The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup
Oh boy. This one is going to be more about one song (yes, that song) than it is about the album. And it’s going to be perhaps the earliest story […]
Pop
Ellen Foley — Nightout
Okay, I’ll admit it . . . I had a bit of a crush on Ellen Foley. I made no attempt to hide it. It was so obvious that one […]
A Flock of Seagulls — Listen
Listen is exactly what I haven’t done, with regard to this album, in a very long time. This came out just a year after their first record, in April 1983 […]
A Flock of Seagulls — A Flock of Seagulls
Spring of 1982. Junior year of college. We have an apartment of moderate squalor. We have an heirloom black and white cabinet TV. We have basic cable. We have MTV. […]
Flo & Eddie — Moving Targets
Following an album that was almost entirely a live comedy work, Flo & Eddie returned to more normal pop music with 1976’s “Moving Targets.” It starts with an almost Lennonesque […]