Sunday, February 26, 2023

The Sebutones [Buck 65/Sixtoo] - Psoriasis: 9 (A)


Really cassette-only. There might have been an unofficial CDr. Files seem utterly unavailable to download in any form, other than the YouTube video. I think this is one of the best releases with Buck 65's name on it, so I had a CD custom-made from the crappy YouTube file, with song fragments tacked on at the end, volume level problems and all.

Collected, but not necessarily shelved or graded yet (some have provisional grades) 2023

List made in 2023, but acquisition could have been many years ago ... decades, a half a century, even:

Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
Pretty Girls Make Graves - New Romance [8 (A-)]
Thurst - Cut to the Chafe [8 (A-)]
Plug - Back on Time
Morgan Wade - Psychopath [8 (A-)]
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want; The Lion & The Cobra; I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss
Creation Rebel - Historic Moments Volume One [8 (A-)]
Jamie O'Neal - Brave and Shiver [7.5 (high B+), # [country] normally, but got them cheap together and I like the name]
Various - This Are Two Tone [8 (A-)]
Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited - Chamunorwa [9 (A)]
Bar Italia - Tracey Denim [8 (A-)]; The Twits [8 (A-)]
DJ Shadow - Action Adventure [7 (B+) (Upped from hm on 4th listen after Christgau A-)]
Papa Noel - Bel Ami
Charlie Parker - Now's the Time
Preston School of Industry - All This Sounds Gas
Yoko Ono - Rising; Walking on Thin Ice; Take Me to the Land of Hell
Change - The Glow of Love
MC Paul Barman - (((echo chamber)))
L'Orange/Jeremiah Jae - The Night Took Us in Like Family
L'Orange/Jeremiah Jae - Complicate Your Life with Violence
L'Orange/Mr. Lif - The Life & Death of Scenery
L'Orange/Kool Keith - Time? Astonishing! [8 (A-)]
Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Lyrics Born - Quite a Life
Sebadoh - Defend Yourself [7.5 (high B+)]
Morrissey - World of Morrissey [8 (A-)]
Van Morrison - Poetic Champions Compose [8 (A-)]
Various - Blow Your Head: Diplo Presents Dubstep
Diplo - Express Yourself [EP]; Random White Dude Be Everywhere
Chet Baker - The Best of Chet Baker
Prince - Chaos and Disorder; Emancipation
2Pac [Tupac] - Greatest Hits [8 (A-)]
Grandaddy - Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla [EP] [7.5 (high B+)]
Dandy Warhols - Come Down 7 (B+) [docked a notch for going on too long]
Big Stick - Crack 'n' Drag [EPs] [7.5 (high B+)]
Public Image Ltd. - The Flowers of Romance
Madalitso Band - Musakayike
Teenage Fanclub - Four Thousand Seven Hundred
The Fall - 458489 B Sides
Various - Wild Style
The Minutemen - Project: Mersh
Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
Freedy Johnston - Back on the Road to You
Moonchild Sanelly - Phases
The Mountain Goats - Bleed OutTranscendental Youth; Beat the Champ
Debbie Friday - Good Luck
Waco Brothers - The Men That God Forgot; Do You Think About Me?
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Montparnasse Musique - Archeology
Gogol Bordello - Solidaritine
Boy Genius - The Record
Ornette Coleman - The Complete Science Fiction Sessions [8 (A-)]
Curtis Mayfield - Original Album Series [Curtis; Curtis/Live!; Roots; Super Fly; Back to the World]
Various - Songs for Desert Refugees [8 (A-)]
Ice-T - Power [7.5 (high B+)]
The Meditations - Guidance [plus] [probably an 8 (A-)]
Wormburner - Pleasant Living in Planned Communities
Motorhead - Under Cover [8 (A-)]
John Kruth - The Drunken Wind of Life: The Poem/Songs of Tin Ujevic
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power
Arto Lindsay - Noon Chill
Half Japanese - Volume 2 [Music to Strip By; Charmed Life: and The Band Who Would Be King]
Half Japanese - Volume 3 [We Are They Who Ache; Fire in the Sky; and Hot]
Half Japanese - Sing No Evil [8 (A-)]
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya
The Gladiators - On the Right Track [7.5 (high (B+)]
The Gladiators - One Love: The Best of Their Nighthawk Recordings
Various - Kath Thaleth: Third Line: Initiative for the Elevation of Public Awareness
The Fall - Perverted by Language [8 (A-)]
The Fall - 458489 B Sides [8 (A-)]
The Fall - Room to Live
Bettie Serveert - Private Suit [8 (A-)]
Body Count - Bloodlust [8 (A-)]
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation [7.5 (high B+)] [1981]
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation [2018]
Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud [7.5 (high B+)]
Beck - Modern Guilt
Basement 5 - 1965-1980/In Dub
Jon Hassell - The Surgeon of the Nightsky [7.5 (high B+)]
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity [7.5 (high B+)]
Suicide - A Way of Life [7.5 (high B+)]
D.O. Misiani w/Shirati Jazz - The King of History: Classic 1970s Benga Beats from Kenya [8 (A-)]
Beck - The Information [8.5 (high A-)]
Trotsky Icepick - Poison Summer [7.5 (high B+)]
Dan Ex Machina - My Wife; Bail Shag [EP] [7 (B+)]
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - The Singles
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
Macy Gray - The Id; The Sellout
Naughty by Nature - Greatest Hits: Naughty's Nicest
Naughty by Nature - Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury [7.5 (high B+)]
Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My [8 (A-)]
Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag
Bike for Three! [Buck 65 and "Greetings from Tuskan"] - More Heart Than Brains
Bike for Three! - So Much Forever
Buck 65 - Synesthesia [original and Warner's reissue versions]
Buck 65 - Language Arts
Buck 65 & Controller 7 - Tommy and Richie present "Billy"
Buck 65 - Vertex [will update the "neutral" post on this at some point]
Deep Puddle Dynamics - More From June / We Aint Fessin'
Beauty Pill - Please Advise; Unsustainable Lifestyle; You Are Right to be Afraid

