#520 Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits has already been on the list two times so I really do not have much to say. I have never heard of his album Swordfishtrombones. I wonder if he will be good in the experimental rock genre. I accidentally listened to Waits’ album with Crystal Gayle One From the Heart. It is a […]

#519 The The – Soul Mining

Soul Mining from synth-pop/post-punk band The The is definitely something I have heard a lot. The only thing I wish I could change about them is their name. It is a bit weird. It is my least favourite English word. It sounds like baby or a moron talking: da da. I remember when I first […]

#518 R.E.M. – Murmur

R.E.M. is definitely a band I have heard of and listened to a lot. I was a big fan. Unfortunately, I never saw them in concert and since they disbanded I never will. I do not like seeing bands where the members are too old to sing anyway. If you are a singer and your voice has faded […]

#517 Def Leppard – Pyromania

Def Leppard is one rock band that I was a huge fan of in the 80s. It was a minor infatuation with their second album High ‘n’ Dry and it grew with the release of their third album Pyromania. This album had three hit songs for me: “Photograph“, “Foolin’“, and “Rock of Ages“. I can […]

#516 Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren is someone I have heard of from the 80s. I cannot name a song, but I am sure it will be on Duck Rock. I remember who, vaguely, played one of his songs for me. It was someone that I met in my neighbourhood. Definitely not someone important to my life. McLaren was […]

#515 Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes‘ debut album reach the record shops of America in 1983. This is a band that I have heard of, but I have not heard much of their music. This album is a mix of folk punk and post-punk. “Blister in the Sun” is the only song that I realised that I have heard […]

#514 Duran Duran – Rio

Duran Duran was one of the bands from the early 80s that I really liked. They were in the right place at the right time in history. MTV was a new way to promote music. The band had a slick sound and an even slicker look. It was a perfect match. In the UK they […]

#513 Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden again? Number Of The Beast does not seem like a great title. It was their third studio album and the first to feature new vocalist Bruce Dickinson. I wonder if he is better than the previous singer. I did not like this album. Dickinson reminds me of Jack Black for some reason. His voice […]

#512 The Associates – Sulk

The Associates‘ Sulk is an album I have never heard. I have not heard of the band either. This is the second album from the Scottish pop band. They were admired by many artists from Bono to Bjork. The duo, singer Billy Mackenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine, started the band in 1979. Mackenzie committed suicide in […]

#511 Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen‘s Nebraska is his sixth studio album and it was originally a set of demos. It is considered a somber album and Springsteen did not tour for this reason. The first song “Nebraska” is really naked. It tells the tale of Charles Starkweather, who along with his teenage girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate murdered 11 people […]