Aimee Mann — Mental Illness
After Bachelor No. 2, I remained a staunch fan of Aimee Mann. “Lost In Space,” which came out just two years later, really hit me, just an incredible collection of songs very much in...
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Aimee Mann — Bachelor No. 2 or, The Last Remains of the Dodo
This was the album that gave me an absolutely stunning introduction to Aimee Mann. I knew her name from years before with ‘Til Tuesday, and had probably heard about her previous release, “I’m With...
Manassas — Down the Road
I picked this up at Deep Groove in Phoenixville sometime in 2018 or ’19, after being completely hypnotized by the excellence of the first Manassas album for a year or two, but knowing that...
Manassas — Manassas
As promised, I’m finally back with more drivel about my record collection. Manassas, the debut by Manassas, is a record and a band I barely knew existed before just a few years ago –...
The Mamas & The Papas — People Like Us
If this retrospective walk through my record collection has taught me anything recently, it’s that I really don’t care that much about The Mamas & The Papas, and yet I hold onto the records...
The Mamas & The Papas — The Papas & The Mamas
I picked up a very beat-up copy of this 1968 release at a garage sale a mere 11 years later, and remain confounded at how other people treat their records. How could you beat...
The Mamas & The Papas — Farewell to the First Golden Era
This 1967 release was another 1979 garage sale find, I feel pretty certain, and another Mamas & Papas record in fairly rough shape that I just never bothered to get a better version of....
The Mamas & The Papas — The Mamas & The Papas
If you didn’t grow up in the ’60s, it may be impossible to relate how huge a phenomenon The Mamas & The Papas were. They crossed over from the counterculture to mainstream in perhaps...
Madonna — Like A Virgin
This one came out in the fall of 1984, right around the time we were transitioning from that first post-college, just-married apartment into the second. (I wrote about that time a little bit when...
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