Bah gawd this album rules the schools. Very little idol nonsense and a whole lot of punk attitude, wrapped up in some pop stylings. The whole thing is full of great hooks and big beats and screaming vocals and just awesomeness. So good I had to buy it three different times...
Highlights: in case..., STACKiNG, I have no idea., WiTH YOU, 狂う狂う, BROKEN
9/10
Gold - Cher
While I do appreciate her 60s and 70s music - it is mostly good light-hearted pop, some of it strangely racially-charged - I feel like Cher really came into her own once she hooked up with Richie Sambora. The 80s style pop-rock thing really suited her voice. Especially the power ballads. I also enjoy her late 90s/early 00s resurgence doing disco. Because LOGMAN loves disco. And Cher. Only song missing from this is her cover of Walking in Memphis - her live cut of that is fantastic.
Highlights: We All Sleep Alone, After All, If I Could Turn Back Time, Just Like Jessie James, Song for the Lonely
7.5/10
Gold - Ryan Adams
It is crazy to think DRA wanted this as a double-album; the cut tracks are mostly average (but mostly not great) and half of the remaining tracks are also kinda there. But boy howdy that first half of the album is brilliant. It tries to get back to that level around Harder Now That It's Over, and it certainly gets close.
Highlights: New York New York, Firecracker, Answering Bell, La Cienaga Just Smiled, The Rescue Blues
8/10
Gold: Greatest Hits - The Everly Brothers
The title does not lie; this is pure rock'n roll gold. These dudes had beautiful harmonies.
Highlights: Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Rip It Up, Should We Tell Him, Poor Jenny
7/10
Gold Against the Soul - Manic Street Preachers
I forget how kickass this album is. Compared to their first album, there is nothing on the level of Stay Beautiful or Motorcycle Emptiness (I mean, that is a crazy high bar to set), but overall I enjoy this album more. Shorter, punchier, all great songs and a much better mix. James Dean Bradfield sounds very angry!
Highlights: From Despair to Where, Sleepflower, Yourself, Roses in the Hospital
8/10
Gold Cobra - Limp Bizkit
Ten years after their peak and ten years before they embraced being just a fun joke of a band. And Fred Durst was still "rapping" about bagging hawt women and fighting people. "So much ass in Los Angeles/It's definitely scandalous". Thought-provoking def jam poetry slam, to be sure.
Highlights: Gold Cobra, Shark Attack, Shotgun, 90.2.10
6/10
The Gold Experience - Prince
I mean, sure, he was actually the symbol at this point. But I just credit everything to Prince. And this album is one of his best. Or at least one of my favourites. Funk, rock, soul, ballads and awesomeness all wrapped in a nice gold bow. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World is just phemonenal and Endorphinmachine is the most fun rockin' Prince song on the planet. I am even willing to overlook the overt religious lyrics on songs like Dolphin and Gold. That is just how this all this.
Highlights: Endorphinmachine, Shhh, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Gold
9/10
Gold Medal - The Donnas
I don't want to say this album is boring, because it is not quite that bad. But compared to the stellar Spend The Night, this is...
Highlights: Don't Break Me Down, Fall Behind Me, It Takes One to Know One
6.5/10
The Golden Age of Wireless - Thomas Dolby
This is purely the song She Blinded Me with Science. It is classic 80s synth pop stuff.
7/10
Gone Troppo - George Harrison
Speaking of 80s synth pop stuff - George and his Moog are back having some summer fun.
Highlights: Dream Away, Wake Up My Love, Gone Troppo, That's the Way it Goes
7/10
Gonna Make You Sweat - C+C Music Factory
This is both super fun pop-rap dance stuff, and hard hitting 90s dancefloor jams. 90s dance stuff could super funky. This dude's raps are hilariously cringe at times. And surprisingly misogynistic!
Highlights: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), Here We Go Let's Rock & Roll, Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...., Bang That Beat
8/10
Good Bye - M to M
K-Pop ballad. Idol group? Handsome actor? A combo of both??
7.5/10
Goodbye [Single] - Spice Girls
Saying goodbye to Geri, but not really. Smart marketing. I was actually unpacking a box the other day and found my poster book from their split with Geri. What a time to be a Spice Girls fan. A sad time. Anyways, this song is beautiful and the tracks from Live at Wembley are also very, very good. The Mels completely nail Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves) . Smashing stuff!
Highlights: Goodbye, Sisters (Are Doing It For Themselves), We Are Family [Live]
10/10
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