Day 126: Red lights flashing through the window in the rain...

Maire has a Triple Gem Day!


Album 389/1031

Neil Young - After the Goldrush (1970)

All songs written by Neil Young except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tell Me Why"	2:54
2.	"After the Gold Rush"	3:45
3.	"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"	3:05
4.	"Southern Man"	5:31
5.	"Till the Morning Comes"	1:17

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson)	3:47
7.	"Don't Let It Bring You Down"	2:56
8.	"Birds"	2:34
9.	"When You Dance I Can Really Love"	4:05
10.	"I Believe in You"	3:24
11.	"Cripple Creek Ferry"	1:34

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Toss up between this and 'Harvest' for NY's best album - and therefore one of the best albums of all time.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM: Just a fantastic album. 

Album 390/1031

Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs (1998)

All lyrics by Jonathan Donahue, except "Hudson Line" by Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak, and "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" by Jimy Chambers. All music by Jonathan Donahue and Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak.

1. "Holes" – 5:55
2. "Tonite It Shows" – 3:40
3. "Endlessly" – 4:25
4. "I Collect Coins" – 1:27
5. "Opus 40" – 5:10
6. "Hudson Line" – 2:54
7. "The Happy End (The Drunk Room)" – 2:06
8. "Goddess on a Hiway" – 3:45
9. "The Funny Bird" – 5:51
10. "Pick Up If You're There" – 3:05
11. "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp"
    (Untitled instrumental) (hidden track) – 6:17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserter%27s_Songs

Golf's verdict: A really beautiful listen.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Once again, I had a preconceived idea of what this album would be like (and was wrong). Absolutely loved it. Will admit to checking to see if I was playing the right album when I first started listening as was convinced I had Flaming Lips on. 
Album 391/1031

Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)

All tracks written by Sinéad O'Connor, except where noted.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feel So Different"		6:47
2.	"I Am Stretched on Your Grave"	Anonymous Philip King	5:33
3.	"Three Babies"		4:47
4.	"The Emperor's New Clothes"		5:16
5.	"Black Boys on Mopeds"		3:53
6.	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Prince	5:10
7.	"Jump in the River"	O'Connor Marco Pirroni	4:12
8.	"You Cause as Much Sorrow"		5:04
9.	"The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"		4:40
10.	"I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"		5:47

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do_Not_Want_What_I_Haven%27t_Got

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! She is really underrated as a songwriter, partly (I guess) because her most famous song is a Prince cover. Closer inspection of the credits here reveal her co-writer on 'Jump in the River' was none other than Marco Pirroni. Yes, this Marco Pirroni:

Maire's verdict:HIDDEN GEM! This is the time when I loved Sinead's music. Shame it doesn't have 'Troy' as a track but apart from that it's pretty close to perfect.