Day 122: Leave your cares behind, these are the good times...

Album 375/1031

Chic - Risque (1979)

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Good Times"	8:08
2.	"A Warm Summer Night"	6:10
3.	"My Feet Keep Dancing"	6:38

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"My Forbidden Lover"	4:39
5.	"Can't Stand to Love You"	2:56
6.	"Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)"	4:06
7.	"What About Me?"	4:09

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risqu%C3%A9_(album)

Golf's verdict: Musical uppers. If only you could bottle it.

Maire's verdict: Fun to listen to on an early morning - gears you up for the day 😍

Album 376/1031

Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986)

All songs written by Steve Earle unless otherwise noted

1. "Guitar Town" – 2:33
2. "Goodbye's All We've Got Left" – 3:16
3. "Hillbilly Highway" (Earle, Jimbeau Hinson) – 3:38
4. "Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)" (Earle, Richard Bennett) – 3:58
5. "My Old Friend the Blues" – 3:07
6. "Someday" – 3:46
7. "Think It Over" (Bennett, Earle) – 2:13
8. "Fearless Heart" – 4:04
9. "Little Rock 'n' Roller" – 4:49
10. "Down the Road" (Tony Brown, Earle, Hinson) – 2:37

Bonus track on 2002 Remastered CD

1. "State Trooper" [live] (Bruce Springsteen)

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

Golf's verdict: So this is what Steve Earle sounds like. Pretty good country rock with a decent Springsteen cover thrown in.

Maire's verdict: Nothing like a bit o' country.... but it did get a bit same-y.


Album 377/1031

The Monkees - Headquarters (1967)

Side 1

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"You Told Me" (Michael Nesmith)	Michael Nesmith	2:25
2.	"I'll Spend My Life with You" (Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart)	Micky Dolenz	2:26
3.	"Forget That Girl" (Douglas Farthing Hatlelid)	Davy Jones	2:25
4.	"Band 6" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork)	instrumental	0:41
5.	"You Just May Be the One" (Michael Nesmith)	Michael Nesmith	2:03
6.	"Shades of Gray" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)	Davy Jones, Peter Tork	3:22
7.	"I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" (Boyce / Hart)	Davy Jones	2:27

Side 2

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"For Pete's Sake" (Peter Tork, Joey Richards)	Micky Dolenz	2:11
2.	"Mr. Webster" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)	Micky Dolenz	2:05
3.	"Sunny Girlfriend" (Michael Nesmith)	Michael Nesmith	2:33
4.	"Zilch" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork)	Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork	1:06
5.	"No Time" (Hank Cicalo)	Micky Dolenz	2:08
6.	"Early Morning Blues and Greens" (Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller)	Davy Jones	2:35
7.	"Randy Scouse Git" (Micky Dolenz)	Micky Dolenz	2:40

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

Golf's verdict: It may not have too many hits on it, but this is still decent hummable stuff. And it does contain a song called 'Randy Scouse Git' (presumably about Davy Jones), one of the best titles ever.

Maire's verdict: Nothing comes close to 'Daydream Believer' but I did really enjoy it.

Album 378/1031

The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)

All selections produced by Norman Whitfield.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Leads(s)	Length
1.	"Cloud Nine"	Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield	Edwards, Kendricks, P. Williams, Franklin, O. Williams	3:27
2.	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Strong, Whitfield	Edwards, Kendricks	3:00
3.	"Run Away Child, Running Wild"	Strong, Whitfield	Edwards, Kendricks, P. Williams, Franklin, O. Williams	9:38

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Leads(s)	Length
1.	"Love is a Hurtin' Thing"	Ben Raleigh, Dave Linden	Edwards, Kendricks, Franklin	2:28
2.	"Hey Girl"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	P. Williams	2:38
3.	"Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)"	Strong, Whitfield	Edwards	2:56
4.	"I Need Your Lovin'"	Strong, Whitfield	Kendricks	2:35
5.	"Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me"	Strong, Whitfield	P. Williams	2:31
6.	"I Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back)"	Strong, Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Cornelius Grant, Eddie Kendricks	Edwards	3:00
7.	"Gonna Keep on Tryin' till I Win Your Love"	Strong, Whitfield	Edwards	2:32

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Nine_(The_Temptations_album)

Golf's verdict: A cracking selection of psychedelic soul from a band in their prime.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Now we're talking! May not be the version of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' you know but this is 30 odd minutes of gorgeousness.