Sunday, September 19, 2021
Faces - Good Boys... When They're Asleep: The Best of Faces: 8.5 (high A-)
Also listened to The Definitive Rock Collection, which has 9 additional songs, plus the Rod Stewart b-side “Jodie” and the Rod Stewart song “Losing You." I listened to the whole thing once, and the extra songs 3 times. The single disc is better.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Sunday, September 12, 2021
The Mekons - The Mekons: 7.5 (high B+)
a/k/a Devils, Rats & Piggies -- A Special Message from Godzilla. Normally, I would buy this, but it's OOP and used copies are selling for too much for a B+. I'm just barely a Mekons a completist, in that, I'll skip this, probably the debut, and also the three-album run from the mid- to late-90's: Return From Memphis, Me, and Journey to the End of the Night. On the last three, I'm virtually certain I've owned them all, but sold them back at some time or other (and they may even be hiding in the house somewhere, in which case, when I find them, I'll have to figure out what to do with them). Anyway, they are poorly rated on Allmusic (by the site anyway), and also by Christgau and Hull. The only one that seems possibly maybe worth it is the last, which is highly regarded by a small minority.
Saturday, September 11, 2021
The Goon Sax - Mirror II [honorable mention]
:-) [Four listens. First two, or perhaps three, tracks are outstanding, but it doesn't keep up at that level.]
Monday, September 6, 2021
John Simon - John Simon's Album: 7.5 (high B+)
Tom Ze - Cancoes Eroticas Para Ninar [honorable mention]
:-) [Reviewed twice by accident, so six listens.]
Future - Hndrxx [honorable mention]
:-) [Accidentally reviewed twice. Gave neutral first time. Six listens obviously, so neutral was probably the better grade, since I didn't even remember listening to it the first three times.]
Sunday, September 5, 2021
The Meditations - Message From the Meditations: 8 (A-)
Upped from 7.5 (high B+). Never released on CD. Found a vinyl copy selling for $20 from a bulk sale and took a chance. [Nice copy, but less cool cover if you ask me:
Jeff & Jane Hudson - World Trade: 7.5 (high B+)
Would definitely pick up a copy if it was selling for a reasonble price in vinyl. There is a "limited edition" CD released in 2020 in Germany that I will not be picking up. A six song EP for $22 shipped, in a slipcase, and non-remastered, plus a "limited edition"? No thanks.
Jeff & Jane Hudson - Flesh [honorable mention]
:-) [Comp of everything they put out in their original, early '80s run. The best of this by far to me is the World Trade EP. I will give that a separate review.]
Yoko Ono - Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band: 8 (A-)
# [experimental/Japanese lady shrieking?] [I would buy it anyway if there were one that matched my CD of John's release. But there were only two of these, both having bonus tracks.] [Update: I ended up caving, bought this on the 1997 Rykodisc reissue, bonus tracks and all. And then upgraded to 8 (A-).]
Franco and Rochereau: Choc Choc Choc 1983 [Lettre a Mr. Le Directeur General] [honorable mention]
This one goes by so many titles, I'm putting the cover down. This has "Lettre a Mr. Le Directeur General" plus Suite Lettres Nos. 1-3. Very repetitive. Could be a B+ but it's too expensive to buy anyway so I'm not making that distinction.
Anthony Joseph - The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives: 7 (B+)
# [poetry/free jazz] Upped from neutral.
Joseph Spence - Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing: X
Not qualified to grade.
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Friday, September 3, 2021
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