Kiss – Alive – 1975 There are many stories that put forth the arguments that Alive!, the album that truly broke KISS, wasn’t all “live”. That the band went back in the studio and sweetened tracks, fixed mistakes, added layers.I say, who the fuck cares? The live album of the Continue Reading
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Kissening Post: Kiss – Dressed to Kill
Kiss – Dressed to Kill – 1975 Otherwise known as the album with “Rock and Roll all Night” on it.What else is there?Not a helluva lot.I took a long time between listening to these first three Kiss records and writing about them. Why? Because I just plain forgot that I Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Hotter Than Hell
Kiss – Hotter Than Hell – 1974 Two albums in one year! 74 was a great year in this regard. Queen also put out Queen II AND Sheer Heart Attack. It was a heady time for Rock. Bands just couldn’t be contained. From the first strains of the opening track Continue Reading
The Top Fifty (six) albums and Top Eighty (six) songs of the Decade
Update! See 2009 Looking back on the first decade of this century I think it might have been the most rewarding, musically speaking.Everyone and his brother has a blog and a decade end list and none of them are alike. Well, there are overlaps on every album. And it seems Continue Reading
DoubleShot: The Thermals
“God reached his hand down from the sky. He flooded the land and he set it on fire.” The Thermals – The Body, the Blood, The Machine – 2006 I can’t begin to explain how important music was to me in 2006. Lizzie had just died. Finding my happy was Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Raditude
Weezer – Raditude – 2009 Raditude, perhaps one of the worst titled album, with the most obnoxious cover, I’ve ever seen, opens with perhaps the most exciting, lacerating and deliberately radio friendly song Cuomo and the boys have ever foisted onto its fans and non-fans alike. Co-written by power/pop genius Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Purple Album
What? What is the Purple album? It’s just a collection of B-Sides. I’m not even gonna wax on about it. Suffice to say songs like, “Velouria”, “Mykel & Carli”, “Jamie” & “I just Threw Out the Love of my Dreams” can be found on it. Take the songs you like. Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Red Album
Weezer – Red Album – 2008 (iTunes – Amazon) Red was my line in the sand with Weezer. Taking 3 years off from Make Believe, this is the one that made me almost write the band off. The guys from Sound Opinions LOVED this record. And I have no idea Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Make Believe
Weezer – Make Believe – 2005 (iTunes – Amazon) I don’t know why the fans bristle so much about this record. Maybe they were hoping that the band would continue the cycle and label this with a rainbow color. What about “Red”? (Yes. What about “Red”???) When I first heard Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Weezer – Maladroit
Weezer – Maladroit – 2002 (iTunes – Amazon) In 2002 the internet was all abuzz with word that a new album by Weezer was coming and it was coming fast on the heels of Green. In keeping with (what was now perceived to be a tradition), the album would have Continue Reading