Day 11: Today, some Electric Garbage from a Grievous Angel

Album 39/1031

The Beach Boys - Today! (1965)

Side one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman)	Dennis Wilson	2:19
2.	"Good to My Baby"	B. Wilson with Love	2:16
3.	"Don't Hurt My Little Sister"	Love with B. Wilson	2:07
4.	"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"	Love with B. Wilson	2:01
5.	"Help Me, Ronda"	Al Jardine	3:08
6.	"Dance, Dance, Dance" (B. Wilson/Carl Wilson/Love)	Love	1:59

Side two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Please Let Me Wonder"	B. Wilson with Love	2:45
2.	"I'm So Young" (William H. "Prez" Tyus, Jr.)	B. Wilson	2:30
3.	"Kiss Me, Baby"	B. Wilson with Love	2:35
4.	"She Knows Me Too Well"	B. Wilson	2:27
5.	"In the Back of My Mind"	D. Wilson	2:07
6.	"Bull Session with the 'Big Daddy'" (The Beach Boys)	Earl Leaf, Ron Swallow, B. Wilson, Love, D. Wilson, Marilyn Wilson, and C. Wilson	2:10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys_Today!

Golf's verdict: Less than 30 mins long, but packed full of great tunes. The second side in particular is a prelude to the following year's Pet Sounds.

Maire's verdict: Didn't really know this album but spent half of my flight to Wellington with a big smile on my face and my feet tapping away (luckily no-one was sitting next to me as I may well has been humming along at one point).

Album 40/1031

Garbage - Garbage (1995)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Supervixen"		3:55
2.	"Queer"		4:36
3.	"Only Happy When It Rains"		3:56
4.	"As Heaven Is Wide"		4:44
5.	"Not My Idea"		3:41
6.	"A Stroke of Luck"		4:44
7.	"Vow"		4:30
8.	"Stupid Girl"	Garbage Joe Strummer Mick Jones	4:18
9.	"Dog New Tricks"		3:56
10.	"My Lover's Box"		3:55
11.	"Fix Me Now"		4:43
12.	"Milk"		3:53

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_(album)

Golf's verdict: Their sound was so fresh and different when this first came out. Whilst they've pretty much stuck to the same formula ever since, this is a cracking debut, never bettered.

Maire's verdict: I still like this album but not as much as when I first heard it.

Album 41/1031

Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (1974)

• Side One:

1. "Return of the Grievous Angel" (Gram Parsons, Tom Brown) – 4:19
2. "Hearts on Fire" (Walter Egan, Tom Guidera) – 3:50
3. "I Can't Dance" (Tom T. Hall) – 2:20
4. "Brass Buttons" (Parsons) – 3:27
5. "$1000 Wedding" (Parsons) – 5:00

• Side Two:

1. "Medley Live from Northern Quebec:"
   (a) "Cash on the Barrelhead" (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) – 2:12
   (b) "Hickory Wind" (Parsons, Bob Buchanan) – 4:15
2. "Love Hurts" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:40
3. "Ooh Las Vegas" (Parsons, Ric Grech) – 3:29
4. "In My Hour of Darkness" (Parsons, Emmylou Harris) – 3:42

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievous_Angel

Golf's verdict: He's a real acquired taste and one I've tried and failed to acquire a number of times over the years. The 'honky tonk' country rock sound was his innovation and some of the harmonies with Emmylou Harris are sublime, but only 'Love Hurts' would make it onto my regular playlist.

Maire's verdict: Boring.

Album 42/1031

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin (1958)

LP Side One

1. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf)  – 3:23
2. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer)  – 3:26
3. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye)  – 3:48
4. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael)  – 2:59
5. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)  – 2:53
6. "Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis)  – 3:24

LP Side Two

1. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer)  – 3:17
2. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)  – 4:01
3. "But Beautiful" (w. Johnny Burke, m. Jimmy Van Heusen)  – 4:29
4. "Glad to Be Unhappy" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)  – 4:07
5. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder)  – 3:23
6. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding)  – 4:46

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_in_Satin

Golf's verdict: Almost the last thing she did and by this stage her voice was badly damaged from years of drug abuse. But that matters little when the song choice and the way she sings them is so well judged. A pretty emotional listen.

Maire's verdict: An album to listen to and cry. Gorgeous.

Album 43/1031

The Cult - Electric (1987)

All songs written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, except where noted.

1. "Wild Flower" – 3:37
2. "Peace Dog" – 3:34
3. "Lil' Devil" – 2:44
4. "Aphrodisiac Jacket" – 4:11
5. "Electric Ocean" – 2:49
6. "Bad Fun" – 3:33
7. "King Contrary Man" – 3:12
8. "Love Removal Machine" – 4:17
9. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:55
10. "Outlaw" – 2:52
11. "Memphis Hip Shake" – 4:01

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_(The_Cult_album)

Golf's verdict: Another absolute cracker of a production from the great Rick Rubin, from back when he was better known for running Def Jam and producing New York Hip Hop. Only the pedestrian cover of Born to be Wild is a dud and Love Removal Machine is still one of the best hard rock tracks ever recorded.

Maire's verdict: A great album from a favoured band.