Category: Power Pop

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Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw

Wow. What is there to say about this album? In 1982, things were happening, musically. There was change, opportunity, an explosion of creativity. “New” sounds were breaking in everywhere, although many of them were...

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The Bangles – All Over The Place

Another one being inserted out of alphabetical order because I insist on buying more vinyl. I’ve already written about how much I enjoyed that very first Bangles EP, and that even though like almost...

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Badfinger — Straight Up

Less than two months after I found “Magic Christian Music,” another nice Badfinger record turned up in the Forever Changes bins: 1971’s “Straight Up.” This is a classic, with “Day After Day” and “Baby...

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Badfinger — Magic Christian Music

For the longest time, there has been a Badfinger-sized hole in my record collection. Back when we were initially collecting records, in the early ’80s, my roommate Danny had several Badfinger albums, including this...