Suicide
Suicide
1977
Tracks
1. Ghost Rider
2. Rocket USA
3. Cheree
4. Johnny
5. Girl
6. Frankie Teardrop
7. Che
Ah, Suicide. Aptly named, since anyone who listens to this album probably thought fondly of their own mortality about half way through "Frankie Teardrop". I can't be the first one to make that joke. Actually, come to think of it, maybe I am, since everyone seems to adore this album. Which is absurd. Sometimes I feel like I am being pranked with this List.
It is basically screaming. Well, that's not completely true. Sometimes there are sex sounds set to music. But "Frankie Teardrop"? That's just screaming.
It seems like this is what the inside of an extremely troubled teenage boy's head would sound like. Perhaps this is for them. Still, I can't see anyone getting enjoyment out of hearing this.
Remember when we were listening to the Beatles and Joni Mitchell? I can't either.
RATING: 1/5
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
1977
Tracks
1. River Song
2. What's Wrong
3. Moonshine
4. Friday Night
5. Dreamer
6. Thoughts of You
7. Time
8. You and I
9. Pacific Ocean Blues
10. Farewell My Friend
11. Rainbows
12. End of the Show
I didn't exactly want to fall in love with this album, since Wilson was a Masonite (before it was cool!). Certainly my sister hated it when I played it while she cooked and I wrote. If she couldn't handle this, though, I don't know how she would survive the Butthole Surfers. Faint heart never completed fair list.
We all know Dennis Wilson as the drummer for the Beach Boys. This kind of sounded like a Beach Boys album, without the relentless optimism. And honestly, I haven't exactly been in the cheerful mood lately, so this sat well with me.
I wasn't blown away by the lyrical composition of the album and I certainly wouldn't call it a masterpiece. Still, it was...pleasant and perhaps worth a listen.
RATING: 4/5
Heroes
David Bowie
1977
Tracks
1. Beauty And The Beast
2. Joe The Lion
3. Heroes
4. Sons Of The Silent Age
5. Black Out
6. V2 Schneider
7. Sense Of Doubt
8. Moss Garden
9. Neukoln
10. Secret Life Of Arabia
This is the last David Bowie album on the List, although he does produce a few in years to come. I feel like we are dealing with a completely different person every time Bowie comes out with something, so I don't really feel like I am saying goodbye to anyone in particular. Goodbye weird Andy Warhol-esque, cone-headed Space Man. Apparently, you start to kind of suck after this.
Everyone has probably heard the song "Heroes". I was unaware, however, that it was the story of two lovers who come together near the Berlin Wall. It has been played over and over again in advertisements, but somehow people don't seem to consider Bowie to be as much as a sell out as say, Fleetwood Mac? Anyway, it is a great song and it is featured in one of my favorite musicals, Moulin Rouge.
The rest of the album is mostly made up of instrumental tracks. They were enjoyable, but as we all know and hate about me at this point, I am a lyric person myself. Still, a solid farewell to the Human Chameleon.
RATING: 3/5
