1001 Albums: The Clash

#377

Album: The Clash

Artist: The Clash

Year: 1977

Length: 35:18

Genre: Punk Rock

“All across the town, all across the night
Everybody’s drivin’ with full headlight
Black or white you turn it on, or face the new religion
Everybody’s sittin’ ’round watchin’ television

London’s burnin’
(With boredom now)”

London’s Burning

Just like The Stranglers right before this one, The Clash, and specifically this album, was one I used to spin on my record player quite a bit. I remember finding it in a record store and how excited I was to finally have it as part of my collection. At that point, I already had London Calling sitting neatly in the collection, but it was really The Clash’s abrasive and aggressive debut that I really wanted to be holding in my hands. 22 year old me was incredibly excited to get home and blast this through the house (to my parents’ annoyance of course). It’s an album I enjoy enough that two months ago I got to talk about it at my monthly improv show that is based off my record collection. It was a real delight for me to do so.

Like any young guy just getting into Punk music, it made sense that The Clash would be one of my first exposures to it. They’re often hailed as one of the greatest British punk bands ever, and their debut and London Calling are often listed in top albums lists in general. I do like their debut much better than London Calling, even if their musical talents and songwriting skills are showcased much better on London Calling. The punk simplicity of this one always just made for a much more enjoyable experience for me. What can I say, I like my music fast and aggressive and my guitars crunchy and dirty and my vocals angry and passionate. What makes The Clash stand apart from a lot of their straight forward punk contemporaries is they actually knew how to play their instruments very well, which again, would heavily be seen in later albums like London Calling. And although most of the songs embody what we all know as the defining qualities of the punk genre, we do see their reggae influences start to appear on a song like “Police and Thieves”. A fun fact I recently learned about the fact that a lot of punk bands had reggae influences was that, apparently, at the venues they used to play at, reggae music would play over the speakers in between bands performing, so they were constantly exposed to that music. Pretty cool.

Of course, there has been criticisms thrown at The Clash for not truly being punk and being more of a “boy band” in a punk world, and although I feel that could be more attributed to The Sex Pistols (which I will talk about when we get there), I don’t think it fully could be said about The Clash. Sure they were a group of musicians brought together and given a bit of a makeover to fit the punk look, but the music here is full of biting commentary about UK politics and their culture that comes across as genuine that I believe these guys were pissed of at the state of their society and had something to say. A song like “Career Opportunities” still feels heavily relevant today. A take down of the lack of work available for the youth an the complete disillusionment and disdain for those that were available is something everyone of my generation still feels heavily. This may have been written in 1977 but could have easily been written in 2024. Their anger doesn’t end there though, “I’m So Bored With The USA” expresses their annoyance with the Americanisation of their country, their controversial “White Riot” was about class economics and race, and “London’s Burning” vented their frustrations about how boring everything had become.

The Clash left a large impact in the punk world and for good reason. They would become highly influential for future punk bands who tried to emulate their style, the mix of aggressive music with biting lyrics about society and politics would become a large staple of the punk genre. And regardless of that, it’s just a great album from start to finish, having what I feel is one of the best openers to an album with “Janie Jones” but also one of the strongest A-Sides to any album I’ve ever heard. The Clash are often considered one of the best in punk, and even if you might not fully agree with that, you can’t deny that it’s not well deserved on their part.

Favourite Song: Career Opportunities

-Bosco

Mixtape Monday: Week of December 4th

Weekly Mixtapes Based Off the Albums I Listened to in the Previous Week!

This has to be one of the heftiest mixtape weeks I’ve ever had. As December hit, the end of the year was seen over the horizon and my goal to listen to 1000 albums in the year was soon to be met. I hit album 900 just shy of the beginning of the month and realised I would have to up my listening game if I wanted to meet that goal successfully, which wasn’t aided by my low numbers through November. This week I just kicked into full gear and listened to way more than I ever did. Where I usually average about 26 albums a week, I hit 32 this one, which I couldn’t believe! Almost like I was trying to overcompensate for my low numbers in November. I’m fairly confident that I will achieve my goal before the year ends, but for now, let’s enjoy this week’s playlist that has a variety of some old favourites of mine, some new favourites, new wave, post-punk, classic rock, synths, disco, pop, celtic, metal, art rock, dance and some familiar favourites that rocked the charts.

