Music Wench
Rock and Roll Grandma
R.E.M. - Green
Best Album of 1988
- Thread starter Music Wench
- Start date
kath
astronomy domino's™
Music Wench said:
i'll buy this choice, too.
Martin Q. Blank
The Happening
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - "Lincoln"
Martha Washington
eat it! it's GOOD for you
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
first we take manhattan, then we take berlin
Lenny Baby is known to complain that songwriting is a very slow and painful process for him. Of course it is. Songs like this don't just pop into people's brains, they get dragged up by the roots. I think the album has dated in a mostly good way. The "world music" flavor deepens the slick 80's sound and actually complements these remarkable songs. He gets a little playful here and there, it suits him. Lonesome Lenny has come completely to terms with his "Mister Gloom" image and he actually does some neat things with it.
It might rank with my favorite singer/songwriter albums in the history of the world. It's real honest and puts the weight of the world on you when you listen. But it does so with a lot of craft and for only a few minutes at a time.
first we take manhattan, then we take berlin
Lenny Baby is known to complain that songwriting is a very slow and painful process for him. Of course it is. Songs like this don't just pop into people's brains, they get dragged up by the roots. I think the album has dated in a mostly good way. The "world music" flavor deepens the slick 80's sound and actually complements these remarkable songs. He gets a little playful here and there, it suits him. Lonesome Lenny has come completely to terms with his "Mister Gloom" image and he actually does some neat things with it.
It might rank with my favorite singer/songwriter albums in the history of the world. It's real honest and puts the weight of the world on you when you listen. But it does so with a lot of craft and for only a few minutes at a time.
Last edited:
Aginghipster
Member
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
- Posts
- 71
- Reaction score
- 1
I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit. It's high time I raze the walls that I've constructed
REM- Green
REM- Green
eccentric man
Senior Member
Drummer Chris
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2005
- Posts
- 845
- Reaction score
- 1
Ok, I'm going out on a limb here, heh, heh
I'm going to vote for Jimmy Page Outrider.
Great album, really enjoyed it after the disappearance of the Firm,
Give it a listen, crank it up.. I especially liked "Wasting My Time" , "Writes Of Winter", and Prison Blues.
plus Jason Bonham drums on most of the songs which was a plus.
I'm going to vote for Jimmy Page Outrider.
Great album, really enjoyed it after the disappearance of the Firm,
Give it a listen, crank it up.. I especially liked "Wasting My Time" , "Writes Of Winter", and Prison Blues.
plus Jason Bonham drums on most of the songs which was a plus.
J
JN21
Guest
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Reverend Rock
cool music and hot coffee
Honestly, I thought 1988 was a pretty lame year for albums...so I'll go with Music Wench's initial post and second the nomination for Green.
I went to www.alaskajim.com and www.acclaimedmusic.net to try to jog my memory of what came out that year. I finally came up with this:
Gold: TEMPLE OF LOW MEN by CROWDED HOUSE
Silver: TRAVELLING WILBURYS, VOLUME ONE
Bronze: RATTLE AND HUM by U2 (I always associated this album with 1989 for some reason).
JcS
Gold: TEMPLE OF LOW MEN by CROWDED HOUSE
Silver: TRAVELLING WILBURYS, VOLUME ONE
Bronze: RATTLE AND HUM by U2 (I always associated this album with 1989 for some reason).
JcS
Similar threads
