Billy Joel channelling his Beatles influence and meshing it with Americana... does not work for me. And that live version of Captain Jack on My Lives was genuinely better than the studio version.
Highlights: Piano Man, Ain't No Crime, Captain Jack
6/10
PILE - Pile
Everyone's favourite Love Live! graduate with a very... average album. It is not entirely dissimilar to the 女子独身倶楽部 album I listened to yesterday. Look, I am not pretending Pile is some sort of vocal master who could out-sing the likes of Mariah Carey, but she is talented and her voice has something that means she is wasted on music like this. She certainly deserves better.
Highlights: It all kind of sounds the same
6/10
Pinkerton - Weezer
This album was such a bad idea and kind of shows how much of an insufferable pretentious douchenozzle Rivers Cuomo is. He may well be the Ryan Adams of the wannabe grunge kids. A bunch of badly recorded songs with lyrics about sexualising Japanese school girls and how a woman must be a lesbian to not be in love with him. Which is a shame, because the Blue album was fun and there are flashes of goodness in here. Musically. Lyrically it is completely cringe-worthy.
Highlights: Tired of Sex, El Scorcho
5.5/10
The Pinkheart Sessions - Ryan Adams
And speaking of insuffereable pretentious jerks... at least the RHCP mocking is funny? And hilariously ironic that he makes fun of them for having lots of tattoos and he is now the same. That performance on Letterman of Starting to Hurt was really great. Not the first one - the one he did when Letterman was retiring.
Highlights: Starting to Hurt, Mega-Superior Gold, Blue and Shy
5/10
Planet Earth - Prince
Prince let's his guitar rip for a little bit, gets soulful for a little bit, gets his pop on for a little bit, and then inexplicably serves trash for a little bit. This has flashes of his usual greatness, but overall is not the most daring example of Prince's genius.
Highlights: Resolution, Planet Earth, Guitar
6/10
Planet Rock - The Edge of Victory
Hey, look! It's a me! Not actually the full planned album, just some older demos of songs that were planned for the album and a couple that are just here because they rock.
Highlights: Me when I was good!
9/10
Planless Perfection - Hello Sleepwalkers
I do not remember how I described their previous work, but this time at least I hear them as Japanese prog-rock mixed with emo? I really think having both male and female vocalists gives the music a great dynamic.
Highlights: EYES TO THE SKIES, Jamming, 水面, ハーメルンはどのようにして笛を吹くのか
7/10
Platinum Underground - Vanilla Ice
This is weird. Not just because it is Vanilla Ice, but because this should probably be an actual album and is instead a jumble of songs from other albums and only has two songs from this actual album. At least I get to enjoy Ice doing his best Limp Bizkit impersonation. And I forgot that he sampled a bit of Ace. RIP Spaceman!!!
Highlights: Too Cold, Ninja Rap 2
6/10
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer
This album is a party, no two ways about it. Sure, Help the Children is a bit of a mood killer and would have been a great collaboration with MJ, but everything else is just telling you to get down and have a great time. And Hammer always has a positive message in his lyrics; teaching you the postitive power of prayer, the perils of committing crimes, and that you cannot touch "this". It is possible that I love this album more now than I did back in 1990.
Highlights: U Can't Touch This, Pray, Dancin' Machine, Here Comes The Hammer, Have You Seen Her?
8.5/10
Please Please Me - The Beatles
The debut album from the greatest rock'n roll band! Sometimes I forget how darn fun their early works are. Then I put on an album like this and just have a good old time.
Highlights: Please Please Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Twist and Shout,
7/10
PLECTRUMELECTRUM - Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL
Some of this album rocks and some of it is funky. Like most Prince albums. And then a bunch of it just does not really feel like Prince - more Prince adjacent or something. ANOTHERLOVE does feature the most awesome duelling solo between Prince and Donna Grantis.
Highlights: ANOTHERLOVE, WOW, PLECTRUMELECTRUM, FUNKNROLL
7/10
Pneumonia - Whiskeytown
I mean, there are a couple of very good songs on here. Mostly very chilled alt. country offerings.
Highlights: Jacksonville Skyline, Don't Wanna Know Why, Sit & Listen to the Rain, Mirror Mirror
7/10
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