Eyes
10. Baby Loves You
11. Blue Island
12. The Way Home/Coming Home
13. Something For Free
14. Time To Let You Go
So, what kind of a band was this, anyway? Named after their bass player Chip Z'Nuff, they certainly LOOKED metal...their drummer, Vicki Fox, was hard to tell gender-wise (it turned out to be a guy who later played with The Veronicas). And their songs weren't 80's metal. Their first album did well, but their second, Strength, did not. It's a good album, though, and their cult fan base loves it. It's loaded with catchy rock songs, and while it won't make your eyes pop out of your head, you will be glad you heard it. It's one of those good but not great albums that's a joy to hear every once in a while.
The band is still at it, and they are huge in places not named the United States. They are definitely worth a listen.
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hey, out of curiosity, i noticed your feelings towards Modern English's After The Snow have changed since writing a review of it back in 2011. now, it's #70 on your overall.
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hey, out of curiosity, i noticed your feelings towards Modern English's After The Snow have changed since writing a review of it back in 2011. now, it's #70 on your overall.
what prompted the change?
To put it simply, time. Repeated listens. And one thing that BEA has done for me over the years is to open my mind musically, more than it ever has been before. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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