Tears For Fears is a textbook example of an act that made incredible singles, but their album tracks are uniformly…well, not bad. But significantly weaker by comparison. They were scorching in the summer of 1985, thanks to a trio of fantastic singles. We’ve discussed “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”earlier (damn, almost a year ago… Read More “Head Over Heels” by Tears For Fears (1985)
What an awesome story. Girl is kinda blah about Christmas, meets a dude at a ski shop. There are a series of misconnections and disconnections over the ensuing year. Finally, right before Christmas, nearly a year after their first encounter, they bump into one another in the grocery store. They are both on the hunt… Read More “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses (1981)
To me, Talking Heads’ dopeness is a clear bell curve. Actually, it’s not a clear bell curve. Their first three albums have flashes of brilliance, the next two records are dope, and the last three albums are the sound of a band getting extremely bored. “Burning Down The House” is the New York art-rockers’ biggest… Read More “Burning Down The House” by Talking Heads (1983)
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