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Rob wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:25 am685. Kirsty MacColl - Days
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684. Latin Quarter – Radio Africa - 6.5
685. Kirsty MacColl - Days - 7
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Latin Quarter – Radio Africa: 7.25

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Kirsty MacColl - Days: 9
I always liked the original by The Kinks a lot. Such a simple song, but very effective because of it. Kirsty MacColl's take turns out to be just as great. It misses the more jubilant nature of the original, but her quiet take gives it more of a wistfulness. If only I could say goodbye to someone like this. She also improves on The Kinks in one respect: the drawn-out "Daaaaaaays" near the end sounds a lot more natural with her and that was the only fault of the original. I really love this cover!

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685. Kirsty MacColl - Days: 5/10
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686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)
Year: 1976
Albums: I Love to Love
Biggest Fan: bonnielaurel (#434)

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Kendrick Lamar feat. Ab-Soul - Ab-Soul's Outro 6
The Smashing Pumpkins - Drown 7
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Lip Service 8
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Don't Want No Woman 4
Eurythmics - I Could Give You (A Mirror) 5
Latin Quarter - Radio Africa 6

Kirsty MacColl - Days 8 The Kinks' recording is a 10 but MacColl's was the first version I heard. Johnny Marr's understated guitarwork contrasts with the original's crashing power chords in the intro and psychedelic meandering in the outro but both songs exude bittersweet nostalgia in their own ways.

Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) 6 Better than I remember!
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Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) 8
One of those songs I thought I didn't know, because title and artist didn't ring a bell, but it turns out I know this vaguely from radio play. Actually quite a lot of fun, simply because of the wonderful vocals of Tina Charles.
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Rob wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 3:45 pm Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) 8
5

This was a big record in the record store I was working in at the time. The early days of disco.
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686. Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance): 5/10
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687. Compulsion - It’s Great
Year: 1996
Albums: The Future Is Medium
Biggest Fan: Spiritualized (#unranked)

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687. Compulsion - It's Great: 7/10
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Rob wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:17 am687. Compulsion - It’s Great
No, it's not. 3
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Hymie wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:51 pm
Rob wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:17 am687. Compulsion - It’s Great
No, it's not. 3
As JosephMary said so thoughtfully in this song, Hymie, "Take Your Anger Somewhere Else" :D

Great punk-pop from this vastly underrated Irish band.

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I'm ecstatic, I'm in fucking delight.

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685. Kirsty MacColl - Days: 6
686. Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance): 5

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This one ranks on AM at #9796:

688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation
Year: 1994
Albums: This Perfect World
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Bad Reputation gets an 8 from me.
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Rob wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:03 am688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation
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The song with the same title by Joan Jett would get much higher.
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687. Compulsion - It’s Great 7.75

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Compulsion - It's Great: 7
Not great perhaps, but it has an appealing rough sound and the ending section is a great change.

Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation: 7
His name sounds like an old blues man, but this is not that. It also has no resemblance to Joan Jett. It's just a calm singer/songwriter track. Quite good, but maybe it would have been truly great if the grit from the lyrics were anywhere in the music.
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688. Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation: 5/10
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688. Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation: 4
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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687. Compulsion - It’s Great 7
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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686. Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance): 4
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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685. Kirsty MacColl - Days: 4.5

Def prefer the Kinks’ version
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689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane
Year: 1994
Albums: Maybe You Should Drive
Biggest Fan: Wezzo (#152)

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688. Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation: 7.25

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Rob wrote: Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:05 am689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane
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I don't like when a one syllable word is spread across 4 different notes.

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684. Latin Quarter – Radio Africa: 6.5
685. Kirsty MacColl - Days: 6
686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance): 6
687. Compulsion - It’s Great: 5
688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation: 5
689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane: 7
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690. From First to Last - Emily
Year: 2004
Albums: Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count
Biggest Fan: Listyguy (#911)

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Nice batch.

686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) - 7
687. Compulsion - It’s Great - 6
688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation - 8.5
689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane - 10 [from my list]
690. From First to Last - Emily - 6.5 - hey, two songs in a row with female first names as the title
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689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane: 4.5

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Rob wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:58 am690. From First to Last - Emily
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684. Latin Quarter – Radio Africa - 7
685. Kirsty MacColl - Days - 6.5
686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) - 7
687. Compulsion - It’s Great - 10
688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation - 6
689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane - 6
690. From First to Last - Emily - 5
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689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane: 6/10
690. From First to Last - Emily: 7/10
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I also noticed the combi of two female names, but the women deserved better if you ask me. Both songs have something else in common: poor singing.

Barenaked Ladies - Jane: 5
It would be an okay indie singer/songwriter thing, but the voice is very whiny.

From First to Last - Emily: 3
I tend to like singing that isn't traditionally beautiful, but this horrible shouting and over-emoting by something with no range is just too unpleasant. Too bad, the album title is great.
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690. From First to Last - Emily: 4

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690. From First to Last - Emily: 2
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Compulsion - It's Great 7
Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation 5
Barenaked Ladies - Jane 4
From First to Last - Emily 5
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661 The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together 8
662 Tom Waits – Soldier’s Things 7
663 Taylor Swift – All Too Well 5
664 They Might Be Giants – Meet James Ensor 6
665 Laura Marling – New Romantic 6
666 Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners 8
667 Royal Blood – Figure It Out 6
668 The Magic Numbers – I See You, You See Me 6
669 Common & John Legend – Glory 7
670 Giorgio Moroder – I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone 6
671 Sido – Endlich Wochenende 6
672 Emilíana Torrini – Jungle Drum 4
673 The Heartbeats – A Thousand Miles Away 6
674 Fint Tillsammans – Staden 5
675 LiLiPUT – Die Matrosen 7
676 Billy Wallace – Burning the Wind 6
677 The Doors – You Make Me Real 6
678 Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan 8
679 Kendrick Lamar, featuring Ab-Soul – Ab-Soul’s Outro 8
680 Smashing Pumpkins – Drown 6
681 Elvis Costello – Lip Service 5
682 Bobby Bland – Don’t Want No Woman 8
683 Eurythmics – I Could Give You (A Mirror) 6
684 Latin Quarter – Radio Africa 7
685 Kirsty MacColl – Days 5
686 Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) 4
687 Compulsion - It’s Great 6
688 Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation 8
689 Barenaked Ladies – Jane 5
690 From First to Last – Emily 4
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A very good set of songs.

