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Album 609/1031

Fugazi - Repeater (1990)

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Turnover"	Picciotto	4:16
2.	"Repeater"	MacKaye	3:01
3.	"Brendan #1"		2:32
4.	"Merchandise"	MacKaye	2:59
5.	"Blueprint"	Picciotto	3:52
6.	"Sieve-Fisted Find"	Picciotto	3:24
7.	"Greed"	MacKaye/Picciotto	1:47
8.	"Two Beats Off"	Picciotto	3:28
9.	"Styrofoam"	MacKaye	2:34
10.	"Reprovisional"	Picciotto	2:18
11.	"Shut the Door"	MacKaye	4:49

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


Golf's verdict: Really liked this. I was a major fan of Alternative Tentacles type hardcore back in the 80s and 90s (Dead Kennedys, Alice Donut, Nomeansno etc.) but only really knew Fugazi by name and reputation. Well worth a follow up listen. Apparently it's sold 2 million copies in the US, so I guess I must have missed out.

Maire's verdict: Merged into the background.

Album 610/1031

Nanci Griffith - Last of the True Believers (1986)

All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated

1. "Last of the True Believers" - 2:47
2. "Love at the Five and Dime" - 4:33
3. "St. Olav's Gate" (Tom Russell) - 3:03
4. "More Than a Whisper" (Griffith, Bobby Nelson) - 3:42
5. "Banks of the Pontchartrain" - 3:39
6. "Lookin' for the Time (Workin' Girl)"- 2:43
7. "Goin' Gone" (Pat Alger, Bill Dale, Fred Koller) - 4:19
8. "One of These Days" - 2:54
9. "Love's Found a Shoulder" - 2:19
10. "Fly by Night" - 2:36
11. "The Wing and the Wheel" - 2:41

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

Golf's verdict: Perfectly pleasant, but not really for me this one.

Maire's verdict: I only really know her for 'From A Distance', which I disliked,so this was a pleasant surprise. Enjoyable country.

Album 611/1031

Merle Haggard - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (1967)

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.

1. "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson) - 2:56
2. "All of Me Belongs to You" - 2:40
3. "House of Memories" - 2:47
4. "Life in Prison" (Jelly Sanders, Haggard) - 3:02
5. "Whatever Happened to Me" - 2:57
6. "Drink Up and Be Somebody" - 2:30
7. "Someone Told My Story" - 2:32
8. "If You Want to Be My Woman" - 2:16
9. "Mary's Mine" (Jerry Ward)
10. "Skid Row" – 1:57
11. "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" (Jimmie Rodgers) - 2:23
12. "Mixed Up Mess of a Heart" (Tommy Collins, Haggard) - 2:06

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_a_Lonesome_Fugitive

Golf's verdict: A proper slice of 'I done killed ma wife and my dawg's up and left me' honky-tonk country. I think pretty much all of these are about drinkin', wimmin', fightin' or doing time in chokey. The music's a bit one dimensional though and Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings do the jailbird thing better.

Maire's verdict: If you like traditional country music you'll enjoy this. I prefer others from the genre.