1. Slint – Spiderland
   Not sure what compelled me to revisit this album. I own it on vinyl and have listened to it maybe twice, not because I don’t enjoy it but mainly because I just have so many albums and so much music that I listen to that I just never got around to listening to this one again. That’s really it. It’s funny because some music communities I am a part of seem to consider this album a masterpiece of sorts and it often gets cited as a great one. I guess I can sort of see where they’re coming from but it might take me a few more listens to potentially be on the same page as these Slint lovers. Either way, still one I enjoy, so good enough, right?
2. The Slits – Cut
   Speaking of albums I personally think are masterpieces. Cut is a solid 10/10 album for me and has always been since the first time I listened to it. There’s an alluring quality to this album that keeps calling me back to it and I often find myself craving a listen. A craving that gets so strong I always have to put it on immediately with no question. Unsure where this craving comes from, but that’s just the power this album has over me and I will never fight it, only ever listen to it.
3. Le Tigre – Le Tigre
   This is becoming my newest album obsession, I cannot get enough of it (which you all know since it keeps appearing on these lists). Since hearing it a few months ago, I’ve become addicted to it. Its music keeps entering my brain and sucking my energy like a parasite… a very cool parasite that I love and have named Bob. It’s quickly rising the ranks as one of my favourites of all time and there’s no doubt I’ll probably listen to it a ton of more times within the next few months. I’m sorry but I just can’t help it.
4. Magazine – The Correct Use of Soap
   Spotify’s wrapped just came around and without fail, Because You’re Frightened (the opening song on this album) was my most listened to song for the fourth year in a row. There was only one thing I could really do to celebrate that and that was to listen to the album.
5. The Damned – Damned Damned Damned
   I got a new rose! I got her good! Guess I knew that I always would!
6. KISS – Rock and Roll Over
   Continuing my discography listen of KISS which had me question, why KISS, why now? So many bands I could do a discography listen to and for whatever reason I’m doing KISS? Why? Because I just felt like it, that’s why. That’s the best answer you’ll get.
7. Meco – Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
   This album at some point came up in conversation. I hadn’t thought about it in probably over a year or so, and just hearing it had me inspired to give it a listen. I’m always down for some goofy disco music, why not have it be Star Wars disco? Funny little thing I discovered, on Spotify, is that the listening bar is actually a lightsaber! Was a fun little thing to discover as I listened!
8. The Cars – Shake It Up
   I find myself thinking of The Cars sometimes, but never really ever going back to any of their albums, even though I basically own all of them on vinyl. I definitely think of them more than I listen to them so I felt it made sense to go back and listen to one of their albums. Their debut felt like it made sense, but it’s the one I’ve heard the most, so I diverted my course to Shake it Up, just to… shake things up a bit… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… ha.
9. Crispy Ambulance – The Plateau Phase
   Never heard of this band but it was suggested to me by Spotify. With a name like Crispy Ambulance, seemed like a sure-fire winner for a person like me. And I can say, I was not disappointed. Thank you, Spotufy, you really seem to understand my music tastes as a whole. I appreciate it.
10. Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
    A personal favourite I wanted to revisit. Nothing much to say about that. I love this album. I wanted to listen to this album. I listened to it. There. That’s all. It’s a great album. Go listen to it yourself. Do it. I dare you. Now. GO!
11. Bratmobile – Pottymouth
    Poopy, caca, doodoo, peepee.
12. Duran Duran – Rio
    As I prepare for my next improv show where I use my albums as inspiration for improv sets, I felt I needed to actually listen to those albums again in order to A) figure out what to say about them and B) find which 30-second clip I’d go with for the show. Rio had so many great songs to choose from, but I ultimately went with the title song, although Hungry Like the Wolf almost won, Rio just had that extra edge.
13. Van Halen – 1984
    This was the second album I was listening to for my show. I’ve always loved Van Halen and since this album was referenced at last month’s show, it only made sense to include it in the next. Another album where the selection of songs is so great that choosing a specific one was hard, but Panama has always been my favourite, so why not just go with what I love, right?
14. This Heat – Deceit
    My parents were on the way to my place and since listening to certain kinds of music would be difficult to listen to while they’re around (mainly because they hate it), I took the opportunity to revisit this one while I still had the chance. I had only listened to it once before, so my memory of it was pretty low so it needed another listen so I could at least have a mild remembrance of it as a whole other than just I remember enjoying it. 
15. Justice – Cross
    It plays, I dance, dance is good exercise, I like to dance, this album makes you dance, it plays, I dance. 
16. Michael Jackson – Thriller
    This is a classic and basically is the proof as to why Michael Jackson is the king of pop. There’s just so many hits on this album, it’s unbelievable. This was the next album I had chosen for my show and the one I had the hardest time picking a song from because of just how many hits there are on it that people would recognise. It was a struggle but I think I made the right choice… I think… it could change… damn…
17. Supertramp – Breakfast in America
    Final album I listened to for my show and I waited until my dad was over to listen to it since Supertramp is his favourite band and I believe this is his favourite album by them. Any time I can have those bonding moments with my parents, I will take them.
18. The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro
