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Albums in 200 Words

A personal view on any album from my own collection or your recommendations
No Review is Wrong just a Healthy Difference of Opinion
371) Van Halen
After the disaster of training in Hotel Management, I went back to education to do Accountancy, yes, a life full of excellent choices clearly. I met a couple of guys who became friends one like me was a know it all on music whereas the other one claimed David Lee Roth was the greatest pop star ever. Naturally, we mocked him because we were arses. Then and still to this day I have never heard a David Lee Roth album but was quick to mock. Now I could hate them or love them, t
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370) Prince -Parade
I haven’t seen Under the Cherry Moon in nearly forty odd years and if I live another forty years, doubtful as I’d be ninety-five, I very much doubt I will have the urge to see it again as I remember it as pretty dire. However, I certainly will be no stranger to his music if I do last another forty years as many of his records were magical. Parade was his eighth studio album in nine years and the last to feature The Revolution. The question people obviously ask me all the
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369) Blondie - Plastic Letters
I have been watching the TV series High Fidelity where Zoe Kravitz now plays John Cusack’s character. It is as enjoyable as the book and the film but if you have seen the film you will know at one point Bruce Springsteen appears in Cusack’s flat offering advice. Well for Zoe we have Debbie Harry dancing to Heart of Glass with a glass of red and it made me think yes, she is as iconic as Springsteen and still has the charisma that he has as they both march confidently to their
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