Before 11/2020, grades range from 5 to 3.5 stars. After that, grade range is: 10 (A+), 9.5 (high A), 9 (A), 8.5 (high A-), 8 (A-), 7.5 (high B+), and 7 (B+). Ungraded albums are noted as liked :-) (honorable mention), neutral :-|, and disliked :-(. At least 4 listens per graded album and 3 listens per ungraded album. Search "Grade Post" for more info. I sold/shelved ~10,000 albums after at least 3 or 4 listens, respectively, before starting this blog and will add entries for those as they arise.
Friday, August 11, 2017
The Vulgar Boatmen - You and Your Sister [Record Collect, 1989]: 8.5 (high A-)
I'm going to call this #roots/americana, and most of the good songs are on Wide Awake. Update (July 2026): Finally caught up with this, and am more in line with the 9 given by Weisbard in the Spin guide. Got a copy from the early CD era and upped several notches. Weird little personal connection: my copy says it was distributed by "Safe House" in West Lebanon, NH, where I was living in 1989 (well, no more than a couple miles from there anyway). I guess that means I have a reissue per Discogs, so it doesn't match up perfectly, but....
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