    This is another album I love that I hadn’t listened to in a while and wanted to listen to again. Nothing more to that. I wanted to listen to it and so I did and now here it is. I love this album, I listen to it frequently. Thank you. *bows*
19. Ian Dury – New Boots and Panties!!
    This reminds me… I need to buy boots for winter.
20. Blondie – Parallel Lines
    I had the thought of how great One Way or Another would be for a villain song in a show and found myself playing that over and over in my head. Although, I was specifically thinking of the version from Hocus Pocus 2, it just meant I would come back to this album at some point from singing it so much to myself.
21. The Jam – All Mod Cons
    I love The Jam and I feel they don’t get as much attention as they rightfully deserve. All Mod Cons was one of their critically acclaimed albums that I was the least familiar with, having spent my time listening to Sound Affects and Setting Sons way more often. Was time to give this one some love.
22. Frank Zappa – Ahead of Their Time
    Can you believe I’m finally reaching the end of my Frank Zappa discography listen? Every year I say I’ll do it and every year I inevitably lose track of which album I left off of… not this year. I tracked them and after this one… there is only one Frank Zappa album to listen to (that is part of his discography before he died, because there’s a lot of posthumous releases). I did it… I finally did it!
23. Cardiacs – Sing To God
    I had time at work where I could listen to an album and seeing how Cardiacs albums are not available in convenient ways for me to listen to, this was the perfect time to pop open Youtube and listen to this behemoth of an album. Any chance I get to listen to Cardiacs I will. 
24. XTC – Black Sea
    Here’s an album that is in my top 10 favourites that I rarely get to listen to mainly due to how hard it is to come by. It isn’t on Spotify sadly and seeing as I either would listen to it on Vinyl or Youtube, it doesn’t get the amount of rotations it deserves and I, disappointingly, often forget about it, despite its place as one of my top 10 favourites. Regardless, that just means when I do finally come around to listening to it again it still packs that punch that I always got from it. This album never fails to disappoint.
25. Adam Ant – Friend or Foe
    There’s an ongoing trend with these albums this week, where I just listened to them because I was in the mood to. It’s an album i enjoy and just at that particular moment really wanted to listen to it. So I did. I listened to this album. This one right here. Adam Ant’s Friend or Foe. I almost got to see the tour where he performed it in its entirety. He was playing at a venue right across the street from where I was doing a show that I thought would run at the same time as the concert but ended up finishing before it even started… I was not happy that day. So sad.
26. Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
    Come on eileen, you know what I mean, you say you dono, andyouwaaayiiionnaa. Or whatever it is he’s saying through the song… I don’t know, but damn are these tunes great.
27. Japan – Obscure Alternatives
    Never have I ever seen a white man trying so hard to become a Japanese man than with David Sylvain. It’s that hair, dude’s tyring real hard to seem like he’s straight out of an anime and I don’t even think anime existed in the way we know it now back then… or did it? My history on anime is basically non-existent.
28. The Clash – The Clash
    I kept telling myself I was going to listen to this album for a while, but every time I finished an album and went on to the next, I completely forgot that I told myself I was going to listen to this one next. I finally remembered and got to revisit my love for this wonderful debut album by one of the most influential punk bands of all time. Wowzeroony.
29. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
    I was listening to the song Tusk, which is a song I love dearly and listen to quite a lot, and just thought to myself “hmm, why don’t I just listen to the album, why not?”. There’s incredible strength in that one simple question, Why Not? The power of Why Not? Is so strong that it can get anyone to do basically anything. If faced with any situation, all you have to do is go Why Not? And it will propel you into it, hands-free, head first, without a parachute.  TUSK!
30. They Might Be Giants – The Else
    I took a break from my They Might Be Giants discography listen but this week seemed like THE week to just tackle every music listening mood I was in. I already did KISS and Frank Zappa, so why not also do They Might Be Giants (there’s that why not again!). I’m super close to getting to the end of this one, with two bands done, it will give me so much more space for other discographies to listen to! Who will it be? Who Knows! The anticipation is killing me! (but not really).
31. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It
    I didn’t know what album to listen to next, so reached out to Cristina to give me one. After she so hilariously declared the vague idea of CHRISTMAS, she eventually suggested this one after I turned it down saying I was saving Christmas albums for closer to actual Christmas (yes they are indeed coming). She had The Impression I Get stuck in her head for a bit after hearing it at her job and from there thought it’d be a good recommendation for me. Seeing as I love Ska music, yes, this was indeed a great recommendation and to this day I’m shocked I hadn’t heard it during my big Ska phase in my early 20s.
32. Tonio K. – Life in the Foodchain
    I don’t know anyone who knows Tonio K. or has even heard of him. One guy I do know is a fan, though, is Weird Al Yankovic, who did not one but TWO style parodies of the man (his songs “Happy Birthday” and “I Was Only Kidding” are in the style of Tonio K.). That’s how I discovered this gem of an album, being a huge lover of Weird Al and his song Happy Birthday (which still gets heavy rotation on my speakers) I just had to check out the original artist, which led me to this album. It’s one of those albums I own that feel like a little treasure that I pull out to show to people and has been for the last ten years or so. Always feels like a nice treat to revisit it.
33. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
    What better way to end the week than with the jerky aggression and leftist politics of the post-punk band Gang of Four. 

