Day 3: Public Enemy take on Dame Ziggy with Jeff Buckley gracefully running up that hill

We drove from Warkworth (northern-most town in the Auckland Region) to Russell in the Bay of Islands today (NZ's first capital city, now a gorgeous sun-trap holiday destination). Lots of opportunity for listening as we took the amazingly scenic route of the Tutukaka coast (http://www.tutukakacoastnz.com)

Album 7/1001

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

Side Silver

#	Title	Writer	Samples[80]	Length
1	"Countdown to Armageddon"	Carlton "Chuck D" Ridenhour, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, and Hank Shocklee	"Yo! Bum Rush the Show" by Public Enemy	1:40
2	"Bring the Noise"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"It's My Thing" by Marva Whitney Fire & Fury Grass Roots Speech (Side Two) by Malcolm X "Funky Drummer" by James Brown "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" by James Brown "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by Grand Wizzard Theodore and The Fantastic Five "I Don't Know What This World is Coming to" by The Soul Children feat. Jesse Jackson "Give it Up or Turnit a Loose (Remix)" by James Brown "The Assembly Line" by Commodores	3:46
3	"Don't Believe the Hype"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee, William "Flavor Flav" Drayton	"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss "Escape-ism" and "I Got Ants in My Pants" by James Brown "Silly Rabbit, Trix Are for Kids" by The Trix Rabbit and The Trix Kids "Fugitive" by Whodini "Catch a Groove" by Juice "Do the Funky Penguin (Live)" by Rufus Thomas	5:19
4	"Cold Lampin' with Flavor"	Sadler, Shocklee, Drayton	"Funk It Up (David's Song)" by Sweet "Jungle Fever" by The Chakachas "Gimme Some More" by The J.B.'s "No More Music by the Suckers" by Mr. Magic (2) "I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd "Lesson 1 (The Pay-Off Mix)" by Double Dee and Steinski "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by Beastie Boys "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by Run-D.M.C. "War" by Edwin Starr "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins	4:17
5	"Terminator X to the Edge of Panic"	Ridenhour, Norman "Terminator X" Rogers, Drayton	"Flash's Theme" by Queen "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s "Bad" by Big Audio Dynamite "Love Rap" by Spoonie Gee and Treacherous Three "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" by James Brown "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy	4:31
6	"Mind Terrorist"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"Terminator X Speaks With His Hands", "Bring the Noise", and "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" by Public Enemy	1:21
7	"Louder Than a Bomb"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"Who's Gonna Take the Weight" by Kool & the Gang "Long Red" by Mountain "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by Beastie Boys "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and The Fantastic Five "Catch a Groove" by Juice "One for the Treble (Fresh)" by Davy DMX "It's Yours" by T La Rock and Jazzy Jay "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by Run-D.M.C. "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy	3:37
8	"Caught, Can We Get a Witness?"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"Son of Shaft" by Bar-Kays "Hot Pants (Bonus Beats)" by Bobby Byrd "Soul Power (Live)" by James Brown "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" by Public Enemy	4:53

Side Black

#	Title	Writer	Samples[80]	Length
9	"Show 'Em Whatcha Got"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"Darkest Light" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band "Son of Shaft / Feel It" by Bar-Kays "Bring the Noise" and "Louder Than a Bomb" by Public Enemy	1:56
10	"She Watch Channel Zero?!"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee, Richard "Professor Griff" Griffin, Drayton	"Angel of Death" by Slayer "Funky Drummer" by James Brown	3:49
11	"Night of the Living Baseheads"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"The Grunt" by The J.B.'s "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations "UFO" by ESG "Fame" by David Bowie "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow "Do the Funky Chicken (Live)" and "Do the Funky Penguin (Live)" by Rufus Thomas "Rappin' Ain't No Thing" by The Boogie Boys feat. Disco Dave, Kid Delight and Kool Ski "I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" by The Soul Children feat. Jesse Jackson "Funk Box Party" by The Masterdon Committee "Son of Shaft / Feel It" by Bar-Kays "Do It, Do It" by Disco 4 "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush Groove 1)" and "Rock the House" by Run-D.M.C. "My Mike Sounds Nice" by Salt-N-Pepa "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy Khalid Abdul Muhammad speech excerpt "Change the Beat (Female Version)" by Beside	3:14
12	"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee, Drayton	"Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder "Little Green Apples" by The Escorts "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy	6:23
13	"Security of the First World"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	--	1:20
14	"Rebel Without a Pause"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee, Rogers	"The Grunt" by The J.B.'s "Funky Drummer" and "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown "I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" by The Soul Children feat. Jesse Jackson "Rock 'N Roll Dude" by Chubb Rock "Pee-Wee's Dance" by Joeski Love "Rock Music" by Jefferson Starship	5:02
15	"Prophets of Rage"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee, Drayton	"Cold Sweat" and "The Payback Mix (Keep on Doing What You're Doing but Make It Funky)" by James Brown "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire "Pump That Bass" by Original Concept "Hum Along and Dance" by The Jackson 5 "Bring the Noise" and "Miuzi Weighs a Ton" by Public Enemy	3:18
16	"Party for Your Right to Fight"	Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee	"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by Beastie Boys "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly and the Family Stone "Butt-to-Butt Resuscitation" by Funkadelic "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley and The Wailers "I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" by James Brown "Bring the Noise" and "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" by Public Enemy 1964 Boston Radio Broadcast by Malcolm X	3:24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Nation_of_Millions_to_Hold_Us_Back#Track_listing

