Day 161: We are young, we run green. Keep our teeth nice and clean...

Album 521/1031

The Young Gods - L'eau Rouge (1989)

All lyrics written by Franz Treichler; all music composed by The Young Gods.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"La fille de la mort" ("The Daughter of Death")	7:58
2.	"Rue des Tempêtes" ("Tempest Street")	2:51
3.	"L'eau rouge" ("The Red Water")	4:20
4.	"Charlotte"	2:01

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Longue route" ("Long Route")	3:41
2.	"Crier les chiens" ("Screaming the Dogs")	3:15
3.	"Ville nôtre" ("City of Ours")	4:07
4.	"Les enfants" ("The Children")	5:33

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27eau_rouge

Golf's verdict: Remember seeing this Swiss industrial band at the Reading Festival* way back. They rocked. Sadly failed to get a great deal of traction, other than some namechecks from David Bowie and Trent Reznor (NIN fans will love this). They were led by a classically trained classical guitarist who - perversely - never played guitar.

Maire's verdict: (Potential) HIDDEN GEM! Never heard them before. Trying to understand why I loved this despite not understanding a word. May have something to do with the lead singer's voice or reminding me a bit of the Neph. Note to self: need to learn French.

* I had to Google when. It was 1990. Take a look at this line-up:

Album 522/1031

ACDC - Back in Black (1980)

All tracks written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hells Bells"	5:10
2.	"Shoot to Thrill"	5:17
3.	"What Do You Do for Money Honey"	3:33
4.	"Given the Dog a Bone"	3:30
5.	"Let Me Put My Love into You"	4:16

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Back in Black"	4:14
7.	"You Shook Me All Night Long"	3:30
8.	"Have a Drink on Me"	3:57
9.	"Shake a Leg"	4:06
10.	"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"	4:15

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! The reason this has sold over 40 million copies is that it pretty much distils hard rock into a single artefact. Approaching 40 years old, it continues to be a rite of passage for generation after generation. Once you get a hankering for hard rock music (from any source) virtually everyone ends up owning this.

Maire's verdict: If you only listen to one AC/DC album in your life then make it this one. I'm not a particular fan but thoroughly enjoyed this on the flight.

Album 523/1031

Supergrass - I Should Coco (1995)

All tracks written by Supergrass.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'd Like to Know"	4:02
2.	"Caught by the Fuzz"	2:16
3.	"Mansize Rooster"	2:34
4.	"Alright"	3:01
5.	"Lose It"	2:37
6.	"Lenny"	2:42
7.	"Strange Ones"	4:19
8.	"Sitting Up Straight"	2:20
9.	"She's So Loose"	2:59
10.	"We're Not Supposed To"	2:03
11.	"Time"	3:10
12.	"Sofa (of My Lethargy)"	6:18
13.	"Time to Go"	1:56

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Ultimately the 'Grass ended up as more of a 'Greatest Hits' kind of band than a classic album band (though I own most of them). But this is a fantastically strong debut.

Maire's verdict: 'Caught By the Fuzz' is the only song worth listening to by Supergrass but Golf will disagree. On a side note, we went to see them at the Brixton Academy. We were seated, I was bored and so I fell asleep for most of the gig (back then I could sleep through anything). That about sums up this album.

Album 524/1031

X - Wild Gift (1981)

All tracks written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka.

Side one[edit]

1. "The Once Over Twice" – 2:31
2. "We're Desperate" – 2:00
3. "Adult Books" – 3:19
4. "Universal Corner" – 4:33
5. "I'm Coming Over" – 1:14
6. "It's Who You Know" – 2:17

Side two[edit]

1. "In This House That I Call Home" – 3:34
2. "Some Other Time" – 2:17
3. "White Girl" – 3:27
4. "Beyond and Back" – 2:49
5. "Back 2 the Base" – 1:33
6. "When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch" – 1:57
7. "Year 1" – 1:18

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

Golf's verdict: Another band of which I had heard, though never heard. Was very pleasantly surprised. Melodic power punk.

Maire's verdict: Fun enough while it lasted.