ALL-TIME FAVE.

Man, would I have played the hell out of this one on my college radio show. I appreciate the ambition but am not sure whether I'd ever listen to it again.

The cover of Sunshine blew my mind. Cool to hear the similarities between this and Innervisions.

Great horn parts on this one (Melba Liston!). Enjoyed it for sure.

I enjoyed this much more than I thought it would, and I really appreciated how revolutionary it must have been in 1970.

So great to hear the non-singles on this one...and to reappreciate the singles, too.

Shocked by how many of these songs I don't know...digging it as expected.

One of those "I appreciate it in theory but it doesn't really resonate with me" albums. But it's not Hendrix's fault that he's been overplayed to the point that it's hard to listen to his stuff with fresh ears.

Glad I gave this a chance--there's some cool and funny stuff here. As I said about Hendrix yesterday, tho, I'm always going to appreciate Zappa in theory more than I do in practice.

Finally, an album by a woman...AND it's one by a childhood heroine of mine. Half of these songs are absolute classics, and the other half are fully respectable.

Somehow this manages to be both prescient and dated at the same time, which is a feat. I can definitely see why U2 vibed with this record in the ZOO TV era, but it doesn't work too well for me. I'm generally not a fan of industrial sounds, and generally not a fan of being preached at; I like a little melody and poetry with my protest music. Glad I had the chance to listen to it, tho!

First album I've gotten featuring someone I've seen in concert; probably the only album I'll get featuring someone I've sold LPs to. This is one I'll definitely come back to.

I forgot how undeniably catchy some of these songs were, and I liked hearing the ones that weren't ubiquitous singles, too.

So many people try to sound like Janis (and do it badly!) that it's hard to remember how great she was. This was an excellent reminder.

"Hearts and Bones" and "Rene & Georgette Magritte" are old favorites. "The Late Great Johnny Ace" may be becoming a favorite--and cool to hear Marin Alsop on the recording after I just saw her conduct the CSO last month. The rest were OK. Cars are cars, man.

Kinda like an antagonistic sound bath. Not necessarily in a bad way.

Dreamy and lovely.

This is a good time. You can't be sad listening to Little Richard.

YES. Always a fave. I can (and do) usually live without the jams, but the actual songs are by and large amazing.

Love that this was initially deemed "too loud, raw, and raucous" to be released (as Wikipedia reports)--this made me reappreciate Sam Cooke BECAUSE it was so raw and fun and real. It's a live album that really feels live.

Tolerated it better than I thought it would, but still not my thing.

So glad I gave this a proper listen. ThisThe only thing that didn't work for me was Flavor Flav sounding like the weasel from the Riverbottom Nightmare Band.

The Memphis soul vibe meant I enjoyed this more than I usually enjoy Elvis...but seriously, I never need or want to hear "In The Ghetto" again.

"I'm sad about my divorce" = meh. "I'm mad about my divorce" = meh. "I'm sad about my divorce, and I'm mad about my divorce, and SOMEDAY I'LL HAVE SEX ON PLUTO" = yes. Very yes.

Hard to remember she was just 19 when listening to the vocals and the music; easy to remember she was just 19 when listening to the lyrics

It's excellent Stevie Wonder cosplay, but I'll pick Stevie instead anytime.

ALL-TIME FAVE.

My Police phase was 30 years ago and very short-lived, but I'm glad I gave this album a chance, if only so I could hear Sting sing a song to dinosaurs.

Absolutely classic. Duh. (And I love Silly!Paul, so I even love Maxwell's Silver Hammer. You go with that anvil, Mal Evans.)

I have Clapton's music blocked on Spotify because he pisses me off so much. No, thanks.

Powerful and beautiful stuff. It had been too long since I'd heard this one.