Vacant Weekend – Something To Fill The Silence

It was a pleasant listening experience. Although the talk/singing style is reminiscent of several other artists, it adds a unique touch to the music.

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PIG – Red Room 

Red Rool by PIG is my monthly quota for edgier industrial music. I listened to this album a couple of times; it has something going on that I couldn’t ignore. It has good lyrics, which is a game-changer for me. An album can sneak by with less-than-artistic music if it has really good lyrics. Red Room has both good music and intelligent, well-written songs. Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/album/0sQy98y0v0ApSR8MnzaMeW

Apple Music  https://music.apple.com/ca/album/red-room/1743960219

‘Dum Dum Bullet’  https://youtu.be/eA5y9tiF0Fs

‘Crumbs, Chaos & Lies’ feat. Alexis Mincolla (3Teeth)  https://youtu.be/HDpuAq9ONKU

Thanks to Shauna (contact@shamelesspromotionpr.com) at Shameless Promotion PR for suggesting this one to me.

Johnny Blueskies, aka Sturgill Simpson – Passage Du Desire

‘Passage Du Desire’ was a thoroughly enjoyable listen from start to finish. It brought back memories of his early country music, adding a delightful flourish to the experience of listening to a fresh album.

Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – God Fodder Thanks to Kevin from On Repeat for reviewing this album, which I promptly listened to.

Frank Zappa – Ruben and the Jets

Zappa is taking on doo-wop. Ruben and the Jets is not his most substantial release, but it is still a solid album.

Frank Zappa – Playground Psychotics

Wow, this is a wild ride that should be listened to only by people who have previous experience with Zappa. Playground Psychotics is a two-CD release that rambles, rants, rocks, and rolls, and it needs Genius lyrics to follow it. Play at your own risk.

J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame

It’s a blast from the past, on Repeat from last week.

J. Geils Band – Hotline

It’s not on the same level as Freeze Frame, but it does have an innovative sleeve, with the inner and outer becoming one.

Susan Jacks – Ghosts

She has a charming voice. I started listening to Susan Jacks as part of the Poppy family with her husband, Terry Jacks. They had a couple of big hits, which we will hear when we get to the letter P. We are just moving through the letter J today. Susan Jacks left their marriage and had a successful solo career.

Susan Jacks- I Thought Of You Again

Ghosts is more substantial than this, but I Thought Of You Again is still decent background music, although I probably won’t think of this album again.

Walk On Water – Walk On Water

It has its moments, but only a few. File under “Probably Will Not Listen To It Again.”

Ring Starr – Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr

File this under “Keep In Rotation.” Ringo is my favourite Beetle, and he always has been. I can remember being enamoured of his percussive brilliance on The Beatles’ album. In his solo career, he has an enviable collection of friends who play with him and keep the fun part of music alive. Check out this album’s Wikipedia listing; the Personnel list is mind-boggling.

Joe Jackson – Look Sharp!

Look Sharp is listed at 865 in Colin Larkin’s All Time Top 1000 Albums. I consider this is new wave music at its finest.The album features one of Jackson’s most well-known songs, “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” The album cover, featuring a pair of white shoes, is ranked number 22 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 greatest album covers ever.

Joe Jackson – The Man

This will close out this week’s listening party. The dominant factor this week has been listening to two albums by artists. I didn’t contrive this; I actually own the albums that I list here. Joe Jackson has a third, but I ran out of time this week, so It will start off next week’s listening party.