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Toys has some filler like “Uncle Salty” and “Adam’s Apple”. Every single song on Rocks is a killer. It stands with Van Halen and Back in Black among hard rock albums.

 

adam’s apple rules!! what the hell!!!

 

Ya i think both those songs are great

Toys has higher highs and some weaker lows, Rocks is pretty consistentantly great, kinda balances out for me.

Nobody’s Fault is one of the great Kashmir rewrites in the rock songbook. And lol i made a playlist of all the ones I’ve found!

 

The really underrated classic on Toys in the Attic for me is "No More, No More". What a song.

 

1. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks.
2. Guy Clark - Old No. 1
3. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

 

I'd go A Brief Inquiry, then I like it when you sleep myself.

 

pardon

 

oh

 

no

 

Hell yeah, Guy Clark. I hope you stay with these threads going forward. Feel like I’ll pick up a good country rec or two

 

Done some listening:

Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco - Tremendo Cache
I never know what to say about Latin music except that Fania records never lets me down. Amazing percussion. Amazing horns. Amazing piano. I wish I could make out more of the lyrics (and knew a little more Spanish). But seriously tremendous summertime music.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Four Wheel Drive
Disappointing. Randy Bachman is always an excellent guitarist, and they do rock, but boy the songs just aren't really there. I legitimately love Not Fragile. It's dumb, charming, and memorable. This one is lacking in two of those, sadly.

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
Less "New Orleans" than I expected. Ambitious, well-produced and sequenced, funky, melodic. He's a just-okay singer, but he more than makes up for it. "Southern Nights" and "What Do You Want the Girl to Do" are better stand-alone in their cover versions (Glenn Campbell and Boz Scaggs, respectively), but Toussaint makes them work in sequence with the album so well.

Elvin Bishop - Struttin' My Stuff
Just insanely fun blues-funk boogie. The guitar playing is obviously great, but the biggest draw for me is the amazing Mickey Thomas (later of Starship) on vocals. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" is a borderline perfect single.

The Who - The Who By Numbers
Really surprised how much I enjoy this, given its reputation. It's a nice comedown from hugely ambitious concept records into something a bit more relaxed and organic (and personal, given the struggles Townsend is chronicling here). There are a bunch of excellent songs that sort of sound like The Who, but the best ones are the oddballs like "Squeeze Box" and "Blue, Red and Grey".

C.W. McCall - Black Bear Road
Undeniably, he can't sing a lick. And sure, "Convoy" was only a #1 pop hit because it came out at the time of the C.B. radio crazy. And yeah, it's weird to have the backing singers take the choruses on a country album. But somehow it fucking works. The talking story songs are always interesting and frequently very funny. The slow ones are generally warm and well-written. And the arrangements are more involved than you'd expect and really pretty, especially on "Oregon Trail". An acquired taste for sure.

Roxy Music - Siren
Shit, this rules. I wasn't expecting it to be such a great guitar record, honestly. And "Love Is the Drug" is a very succinct summary of their greatness.

 

The Who By Numbers definitely surprised me as well, Squeeze Box is pretty great

 

it’s their last good one

 

Is It’s Hard really that bad? I have a hard time believing an album with two songs as amazing as “Athena” and “Eminence Front” could suck so bad

 

band died with keith

 

1. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
2. Queen - A Night At The Opera
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Holy shit this year has so much more iconic shit than the previous. I think I will actually rank a top 10 in order when I have the chance.

 

I know I've said this a few times but I'm legit bummed that I've been pretty much out of the convo for the last few weeks. Finally getting settled in the new house so will be able to dedicate more time to listening starting next week.

 

The Spinners album comes with little cutouts that you can attach to various things or make mobiles very strange.

 

born to run wins with 27. blood on the tracks (26), a night at the opera (22) and wish you were here (21) were all close

 

Closer than I thought it would be.

 

Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate
She may just be the greatest singer America ever produced. It’s hilarious this was considered a bit of a sellout at the time for having a little production. Plenty of really sharp slide playing all over it. Really good record

 

Whoops i forgot to vote

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Neil Young - Tonight’s The Night
Brucey - Born To Run

 

ahh!

 

‘76 incoming?

 

yes sorry, working on it now