Drawings of Houses

Three Hundred Fifty-Eight

Artist - Built to Spill
Album - Perfect from Now On
Released - 1997
Label - Warner Bros
Genre - Indie Rock

Tracks:
Side 1
Randy Described Eternity
I Would Hurt A Fly
Stop the Show
Side 2
Made-Up Dreams
Velvet Waltz
Kicked in the Sun
Side 3
Out of Site
Untrustable/Part 2 (About someone else)
Side 4
Easy Way

Enjoy!

Grateful Live

Three Hundred Fifty-Three

Artist - Grateful Dead
Album - History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)
Released - 1973
Label - Warner Bros
Genre - Jam/Folk Rock

Tracks:
Side I
Katie Mae
Dark Hollow
I've Been All Around This World
Wake Up Little Susie
Black Peter
Side II
Smokestack Lightnin (Howlin' Wolf)
Hard to Handle

So after listening to this record, I fell in love with Black Peter.  A slow, quaint song that hypnotized me under its spell.  A lovely live version of songs from the Grateful Dead, History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) is the bands ninth album and fourth live album.  Jerry Garcia plays one MEAN guitar and when I mean MEAN, I mean awesome.

Enjoy!

Babies with Laser Eyes

Three Hundred Thirty-Four

Artist - The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Henry Rollins and Peaches
Album - The Dark Side of the Moon
Released - 2010
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Alternative Rock

Tracks:
Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
Breathe Reprise
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse

Just a short blurb I wanted to write about before getting into this album, which by the way is magnificent.  Today, as I was roaming around the streets of Austin, I realized I have ONE MORE MONTH left if this year long expedition.  To think that it almost seemed like yesterday that I started this and realized it was going to be such an enjoyable trek.  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR albums I've listened to from April 20th, 2012 until today.  I can honestly say that this has been a commitment I've enjoyed and I will be sad when it comes to an end.  But don't cry tears of joy now because we have thirty-one records left to enjoy together.

I can't take all the credit for today's choice since it came from the immaculate collection of my roommates.  He gave me a few records to pick from and when I started flipping through them, this one caught my eye.  One, being The Flaming Lips and two, the cover tripped me out because there is a baby on it holding the guitar with laser eyes in the colors of the rainbow.  For those of you who do not know much of who The Flaming Lips are, they are such a fun, trippy, psychedelic and unpredictable band.  For a band as experimental as The Flaming Lips to cover Pink Floyd's 1973 masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon, you have to tip your hat to them.  I say that because I believe, Pink Floyd's rendition of The Dark Side of the Moon is so perfect and amazing and for a band like The Flaming Lips to cover it, they did a spectacular job.  Incorporating acts like Henry Rollins and Peaches (who is a favorite of mine) with Stardeath and White Dwarfs, this album is a great cover.  Every song, from the first to the last, puts a perfect pitch on each song.  From the trippy sounds to the clear vinyl it came on.

Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES TAYLOR

Two Hundred Twenty-Six

Artist - James Taylor
Album - Sweet Baby James
Released - 1970
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Rock/Folk

Tracks:
Sweet Baby James
Lo and Behold
Sunny Skies
Steamroller
Country Road
Oh Susannah
Fire and Rain
Blossom
Anywhere Like Heaven
Oh Baby, Don't You Loose
Your Lip on Me
Suite for 20G

The second album by singer/songwriter James Taylor, I decided to play this Sweet Baby James on his birthday which was March 12, 2013.

Enjoy!

Free Flow

Three Hundred Thirteen

Artist - Christopher Cross
Album - Christopher Cross
Released - 1979
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Pop Rock/Contemporary

Tracks:
Say You'll Be Mine
I Really Don't Know Anymore
Spinning
Never Be The Same
Poor Shirley
Ride Like The Wind
The Light Is On
Sailing
Minstrel Gigolo

Enjoy!

It's just...