680. Smashing Pumpkins - Drown 7
681. Elvis Costello – Lip Service 6.5
682. Bobby Bland – Don’t Want No Woman 5
683. Eurythmics – I Could Give You (A Mirror) 7
684. Latin Quarter – Radio Africa 6.5
685. Kirsty MacColl - Days 6.5
686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) 7
687. Compulsion - It’s Great 7
688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation 4.5
689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane 5
690. From First to Last - Emily 3
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I was too slow to get these done for the "first 700" rollout, it'll have to wait for the "first 800"!

661. The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together - 7
662. Tom Waits – Soldier’s Things - 8 [#5581 AT]
663. Taylor Swift – All Too Well - 5
664. They Might Be Giants – Meet James Ensor - 3.5
665. Laura Marling – New Romantic - 5
666. Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners - 3
667. Royal Blood – Figure It Out - 7.5 [#7888 AT]
668. The Magic Numbers – I See You, You See Me - 6
669. Common & John Legend - Glory - 4
670. Giorgio Moroder – I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone - 7
671. Sido – Endlich Wochenende - 3
672. Emilíana Torrini – Jungle Drum - 9 [#1509 AT]
673. The Heartbeats – A Thousand Miles Away - 4
674. Fint Tillsammans - Staden - 7
675. LiLiPUT – Die Matrosen - 7.5 [#8375 AT - new]
676. Billy Wallace - Burning the Wind - 7.5 [#8206 AT - new]
677. The Doors – You Make Me Real - 7
678. Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan - 9 [#1636 AT]
679 Kendrick Lamar, featuring Ab-Soul – Ab-Soul’s Outro - 2
680 Smashing Pumpkins – Drown - 5
681 Elvis Costello – Lip Service - 6.5
682 Bobby Bland – Don’t Want No Woman - 6.5
683 Eurythmics – I Could Give You (A Mirror) - 7
684 Latin Quarter – Radio Africa - 6
685 Kirsty MacColl – Days - 9.5 [#683 AT - I've always far preferred Kirsty version to the Kinks'. I like Ray D's version with the Crouch End Choir more than the Kinks' too tbh]
686 Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) - 6.5
687 Compulsion - It’s Great - 7.5 [#8209 AT - new]
688 Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation - 4.5
689 Barenaked Ladies – Jane - 4
690 From First to Last – Emily - 2.5

There's some really good ones here I'd never heard before.
But I was caught, like a fleeting thought,
Stuck inside Leonard Cohen's mind
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Akhenaten wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:52 pm
687 Compulsion - It’s Great - 7.5 [#8209 AT - new]


There's some really good ones here I'd never heard before.
Yes !
Pleased Compulsion appealed.

If you like It's Great, you should enjoy their album "The Future is Medium". It's full of great rock songs like this one.
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689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane 4
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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661. The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together - 9
This album is not their best but it's certainly the most Decemberist of their albums.
662. Tom Waits – Soldier’s Things - 6
I love Tom Waits and his stories but this one doesn't work as well for me as others.
663. Taylor Swift – All Too Well - 8
664. They Might Be Giants – Meet James Ensor - 5
665. Laura Marling – New Romantic - 9
666. Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners - 5
Still don't 'get' jazz... one day
667. Royal Blood – Figure It Out - 8
668. The Magic Numbers – I See You, You See Me - 7
669. Common & John Legend - Glory - 4
670. Giorgio Moroder – I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone - 3
671. Sido – Endlich Wochenende - 6
German rap is just very fun to listen to
672. Emilíana Torrini – Jungle Drum - 6
673. The Heartbeats – A Thousand Miles Away - 7
674. Fint Tillsammans - Staden - 4
675. LiLiPUT – Die Matrosen - 9
Unexpected - this could be a grower. It's really good.
676. Billy Wallace - Burning the Wind - 5
677. The Doors – You Make Me Real - 7
678. Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan - 7
I don't quite vibe with this song but I do appreciate how easily it gets stuck in my head
679. Kendrick Lamar, featuring Ab-Soul – Ab-Soul’s Outro - 6
680. Smashing Pumpkins – Drown - 6
681. Elvis Costello – Lip Service - 8
682. Bobby Bland – Don’t Want No Woman - 5
I would have this higher but the lyrics are... let's call them dated.
683. Eurythmics – I Could Give You (A Mirror) - 8
684. Latin Quarter – Radio Africa - 7
685. Kirsty MacColl – Days - 6
686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) - 5
687. Compulsion - It’s Great - 5
688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation - 8
689. Barenaked Ladies – Jane - 7
I've always liked their non-One-Week songs
690. From First to Last – Emily - 3
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662. Tom Waits – Soldier’s Things - 8
663. Taylor Swift – All Too Well - 7
666. Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners - 7
677. The Doors – You Make Me Real - 7
678. Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan - 7
681. Elvis Costello – Lip Service - 7
685. Kirsty MacColl – Days - 7
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