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.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Marti Jones - Unsophisticated Time [A&M, 1985]: 8.5 (high A-)
This is a mid-eighties, near-classic bit of proto-Americana or something like that. Maybe the female version of Thomas Jefferson Kaye a decade later. I know that's a strange and possibly useless comparison but it's what came into my head. And I despise comparisons. I'm not really comparing them so much as trying to locate them in some kind of genre, which is difficult. Anyway, I lean towards 8.25 but round up in that case. Got a sealed vinyl copy for a ridiculously good price, so a bit of a treasure. It was released originally on CD but only in Germany. Then there was some Don Dixon boutique CD reissue in 2000, but essentially, this is vinyl-only. Very happy to discover this, 41 years after its release.
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