here are the records (off the top of my head) that i always want to hear this year:
the beach boys “love you” (actually, each and every album. “today” is right before “pet sounds” and shows every bit of what’s to come, “friends” is late 60′s and one of my favorites, “love you” is brian’s 1977 comeback… weird, maybe, but seriously good songs, “little deuce coupe” has “no-go showboat” and “custom machine,” worth the price of admission on their own, i can’t say enough about “farmer’s daughter” from “surfin’ u.s.a.” and “good timin’” off “l.a. light,” which is not only my favorite song right now, but probably the last great thing brian put out until he presented “smile” earlier this century)
randy newman “sail away” (if you don’t love it, you aren’t human)
genesis “the lamb lies down on broadway” “selling england by the pound” & “foxtrot” (take note: phil is in fact a fantastic drummer (and back-up singer)… check out the extended crazy-time breakdown on “cinema show” for proof of the first)
r.e.m. “chronic town” (it goes by way too quickly. check out that jangle.)
wendy (walter) carlos “switched on bach” (not.just.a.novelty.)
the beatles “sgt pepper’s lonely hearts club band” (it’s never too late)
hans joachim roedelius “selbsporttrait II” & “wenn der sudwind weht” (he even has a myspace these days! what a hip old man)
his name is alive “home is in your head” & “mouth by mouth”
young marble giants “colossal youth“
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