1001 Albums Summary

The highlight here is the remake of Junior Murvin's Police & Thieves, a punky flash of reggae influence that is carried on and improved with Living in Fame and One More Time on Sandinista and Armigideon Time on Black Market Clash.

Radio Free Europe is the keeper. Fresh, raw early REM sound from the era of the Chronic Town EP and Wolves,Lower and Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars) and stylistically skews towards XTC. On par is the slower number Talk About the Passion which presages the musicality of their later work.

Golden Years has a nice funk feel. It sounds a few years ahead of its day, like something you'd hear in the early eighties. Bowie is a great talent, but his theatrical style just isn't for me.

Alive and Even Flow are the well known songs, but this is a strong LP with Vedder's vocals coming across as strong as any of the grunge instrumentations.