-Bosco

Mixtape Monday: Week of October 16th

Weekly Mixtapes Based Off the Albums I Listened to in the Previous Week!

I’m about a week late with this one, but that’s ok, sometimes life just gets in the way. I had been incredibly occupied with rehearsals and planning a murder mystery party that all my writing took a backseat for a bit, but better late than never! At least the week of October 16th’s playlist will see the light of day with my little quips and blurbs because we all know everyone was just yearning for that so badly. I’m sure people were rioting in the streets and screaming bloody murder because I had missed a week and they couldn’t get their weekly dose of my playlists. I’m sure. Regardless, here we go!

This week was a funny one because I started a little endeavour I like to call “Bump Down the Beatles”. You see, when I checked my most listened to artists, The Beatles for some strange reason were very high on the list, which is funny because I don’t really like The Beatles and I barely ever listen to them. I haven’t listened to one Beatles song at all this year. So I decided to listen to albums that would boost the listen counts of other bands and put them above The Beatles on my list. It’s not that I hate The Beatles, I don’t, it’s more having them that high in the listen counts is not representative of my actual music listening and I just wanted it to be more reflective of what I do listen to… that’s all.

1. The Nails – Mood Swing
   Before I started project “Bump Down The Beatles” I revisited this little album that I found running through my head quite a bit during this time. It’s an album I enjoy and love but for some reason haven’t listened to in a long time, despite the main singer’s vocal stylings being quite influential on me in many ways. When you have an album ruminating in your head for that amount of time, it’s clear that the only way to get it out is to actually listen to it and that’s what I did and it was finally out of my head. Not that having it in my head was a bad thing in the first place.
2. Jorge Ben – Africa Brasil
   This was just next in my 1001 albums list and since I had never heard it before and it was a Brazilian album, I was eager to get to it. I already posted my thoughts in my post about it, but I was happy I finally got to listen to it because it was everything I had hoped for but also managed to give me multiple surprises I didn’t expect. That’s the wonderful joy of discovering music.
3. The Gun Club – Fire of Love
   This was the first album I listened to as part of my “Bump Down the Beatles” project. The Gun Club seemed to only be a few listen counts away from edging over them (and if I’m honest, this band only got such a high listen count thanks to the strength of their one song Sex Beat, that I had listened to on repeat for a long period of time in the last few years). That being said, it’s still an album I love and it was great to listen to it again. Despite that though, I have to say this album has one of the worst album covers I have ever seen in my life. It’s like a cheap photoshop done by a child for an elementary school presentation. God awful.
4. The Jam – Setting Sons
   Next up on “Bump Down The Beatles” was The Jam. I always loved The Jam but never listened to them as much as I’d like to. Setting Sons was always my favourite album by them, so it was a no-brainer to listen to it when I had the chance. I feel like The Jam always suffered the same fate as The Kinks, where they were great enough to be super successful but too British to be that successful in North America. I mean songs like Eton Rifles are such specific commentary about British culture that there’s no way we could even understand it over here. Regardless, this album is a banger.
5. X-Ray Spex – Conscious Consumer
   I love, love, love this band and their debut Germfree Adolescents sits as my 11th favourite album of all time. I can listen to that album on repeat easily. That being said, this entire time, despite loving them so much, I had absolutely no idea that they had even released a second album. I always thought they were a one and done type band, but nope here was their second album I had never heard about. That’s fine because it just meant I had new music to listen to by a band I adored. It never quite hit the heights of their debut, but I still loved it.
6. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
