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Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums

About entry #459…

Number 459 is The Drifters Golden Hits; which is not on iTunes or Spotify. I tried to cobble it together track by track but I'm not sure I'm getting the correct versions of all the songs. So I'm waiting for a CD version ($2.95 on eBay!) in the mail since I want to give this album a fair chance and not be listening to some dumb karaoke verisons of the songs. I'm all about fairness. It might take a while to come in the mail since I'm cheap, so I'll skip ahead and put my entry … Continue Reading ››
Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums

RS #460: Hole – Live Through This

#460

Hole, Live Through This

Release Date: 1994 Previously Owned: No First Time Listen: Yes
Hole, Live Through This
I did! I did live through this!
Impressions: We shall see if I can live though this... Snappy opening song "Violet" indicates the music and production is state-of-the-art for 1994, well into the grunge hayday. It goes without saying that Courtney Love is a mess vocally and personallly, but it kind of seems like by design? She also mimics her husband's Kurt Cobain's wounded hollering (or was it the other way around?) but adds a feminist edge. Harrowing songs like "Asking For It" … Continue Reading ››
Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums

RS #461: P.I.L.- Metal Box

P.I.L., Metal Box
It doesn't photograph well, but, man, is that a cool idea for packaging or what? METAL. BOX.
#461

P.I.L., Metal Box

Release Date: 1979 Previously Owned: No First Time Listen: Yes
Impressions: As a budding young graphic designer/music fan, I loved the branding of Public Image Limited. The logo, the  generic "Album" conceit and even the name all seemed to be vaguely underground, but not obviously punk with stereotypical ransom lettering (like the Sex Pistols.) A nice bonus was that I even enjoyed their music. P.I.L. was still aggressive but more textured than the straight-forward assault … Continue Reading ››