The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
All tracks written by The Stooges (Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton and Iggy Stooge (Iggy Pop)).
| Side A | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "1969" | 4:05 |
| 2. | "I Wanna Be Your Dog" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "We Will Fall" | 10:18 |
| Side B | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "No Fun" | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Real Cool Time" | 2:29 |
| 3. | "Ann" | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Not Right" | 2:51 |
| 5. | "Little Doll" | 3:20 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stooges_(album)
Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! A debut album that genuinely offered something completely new at the time (although it took a long time to find its audience). '1969' and ' I Wanna Be Your Dog' have been part of many a teenage band's setlist ever since.
Maire's verdict: Close to a hidden gem, just not quite.
Album 594/1031
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Excursions" | Jonathan Davis | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Buggin' Out" | Davis, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malik Taylor | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Rap Promoter" | Davis, Muhammad | 2:13 |
| 4. | "Butter" | Davis, Muhammad, Taylor | 3:39 |
| 5. | "Verses from the Abstract" (featuring Vinia Mojica and Ron Carter on double bass) | Davis | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Show Business" (featuring Diamond D, Lord Jamar and Sadat X) | Skeff Anselm, Davis, Lorenzo Dechalus, Joseph Kirkland, Muhammad, Derek Murphy, Taylor | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Vibes and Stuff" | Davis, Taylor | 4:18 |
| 8. | "The Infamous Date Rape" | Davis, Muhammad, Taylor | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Check the Rhime" | Davis, Muhammad, Taylor | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Everything Is Fair" | Anselm, Davis, Muhammad, Taylor | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Jazz (We've Got)" | Davis, Muhammad, Taylor | 4:10 |
| 12. | "Skypager" | Davis, Muhammad, Taylor | 2:12 |
| 13. | "What?" | Davis | 2:29 |
| 14. | "Scenario" (featuring Leaders of the New School) | Davis, Bryan Higgins, James Jackson, Muhammad, Trevor Smith, Taylor | 4:10 |
Golf's verdict: Another slice of classic hip-hop that, to my ears, seems much preferable to most of that genre I hear these days. Guess I must get some new ears!
Maire's verdict: Dated in the first song (actually, I think it's the first line) when he refers to a pager. Not that bothered.
Album 595/1031
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
| No. | Title | English translation[*] | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" ([23]) | 1:36 | |
| 2. | "Svefn-g-englar" | "Sleep(walk)ing Angels" | 10:03 |
| 3. | "Starálfur" | "Staring Elf" | 6:45 |
| 4. | "Flugufrelsarinn" | "The Fly's Savior" | 7:47 |
| 5. | "Ný batterí" | "New Batteries" | 8:09 |
| 6. | "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)" | "The Heart Pounds (boom boom boom)" | 7:09 |
| 7. | "Viðrar vel til loftárása" | "Good Weather for an Airstrike" | 10:16 |
| 8. | "Olsen Olsen" | 8:02 | |
| 9. | "Ágætis byrjun" | "A Good Beginning" | 7:55 |
| 10. | "Avalon" | 4:01 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81g%C3%A6tis_byrjun
Golf's verdict: It all sounds lovely. But, as an experiment, we left it on after the album had finished on Spotify and it started automatically playing tracks from their other albums. It was genuinely impossible to tell the difference. When you are responsible for inventing your own genre then I guess that is your prerogative, but doesn't that mean that all you really need to own is one Sigur Ros album?
Maire's verdict: Some lovely tracks but I always find their music quite cold so can't really get into them.
Album 596/1031
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (1988)
All lyrics written by Perry Farrell; all music composed by Jane's Addiction.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Up the Beach" | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Ocean Size" | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Had a Dad" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Ted, Just Admit It...[**]" | 7:23 |
| 5. | "Standing in the Shower... Thinking" | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Summertime Rolls" | 6:18 |
| 7. | "Mountain Song" | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Idiots Rule" | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Jane Says" | 4:52 |
| 10. | "Thank You Boys" | 1:01 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing's_Shocking
Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! One of the greatest rock albums of all time. They're hardly very productive (4 albums in 30 years), but it is always worth waiting for. I never tire of listening to this album.
Maire's verdict: I'm not as big a fan (by any stretch) as Golf. Still a highly recommended album though.
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