Day 31

CD#130 Sam Brown - Stop!

Sadly no longer singing due to voice problems, this where her solo career began. It sounds very 80s but none the worse for that. 

CD#131 Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous

This is where I started with Rilo Kiley and it's still my favourite, though I do skip past one or two songs towards the end when listening in the car.

CD#132 Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

Picked up today with the thought that I could have bought this 39 years ago, but chose not to. I loved Tubeway Army but while I bought Cars and then Complex I've never bought any other Gary Numan stuff, mostly due to the increase in synth sounds instead of synths and guitars mixed.

Was I right ?

For me, yes. It feels like the whole future world/lonely android thing has been taken to its limit and lost all emotion as a consequence, and what resonated with me listening to Replicas was a feeling of isolation but with some small connection to humanity (perfect for a teenager!), whereas this has gone beyond that into complete disconnection. I don't like it much now and probably wouldn't have liked it then.

CD#133 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

I do like Hendrix, but I'm not a die hard fan. There were times that I was listening more to the skill of the drummer than anything else, but there is some cool stuff on here. And great drumming.

CD#134 Hanne Hukkelberg - Blood From A Stone

Apparently this is more guitar-heavy and less jazzy-pop than her previous work, but it's all I have so I don't know if that's good or bad. The next one goes back to being more experimental, apparently.