Here it is, number two, with a wide variety of music to listen to.
This is the second album from The B-52’s. It was released in
1980. This was their first album that they started using drum machines on. They
recorded this in the Bahamas
as was the first album. There were three singles released from this album. The
first single from the album is called Private Idaho. I had no idea what the
singles were off this album when I found a copy of the album. When I listened
to the album I found that this song was the song that I recognized the most. I
probably heard the song quite a few times on the radio. The band was thanked in
the credits of the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho for the use of the singles
title. The second single from this album is called Party Out of Bounds. The
song is a lot of fun and has elements that become more prominent in future
albums. The Third single is called Give Me Back My Man. This is a song that
features Cindy Wilson on lead vocals. It is a staple in their concerts. It is a
great song but is not as strong as Private Idaho. This is a great album as a
whole and comes of as a part two for their first self titled album. Many of the
songs are from the same era but were not recorded for the first album. This is
why it feels like a part two for the first album. 
This is the second album from Basement Jaxx. It was released
in 2001. They are an electronic dance group. There were quite a few tracks from
this album that were released as singles. The first single released from the
album is called Romeo. This song features a good female vocal lead. With a
classic electronic sound the music is very staccato with buzzing synth soaring
between. The second single from the album is called Jus 1 Kiss. This song
follows a more standard rock sound with guitars. The vocals are very repetitive
but it is still a fun dance song. The next single from the album is called
Where’s Your Head At. This was the reason that I bought the album. There is something
very cool and unnerving about the song at the same time. There are samples used
from two Gary Numan songs, M.E. and This Wreckage. There was a video that went
along with this track that was just as strange. It matched the music very well.
The next single, called Get Me Off, was just a little to direct for me. The
music is cool but the lyrics are just nest to being to specific. The last
single from this album is called Do Your Thing. It is a fun jazz number that I
really enjoy. It is totally different from the rest of the album in my opinion.
It is not very often that you hear jazz electronic tracks even though they are
in a very similar vein. I have a couple of electronic artists’ album that has
fun jazz styled tracks and they stand out from the rest of the album. They are
usually the best tracks on the album.
This is the second album from Combustible Edison. It was
released in 1996. The album if filled with colorful exotic and mysterious
music. The album has 13 tracks of unique lounge music. There were a few singles
released from the album but none of them charted very well. The first was Short
Double Latte. This is a really great short song with distorted electromechanical
keyboards and guitars. It is just music, no lyrics on this one. It is such a
smooth track even with the distortion on the instruments. The second single is
called Bluebeard. This track features the brilliant lovely vocals from Miss
Lily Banquette. She has a wonderful voice that is very easy to listen to. This
one also has what sounds like a flute in the track to support her vocals. It is
very easy on the ears to listen to this track. The fan favorite from this album
is a track called Solid
State. The track has a
tiki lounge drum beat with space like sound effects in the background. Making
it seem like you are at a personal wet bar on a space ship headed for Saturn or
some other planet in out solar system. The whole album is a blast to listen to
from start to finish. I would recommend this album to everyone who has interest
in lounge music from the past or the 90s resurgence.
This is the second album from The Doobie Brothers. It was
released in 1972. There were only a couple singles released from the album but
There are other tracks that I remember hearing on the classic rock station that
my father listened to from this album too. The first single is called Listen To
The Music. For me this is a super catchy track that has elements of psychedelia
mixed in with the folk stylings that were becoming popular at that time. It is
the beginnings of the 70s culture in music. The second single released from the
album is called Jesus Is Just Alright. This is a cover of a song done by The
Art Reynolds Singers in 1966. There have been other bands that have covered
this track too including The Byrds. I like this version that The Doobie
Brothers put out. I like the folk pop feel that they put on this version of the
song. One of the tracks that I remember hearing on the radio from this album is
Rockin’ Down The Highway. I think that this song fits in with the convoy
premise that was happening in America
a few years later. This may be why it was picked up by radio stations after the
album was put out. It is a great track that has the feel of continuously moving
with its train sounding drum beats on the high hat, reminiscent of the Johnny
Cash drum beats. This is a great album that has cool folk/rock sounds that I
have been searching for. The singles are great and the other tracks that come
from this album aren’t half bad either. I could listen to this album quite a
few times before getting board with the music.
This is the seventh album from Saves The Day. It was
released in 2011. The album release was pushed back because of other projects
and members leaving the band. This made recording the album a little difficult
thus the album release being later than expected. This album is the last in a
trilogy set. The first and second of the set being Sound The Alarm and Under
The Boards. This album was pressed on black vinyl only because of the “sonic
superiority” of black over colored vinyl. I thought this was strange since both
Sound The Alarm and Under The Boards were orange and green respectively. The
first single from the album is called Living Without Love. Uppon the
announcement that this was going to be the first single people interested could
download the track for free from the bands website. One could also get the
track free with preorder of the album along with the track Undress Me. The
second single from the album is Deranged & Desperate. This track has a cool
guitar part where every note is slightly bent in the verse part of the song.
The chorus of the song is pretty standard but fun. The first track from the
album, the title track, called Daybreak, is a very exceptional track with five
distinct parts. Each part of the song has its own sub-title in the original
track listing. It is really a great opening track but it can be a bit daunting
to listen to with the track being nearly 10 minutes and 45 seconds long. I
think that this is one of their best albums to date. I have been collecting
their albums since their third albums release. I really enjoy the music that
this group creates.
This is the fifth album from Spoon. It was released in 2005.
This is a great album that I happen to hear tracks from just as I was getting
into the new indie music of the 2000s era. I heard the first single from the
album, I Turn My Camera On, on my favorite radio station, 89.3 The Current. The
song has a fun staccato bass line to it. The guitar is also staccato but is
only strummed on every other bass note hit giving emphasis to only parts of the
music. It is a very interesting track in its simplicity. The next single
released from the album is called Sister Jack. This is a more straight forward
track with vocals that are slightly out of tune from each other. I think that
this is where the interest in the song is. Other wise the song is just a basic
rock track. It is a fun track but still the interest is in the vocals. This
album has a very special track on it for me, the song I Summon You. I met my
current wife when I was listening to this album in 2007. We started seeing each
other and I used the title of the song in a text when I drove up to the house
before a party she was having. It was cute because the instant she got the text
she ran out the door to embrace me in a hug. It is a moment that will be etched
in my brain for ever. I don’t have the text and I am sure that she doesn’t
either because that was about four phones ago. But I am sure that the text
read, “I summon you here my love!” The album as a whole is very similar to
every other album that Spoon has put out but different at the same time. They
seem to have a very vague style that appears to be a specific shape from far
away but upon closer inspection is very different on each album and each track.
I really don’t know why they are not more popular. They could rival Radiohead
in my opinion and I am a Radiohead super fan.
That is all I have for now...
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