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10) Let's Active - ''Big Plans For Everybody'' — Certainly one of the "no-respect" entries here. Let's Active are not only as important as the critically acclaimed, but needlessly redundant REM., but more representative of what's good in homegrown music. "In Little Ways," "Fell," and "Last Chance Town" are as good pop as you'll find. "Badger" is a stunning ballad. Go back and check out Mitch Easter's work of art, not artifice. | 10) Let's Active - ''Big Plans For Everybody'' — Certainly one of the "no-respect" entries here. Let's Active are not only as important as the critically acclaimed, but needlessly redundant REM., but more representative of what's good in homegrown music. "In Little Ways," "Fell," and "Last Chance Town" are as good pop as you'll find. "Badger" is a stunning ballad. Go back and check out Mitch Easter's work of art, not artifice. | ||
9) Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - ''Live '75-'85'' — O.K., the hysteria surrounding this release was (and is) ridiculous. But this live set moves mountains, and the version of "The River" will give any | 9) Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - ''Live '75-'85'' — O.K., the hysteria surrounding this release was (and is) ridiculous. But this live set moves mountains, and the version of "The River" will give any warm-blooded mammal chills. | ||
8) Cactus World News — ''Urban Beaches'' — Along with Ruefrix, the best news to come out of good of Ireland since, uh, U-know-2. A powerful and integral debut record. As much as I tried to hear the U2 in this band, they stand on their own in the end. And Frank Kearns in the most exciting guitarist since, well, The Edge. Some things are unavoidable. | 8) Cactus World News — ''Urban Beaches'' — Along with Ruefrix, the best news to come out of good of Ireland since, uh, U-know-2. A powerful and integral debut record. As much as I tried to hear the U2 in this band, they stand on their own in the end. And Frank Kearns in the most exciting guitarist since, well, The Edge. Some things are unavoidable. | ||
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5) Peter Gabriel - ''So'' — "Gabriel sold out, man!" Choke on your blasphemy, scurvy pig-dog! Some of us just came late to Gabriel. Dig in past "Sledgehammer," (a deserving number I single) an-pop ("That Voice Again") and songs of in-describable beauty, like "In Your Eyes," and the LP's most typical Gabriel track, "Mercy Street." No matter what this album is to the masses, in and of itself, it's great. | 5) Peter Gabriel - ''So'' — "Gabriel sold out, man!" Choke on your blasphemy, scurvy pig-dog! Some of us just came late to Gabriel. Dig in past "Sledgehammer," (a deserving number I single) an-pop ("That Voice Again") and songs of in-describable beauty, like "In Your Eyes," and the LP's most typical Gabriel track, "Mercy Street." No matter what this album is to the masses, in and of itself, it's great. | ||
4) The Smiths - ''The Queen Is Dead'' — ''"I never knew you wrote such bloody awful poetry,"'' Morrissey sings here, but | 4) The Smiths - ''The Queen Is Dead'' — ''"I never knew you wrote such bloody awful poetry,"'' Morrissey sings here, but the poetry on ''The Queen Is Dead'' is powerful and relevant. (Especially to Anglophiles) The Smiths are one of the few groups to actively court digression, and still leave the listener uplifted at the end. Much of that has to do with Morrissey's brilliant sense of humour. This is rock at its most captivating. | ||
3) XTC - ''Skylarking'' — Available as an import for nearly a month, this album is XTC's finest in a stunning career. All the elements that were successful for them in the past are reprised here, while all the fatuous excesses are gone. "Earn Enough for Us," in a just world, would be a top 40 hit. Also, XTC is still one of the most humorous bands around; witness the James Bond parody "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul." A varied and essential release. | 3) XTC - ''Skylarking'' — Available as an import for nearly a month, this album is XTC's finest in a stunning career. All the elements that were successful for them in the past are reprised here, while all the fatuous excesses are gone. "Earn Enough for Us," in a just world, would be a top 40 hit. Also, XTC is still one of the most humorous bands around; witness the James Bond parody "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul." A varied and essential release. |
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