Our latest random K-pop song is a super soft ballad and that is all I can say here.
6/10
Telepathy - 小玉しのぶ
Not nearly as impressive as the other album I have from her, but still a very solid listen. Just some quickfire pop rock.
Highlights: Say (Acoustic Version), アコガレスター
7/10
The Temple Of Hip-Hop Presents... - Various Artists
I only now have two songs from this album, but I am fairly certain I had the full thing somewhere. Probably very hard to find, now. That will teach me...
Highlights: Up From Da Underground - Xzhibit & KRS-One, Live at The Temple - Big Daddy Kane
8/10
Temple of Low Men - Crowded House
I can not explain it, but I feel like this album is just missing something. I say this as someone who generally enjoys Crowded House, without being a big fan or anything.
Highlights: When You Come, Sister Madly, Better Be Home Soon
6.5/10
Temple of Low Men [Deluxe Edition] - Crowded House
One of the few albums I managed to get the deluxe edition for - I certainly wish I had bought the others. This is all just demos and live versions. Mostly live versions. So when I say "I certainly wish I had bought the other [deluxe editions]", I do not mean for the bonus discs...
Highlights: Sister Madly [Studio Outtake], When You Come [Live]
5.5/10
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Probably the best album to come out of the 'grunge' era? Certainly the best album these guys from these bands did. Cornell's voice is just otherworldly.
Highlights: Say Hello 2 Heaven, Hunger Strike, Times of Trouble, Four Walled World
8/10
TEMPTATION BOX - SCANDAL
Peak idol-era Scandal; a whole bunch of harmless pop rock that is just upbeat and... there.
Highlights: 少女M, Hi-Hi-Hi, Hello!Hello!
6.5/10
Ten - Pearl Jam
It was not until my 20s that I realised how heavy the 70s rock vibe was on this album. And look, I am not the Pearl Jam fan I was 25 years ago, and this was never my favourite Pearl Jam album.... but maybe it actually is? Because it still rocks hard.
Highlights: Porch, Oceans, Release, Why Go
9/10
Terminal - YUKI
Like most 'modern' era YUKI albums, this covers all the genres - this time including some pretty big dance vibes. ご・く・ら・く terminal is like some hard K-pop hip-hop kind of thing, production-wise. A lot of fun to be had here!
Highlights: Baby it's you, ラスボス, Sunday Service, good girl
7.5/10
Thank You - Stone Temple Pilots
These are some random bonus songs from what I can only imagine was a greatest hits compilation. I like STP. A lot. But these are not important.
Highlights: Some random live version of Unglued that I found on the internet a million years ago
6/10
That's The Way It Is - Elvis Presley
The movie of the same name may well be the greatest concert film ever produced. And yet, this album is a lot of the things that movie is not; mostly super chilled out country-influenced pop. And I think I love it for all of those reasons. There are some live songs here - and some of them not from the movie - and they are just stellar.
Highlights: I Just Can't Help Believing, You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Just Pretend, How the Web Was Woven
8/10
That's The Way It Is: Live 12 August 1970 - Elvis Presley
Disc 2 of the set is a rare (at the time) concert performance recorded for the movie. And it rocks. It has been a while since I last had an Elvis concert going on here, so it is most welcome.
Highlights: Walk a Mile in My Shoes, You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Just Pretend, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Suspicious Minds
7.5/10
That's The Way It Is: Rehearsals - Elvis Presley
And disc 3 is, of course, a mix of rehearsals and other random live songs recorded for the movie. So why did they not just call it outtakes or something?
Highlights: I Can't Stop Loving You, Stranger in the Crowd
6.5/10
The Best of del Tha Funkee Homosapien - The Elektra Years: B-Boy Handbook - Del the Funky Homosapien
So not only is this sorted by the T in The, but the way his name is spelled completely differs between the artist name and the extraordinarily long album title? To make it even more fun, this is simply the wonderful Mistadobalina. It is wonderful - did you not hear me the first time?
8/10
The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Another T for The?? Fuck you, Tim Apple! Mid-00s emo anthems and it starts off VERY strong... but then they get caught up in trying way more grandiose than MCR are actually capable of, and it just comes off as trying WAY too hard.
Highlights: Welcome to the Black Parade, The End., Dead!, Teenagers
7/10
Theatre of Pain - Mötley Crüe
This album gets a bit of a bad rap. Or maybe I am just too much of a fan? But I think it is quite the classic Crüe groove. Vince's voice is pretty average, but still not nearly as terrible as it is now. I am not going to post my long-winded nonsense from my COVID-era marathon, because I like the album more today!
Highlights: Home Sweet Home, Louder Than Hell, Save Our Souls, Tonight (We Need a Lover)
7.5/10
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