   When you’re trying to boost the listen counts of a band, I feel it makes sense to listen to one of their live albums that has way more songs than any of their studio albums (with exceptions and we’ll get to that). I was beating myself up that I was too late to grab tickets for the 4K theatre release of Stop Making Sense here in Toronto. I wanted to go see it so badly, but I waited too long to get thse tickets and so it was sold out. Real shame, but I got the next best thing and that was just listening to the album. I honestly feel this is their songs at their best and even without the visuals of the concert, it still manages to tell the story they wanted to tell visually. It’s quite the spectacle.
7. Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading
   Another 1001 Album that I listened to since it was next on the list. Haven’t written a post on it just yet, but when I do you’ll be able to hear all the wonderful thoughts I have on this album. This was new to me, so as usual, it was fun to get to discover something new. Won’t go into anymore more details but spoiler alert: I really enjoyed it.
8. The Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
   A lesser known punk band that managed to perfectly capture the so called blank generation’s feelings of boredom, isolation and aimlessness in a perfectly packaged album that races through these songs with energy and anger with a tinny yet purposeful garage band sound that’s just wonderful. I can’t seem to find this album on vinyl anywhere, but when I do you better believe I’m grabbing it immediately.
9. The Associates – Sulk
   Don’t bother trying to decipher the lyrics of this album because they make absolutely no sense. This is music written to evoke specific emotions and the lyrics are cryptic and poetic in that sense to express those emotions in a more abstract way than in a story telling way. But even if you don’t listen to the lyrics, it don’t matter because the synth wave sounds of this album do a perfect job of expressing all that and more. At times melancholic, at times paranoid and others bleak in an upbeat way, never will you ever have this much fun feeling this miserable.
10. Andrew WK – God is Partying
    Andrew WK is a fascinating artist. If you ever have the time, read up about him because he’s so interesting as a person and his rise to his success is a great story, especially when it came to the creation of his debut album, I Get Wet (which I consider a perfect 10/10 album and is in my top 10 favourite albums). However, I find he was never able to capture the magic of his debut and also why I never really dived into his other albums. I tried, believe me I did, but they just never hit those highs as well as that debut and this, his most recent, is another example of that. I don’t know why he couldn’t capture it again, could have just been lightning in a bottle and this isn’t a case of him experimenting with new sounds… it’s just the energy and heart behind that debut seemed to all be drained right into it and he just couldn’t sustain it throughout. Nothing bad, just never reach those highs anymore.
11. The Clash – Sandinista
    As I tried to boost the listen counts of The Clash, it only made sense to listen to their 3-lp, over 2 hour long album, Sandinista. Remember when I mentioned a live album is usually the way to go for listen counts with exceptions? Yeah, this album is one of those exceptions because there is so many songs on here. It’s so over-bloated with music. Did they really need to make it this long? When I was younger I found it to be a mess, that could have easily cut down a lot. I get it, the band was in a period of pure creativity and had a million ideas and wanted to do it all, I get it… but Jesus… 3 lps? Listening to it now, though, I did find myself appreciating what they did much more. I still find it too long, but at least I can see why they did it a little more than I did before. That’s something.
12. Cardiacs – Heaven Born and Ever Bright
    One of my favourite bands that I have talked about a few times over these playlists. I’ve only ever listened to this album once and had zero memory of what was on it. So, I HAD to listen to it to fully contain the Cardiacs’ music in my head. How can I call it one of my favourite bands if I don’t even remember an entire album?? It’ll take a few more listens until it all becomes incredibly familiar, but it’s totally worth it.
13. The Stranglers – Live X-Cert
    I remember the day I entered a record store and over the speakers I heard what distinctly sounded like The Stranglers playing. I recognised the song easily, being a fan of their first three albums, and saw that they were playing this album on the store’s record player. For the first time ever, I asked if that particular record was for sale and if I could buy it. Thankfully it was and I did because this acts as a great collection of their first three albums and played live, which means they have much more energy to them and attack their sound more aggressively, which is how I love my music.
