Debra47: Six Essential Albums

    Debra47 (Debra)  
 # 1
 # 2
Name: Debbie
Email: neuhaus@att.net
Location: United States
 
1. Straight Up Badfinger
2. Present Tense Shoes
3. Repercussion The dB's
4. Dear 23 The Posies
5. Can You Still Feel Jason Falkner
6. Utopia Parkway Fountains of Wayne


Comments: My choices are in no particular order:

Badfinger - Straight Up
This has always been one of my all time favorite albums and it is one of the best examples of the power pop sound. Most diehard fans already own this album or CD but I couldn't leave it off the list. My favorites are "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue".


Shoes - Present Tense
This album came out on a small independent label called Black Vinyl Records. It has the catchiest guitar riffs and such memorable melodies. My favorites include
"Tomorrow Night" and "Now and Then".

dBs - Repercussion
This is on my list because it stands on its own. Although the instrumentation is spare the hooks just grab you. I
first heard the dB's music on New York University's radio station WNYU in 1981. Favorites on the CD are "Neverland" and "Living a Lie"

Posies - Dear 23
When first hearing the song "Apology" I could have sworn it was a new Hollies song but I was wrong. The harmonies and melodies sound like they are from another era. Powerpop doesn't get any better than this CD. My favorites on this CD are "Apology" and "Suddenly Mary" For diehard fans their boxset which was released in 2000 and is worth hunting for despite the fact that it is sold out.

Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel
Jason Falkner was a former member of the bands the Grays
and Jellyfish. Another must have for any powerpop collection. If you love Badfinger or the Raspberries this is one you can't pass by. I had this on my car CD player for a solid 4 months and never tired of it. standout track for me is Revelation.

Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway Combine witty lyrics with the well crafted melodies and you get the music of the Fountains of Wayne. Upon first listen you feel like you automatically know these songs. I may not be 16 anymore and the lyrics may not be pertinent to my life now but who cares. One can't resist any of these songs.

Straight Up Badfinger
(1971)

1. Take It All
2. Baby Blue
3. Money
4. Flying
5. I'd Die Babe
6. Name Of The Game
7. Suitcase
8. Sweet Tuesday Morning
9. Day After Day
10. Sometimes
11. Perfection
12. It's Over
13. Money (original version)
14. Flying (original version)
15. Name Of The Game (original version)
16. Suitcase (original version)
17. Perfect (original version)
18. Baby Blue (U.S. single mix)

Last 6 tracks are bonus items on the CD remastered reissue
 Present Tense Shoes
(1979)

1. Tomorrow Night
2. Too Late
3. Hangin' Around With You
4. Your Very Eyes
5. In My Arms Again
6. Somebody Has What I Had
7. Now and Then
8. Every Girl
9. I Don't Miss You
10. Cruel You
11. 3 Times
12. I Don't Wanna Hear It
 # 3 # 4
Repercussion The dB's
(1982)

 1. Living a Lie
2. We Were Happy Then
3. Happenstance
4. From a Window
5. Amplifier
6. Ask For Jill
7. I Feel Good
8. Storm Warning
9. Ups and Downs
10. In Spain
11. Nothing Is Wrong
12. Neverland

 		Dear 23 The Posies
(1990)

1.My Big Mouth
2. Golden Blunders
3. Apology
4. Any Other Way
5. You Avoid Parties
6. Suddenly Mary
7. Help Yourself
8. Mrs. Green
9. Everyone Moves Away
10. Flood of Sunshine
 # 5 # 6
Can You Still Feel Jason Falkner (1999)

1. The Invitation
2. Author Unknown
3. Revelation
4. My Lucky Day
5. I Already Know
6. See You Again
7. Honey
8. The Plan
9. All God' Creatures
10. Goodnight Sweet Night

 Utopia Parkway Fountains of Wayne (1999)

1. Utopia Parkway
2. Red Dragon Tattoo
3. Denise
4. The Valley of Malls
5. Troubled Times
6. Go Hippie
7. A Fine Day For a Parade
8. Amity Gardens
9. Laser Show
10. Lost in Space
11. Prom Theme
12. It Must Be Summer
13. The Senator's Daughter