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Love and Rockets

22 Oct 202122 Oct 2021

Love and Rockets (1989) https://open.spotify.com/album/41AN8Y0MHGV2OcE1FjJHfE?si=GMQ-DJoBTR6vTRVWkhG5sg Thoughts Before Listening Scott I vividly remember hearing this song as a teenager and thinking how low-key cool it was. It’s like they were trying…

Big In Japan…

Yello

15 Oct 202115 Oct 2021

Stella (1985) https://open.spotify.com/album/3Df3vYTyJKTZobnCvNUNMC?si=AoPcPDr3QuiULX0W_7m28w Thoughts Before Listening This is something that we haven't tried before... "Big In Japan" is a new review category. The idea is that there are bands and…

Devo

8 Oct 20217 Oct 2021

Freedom of Choice (1980) https://open.spotify.com/album/6UsP4NQ9K4L4Nqxj0Qis41?si=xg_B_w0zR8uCc5Qbm0H1Yg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott Devo is weird. There, that pretty much sums up my Devo knowledge. That’s not entirely true - I know they wore…

Enya

1 Oct 202130 Sep 2021

Watermark (1988) https://open.spotify.com/album/2FZ2y8Z5sTRSnnSa8DIPHz?si=_x--EjPuRjuzDC1Wc6Tfmg&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott I remember Enya being a very unlikely hit-maker. Her music was cool, but definitely not your usual Top 100 fare (let alone Top…

Bobby McFerrin

18 Sep 202118 Sep 2021

Simple Pleasures (1988) https://open.spotify.com/album/4zhRkgoZKC2xCPPys1gK4b?si=vXJfHyIwTA2hJmgsTciu6g&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott So this is a tricky review for me. When “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” came out, many, many years ago, I picked up…

Barenaked Ladies

3 Sep 20212 Sep 2021

Stunt (1998) https://open.spotify.com/album/0DuFDnZcj7B4R0Jik1aDmY?si=4lE8upQDQ8-n01pQEeapLA&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott Before a (relatively) angry Canadian mob shows up at our collective doors wielding hockey sticks and citronella torches, know this - in Canada…

EMF

27 Aug 202126 Aug 2021

Schubert Dip (1991) https://open.spotify.com/album/475PE6J6LTBGBpt26rRrHe?si=mLw64hNxQW2_nyxnugC-yA&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott Ah, EMF. As was the case with many of our hits, “Unbelievable” was everywhere when it came out. It saw longevity that…

The Cardigans

13 Aug 20211 Jan 2022

First Band On The Moon (1996) https://open.spotify.com/album/56vFkneGivqQcoNQq362iZ?si=hKenQ8O5Rz2oq7IkoB9lAg&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott Sweden has brought a lot to the pop world over the years - ABBA, Roxette, Ace of Base, and…

Right Said Fred

6 Aug 20216 Aug 2021

Up (1992) https://open.spotify.com/album/1qgGxfnTXeBOkBNnLzDi36?si=0v3XET1jQEuoiHNgMiqpQQ&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott There probably isn’t anyone who hasn’t heard “I’m Too Sexy”. It was literally everywhere when it topped the charts in ‘92. It’s an odd…

The Verve

30 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Urban Hymns (1997) https://open.spotify.com/album/52AeC4gwbxDfFlLHgK1ByD?si=Mz3YabCmQbSa8NfmCtGFBg&dl_branch=1 Thoughts Before Listening Scott Once again, I know only the one song from this One Hit Wonder. “Bitter Sweet Symphony” is a big, sweeping, beautifully arranged…