Day 280: Don't fall in love with me yet/ We've only recently met/ True I'm in love with you but/ You might decide I'm a nut...

Album 1014/1031

Notorious BIG - Ready to Die (1994)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Christopher Wallace, Sean Combs	Sean "Puffy" Combs	3:24
2.	"Things Done Changed"	Wallace, Dominic Owen, Kevin Scott	Darnell Scott	3:58
3.	"Gimme the Loot"	Wallace, Osten Harvey	Easy Mo Bee	5:04
4.	"Machine Gun Funk"	Wallace, Harvey	Easy Mo Bee	4:17
5.	"Warning"	Wallace, Harvey	Easy Mo Bee	3:40
6.	"Ready to Die"	Wallace, Harvey	Easy Mo Bee	4:24
7.	"One More Chance"	Wallace, Norm Glover, Reginald Ellis, Chucky Thompson, Combs	Bluez Brothers, Chucky Thompson, Combs	4:43
8.	"Fuck Me (Interlude)"	Wallace, Combs	Combs	1:31
9.	"The What" (featuring Method Man)	Wallace, Clifford Smith, Harvey	Easy Mo Bee	3:57
10.	"Juicy"	Wallace, Peter Philips, Combs, Jean Oliver	Poke, Combs (co.)	5:02
11.	"Everyday Struggle"	Wallace, Glover, Ellis	Bluez Brothers	5:19
12.	"Me & My Bitch"	Wallace, Glover, Ellis, Thompson, Combs	Bluez Brothers, Chucky Thompson, Combs	4:00
13.	"Big Poppa"	Wallace, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Ronald Isley, Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper	Chucky Thompson, Combs (co.)	4:13
14.	"Respect"	Wallace, Diana King, Harry Casey	Poke, Combs	5:21
15.	"Friend of Mine"	Wallace, Harvey	Easy Mo Bee	3:28
16.	"Unbelievable"	Wallace, Christopher Martin	DJ Premier	3:43
17.	"Suicidal Thoughts"	Wallace, Robert Hall	Lord Finesse	2:50
Total length:				69:05

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

Golf's verdict: This has not aged well. It's a shame he fell victim to the violence that hopefully is now largely a thing of the past in hip-hop, but I'd much rather have seen a Tupac album on the list instead. This is full of crass, sexist narrative bits and some pretty cringe-worthy sound effects. Best avoided.

Máire's verdict: ‘Big Poppa’ is creepy. Rest of the album is just rubbish.

Album 1015/1031

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

Volume one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Absolutely Cuckoo"	Stephin Merritt	1:34
2.	"I Don't Believe in the Sun"	Merritt	4:16
3.	"All My Little Words"	LD Beghtol	2:46
4.	"A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off"	Merritt	2:41
5.	"Reno Dakota"	Claudia Gonson	1:05
6.	"I Don't Want to Get Over You"	Merritt	2:22
7.	"Come Back from San Francisco"	Shirley Simms	2:48
8.	"The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side"	Dudley Klute	3:43
9.	"Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits"	Merritt	2:25
10.	"The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be"	Merritt	1:11
11.	"I Think I Need a New Heart"	Merritt	2:32
12.	"The Book of Love"	Merritt	2:42
13.	"Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long"	Merritt	2:33
14.	"How Fucking Romantic"	Klute	0:58
15.	"The One You Really Love"	Merritt, Beghtol	2:53
16.	"Punk Love"	Merritt	0:58
17.	"Parades Go By"	Merritt	2:56
18.	"Boa Constrictor"	Simms	0:58
19.	"A Pretty Girl Is Like..."	Merritt	1:50
20.	"My Sentimental Melody"	Beghtol	3:07
21.	"Nothing Matters When We're Dancing"	Merritt	2:27
22.	"Sweet-Lovin' Man"	Gonson	4:59
23.	"The Things We Did and Didn't Do"	Merritt	2:11
Total length:			55:57

