5 Albums You Didn't Know You Needed

5 Albums You Didn't Know You Needed

ram - paul mCartney

i’ve been raving about this albums for years

linda sounds great

and the songs flow seamlessly into one another

creating a homey vibe

if i could travel back in time

i’d choose to go to paul’s farm and sit in on the recording

perhaps make tea and soldiers 

and make myself available to do a funny voice

on uncle albert / admiral halsey

play this album on sundays

marvin gaye - what’s going on

a concept album 

a lot of people don’t realize this

but marvin had a firm grip on what indeed was going on

and this album was a warning shot for society

vietnam

global warming

injustice

it’s all here 

marvin takes the issues and through the beauty of 

his voice

his lyrics

his arrangements

he makes it all sound hopeful

plus this is a great album to put on when you’re having sex

the pretenders

this is a rock ’n’ roll record

chrissie is open and honest 

the first feminist for me

she can snarl

and she phrases her songs like joni 

the band is crisp and a little bit angry

i put this album on when i’m cleaning the house

statistics showed a surge in effective cleaning

all motivated by the sound of 80s kicking in

gord downie - introduce yourself

for all of our american cousins

i implore that you buy this album

and consider it an introduction to canada

it’s not a geography lesson

nor a history recital

but it’s poetic and graceful

and it understands that canadian heart 

i wrote a previous blog about this album

the scratch of sadness that shows through 

makes me ache a little bit

and it makes me feel alive

gord wrote this album knowing that the great gig was coming

every song is about someone

and every song is about us

the rolling stones - goats head soup

this album is for all the bad girls and boys

who remember their teens 

and what a saturday night felt like

maybe you were alone

or maybe you were in somebodies basement

but goats head soup was probably on the turntable

and it made you feel good

and bad

lyrically mick’s at his best

‘winter’ is the stand out track for me

it makes me wish for snow in june

just so i can tap into that vibe of being bad

i love the stones

i don’t like people who don’t like the stones

craig martin

august 26, 2018

tea and soldiers