:-) [Definitely might be a B+. I'll wait and see how Christgau rated this and maybe play it again and reconsider.]
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Various - Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation - Original Soundtrack [placeholder]
This is not on any streaming services I have access to. I could buy it for cheap, but it's a soundtrack, plus the heart of it, per Xgau, is " eight pieces of ebulliently sophisticated '50s pop from South Africa's swing era," which is not really an area I have much interest in. I did listen once to the other tracks that were more modern (Clegg and Savuka, Specials, etc.), and none of them really appealed to me on a first listen, so I'm skipping it.
Tommy Womack - 30 Years Shot To Hell: A Tommy Womack Anthology: 7.5 (high B+)
Don't buy greatest hits at this level. Wish they had a one disc option.
Tall Dwarfs - Unravelled: 1981-2002: 7 (B+)
Don't buy greatest hits at this level. Wish they had a one-disc option.
Sunday, August 21, 2022
The Waitresses - batch review
Average of the following is slightly below 7 (B+). None higher than 7 (B+) and some are honorable mention. Maybe I should rate them slightly higher, but none of them are available at reasonable prices anyway, except the EP, which I would buy except it’s the one I like the least, and it’s a 12” EP, which I do not like. I could solve the problem by buying the best of, but it's also not available at reasonable prices, even in the “Millennium Collection” format. # [indie pop] anyway.
Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?
Bruiseology
I Could Rule the World if I Could Only Get the Parts [EP]
The Best of The Waitresses - 6 songs from first, 5 from second, and all 4 non-live tracks from EP
Cornershop - Urban Turban: 7 (B+)
Not paying import prices at B+. [Also read that the CD case is oversized, which is a pet peeve of mine. Also, this might even be an honorable mention. Finally, it’s billed as a “collaboration” album.]
Britney Spears - Britney [honorable mention]
:-) [But ultimately purchased as part of a 3 CD set in slipcase for $10 shipped]
Tom Ze - Lingua Brasileira: 7 (B+)
[Upped from honorable mention] [4 listens] [CDs, although technically available, are not really – selling used only (it was released this year!) and for exorbitant prices. As a final consideration, it looks like one of those single-slot CD jackets. In any case # [tropicalia]].
My Bloody Valentine - Ecstasy and Wine
:-| [Contains the mini-album, Ecstasy, and the single "Strawberry Wine"]
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Amanda Shires - Take It Like a Man: 8 (A-)
Upped from neutral, after I realized that I'm a big fan. [4 listens]
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