14. The Human League – Romantic?
    I had listened to The Human League’s entire discography when I was n my early 20s. I completely forgot this was even an album. Other than one song off the album that had me go “oh yeah, that song!” I had zero memory of ever listening to it. Of course, that just meant I should listen to it and listen to it I did. I have to give credit to Human League that they somehow managed to keep their sound as the decades went by and never adjusted. It’s good to keep artistic integrity, but was it worth not trying to evolve with the sounds happening around them? I have no idea, just listen to the music and shut up.
15. The B-52’s – Good Stuff
    After listening to that Human League album, it made me think of other albums I barely remember from bands I like. I was in the mood to listen to the B-52’s and found that Good Stuff was THAT album. I hadn’t even thought about it since I was about 19 or so and I can understand why because this is definitely at the bottom of their albums in terms of quality. That being said, it still has the same party energy that they are known for, so even if it’s not the best, it’s still a lot of fun, and isn’t that what really matters at the end of the day? I have no idea, just listen to the music and shut up.
16. The Kinks – Arthur (Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
    Remember when I referenced the Kinks up there when talking about The Jam? Well here they are in all their englishness. Other than their album “The Village Green Preservation Society”, this is probably one of the most British albums to ever exist. It’s no wonder The Kinks struggled to get any international success when they focused so heavily on things that only British listeners would truly understand. Not to say that foreign albums can’t make it over seas, but let’s be honest, most Americans don’t want to take the time to even understand or research anything about other cultures, so unless there’s space for your piece of media to allow Americans to project their own American perspectives onto it, chances are it won’t make it. Shame because The Kinks were probably one of the best bands to come out of the 60s.
17. Kraftwerk – Maximum-Minimum
    I saw Kraftwerk live in concert back when I was about 21. To this day it’s one of the best concert experiences I have ever had. It’s kind of shocking when you think about the fact that it’s just four guys behind keyboards, barely moving to fit their whole man-robots aesthetic, and it’s somehow an incredibly compelling, hypnotising and mesmerising concert experience. It helps that they had a video projection playing behind them and you wore 3D glasses while watching, but really it’s the type of concert where you just allow yourself to feel the music and vibe to it the whole time. I wanted to revisit that experience by listening to one of their live albums. It was like I was brought back to that great concert.
18. The Cramps – Psychedelic Jungle
    The Cramps debut, Songs the Lord Taught Us, is an album I absolutely love and once again, found myself realising I barely know any of their other albums (a theme that seems to be reoccurring here). This was what I think was their second album and like previous bands on this list, it just doesn’t capture the energy and magic of their debut. Don’t know why this is such a common thing, I guess it’s the famous sophomore slump, but it’s kind of funny how it seems to be a reoccurring thing this week. But it genuinely felt like they tried to make their debut album but cranked the energy down to a 5. It was like a sedated version of it, which was kind of disappointing. That damn sophomore slump.
19. XTC – English Settlement
    For some reason I actively avoided re-listening to this album for the longest time. No idea why. I always felt XTC peaked with Black Sea to me, with the excetion being Skylarking, and I just never felt the desire to listen to anything after Black Sea (with the exception of Skylarking). That was such a dumb thing to think. I remember being disappointed when I was younger, but now where I’m at in life, I ended up loving it way more and can even put it close to being as good as Black Sea. I think it’s officially time I ignore how young me felt when he first heard a lot of these albums.
20. The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
    I hit album 800 of the year and chose to listen to an old familiar favourite. This is another album on my list of albums I want to own on vinyl and can’t seem to find anywhere for whatever reason. One day, I will and when that day comes this album will finally be mine. MINE!!!!!

-Bosco