Tag: 1980s
The Skin Stapler – attention, ça va couper !
Attention, âmes sensibles s’abstenir. The Skin Stapler est un OVNI vidéoludique aussi absurde que gore, le titre donnait d’ailleurs déjà le ton. Tainted Pact nous avait offert en fin d’année dernière le très sympa Flesh Made Fear, un survival horror rétro très sanglant. Ici, changement de genre pour du walking sim, mais pas de philosophie,...
Stranger Things : une analyse personnelle (2/3)
Chapitre 2 : Mens sana in corpore non sano
Aretha Franklin, Who’s Zoomin’ Who?, 1985 on Arista
From the 90s (Mazzy Star) back to the 80s: Aretha Franklin's very eighties Who's Zoomin' Who?. She actually put out a number of albums in the 80s, but this is the only one I remember. Look at the glorious 80s neon fashion on that cover. The man on the inner sleeve is Franklin's father, The...
Stranger Things : une analyse personnelle (1/3)
Chapitre 1 : Une série sous influence(s)
Bonnie Raitt, Nick of Time, 1989 on Capitol
Although this was Bonnie Raitt's big commercial breakthrough—and maybe where I first heard her?—it was actually her tenth studio album. (Later I'd find her back catalogue which has much to recommend in it). It was also her first on Capitol, having been dropped by Warner Bros. It was produced by Don Was (future Blue Note...
Acoustic Alchemy, Red Dust and Spanish Lace, 1987 on MCA
This was the debut album from Nick Webb and Greg Carmichael, aka Acoustic Alchemy. They'd later be on GRP after MCA acquired the jazz label. Great album that is also fantastic sounding - recorded by Klaus Genuit at Hansahaus (Berlin). My copy—via Residency Records in Salem MA—is a KM Records pressing that included an original...
Steve Winwood, Roll With It, 1988 on Virgin
Steve Winwood has had an illustrious and extensive career including having been a key member of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. Just having written "Can't Find My Way Home" would earn him a spot in my pantheon. Roll With It was his fifth solo album and was quite successful commercially, including the...
The Who, Who’s Greatest Hits, 1983 on MCA
I don't tend to favor Greatest Hits albums from an artist I'd otherwise collect individual albums from, but picked this up as part of a bundle of records. I love it when an artist puts out a Greatest Hits so early in their career - there's also a 2009 Greatest Hits album On vinyl, this...
Paul Simon, One-Trick Pony, 1980 on Warner Bros
Paul Simon's fifth solo album and first after moving to Warner Bros. from Columbia. Sort of a soundtrack to the same-named film (starring Simon) but with somewhat different versions and tracklist. Some folks think of this as a bit of a commercial low point for Simon, but it's a great album, including the title cut....
Steely Dan, Gaucho, 1980 on MCA
This was the seventh Steely Dan full length and their only one on MCA records, following six on ABC. It would also be their last studio album for ~20 years. Though Keith Jarrett would later sue and be awarded writing credit on the title track here it is still credited just to Becker and Fagan....