What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



I think this may be a first. One of my own albums that scores a perfect 1.0, and it even has vocals. Happens to be their last album also. Go figure. Usually Hollies harmonies carry me through, but not here. Not one thing on here I could bring myself to like. The last track was just starting to catch on, but I figured, why ruin a perfect score. It's like they were trying to do a latter day Bee Gees thing, going disco, heavy on the synthesizer. This was the return of Graham Nash to the group after a 15 year absence. Most of the song writing credit goes to Paul Bliss, who is listed as playing keyboards on the album. Wondering how they came to use his songs. No songs were written by group members. A cover of Stop In The Name Of Love is cringe worthy. They even cover one of their own hits from two decades earlier, Just One Look, and manage to screw that up. Hard to figure how you can screw up your own hit, but they did it. The album went to #90 on the U.S. charts, with that Supremes cover at #29.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Stop In The Name Of Love

Best Track - Having A Good Time

You read the stars
Everyday in the paper
And believe every word they say
You want to know
If I'll always love you
But I can't see tomorrow today

So, I can't guarantee
A happy ending
The story is always unwinding
But right here and now
It doesn't matter
Are you having a good time

You know that I'm no fortune teller
I can't predict
How it will be
You need a love that lasts forever
That far ahead
I just can't see

So, I can't guarantee
A happy ending
I don't know what might've happen
But this me and you in this situation
Are you having a good time

If everything's perfect
What more could we ask for
We're here and now

Are you having a good time

You're somewhere off
Into the future
Imagining how it will look
Will we last another chapter
Can we make it last 'til the end of the book

So, I can't guarantee
A happy ending
The story is always unwinding
But right here and now
It doesn't matter
Having a good time

1) Casualty - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlfu1PyHOQ
2) Take My Love And Run - *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ3KHOd4MBo
3) Say You'll Be Mine - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jERFvtHlRBY
4) Something Ain't Right - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgXkn7HBlY
5) If The Lights Go Out - *
6) Stop In The Name Of Love - *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfuFZfL7qps
7) I Got What I Want - *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7LUgPUJCYE
8) Just One Look - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQFoNGO1QM
9) Someone Else's Eyes - *
10) Having A Good Time - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hh6dSbU2hg

3's - 0
2's - 0
1's - 10

Grade - 1.0