Two Hundred Eighty-Nine

Artist - Fleetwood Mac
Album - Mirage
Released - 1982
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Pop/Rock

Tracks:
Love In Store
Can't Go Back
That's Alright
Book of Love
Gypsy
Only Over You
Empire State
Straight Back
Hold Me
Oh Diane
Eyes of the World
Wish You Were Here

The thirteenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, Mirage has a list of good tracks.  Starting with Love In Store, it brings a nice intro to introducing the other tracks.  Lindsey Buckingham's voice in Can't Go Back is perfect for this song.  All the greatness you can find about this band is placed in this album.  Such amazing tracks like Gypsy and Wish You Were Here.  Just fantastic in every way.

Enjoy!

To Become, Become an...

Two Hundred Seventy-Seven

Artist - The Association
Album - Greatest Hits
Released - 1968
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Sunshine/Baroque Pop

Tracks:
Side One
The Time It Is Today
Everything That Touches You
Like Always
Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
Along Comes Mary
Side Two
Enter The Young
No Fair At All
Time for Livin'
We Love
Cherish
Windy
Six Man Band

Enjoy!

A Little Cooky

Two Hundred Fifty-Three

Artists - David Byrne-Brian Eno
Album - My Life In The Bush of Ghosts
Released - 1981
Label - Sire/Warner Bros
Genre - Experimental/Art Rock

Tracks:
America Is Waiting
Mea Culpa
Regiment
Help Me Somebody
The Jezebel Sporit
Qu'ran
Moonlight In Glory
The Carrier
A Secret Life
Come With Us
Mountain of Needles

Enjoy!

Queen of Pop

Two Hundred Twenty-Four

Artist - Madonna
Album - Like A Virgin
Released - 1984
Label - Sire/Warner Bros.
Genre - Pop

Tracks:
Side One
Material Girl
Angel
Like A Virgin
Over and Over
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Side Two
Dress You Up
Shoo-Bee-Doo
Pretender
Stay

The second album by Madonna, Like A Virgin, in the notoriety that it has, other than the more popular songs, it was pretty difficult to listen to.  When I thought that, I instantly thought of the music that was around in 1984.  As much as I love the whole pop/disco movement, I did not agree with the rest of the songs.  Material Girl, Like A Virgin and Love Don't Live Here Anymore are possibly the only good songs on this record, of course because these are the songs that made Madonna what she is today (plus her extraordinary open views that she incorporated into her music/appearance).  But when it's all said and done, at the end of the day -- listening to this record in a whole can be pretty painful getting through certain tracks.

Enjoy!

The Best Of

Two Hundred Five

Artist - The Doobie Brothers
Album - Best of the Doobies
Released - 1976
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Rock

Tracks:
Side One
China Grove
Long Train Runnin'
Takin' it to the Streets
Listen to the Music
Black Water
Rockin' Down the Highway
Side Two
Jesus is just Alright
It Keeps You Runnin'
South City Midnight Lady
Take Me In Your Arms
Without You

The first greatest hits by The Doobie Brothers, this album is just all kinds of awesome.  Amazing hits back to back, you literally have to play this loud -- and proud.  Sometimes I find it rather difficult to write about "The Best Of" albums because it's literally the best songs by the artist/band.  I just enjoy each song and appreciate!

Enjoy!

Rumours...

I sit in front of my extensive vinyl record collection (can't take all the credit, the majority are my roommates), I think about what could possible satisfy my long, exhausting day.  Then I thought of it!!  What better way to bring an end to a great night by playing my eighty-first pick.

Artist - Fleetwood Mac
Album - Rumours
Released - 1977
Label - Warner Bros. 
Genre - Pop/Rock


Tracks:
Second Hand News
Dreams
Never Going Back Again
Don't Stop
Go Your Own Way
Songbird
The Chain
You Make Loving Fun
I Don't Want to Know
Oh Daddy
Gold Dust Woman

The eleventh album by Fleetwood Mac, Rumours brought the band a lot of success with many songs from this album.  A great record, you can see just how young and talented this band was with songs like Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way and You Make Loving Fun.  I do admit that it's been quite some time that I've heard this record and to remind myself how good it is, it really is rewarding to me.  

Enjoy!