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.
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - It's the Talk of the Town and Other Sad Songs [Hannibal, 1989]: 8 (A-)
Great cover - and probably I may be underrating it by a notch, or even two. Update (November 2025): Eventually upped from 7.5 (high B+) and obtained. I just couldn't let it go, and the final straw was that a brilliant friend of mine who is deep into this era of music saw the tracklist and said it was an excellent selection of songs. Christgau gives this what I would call an 8.5 (high A-). And 1989 was such a great year for music, although I gather this was originally released in 1985.
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