Day 60: It's about time we had some Dolly P and Prince. Shame they never managed a duet...

Album 191/1031

Suicide - Suicide (1977)

All songs written by Alan Vega and Martin Rev.^[45]

Side one

1. "Ghost Rider" – 2:34
2. "Rocket U.S.A." – 4:16
3. "Cheree" – 3:42
4. "Johnny" – 2:11
5. "Girl" – 4:05

Side two

6. "Frankie Teardrop" – 10:26
7. "Che" – 4:53

Reissue bonus tracks

8. "Cheree" (Remix)
9. "I Remember"
10. "Keep Your Dreams"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_(1977_album)

Golf's verdict: Cheree is midly diverting but Suicide are yet another band on the list because of their impeccable credibility of being first, rather than being best. In their case, they were the 'first' New York new wave band to really embrace electronic music to the exclusion of all else. That's great, but those that came after did it better. Frankie Teardrop is about 10:25 too long.

Maire's verdict: Immature rubbish.

Album 192/1031

Dolly Parton - A Coat of Many Colors (1971)

All tracks written by Dolly Parton, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Coat of Many Colors"		3:05
2.	"Traveling Man"		2:40
3.	"My Blue Tears"		2:16
4.	"If I Lose My Mind"	Porter Wagoner	2:29
5.	"The Mystery of the Mystery"	Porter Wagoner	2:28

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like)"		2:41
7.	"Early Morning Breeze"		2:54
8.	"The Way I See You"	Porter Wagoner	2:46
9.	"Here I Am"		3:19
10.	"A Better Place to Live"		2:39

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

Golf's verdict: In a single 12 month period in 2015 and 2016 we managed to see both Dolly and Prince in concert. Both of them knew what their audience wanted and how to give it to them, with seconds. This early effort from DP was actually her EIGHTH album. She's been at it a long time. She's really underated as a songwriter and there's a lot of evidence to back that up on here.

Maire's verdict: Gotta love a bit of Dolly. 'Coat of Many Colours' is a great song and enjoyed the rest of the album as well.

Album 193/1031

Prince - 1999 (1982)

All tracks written by Prince.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"1999"	6:15
2.	"Little Red Corvette"	5:03
3.	"Delirious"	4:00

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Let's Pretend We're Married"	7:21
5.	"D.M.S.R."	8:17

Side three
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Automatic"	9:28
7.	"Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)"	4:02
8.	"Free"	5:08

Side four
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Lady Cab Driver"	8:19
10.	"All the Critics Love U in New York"	5:59
11.	"International Lover"	6:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_(Prince_album)

Golf's verdict: Not sure I had ever listened to this album. So many of our memories of him started with the When Doves Fly video on MTV (after which 1999 and Little Red Corvette got rereleased and charted in the UK). Signs of the greatness to come and that kept on coming. He may have been a little self-indulgent and often sabotaged his own career, but until last April I always had so much confidence that he would always come up with something new and interesting on a regular cycle. And when he played Auckland with just his piano and microphone it was genuinely like being in the presence of a musical genius. What a loss.

Maire's verdict: I'd forgotten what a genius Prince was until we saw him live last year (straight into my Top 5 gigs). This isn't my favourite album by him - Purple Rain probably takes that crown - but it's got 'Little Red Corvette' and '1999' as the standout tracks, so definitely worth a listen or two.