Day 202: Big black shape with eyes of fire, telling people their desire...

Album 686/1031

D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)

1.	"Brown Sugar"	D'Angelo, Ali Shaheed Muhammed	D'Angelo, Ali Shaheed Muhammed	4:22
2.	"Alright"	D'Angelo	D'Angelo, Bob Power	5:13
3.	"Jonz in My Bonz"	D'Angelo, Angela Stone	D'Angelo	5:56
4.	"Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine"	D'Angelo	D'Angelo, Bob Power	4:46
5.	"S.D.M."	D'Angelo	D'Angelo, Bob Power	5:14
6.	"Smooth"	D'Angelo, Luther Archer	D'Angelo, Bob Power	4:19
7.	"Cruisin'"	William Robinson, Marvin Tarplin	D'Angelo	6:24
8.	"When We Get By"	D'Angelo	D'Angelo	5:44
9.	"Lady"	D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq	D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq	5:46
10.	"Higher"	D'Angelo, L. Archer, Rodney Archer	D'Angelo, Bob Power	5:28

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Sugar_(D'Angelo_album)

Golf's verdict: Music is a broad church and I am sure this stuff makes a lot of people very happy, just not me. Apparently as well as 'soul' (this is not soul) and 'r n' b' (it's not r n' b either) this one claims to be 'quiet storm', whatever that is. Fair to say I am probably not a quiet storm fan.

Maire's verdict: Why the hell is this on the list? Shite.

Album 687/1031

FKA Twigs - LP1 (2014)

1.	"Preface"	FKA Twigs	FKA Twigs	1:46
2.	"Lights On"	FKA Twigs Arca Tic	Arca	4:24
3.	"Two Weeks"	FKA Twigs Emile Haynie	Haynie FKA Twigs[a]	4:07
4.	"Hours"	FKA Twigs Haynie Devonté Hynes Michael Volpe	Haynie Hynes Clams Casino Arca	4:35
5.	"Pendulum"	FKA Twigs Paul Epworth	Epworth FKA Twigs	4:58
6.	"Video Girl"	FKA Twigs Haynie	Haynie FKA Twigs[a]	3:47
7.	"Numbers"	FKA Twigs Sampha	FKA Twigs Sampha	3:43
8.	"Closer"	FKA Twigs Tic	FKA Twigs Cy An[a] Tic[a]	3:45
9.	"Give Up"	FKA Twigs Haynie	Haynie Arca[a]	4:17
10.	"Kicks"	FKA Twigs Joel Compass	FKA Twigs Cy An[a]	5:24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP1_(FKA_Twigs_album)

Golf's verdict: Genuinely intriguing and potentially a future favourite record. Maire is already convinced.

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Another band I'd never heard of but this one is REALLY good. Listened twice and will be investigating further.

Album 688/1031

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Sabbath"	6:20
2.	"The Wizard"	4:24
3.	"Behind the Wall of Sleep"	3:37
4.	"N.I.B."	6:08

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Evil Woman" (Crow cover)	Larry Weigand Dick Weigand David Wagner	3:25
6.	"Sleeping Village"		3:46
7.	"Warning" (The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation cover)	Aynsley Dunbar Alex Dmochowski Victor Hickling John Moorshead	10:28

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

Golf's verdict: Actually rather arresting. This would have sounded genuinely different when it first came out. 47 years later, their one trick was definitely getting a bit old, so probably just as well they've called it a day.

Maire's verdict: Of course, there just had to be wizards! It is what it is - nothing offensive just quite boring.

Album 689/1031

Gene Clark - White Light (1971)

All songs written by Gene Clark, except where noted.

1. "The Virgin" – 3:40
2. "With Tomorrow" (Clark, Jesse Ed Davis) – 2:27
3. "White Light" – 3:41
4. "Because of You" – 4:06
5. "One in a Hundred" – 3:36
6. "For a Spanish Guitar" – 5:00
7. "Where My Love Lies Asleep" – 4:23
8. "Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel) – 4:15
9. "1975" – 3:49

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light_(Gene_Clark_album)

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! 'No Other' (his mid-70s album) is possibly THE FIND of this challenge for me. This earlier effort is no match for it, but it's still a very pleasant country-rock listen, with a great version of Dylan's 'Tears of Rage'.

Maire's verdict: Nice enough but won't be rushing to listen again.