Day 151: With the money from her accident she bought herself a mobile home...

Album 479/1031

Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman about Poetry (1986)

All tracks written by Billy Bragg, except where noted.

1. "Greetings to the New Brunette" – 3:29
2. "Train Train" (Zenon De Fleur) – 2:11
3. "The Marriage" – 2:30
4. "Ideology" (Bragg, Bob Dylan) – 3:27
5. "Levi Stubbs' Tears" – 3:28
6. "Honey, I'm a Big Boy Now" – 4:05
7. "There Is Power in a Union" (Traditional, arranged by Billy Bragg) – 2:47
8. "Help Save the Youth of America" – 2:45
9. "Wishing the Days Away" – 2:28
10. "The Passion" – 2:52
11. "The Warmest Room" – 3:55
12. "The Home Front" – 4:09

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! 'Levi Stubbs' is one of my all time favourite singles of all time, so this was always going to get a warm welcome from me. Billy's best album.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Great songs on a great album.

Album 480/1031

Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Man Comes Around"	Johnny Cash	4:26
2.	"Hurt"	Trent Reznor	3:38
3.	"Give My Love to Rose"	Johnny Cash	3:28
4.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (with Fiona Apple)	Paul Simon	3:55

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Hung My Head"	Sting	3:53
2.	"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	3:52
3.	"Personal Jesus"	Martin Gore	3:20
4.	"In My Life"	John Lennon/Paul McCartney	2:57

Side C
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sam Hall"	Tex Ritter	2:40
2.	"Danny Boy"	Frederick Weatherly	3:19
3.	"Desperado" (with Don Henley)	Glenn Frey/Don Henley	3:13
4.	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (duet with Nick Cave)	Hank Williams	3:03
5.	"Streets of Laredo"	Traditional	3:33

Side D
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wichita Lineman"	Jimmy Webb	3:03
2.	"Big Iron"	Marty Robbins	3:52
3.	"Tear Stained Letter"	Johnny Cash	3:41
4.	"We'll Meet Again" (with The Whole Cash Gang)	Hughie Charles/Ross Parker	2:58

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_IV:_The_Man_Comes_Around

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Not sure they needed to include 'Danny Boy', but other than that (and perhaps the rather pedestrian interpretation of Personal Jesus) this is just all good. Even has a Nick Cave duet on it!

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Probably my favourite version of 'Hurt' (and I'm a huge Nine Inch Nails fan) is on this album and so many more great tracks. Love it.

Album 481/1031

Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)

All songs written and composed by Tom Waits except where noted.^[12]

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Opening Intro)"	2:58
2.	"Emotional Weather Report"	3:47
3.	"(Intro)"	2:16
4.	"On a Foggy Night"	3:48
5.	"(Intro)"	1:53
6.	"Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)"	4:19

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Intro)"	3:02
2.	"Better Off Without a Wife"	3:59
3.	"Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)"	11:30

Side Three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(Intro)"		0:55
2.	"Warm Beer and Cold Women"		5:21
3.	"(Intro)"		0:47
4.	"Putnam County"		7:35
5.	"Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)"	Waits, Chuck E. Weiss	6:25

Side Four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nobody"		2:51
2.	"(Intro)"		0:40
3.	"Big Joe and Phantom 309"	Tommy Faile	6:29
4.	"Spare Parts II and Closing"	Waits, Weiss	5:13

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Features a very fine line of between song patter from Mr Waits, as well as a set of very fine jazz/blues tunes delivered as only he can deliver them.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! If this challenge has done one great thing it's introducing me to the wonder of Tom Waits over and above his debut (which I already loved). He's a genius despite this being jazz.

Album 482/1031

John Martyn - Solid Air (1973)

All tracks written by John Martyn except "I'd Rather Be the Devil", by Skip James.

Side one No. Title Length 1. "Solid Air" 5:45 2. "Over the Hill" 2:53 3. "Don't Want to Know" 3:02 4. "I'd Rather Be the Devil" 6:18 5. "Go Down Easy" 3:35 6. "Dreams by the Sea" 3:17 7. "May You Never" 3:41 8. "The Man in the Station" 2:53 9. "The Easy Blues" 3:20

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


Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! An absolute delight from start to finish. Once, when I was a pimply youth who knew no better, I left a John Martyn gig at the Bristol Colston Hall after my favourite band-of-the-moment (Bristol's finest, The Blue Aeroplanes) played their support slot. What an idiot!

Maire's verdict: Rather enjoyable.

Album 483/1031

Deep Purple - In Rock (1970)

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

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Speed King"	5:52
2.	"Bloodsucker"	4:16
3.	"Child in Time"	10:18

Side two

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Flight of the Rat"	7:53
5.	"Into the Fire"	3:30
6.	"Living Wreck"	4:31
7.	"Hard Lovin' Man"	7:11

Golf's verdict: Never really saw the appeal of Deep Purple. Still don't.

Maire's verdict: Absolute shite.