iPod on Shuffle:
Pandora's Box (Quad Mix)- Aerosmith
Try- Marshall Crenshaw
I Need A Roof- The Mighty Diamonds
Rip This Joint- The Rolling Stones
Farmer's Daughter- The Beach Boys
It Ain't Easy When You Fall/Shades Off- Ian Hunter
Renee- Talk Talk
Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)- Ray Davies
Money & Corruption- The Kinks
Something Has Hit Me- The Action
Got To Be Sure- Horace Andy
It's Up To You- The Specials
Don't Listen To Linda- The Monkees
Mouth Almighty- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Red Brick Dream- XTC
Dusk Til Dawn- Paul Weller
Once You Love- Steve Earle
The 6th Of January (Yasgur's Farm)- Amy Grant
I Wish, I Wish- The Rails
Wheels- The Flying Burrito Brothers
Skin, Flesh & Bones- Dub In Blood, Vol. 1 (1976)- ***1/2
(Good one. Thanks Dr. Wu.)
Sly & Robbie- Rhythm Killers (1987)- ****
(Loved this the first time I heard it 40 years ago. Not a traditional reggae record, but the rhythms do indeed kill.)
Paul Weller- Saturns Pattern (2015)- ****
Paul McCartney- Driving Rain (2001)- ****
(Another Paul record that put me off upon release, but over the years has become a favorite. The stretch of seven songs from "I Do" to "Heather" plays as well as anything in his solo catalogue. "Your Way" could have been on "Ram.")
v/a- American Baroque: Chamber Pop And Beyond 1967-1971 (2025)- ****
(Excellent collection of faves and many never-heard-befores. Highly recommended, if you dig this type of stuff.)
Eternity's Children- S/T (1968)-***1/2
(The collection above sent me right to this. A Curt Boettcher classic, though as good as it is, it can't hold a candle to The Millennium's "Begin.")
Chris & Peter Allen- Album #1 (1968)- ***1/2
(Working on a post for Burning Wood.)
Marshall Crenshaw- Field Day (1983)- ****
4 comments:
Driving Rain has never really worked for me. Maybe I'll have to try again. If not, I'll pull out Field Day, can't go wrong there.
Thanks for Driving Rain, sir. By the time I got around to listening, the album had been dissed for years and I passed. As you’ve demonstrated repeatedly, McCartney always benefits from a fresh listen. I think an edit is in order though.
Cool that this album represents the genesis of his current and longest running band. A lot of wonderful albums.
Thanks again for all things solo Paul Weller. :)
My "Driving Rain" edit:
Lonely Road
From A Lover To A Friend
She's Given Up Talking
I Do
Tiny Bubble
Magic
Your Way
Spinning On An Axis
About You
Heather
Your Loving Flame
Riding Into Jaipur
Nice! Thanks. Mine is identical except I also cut “Heather” - brings back memories of post-glory Elton. It was my last cut. :)
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