Another day, another album! This time around, Matthew Sweet’s 1991 power pop / alternative rock masterpiece Girlfriend.
“Girlfriend” by Matthew Sweet (No. 72)
“Mother Love Bone” by Mother Love Bone (No. 73)
At the intersection of glam rock and grunge, you’ve got Mother Love Bone, a band that burned out before its first and only studio album was released. Mother Love Bone, a compilation […]
“The Depths of a Year” by Ehren Starks (No. 74)
Today’s album was discovered by rummaging through the Magnatune catalog. This one is The Depths of a Year by Ehren Starks. Magnatune lists Depths in several categories: jazz, instrumental, neoclassical, piano, and […]
“Spike” by Elvis Costello (No. 75)
Spike features Elvis Costello’s highest-charting single, “Veronica” – co-written with and featuring Paul McCartney. That’s just the cherry on the sundae for this album, though.
“Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea” by The Cure (No. 76)
Today’s pick is a look at the early work of The Cure. Standing on a Beach and Staring at the Sea are co-sharing the pick for #76, because the titles are almost […]
“Free” by Concrete Blonde (No. 77)
Free, the second album from LA-based Concrete Blonde is today’s pick for my top 100 favorite albums. Concrete Blonde sits in the 80s/90s “Alternative/Indie” bucket, which means they’re not exactly top 40, […]
“Evolution” by Journey (No. 78)
There are many sins in programming music on radio stations, but here are a few biggies: “Train wrecks,” where the second song is jarring and takes the listener out of the moment; […]
“Ekstasis” by Nicky Skopelitis (No. 79)
On the off chance that anyone is actually playing along at home, I feel bad about listing records that you can’t easily find on Spotify, Google Play, or other digital music services. […]
“Whip-Smart” by Liz Phair (No. 80)
Liz Phair‘s Whip-Smart is a perfect Saturday afternoon album. By happy accident, that’s when I’m re-listening to Whip-Smart and writing this post. Whip-Smart is not a radio-friendly album, unless the radio station […]
“Hack” by Information Society (No. 81)
Hack may, in fact, be the only album to sample a Walt Disney read-a-long album and James Brown on the same track. The fact that it works is just the icing on […]