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Name:
GaryEmail: dpamac@intercot.com
Location: USA
1. Love Story (1966-1972) Love
2. Let Yourself Be Happy Linus of Hollywood
3. Brutal Youth Elvis Costello
4. Mars, Pennsylvania John Southworth
5. Opening Night Steve Ward
6. Live at Leeds The Who
Comments:
1. It's Arthur Lee! What more do you need? The man could put together a song like few others. Sadly, he is widely unrecognized for his many, many talents. Spin "Always See Your Face" a few times. A few thousand times. Just listen to the construction of this tune. Perfection . . .
2. Sure, I cheated. Linus has two albums and I have one on each list. To be honest, this man deserves all the accolades that I'm sending his way. Pure pop at its pure best. Melodies, harmonies, hooks . . . these songs are overflowing with all the essentials. Besides, the man covers Ozzy Osbourne . . . and WELL! Plus, he has penned what may be the greatest song about beer . . . Ever.
3. Not widely regarded as Mr. MacManus' best work, but I passionately disagree. Here, Costello has stripped himself of the technical trappings of his two previous albums and produces music with such raw intensity and pure musical grace, that it recalls his earliest work. Perhaps the lack of a clear potential "hit" is what turned off some of his mid-career fans. Or maybe it was the fact that it sounds like he is working out some musical demons here. Something is clearly boiling the blood of Elvis, and he's going to let it out. Costello once again proves that greed, revenge, jealousy, and squandered love are the makings of great, intense music. As a diehard EC fan, this disc has become one of my favorites.
4. If Burt Bacharach and Bobby Vinton had a sexually ambiguous alien love child, John Southworth would be it. Damn odd music. But catchy and wonderful at the same time.
5. Steve Ward is an expert at three-minute perfection. Whether it's with Cherry Twister, or here by himself. This disc should be on everyone's shelf. Pure pop enjoyment on every single track. Killer harmonies, catchy melodies . . . Power Pop? Maybe not. Maybe so. Maybe it's just plain pop. But pretty damn near perfect, no matter what it is . . .
6. Want to talk about power? Lest we ever forget . . . Blistering performances by a band that is widely regarding for their album rock of the Seventies. Too many people forget where they started, and for me, with Live at Leeds they were on top of their game. This is an essential disc that shouldn't be forgotten. But, sadly, it often is.
Love
Story (1966-1972) LoveDisc:1
1. My Little Red Book
2. Can't Explain
3. A Message to Pretty
4. My Flash on You
5. Softly to Me
6. No Matter What You Do
7. You I'll Be Following
8. Hey Joe
9. Signed D.C.
10. No Fourteen
11. 7 and 7 Is
12. Stephanie Knows Who
13. Orange Skies
14. ¡Que Vida!
15. The Castle
16. She Comes in Colors
17. Your Mind and We Belong Together
18. Laughing Stock
19. Alone Again Or
20. A House Is Not a Motel
21. Andmoreagain
22. The Daily Planet
23. Old Man
24. The Red Telephone
Disc: 2
1. Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
2. Live and Let Live
3. The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This
4. Bummer in the Summer
5. You Set the Scene
6. August
7. Your Friend and Mine - Neil's Song
8. Good Times
9. Singing Cowboy
10. Robert Montgomery
11. Always See Your Face
12. I'll Pray for You
13. Listen to My Song
14. Doggone [Edit]
15. I Still Wonder
16. Run to the Top
17. Willow Willow
18. The Everlasting First
19. Keep on Shining
20. Everybody's Gotta Live
Let Yourself Be Happy Linus
of Hollywood
1. Building
A Ship
2. Goodbye To Romance
3. To Be A Girl
4 A Whole New Country
5. Why Don't We...
6. The Girl I'll Never Have
7. Where Are You?
8. Thank You For Making Me Feel...Better
9. Need You Around
10. Every Day I Fall In Love Again
11. I've Lost My Mind
Brutal
Youth Elvis Costello1. Pony St.
2. Kinder Murder
3. 13 Steps Lead Down
4. This Is Hell
5. Clown Strike
6. You Tripped At Every Step
7. Still Too Soon To Know
8. 20% Amnesia
9. Sulky Girl
10. London's Brilliant Parade
11. My Science Fiction Twin
12. Rocking Horse Road
13. Just About Glad
14. All The Rage
15. Favourite Hour
Mars,
Pennsylvania John Southworth1. Man If We Could Surf Forevermore
2. Balloons
3. It's Not the End of the World
4. Girl on the Moon
5. American UFO
6. Now That I'm a Railroad Boy
7. Happy Birthday Mr. President
8. Pumpkins
9. Freak of Nature
10. Oh Golly Oh Goo Oh Gee (I'm in Love)
11. Buster Keaton
12. Let's Jazz All You Young Aliens
13. This Halloween I Go as Me
14. My Poor Suburbans
Opening Night Steve
Ward 1. I Missed The Mark
2. Switch It On
3. California
4. Still Life
5. Good
6. Wings
7. Western Skies
8. Turn It Around
9. You Can Shine
10. Trust
11. Of Course You Do
12. Lucky Charm
Live at Leeds The Who (Remastered
Edition) 1. Heaven and Hell
2. I Can't Explain
3. Fortune Teller
4. Tattoo
5. Young Man Blues
6. Substitute
7. Happy Jack
8. I'm a Boy
9. A Quick One, While He's Away
10. Amazing Journey/Sparks
11. Summertime Blues
12. Shaking All Over
13. My Generation
14. Magic Bus