(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
The Pixies were never my jam but this song has fallen in and out of rotation for over 30 years now. I wonder if I ever listened to the entire album this came from.
link:https://youtu.be/ytQhL0-3FtM?si=00DDUrgi-jHj9gia
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
This was good. Fine. Perfectly cromulent. Sounded like On-U Sound. Very Adrian Sherwood.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
It’s a therapy song! To remind me —
Well I’m working on it
Holy shit I ignore so many problems
Holy shit this isn’t it
No one told me I was just an onion
link:https://youtu.be/GK_6dZeYFlM?si=kAhemTdDavdxv50e
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
This is Wainwright’s fourth studio album. “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk,” from his second album I’ve had in heavy rotation in times past. This album probably deserves a closer listen than I gave it.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
link:https://youtu.be/ig2BZX-JQDA?si=t9K09_y72LW0vgMs
Somewhere along the way (probably during the early days of Napster) I acquired Jimmy Smith’s album Monster. Smith spins out some covers of television theme songs including The Munsters, and Bewitched, and his version of Goldfinger.
I always knew I liked Smith but I never dug deep into his catalog. This album reminds me that I still have a few lifetimes of great music to discover.
If you’ve never listened to Jimmy Smith know that his instrument of choice is the Hammond organ.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
Not much about Prince Cornelius on a quick Google search. Maybe a tiktok performer? Anyway, I love this song.
link:https://youtu.be/-aS1DONYM28?si=tC_UuSFHUAMKRLN-
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
“Mr. Brightside” has earwormed its way into my brain on more than one occasion, and yet I think this is the first time I ever paid attention to the lyrics.
Before I listened to this album:
yadda blahda just fine
and a bleeple doo wah
and a something a kiss
dub-a, dub-a a cab
etc.
Now I have listened to the lyrics.
Wow. What a whiny little twerp.
As for the rest of the album, I admit it’s been a few days since I listened to it but I can’t recall a single other track.
(Interlude in my 200 Albums project. Since some (much?) of the album listening might end up feeling like homework, I decided to intersperse some songs that were in heavy rotation back when I listened to music more regularly.)
link https://youtu.be/0T_0FFVts28?si=2kz4mCp4FOCc8apZ
Hmmm, maybe I’ll add this to my 200 albums project. This is the only song by Lily Chao I know.
(An entry in my 200 Albums project. Starting March 2026 I decided to listen to 200 more-or-less random albums.)
One purpose of this project is to listen to the complete album of popular artists I’m not particularly familiar with. I’ve listened to more Gorrilaz than Blur, and am generally favorable to Damon Albarn. The only Blur songs I’ve heard are the giant hits that are in movies, blasted in stadiums, and used in commercials (?).
This album sounds like a band/artist trying to find their sound. Here’s a song that sounds like Bowie, here’s on that sounds like the Who, here’s a Kinks-style song, etc.