Day 222: I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm...

Album 756/1031

XTC - Skylarking (1986)

All tracks written by by Andy Partridge, except where otherwise indicated..

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Summer's Cauldron"		3:19
2.	"Grass"	Colin Moulding	3:05
3.	"The Meeting Place"	Moulding	3:14
4.	"That's Really Super, Supergirl"		3:21
5.	"Ballet for a Rainy Day"		2:50
6.	"1000 Umbrellas"		3:44
7.	"Season Cycle"		3:21

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Earn Enough for Us"		2:54
2.	"Big Day"	Moulding	3:32
3.	"Another Satellite"		4:15
4.	"Mermaid Smiled" (removed after the album was reissued with "Dear God"; restored on post-2001 reissues)		2:26
5.	"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul"		3:24
6.	"Dear God" (not included on initial pressings)		3:34
7.	"Dying"	Moulding	2:31
8.	"Sacrificial Bonfire"	Moulding	3:49

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Pastoral English genius from Partridge and Moulding. Lovingly produced by Todd Rundgren (on the evidence of this challenge a better producer than he is performer).

Maire's verdict: I really rather enjoyed this. Very pleasant for a morning bus commute. Will listen to it again, I'm sure, but not an urgent requirement.

Album 757/1031

John Cale - Paris 1919 (1975)

All tracks written by John Cale.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Child's Christmas in Wales"	3:21
2.	"Hanky Panky Nohow"	2:46
3.	"The Endless Plain of Fortune"	4:13
4.	"Andalucia"	3:54
5.	"Macbeth"	3:08

Side B
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Paris 1919"	4:07
7.	"Graham Greene"	3:00
8.	"Half Past France"	4:20
9.	"Antarctica Starts Here"	2:47

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_1919_(album)

Golf's verdict: Doesn't sound anything like the Velvet Underground, which I imagine was the point and probably a great relief to Maire. Speaking of producers (see above) John C produced the next band's debut...

Maire's verdict: Wasn't that interested.

Album 758/1031

The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)

All tracks written by Iggy Pop and James Williamson.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Search and Destroy"	3:29
2.	"Gimme Danger"	3:33
3.	"Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell" (originally titled "Hard to Beat")	4:54
4.	"Penetration"	3:41

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Raw Power"	4:16
6.	"I Need Somebody"	4:53
7.	"Shake Appeal"	3:04
8.	"Death Trip"	6:07

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Their eponymous debut is my favourite, but this, their last real album until returning very recently, is a close second. Bowie was behind the desk for this one and his influence shows.

Maire's verdict: Great fun.

Album 759/1031

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)

All tracks written by Bert Jansch, except where specified.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Strolling Down the Highway"		3:06
2.	"Smokey River" (Instrumental)		2:56
3.	"Oh How Your Love Is Strong"		3:40
4.	"I Have No Time"		3:09
5.	"Finches" (Instrumental)		0:51
6.	"Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me"		3:18
7.	"Veronica" (Instrumental)		1:32
8.	"Needle of Death"		3:20
9.	"Do You Hear Me Now?"		2:06
10.	"Alice's Wonderland" (Instrumental; inspired by Charles Mingus)		1:46
11.	"Running From Home"		2:24
12.	"Courting Blues"		4:02
13.	"Casbah" (Instrumental)		2:10
14.	"Dreams of Love"		1:44
15.	"Angie" (Instrumental)	Davey Graham	3:15

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

Golf's verdict: Britain's least celebrated guitar genius (potentially), largely on account of persisting in toeing the folk and acoustic line (as well as a significant habit). Highly enjoyable. 

Maire's verdict: Enjoyed it far more than I was expecting, which was nice.