Volume two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Roses"	Beghtol	0:27
2.	"Love Is Like Jazz"	Merritt	2:56
3.	"When My Boy Walks Down the Street"	Merritt	2:38
4.	"Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old"	Merritt	2:03
5.	"Very Funny"	Klute	1:26
6.	"Grand Canyon"	Merritt	2:28
7.	"No One Will Ever Love You"	Simms	3:14
8.	"If You Don't Cry"	Gonson	3:06
9.	"You're My Only Home"	Merritt	2:17
10.	"(Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy"	Merritt	2:18
11.	"My Only Friend"	Merritt	2:01
12.	"Promises of Eternity"	Merritt	3:46
13.	"World Love"	Merritt	3:07
14.	"Washington, D.C."	Gonson	1:53
15.	"Long-Forgotten Fairytale"	Klute	3:37
16.	"Kiss Me Like You Mean It"	Simms	2:00
17.	"Papa Was a Rodeo"	Merritt, Simms	5:01
18.	"Epitaph for My Heart"	Merritt	2:50
19.	"Asleep and Dreaming"	Merritt	1:53
20.	"The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing"	Merritt	2:46
21.	"The Way You Say Good-Night"	Beghtol	2:44
22.	"Abigail, Belle of Kilronan"	Merritt	2:00
23.	"I Shatter"	Merritt	3:09
Total length:			59:43

Volume three
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Underwear"	Merritt, Klute	2:49
2.	"It's a Crime"	Klute	3:54
3.	"Busby Berkeley Dreams"	Merritt	3:36
4.	"I'm Sorry I Love You"	Simms	3:06
5.	"Acoustic Guitar"	Gonson	2:37
6.	"The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure"	Merritt	3:10
7.	"Love in the Shadows"	Merritt	2:54
8.	"Bitter Tears"	Beghtol	2:51
9.	"Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget"	Merritt	1:55
10.	"Yeah! Oh, Yeah!"	Merritt, Gonson	2:19
11.	"Experimental Music Love"	Merritt	0:29
12.	"Meaningless"	Merritt	2:08
13.	"Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin"	Merritt	1:46
14.	"Queen of the Savages"	Merritt	2:12
15.	"Blue You"	Klute	3:03
16.	"I Can't Touch You Anymore"	Merritt	3:05
17.	"Two Kinds of People"	Merritt	1:10
18.	"How to Say Goodbye"	Merritt	2:48
19.	"The Night You Can't Remember"	Merritt	2:17
20.	"For We Are the King of the Boudoir"	Beghtol	1:14
21.	"Strange Eyes"	Simms	2:01
22.	"Xylophone Track"	Merritt	2:47
23.	"Zebra"	Gonson	2:15
Total length:			56:26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_Love_Songs

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Yes, this really is 69 Love Songs (nearly 3 hours worth),  but is actually an absolute joy. Lyrics that Cole Porter would be proud of and some lovely melodies. If you like Divine Comedy, John Grant, Fleet Foxes etc. then you will likely love this. Only 1 song - a jazz pastiche done deliberately to make the point that 'Love is like Jazz' - grates a little. 68 hidden gems. 

Máire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Loved this album (well, apart from one song). Reminded me of Neil Hannon and Kirsty McColl.

Album 1016/1031

Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite (1996)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Urban Theme"	Maxwell	Maxwell	2:42
2.	"Welcome"	Maxwell, Stuart Matthewman	Maxwell, Stuart Matthewman	5:18
3.	"Sumthin' Sumthin'"	Maxwell, Leon Ware	Maxwell	4:18
4.	"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)"	Maxwell, Itaal Shur	Maxwell	5:46
5.	"Dancewitme"	Maxwell, Hod David	Maxwell	6:15
6.	"...Til the Cops Come Knockin'"	Maxwell, David	Maxwell, Peter Mokran	6:56
7.	"Whenever Wherever Whatever"	Maxwell, Matthewman	Maxwell, Matthewman	3:45
8.	"Lonely's the Only Company (I & II)"	Maxwell, Stuart Matthewman	Maxwell, Stuart Matthewman	6:22
9.	"Reunion"	Maxwell	Maxwell, Peter Mokran	4:53
10.	"Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)"	Maxwell, Hod David	Maxwell, Peter Mokran	4:48
11.	"The Suite Theme" (ends at 6:00; hidden track at 12:06)	Maxwell	Maxwell, Federico Pena	13:47

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_Urban_Hang_Suite

Golf's verdict: Slick and well put together soul that reminded me a little of Michael Jackson occasionally, but not not a keeper for me.

Máire's verdict: Not offensive but not something I’d knowingly put on.

Album 1017/1031

Koffi Olomide - Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche (1992)

Tracklist

A1	Papa Bonheur	7:08
A2	Désespoir	6:21
A3	Koweït, Rive Gauche	6:34
A4	Elixir	4:50
B1	Qui Cherche Trouve	6:44
B2	Porte-Monnaie	6:25
B3	Conte De Fées	7:13
B4	Dit Jeannot	6:02

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

Golf's verdict: Congolese and singing in French, so a little outside of my norm, even this year. But this was pleasant to listen to and I would put it on again.

Máire's verdict: Rather enjoyable, to my surprise.