Joe Jackson — Tucker
Joe Jackson – Tucker Whereas “Mike’s Murder” just seemed to work as an album, without much consideration of the movie it was ostensibly the soundtrack to, 1988’s “Tucker” is much […]
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Joe Jackson — Body and Soul
Just months after “Mike’s Murder,” this sensational album came out in March 1984; I have strong associations of this album with spring thaws and the smell of that cool air […]
Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings Cole Porter
I don’t have a lot to say about this one, primarily because we picked it out of the Forever Changes dollar bin last year entirely for the cover. I’m not […]
Earth, Wind & Fire — Spirit
As I said last time, I just got these Earth, Wind & Fire records at the close of 2019. We had had what we thought then was a fairly rough […]
Earth, Wind & Fire — Open Our Eyes
We went through a thing last fall where, because of some family obligations that fall on the sandwich generation, my wife was away from home for weeks. When she got […]