Robert's Record Reviews
I've accumulated a pretty big record/cd collection and, from time to time, I used to write reviews of the latest additions to my collection. Lately, I haven't bought much music. That whole "you turn 30 and buying CDs doesn't seem to be that important" thing hit me. Lately, I have been working my way back through my collection and trying to listen to everything again and put down my thoughts here.
I also have an alternate cover view of this page too.
| Album Title | Artist |
Rating |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Boots | Nancy Sinatra | 9/10 | Nancy Sinatra may be best known for being the sister of the great Frank Sinatra Jr., but she also, with the help of Lee... more |
| Bastard | Colin Newman | 9/10 | This CD is a nice mix of electronics, processed guitars and throbbing dub-reggae style bass lines. There's nothing particularly... more |
| Send | Wire | 9/10 | Send compiles seven of its eleven tracks from the first two Read & Burn EPs. Of the remaining four new... more |
| The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing | Phantom Surfers, The | 9/10 | This is probably only the second record ever made of instrumental surf music devoted to the hobby of slot car racing. The first... more |
| C'est Chic! | Various Artists | 9/10 | Another great 60's girl group compilation from Ace Records. I think I like the Italian girl singers CD a tad bit more, but this... more |
| Audio Visionaries: Street Pranks and Put-Ons | Coyle and Sharpe | 9/10 | This is the second CD collection of this duo's hilarious Candid Microphone style man-on-the-street interviews from the... more |
| La Donna Domenica | Ennio Morricone | 9/10 | Another great soundtrack re-release from Cinevox. The pieces start mellow and gradually build in tension without quite reaching... more |
| Et Vincere et Mori | Monarchs, The | 9/10 | Lo-Fi rockers!!! Snotty female lead vocals. Some of the best garage music from the 90s. |
| Giornata Nera Per L'Ariete | Ennio Morricone | 9/10 | Although this disc is part of the Crime box set, the music here is very much in the vein of Morricone's giallo scores... more |
| Absurd-Ditties | Toy Dolls | 9/10 | After a string of just okay records, The Toy Dolls finally released an LP that almost stands up to their... more |
| Karoshi | Salaryman | 9/10 | Another collection of analog synth laden songs from the members of Poster Children. This one feels a bit more focused and less... more |
| The Final Rip Off | Monty Python | 9/10 | Another great 2 CD collection of skits to memorize with your nerd friends. You know how they always say that CDs have a shelf... more |
| Celebration of Annihilation | Servotron | 9/10 | Robot rock! This band is rumored to contain member(s) of Man or Astroman? and Supernova (I've since found out that this is not... more |
| Hillbilly Wolf: Missing Links Vol. 1 | Link Wray | 9/10 | This is the CD reissue of Norton's Link Wray series. The CD includes some 5 bonus tracks. If you don't own any Link Wray I'd go... more |
| The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection | Yma Sumac | 9/10 | Yma Sumac had a voice that supposedly spanned five octaves. That alone would make for an interesting recording artist, but here... more |
| Just Like You | Poster Children | 9/10 | Just Like You is a really solid EP. The band is slowly moving away from their drone-laden "Champaign '92" sound an... more |
| Clincher | Tar | 9/10 | This feels like it must be outtakes or extras from Jackson. "G7" and "Teetering" are the best tracks on the EP. Some... more |
| My God Is Alive! Sorry About Yours! | Knights of the New Crusade, The | 9/10 | Knights of the New Crusade are America's premiere punk rock Biblical literalists. Religious viewpoint aside, this is some of... more |
| Object 47 | Wire | 9/10 | While it starts out on a high note with "One of Us," Object 47 doesn't quite live up to the promise of Read &... more |
| Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins | Sparks | 9/10 | After Interior Design, Sparks wisely took a six year break to go back to their rooms and think about what they had... more |
| Brighter Than a Thousand Suns | Killing Joke | 9/10 | Killing Joke took everything that was great about Nightime's "Love Like Blood" and ran with it on this release. There'... more |
| Painful | Yo La Tengo | 9/10 | I am glad I never got in to Yo La Tengo whilst they were coming into prominence. I probably would have bought everything they... more |
| Il Poliziotto Della Brigata Criminale | Ennio Morricone | 9/10 | I finally bought this CD after being nagged by my Discogs.com wishlist alert for months. I shouldn't have waited because this... more |
| Digital Lifeforms | Sandoz | 9/10 | Since the demise of Cabaret Voltaire, Richard H. Kirk has had about a zillion solo projects all with different names. It's a... more |
| Sex Mad / You Kill Me | Nomeansno | 9/10 | Any Nomeansno record is going to get compared with their masterpiece, Wrong. No, they'll never match the perfection of... more |
| Big City After Dark: Missing Links Volume 2 | Wray, Link | 9/10 | Discogs.com has been nagging me for months that this was available for cheap from a number of resellers and completing my... more |
| RTFM | Poster Children | 9/10 | This record starts out with a bang and is almost as good as Junior Citizen. A couple of the songs near the end aren't... more |
| Trans-Europe Express | Kraftwerk | 9/10 | Trans-Europe Express is a classic record which laid the groundwork for virtually all the electronic dance music that... more |
| Solid Sender | Deke Dickerson | 9/10 | This is a wonderful single by Deke (of Untamed Youth/Dave and Deke Combo/GoNuts Fame). Most of the songs are rockabilly with... more |
| Over and Out | Tar | 9/10 | More Tar being Tar. This one has crystal clear production and, wouldn't you know it, a little bit of variety in the song... more |
| Singles 83/84 | Toy Dolls | 9/10 | This CD compiles four of the band's early 7" singles. This was when the Toy Dolls were at their punkiest. So, despite its short... more |
| Sport Fishin' - The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook | Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet | 9/10 | The final Shadowy Men album sounds much better than its predecessors thanks mostly to Albini's roomy recording style. However,... more |
| Days Away | Nonagon | 9/10 | As you may know, I play bass in a band called Nonagon. Well, it turns out we weren't as clever as we thought we were when we... more |
| Strays | Wire | 9/10 | I got this CD as a bonus from ordering Red Barked Tree directly from Wire mail order. The disc opens with re-... more |
| Sing and Play the Three Doctors and Other Sounds of Today | Zip Code Rapists | 9/10 | Before Gregg Turkington was creating anti-comedy as Neil Hamburger, he was, along with guitarist John Singer, creating anti-... more |
| Tube City! The Best of the Trashmen! | Trashmen, The | 9/10 | The Trashmen were a standout band from the surf era known mostly for their hit, "Surfin' Bird." That single captures much of... more |
| 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) | Eurythmics | 9/10 | Although technically speaking this is a soundtrack, I don't think any of these songs made it into the film 1984. That'... more |
| Tossing Seeds (89-91) | Superchunk | 9/10 | This is the first of several singles comps Superchunk released over the years. Lots of covers and a few alternate versions of... more |
| Two Nuns and a Pack Mule | Rapeman | 9/10 | There's still quite a bit of Big Black's sound in this Albini follow up project. The guitar (there's only one this time around... more |
| Project Infinity | Man... or Astroman? | 9/10 | Another good release with slightly better production quality than their previous Estrus recordings. |