Day 152: Hey honey what you trying to say..

Album 484/1031

Jeff Beck - Truth (1968)

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shapes of Things"	Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith	3:22
2.	"Let Me Love You"	Jeffrey Rod	4:44
3.	"Morning Dew"	Bonnie Dobson	4:40
4.	"You Shook Me"	Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir	2:33
5.	"Ol' Man River"	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	4:01

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Greensleeves"	Traditional	1:50
2.	"Rock My Plimsoul"	Jeffrey Rod	4:13
3.	"Beck's Bolero"	Jimmy Page	2:54
4.	"Blues Deluxe"	Jeffrey Rod	7:33
5.	"I Ain't Superstitious"	Willie Dixon	4:53

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_(Jeff_Beck_album)

Golf's verdict: Knowing Jeff Beck only as a Yardbirds guitarist and also for the Christmas staple 'Hi-ho Silver Lining' I remarked to Maire how surprised I was to hear how much he sounded like Rod Stewart. Turns out this solo album is actually largely sung by the tartan mulleteer, leaving Jeff to noodle nicely in the background. Rather enjoyed it.

Maire's verdict: I quite enjoyed the blues tracks but hate 'Greensleeves'.

Album 485/1031

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)

1. "Fisherman's Blues" (Mike Scott, Steve Wickham) – 4:26
2. "We Will Not Be Lovers" (Scott) – 7:03
3. "Strange Boat" (Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite) – 3:06
4. "World Party" (Scott, Trevor Hutchinson, Karl Wallinger) – 4:01
5. "Sweet Thing" (Van Morrison) – 7:14
6. "Jimmy Hickey's Waltz" (Scott, Wickham, Thistlethwaite) – 2:06
7. "And a Bang on the Ear" (Scott, Wickham, Thistlethwaite) – 9:14
8. "Has Anybody Here Seen Hank" (Scott) – 3:19
9. "When Will We Be Married" (Traditional, adapted: Scott, Thistlethwaite) – 3:01
10. "When Ye Go Away" (Scott) – 3:45
11. "Dunford's Fancy" (Wickham) – 1:04
12. "The Stolen Child" (Words: W.B. Yeats, Music: Scott) – 6:55
13. "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) – 0:56

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman's_Blues

Golf's verdict: Sails rather too close to 'Oirish' pastiche at times, especially on 'The Stolen Child' but there are enough great tracks on this to make up for that.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Haven't listened to this album in over 20 years. Loved it.

Album 486/1031

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands (1987)

Side 1

1. "Darklands" – 5:29
2. "Deep One Perfect Morning" – 2:43
3. "Happy When It Rains" – 3:36
4. "Down on Me" – 2:36
5. "Nine Million Rainy Days" – 4:29

Side 2

1. "April Skies" – 4:00
2. "Fall" – 2:28
3. "Cherry Came Too" – 3:06
4. "On the Wall" – 5:05
5. "About You" – 2:33

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

Golf's verdict: Music appreciation is a funny thing. By rights I should be dead centre in the target demographic for J&MC, given my love of 80s guitar music. But they have never quite done it for me and I have tried both Darklands and Psychocandy on for size many times in the last 30 odd years. It's not bad at all. I love 'April Skies' and 'Happy When It Rains' and woud happily sit and listen to it, but for some reason it's never going to be an essential purchase.

Maire's verdict: I was never a big J&MC fan but some great tracks made it a very pleasant listen.