Monday, February 20, 2023

Off! - Off!: 7 (B+)


Another great cover. Another short "album" (14:33). Actually shorter than their first 4 EPs, which is hilarious. See that one for whether I would buy this for $18 shipped.

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Off! - First Four EPs: 7 (B+)


Cover by Raymond Pettibon. I admire having four EPs that total 17:36, which is short for an EP in the first place. Not shelling out $18 shipped for that though.

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Lloyd Cole [and the Commotions] - The Collection [1998] vs. The Singles [2004]

Here are the album covers:

Here are the differences in track listings:

The Collection (20 tracks):

"Undressed" - Lloyd Cole [w/Quine]
"My Way To You" - Bad Vibes
"Fool You Are" - previously unreleased
"That Boy" - The Negatives

The Singles (21 tracks):

w/Commotions - "Cut Me Down" - Easy Pieces
w/Commotions - "From The Hip" - Mainstream
"Weeping Wine" - Don't Get Weird on Me Babe
"Morning Is Broken" - Bad Vibes
"Sentimental Fool" - Love Story

They both share the following 7 tracks with the 14-track Lloyd Cole and the Commotions compilation entitled 1984-1989:

"Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?"
"Perfect Skin"
"Forest Fire"
"Rattlesnakes"
"Brand New Friend"
"Lost Weekend"
"My Bag"
"Jennifer She Said"

I went with The Singles, because it was cheaper and easier to find, even though the 4 songs on The Collection were probably better than those 5 on The Singles, and even though the former has the extra track with Quine. I also am shallow and liked the cover better.

Friday, February 3, 2023

Iggy Pop - Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop: 8 (A-)


Not sure why I bought this years ago. I had 9 of the 17 tracks already. I guess it was to get some prime early tracks that I did not have ("I'm Sick of You" and "Kill City"), and a smattering of his better late period work. However, I am going to listen to the later anthology, A Million in Prizes, which is 2 discs, and has all the tracks on this. But it has alot more of his later work, and so I will probably get that and sell this off.