HEAVY TUNES: Records I Listened to Today, June 1, 2020

history lesson -- part II
...what. It's a really good song.

1. Breeders, Title TK, (2002, 4AD)
   (It took nine years to come up with this?)
2. Iron Maiden, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988, Capitol)
   There are, I gather, certain amongst us who view this as the finest effort from Maiden. If you encounter such a person, smile and nod, smile and nod. Try to avoid eye contact or showing your back or belly.
3. fIREHOSE, if'n (1987, SST)
4. Kate Bush (Top Tracks, Pandora)
   (No frigging "Wuthering Heights", wtf.)
5. Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030 (2000, 75 Ark)
6. MF Doom, Operation: Doomsday (1999, Fondle 'Em)
7. Slade, Rogue's Gallery (1985, RCA)
   One day a bit before high school, I bought this and the Ramones record Leave Home and I don't think anything was really ever the same again. Probably mostly due to the Ramones record, but. But...the giant vocal melodies on the better ones here ("Hey Ho Wish You Well" or "All Join Hands") will stick forever.

Today's theme was escape. But there isn't any escape right now.

Friday's theme was "Get Loud".

1. Future of the Left, Last Night I Saved Her from Vampires (2009, 4AD)
   My second-favorite live Future of the Left album!
2. Body Count, Body Count, (1992, Sire)
   Pusillanimous non-"Cop Killer"-having version, unlike the tape I bought at the time.
3. Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988, Def Jam)
4. N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton (1988, Ruthless)
5. El-P, Fantastic Damage (2002, Definitive Jux)
6. Mike Watt, The Secondman's Middle Stand (2004, Columbia)