Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - Freak Out (1966)
All tracks written by Frank Zappa except where noted.
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" | 3:32 | |
| 2. | "I Ain't Got No Heart" | 2:34 | |
| 3. | "Who Are the Brain Police?" | 3:25 | |
| 4. | "Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder[7]" | Frank Zappa and Ray Collins | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Motherly Love" | 2:50 | |
| 6. | "How Could I Be Such a Fool" | 2:16 | |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 7. | "Wowie Zowie" | 2:55 |
| 8. | "You Didn't Try to Call Me" | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Any Way the Wind Blows" | 2:55 |
| 10. | "I'm Not Satisfied" | 2:41 |
| 11. | "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" | 3:41 |
| Side three | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 12. | "Trouble Every Day" | 5:53 |
| 13. | "Help, I'm a Rock (Suite in Three Movements)
| 8:37 |
| Side four | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 14. | "The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet in Two Tableaux)
| 12:22 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_Out!
Golf's verdict: A relatively straight debut for Frank Zappa, with plenty of tunes to tap the foot to. 'Trouble Every Day', about the Watts riots in LA, could have been written last week. The last track and the introduction of 'Susie Creamcheese' does get a little wearing though. Little evidence of the completely avant-garde stuff which was often to come. Fun Zappa fact: he went to high school with Captain Beefheart. Imagine that school band...
Maire's verdict: It was going reasonably well until the last bloody track which turned me off the album completely.
Album 540/1031
Radiohead - The Bends (1995)
All tracks written by Radiohead (Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke).
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Planet Telex" | 4:19 |
| 2. | "The Bends" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "High and Dry" | 4:17 |
| 4. | "Fake Plastic Trees" | 4:50 |
| 5. | "Bones" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "(Nice Dream)" | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Just" | 3:54 |
| 8. | "My Iron Lung" | 4:36 |
| 9. | "Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was" | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Black Star" | 4:07 |
| 11. | "Sulk" | 3:42 |
| 12. | "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" | 4:12 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bends
Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! The first of Radiohead's albums that now competes to be identified as their best work. We're still largely in indie-guitar territory but the pathos the music and - particularly - Thom Yorke's vocal delivery conjure up is quite moving.
Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Just beautiful.
Album 541/1031
Roxy Music - Country Life (1974)
All songs written by Bryan Ferry except where noted.
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "The Thrill of It All" | 6:24 |
| 2. | "Three and Nine" (Ferry, Andy Mackay) | 4:04 |
| 3. | "All I Want Is You" | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Out of the Blue" (Ferry, Phil Manzanera) | 4:46 |
| 5. | "If It Takes All Night" | 3:12 |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Bitter-Sweet" (Ferry, Mackay) | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Triptych" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Casanova" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "A Really Good Time" | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Prairie Rose" (Ferry, Manzanera) | 5:12 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Life_(Roxy_Music_album)
Golf's verdict: Known more for its iconic cover than being full of hits, this collection is still a great listen. Though it is all original compositions, stylistically it is a more similiar to Ferry's solo albums (where he famously covers and often improves on some classic songbook material), with plenty of crooning to the fore.
Maire's verdict: Not my go-to album but he's got such a gorgeous voice you can't help but enjoy it.
Album 542/1031
Love - Forever Changes (1967)
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Alone Again Or" | 3:15 |
| 2. | "A House Is Not a Motel" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Andmoreagain" | 3:15 |
| 4. | "The Daily Planet" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Old Man" | 2:57 |
| 6. | "The Red Telephone" | 4:45 |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Live and Let Live" | 5:24 |
| 3. | "The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This" | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Bummer in the Summer" | 2:20 |
| 5. | "You Set the Scene" | 6:49 |
| Total length: | 42:05[ | |
Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! One of the most unexpected musicial pleasures of my life (so far) was the opportunity to see Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols (of the original Love line-up plus band and orchestra) perform this at the Shepherd's Bush Empire about 12 years ago. Unexpected because relatively recently Arthur had been incarcerated on a 12 year stretch, a victim of the controversial '3 strikes rule' that conveyed ridiculously punative prison sentences for relatively minor offences. That night and this album are about as close to musical perfection as you can get. This would likely be a 'Desert Island Disc' for me, if you were allowed to take LPs! Sadly Arthur died from leukaemia a year or so later. He is an under-appreciated genius, even if just for this one album.
Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Fantastic album and so chuffed we got to see the band with Arthur Lee when they played London a few years ago.
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