Golf's verdict: I HATED this in 1988. The only rap I really liked in those days was NWA and it took me until relatively recently to realise how great P.E. were/are. I think it was the London Paralympics and Channel 4 using one of their songs for its theme music. Jam packed full of great samples and some vitriolic rapping.

Maire's verdict: Really enjoyed this, much to my surprise.

Album 8/1001

David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Five Years"	4:42
2.	"Soul Love"	3:34
3.	"Moonage Daydream"	4:40
4.	"Starman"	4:10
5.	"It Ain't Easy" (Ron Davies)	2:58
Total length:		20:04

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Lady Stardust"	3:22
7.	"Star"	2:47
8.	"Hang On to Yourself"	2:40
9.	"Ziggy Stardust"	3:13
10.	"Suffragette City"	3:25
11.	"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"	2:58

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars#Track_listing

Golf's verdict: Probably my favourite Bowie album, but it is so hard to choose. Another loose 'concept' album where I have a movie playing in my head when I listen to it. Often it's a completely different movie.

Maire's verdict: Genius.

Album 9/1001

Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mojo Pin"	Jeff Buckley Gary Lucas	5:42
2.	"Grace"	Jeff Buckley Gary Lucas	5:22
3.	"Last Goodbye"	Jeff Buckley[42]	4:35
4.	"Lilac Wine"	James Shelton	4:32
5.	"So Real"	Jeff Buckley Michael Tighe	4:43
6.	"Hallelujah"	Leonard Cohen	6:53
7.	"Lover, You Should've Come Over"	Jeff Buckley	6:43
8.	"Corpus Christi Carol"	Traditional Benjamin Britten	2:56
9.	"Eternal Life"	Jeff Buckley	4:52
10.	"Dream Brother"	Jeff Buckley Mick Grøndahl Matt Johnson	5:26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_(Jeff_Buckley_album)#Track_listing

Golf's verdict: Tragically dead too soon, who knows what he could have gone on to achieve? Instead, he only managed this one real album which, despite Hallelujah (best ever version of the Leonard Cohen standard) is a little too similar in places to be a true classic in my opinion. Grace is another stand-out track.

Maire's verdict: Despite a couple of truely amazing tracks, this is basically a 'whine-a-thon'.

Album 10/1001

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

Side one: Hounds of Love
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)"	5:03
2.	"Hounds of Love"	3:02
3.	"The Big Sky"	4:41
4.	"Mother Stands for Comfort"	3:07
5.	"Cloudbusting"	5:10
Total length:		21:03

Side two: The Ninth Wave
No.	Title	Length
6.	"And Dream of Sheep"	2:45
7.	"Under Ice"	2:21
8.	"Waking the Witch"	4:18
9.	"Watching You Without Me"	4:06
10.	"Jig of Life"	4:04
11.	"Hello Earth"	6:13
12.	"The Morning Fog"	2:34

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounds_of_Love#Track_listing

Golf's verdict: KB at the absolute top of her game. Almost sounds like a best of, with Side One in particular just gem after gem.

Maire's verdict: Only ever really heard the  'best of' before but could have quite happily had this on repeat. Much needed after the previous album!