Forty Year Friday – …AND THE REST (PART 2)
[Welcome to Forty Year Friday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1977] Here are four more wonderful records that reached the forty year milestone in 2017. Artist: UTOPIA … Continue reading
Forty Year Friday – MEAT LOAF “BAT OUT OF HELL”
Artist: MEAT LOAF Album: BAT OUT OF HELL [Welcome to Forty Year Friday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1977] There has never been a more unlikely hit … Continue reading
Thirty Year Thursday – XTC “SKYLARKING”
[Welcome to Thirty Year Thursday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1986, which now shifts to the releases I didn’t discover until after 1986] Artist: XTC Album: SKYLARKING … Continue reading
HALL & OATES Part 1 – Thoughts On An Artist / The Atlantic Years
When Daryl Hall & John Oates were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014, I felt a small measure of vindication after championing them for so … Continue reading
XTC Part 3 – Beating Hearts And Rainy Days
This is the portion of the XTC catalog that I’ve been most eager to revisit, since I’ve never fully embraced two of the three albums I’ll be discussing. Here was … Continue reading