Recent LISTENS: What I've enjoyed recently, and think you will too. Three New CD's that I've been wearing out.
Neil Young: PRAIRIE WIND
In DVD Audio and Regular CD. Awesome, Neil. Favorites: The Painter, It's A Dream,
Prairie Wind, This Old Guitar.
Kate Bush: AERIAL
After Nine Years off an Excellent 2 CD set. We've missed you Kate. Welcome Back, Favorites: King of the Mountain, How to Be Invisible, Prelude, Prologue, Somewhere in Between.
DePeche Mode: PLAYING THE ANGEL
Includes DVD-A and regular CD versions. A good album to get back to the DePeche Mode sound.
Rickie Lee Jones:
Now most people might think I would like (or hate) 1979's Rickie Lee Jones self titled album best because of "Chuck E's in Love" (the entire album is excellent) but for song writing genius and emotional content I will always favor 1981's Pirates. There are two songs on Pirates that make me very sad, and at times can make me weep openly (and you thought I used to get teased about Chuck E?). If you like female singer songwriters or the song "Chuck E's in Love" but don't own any Rickie Lee Jones I would say the first purchase should be 1995's Naked Songs (Live and Acoustic) this is a greatest hits (first 6 albums) of sorts and is a phenomenal collection of song performances. A lot of Rickie's later work has been covers of various periods, styles and genrés of music, from Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn and George and Ira Gershwin to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane), Jimi Hendrix, Lennon and McCartney and Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi (Traffic). Two albums Pop Pop (1991) and It's Like This (2000) are all covers.
Clockwise from top left:
Amelie Soundtrack by
Yann Tiersen, Bob Dylan: Blonde
on Blonde,
Norah Jones, Warren
Zevon: Excitable
Boy, Ray Charles:
Genius Loves
Company, Dwight Yoakam:
Guitars, Cadillacs,
etc., Aerosmith:
Just Push Play,
Tool: Lateralus
