I have the b-side, SCHOOLYARD, becuase it is seriously awesome and I was on a bit of a mission to complete my BiSH collection... until they one-upped me by releasing their full discography in one big collection. In a pizza box. So, yeah, this is totally redundant now.
8/10
Pandora's Box - Aerosmith
A massive collection of 70s hits, live songs and alternate takes. It is kind of fun to hear the evolution of Steven Tyler's voice - dude sounds like a drunk having a laugh on their earliest recordings - but, otherwise, this is all very redundant. I have all the studio album tracks on their albums. And the live stuff is not that hot. It does have me looking forward to listening to Rocks, though.
Highlights: Sweet Emotion, No More No More, Nobody's Fault, Walk This Way
6.5/10
Panic - Alexei Sayle
Sadly, this is only Didn't You Kill My Brother? Alexei Sayle is very funny AND a full on Marxist as well. Hooray, the fat bastard! (FYI I am not insulting him, it was a song on his sketch show and I am sure zero people would get the reference, hence the disclaimer instead of just writing something else like a normal person).
7/10
Parachutes - Coldplay
Back when Coldplay were kind of a rock band? I would almost argue indie borderline folk rock, perhaps? Not very happy? Anyway you look at it, I have not listened to this album in probably 20 years and I had forgotten that it is actually very good - I have been too distracted by how terrible they have become. Except for that song with BTS. Keeping everything so much simpler would appear to have pushed them a bit more creatively.
Highlights: Spies, Yellow, Everything's Not Lost, Don't Panic
7/10
Parade - Prince & The Revolution
Bah gawd this album is so bizarre. I can understand why The Revolution bailed on Prince after this; things are fairly minimalist, without having the normal structure and actual music you would expect from a Prince song. That said, there is still some serious funk and great rock to found in here. I would welcome a remix of this album, because I feel like the bass is sorely lacking and that could make a big improvement.
Highlights: Anotherloverholenyohead, Kiss, Sometimes it Snows in April, New Position
7/10
Paradise - Lana Del Rey
LOGMAN: Oh, hey, I have not listened to this in forever. I do not even remember the songs at all. *Cola starts* This song is not bad... *Listens to lyrics* oh... no...
Highlights: Not that
5/10
Paris (Live At Le Zenith 1992 / 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition) - The Cure
This is a very solid performance, and I am going to credit about 80% of that to Boris and his solid drumming - because the tempos is nice and reserved, almost on the beat and not pushing things at all. Also, I can appreciate how different the setlist is to the other live albums I have from The Cure.
Highlights: Charlotte Sometimes, Play For Today, One Hundred Years, Close to Me
7/10
Party Queen - Ayumi Hamasaki
This album is the absolute nadir of Ayu's career. And I blame Timmy 100% for his terrible songwriting and attempts at rapping. THAT SAID some of the cringe is actually fun? Like, NaNaNa is incredibly tragic, but boy howdy do I love that chorus for that very reason. And then parts of the album - the songs without Timmy - are some of the greatest songs of Ayu's career? Well, top 20 songs, perhaps. So yeah, I do not know what the hell to say.
Highlights: reminds me, call, how beautiful you are, Letter
6.5/10 (8/10 without Timmy. Maybe even 8.5)
The Passage - Kebee
Our next installment of random K-Pop songs in my library. At least time, I seem to have about half of the album. This is a bit less hip-hop and more R&B compared to some of the other random stuff I have. It is kind of groovy.
Highlights: Where are the Claps?
6/10
Past Masters - The Beatles
I will be honest: this is one of those compilations that I very rarely pay attention to, which is probably very silly. When I do listen to it, like today, I am just a very happy person, because it is mostly very good singles. And then it gets to 1969 and there are a bunch of killer tracks that I absolutely love.
Highlights: Don't Let Me Down, Old Brown Shoe, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Revolution, You Know My Name (Look Up the Number), Day Tripper
8/10
Past To Present 1977-1990 - Toto
I have never really been the biggest fan of Toto. They are seriously brilliant musicians, but maybe there is something too perfect about them? However, some of their singles are undeniably awesome.
Highlights: Hold the Line, Rosanna, Africa, Stop Loving You
7/10
Patient!! [BiSH Ver.] - BiSH
I have been waiting for this! The actual end of BiSH and it is exactly the extreme awesome I wanted. I could listen to this again and again and again... Start the day with BiSH, end the day with BiSH.
10/10
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