The Cure are one of my favourite bands of all time. Easily in my top 10. They have some incredibly epic albums full of emotion, but also effortlessly switch between pop rock fun and nihilistic despair. This album is nothing of the sort.
Highlights: Grinding Halt, Another Day, 10:15 Saturday Night, Three Imaginary Boys
6/10
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Hot take: this is not MJ's best album. However, Beat It and Billie Jean are just such phenomenal songs that it meant this album sold a bajillion copies. Dangerous and Bad do not feature awful collaborations with Paul McCartney, so they are infinitely better. The worst part is that other song he did with McCartney is actually a good song!
Highlights: Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
8/10
Throwing Copper - Live
Every song is either Quiet LOUD Quiet, or Quiet Quiet LOUD. Except for Waitress - which is LOUD Quiet LOUD, for some weird reason. It is all fine and dandy, but nothing overly exceptional that has made me go out of my way to listen to this in the last 30 years.
Highlights: Top, Pillar of Davidson, White Discussion, Iris
7/10
Tidal - Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple is the lyricist Swifties think their cult leader is. I may appreciate her angst and subsequent vocal performance on When the Pawn... more, but boy howdy this album has some pretty deep emotions.
Highlights: Criminal, Sullen Girl, Never is a Promise, Pale September
8/10
Tiffany - Tiffany
Sadly, I do not have the full album - just I Think We're Alone Now. I am not sure why I do not have at least the other singles. Because I am lame, that is why!
8/10
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
This is only The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - for obvious reasons! I should watch that movie again one day.
8/10
Timeless: New Recordings Honoring The Music Of Hank Williams - Various Artists
This is just Ryan Adams' cover of Lovesick Blues. He puts on his most irritating fake country voice for this one...
5/10
Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop - Stone Temple Pilots
I love Weiland's voice on this album - he has gone for a bit more of a raspy glam rock kind of vibe and it really suits the way everything comes together, because musically it has bit of a glam rock vibe as well. Like, total peak art school Led Zeppelin tribute act vibes. And I mean that in the most complimentary of ways.
Highlights: Lady Picture Show, Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart, Seven Caged Tigers, Tumble in the Rough
8/10
To the 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys
Oh snap the boys are back! Just straight-up NYC hip-hop. War is bad. George W. Bush is a clown. Racism and bigotry are bad. Sampling Sonic Reducer is the greatest idea ever and I will forgive them for using it to tell me how great New York is.
Highlights: An Open Letter to NYC, Right Right Now Now, Rhyme the Rhyme Well, Time to Build
8.5/10
TO THE DREAM - The Tomboys
As indie as ever, but even more catchy. And fun.
Highlights: Tell Me Why, I GOTTA GO, SATURDAY NIGHT
7/10
The The Extreme - Vanilla Ice
V.I.P. in the house! I unironically love still enjoy the enjoy the bejeebus out of this album; sure, the rhymes are corny, but there are plenty of James Brown samples, fun old school grooves, and Vanilla's silly rapping is part of the charm. I still need to find that third version of Play That Funky Music...
Highlights: Ice Ice Baby, Ice is Workin' It, Dancin', Go Ill
8/10
To Whom It May Concern - Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie's debut album, featuring some pretty standard pop country rock stylings - kind of like a modern take on where her Dad left off, I guess? Some surprisingly decent songs to be found. I need to remember to give this a closer listen again some time...
Highlights: Lights Out, S.O.B., Nobody Noticed It, So Lovely
7/10
Today - George Harrison
Another George Harrison bootleg of randomness. Mostly collaborations and whatnot. And I have most of them on other albums? And I am not 100% convinced he actually performs on some of them.
Highlights: Power to the People, Your True Love (Live - Carl Perkins' Memorial Service), Horse to the Water
6.5/10
Today (Legacy Edition) - Elvis Presley
One of The King's final albums and highly underrated; still not too dissimilar to the rest of his 70s output, but it is mostly fun and Elvis feels like he put a bit of effort it. The opening track is such an old school rock'n roll kind of groove, I cannot help but love it. The undubbed versions are not too different - except you can hear Elvis getting the giggles during Susan When She Tried.
Highlights: T-R-O-U-B-L-E, Pieces of My Life, Fairytale, Shake a Hand
7.5/10
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