Day 167: Well the madcap laughed at the man on the border...

Maire: Today was not a great day for the challenge!

Golf: Nearly 4 and a half hours of music today. Luckily I was on a 6.40am flight the Christchurch and back again in the evening...

Album 547/1031

Drive By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)

Disc one: Act one: Betamax Guillotine

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Days of Graduation"	Hood	2:36
2.	"Ronnie and Neil"	Hood	4:52
3.	"72 (This Highway's Mean)"	Cooley	5:26
4.	"Dead, Drunk, and Naked"	Hood	4:51
5.	"Guitar Man Upstairs"	Cooley	3:17
6.	"Birmingham"	Hood	5:03
7.	"The Southern Thing"	Hood	5:08
8.	"The Three Great Alabama Icons"	Hood	6:51
9.	"Wallace"	Hood	3:27
10.	"Zip City"	Cooley	5:16
11.	"Moved"	Malone	4:17
Total length:			51:04

Disc two: Act two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let There Be Rock"	Hood	4:19
2.	"Road Cases"	Hood	2:42
3.	"Women Without Whiskey"	Cooley	4:19
4.	"Plastic Flowers on the Highway"	Hood	5:04
5.	"Cassie's Brother"	Malone	4:58
6.	"Life in the Factory"	Hood	5:28
7.	"Shut Up and Get on the Plane"	Cooley	3:38
8.	"Greenville to Baton Rouge"	Hood	4:11
9.	"Angels and Fuselage"	Hood	8:00
Total length:			42:39

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

Golf's verdict: Concept album / rock opera about growing up in the shadow of Lynyrd Skynyrd - and particularly the plane crash that killed Ronnie van Zandt, the lead singer (amongst several other band members). I enjoyed it. 

Maire's verdict: God it does go on a bit! They seem to have a thing about Lynyrd Skynyrd; I prefer Lynyrd Skynyrd.


Album 548/1031

Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Notes	Length
1.	"Terrapin"	*Take 1, recorded 11 April 1969, overdubs added 4 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	5:04
2.	"No Good Trying"	*Take 3, recorded 11 April 1969, overdubs added 3–4 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	3:26
3.	"Love You"	*Take 4, recorded 11 April 1969, overdubs added 3 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	2:30
4.	"No Man's Land"	*Take 5, recorded 17 April 1969, overdubs added 4 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	3:03
5.	"Dark Globe"	*Take 1, recorded 5 August 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:02
6.	"Here I Go"	*Take 5, recorded 17 April 1969 Produced by Malcolm Jones	3:11

Side two
No.	Title	Notes	Length
7.	"Octopus"	*Take 11, recorded 12 June 1969, overdubs added 13 June Produced by Syd Barrett and David Gilmour	3:47
8.	"Golden Hair"	*Take 11 (Remake), recorded 12 June 1969 Produced by Syd Barrett and David Gilmour	1:59
9.	"Long Gone"	*Take 1, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:50
10.	"She Took a Long Cold Look"	*Take 5, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	1:55
11.	"Feel"	*Take 1, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:17
12.	"If It's in You"	*Take 5, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:26
13.	"Late Night"	*Take 2, recorded 28 May 1968, overdubs added 11 April 1969 Produced by Pete Jenner, Malcolm Jones (overdubs)	3:10
Total length:			37:47

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

Golf's verdict: Is it okay to say that, had Syd not left Pink Floyd then they would have ended up a footnote, rather than a whole bookshelf in the library of rock? There is plenty to like here though, but I prefer him in small doses.

Maire's verdict: I really wanted to like this album but it's rubbish. 

Album 549/1031

Nightmares on Wax -  (1995)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nights Introlude"	4:40
2.	"Dreddoverboard"	5:48
3.	"Pipes Honour"	9:05
4.	"Me + You"	0:56
5.	"Stars"	6:59
6.	"Wait a Minute/Praying for a Jeepbeat"	2:44
7.	"Groove St."	7:29
8.	"Time (To Listen)"	0:29
9.	"(Man) Tha Journey"	6:19
10.	"Bless My Soul"	5:56
11.	"Cruise (Don't Stop)"	7:05
12.	"Mission Venice"	2:50
13.	"What I'm Feelin (Good)"	2:26
14.	"Rise"	5:14
15.	"Rise (Reprise)"	1:46
16.	"Gambia Via Vagator Beach"	4:41

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

Golf's verdict: Pleasant background listening. Used to listen to this sort of thing after a busy night of of socialising back in the day.

Maire's verdict: Something and nothing.

Album 550/1031

Slipknot - Slipknot (1999)

Original release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"742617000027"	0:36
2.	"(sic)"	3:19
3.	"Eyeless"	3:56
4.	"Wait and Bleed"	2:27
5.	"Surfacing"	3:38
6.	"Spit It Out"	2:39
7.	"Tattered & Torn"	2:54
8.	"Frail Limb Nursery"	0:45
9.	"Purity"	4:14
10.	"Liberate"	3:06
11.	"Prosthetics"	4:58
12.	"No Life"	2:47
13.	"Diluted"	3:23
14.	"Only One"	2:26
15.	"Scissors" ("Scissors" lasts 8:23; there is a silence between 8:23 and 13:21; there is a conversation of the band between 13:21 and 16:27 and a hidden track entitled "Eeyore" lasts 2:48 minutes.[52])	19:15

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

Golf's verdict: Whilst this is not entirely without merit, the band's styling and 'gimmick' taken from Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre definitely made sure they jumped several dozen places in the metal queue. Good luck to them.

Maire's verdict: It's possible I prefered this to the other albums today. It's shit so that's not saying much.