Cure - Bloodflowers


Closer to a ten than a nine, Bloodflowers is an excellent album. While it's highs are never as high as those found on Disintegration ("Disintegration", "The Same Deep Water As You", "Plainsong", "Pictures Of You"), it also lacks Disintegration's lows (the out-of-place "Lovesong" and "Lullaby"). A very sold listen with only one real flaw: Watching Me Fall is perhaps a minute or two too long. The title track is one of my favourite Cure songs of all time -- and that, my friends, is saying something.

Robyn Hitchcock - Moss Elixir


Those open to a full dose of Hitchcock's latest prescription will need Moss Elixir's limited-edition and quietly superior vinyl-only companion, Mossy Liquor. Besides alternate versions (some with strings and piano) of six Moss Elixir numbers – including "Alright, Yeah" translated into Swedish and a longer but no less beautiful "Heliotrope" – Mossy Liquor doles out six extra songs, most notably "Trilobite," which details several eons of paleontology in three comical minutes.

Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night

This is the Fleetwood Mac that I remember as a little boy in the 80's. The musical layers in this CD are what make the Mac stand out and succeed. Without a doubt though "Seven Wonders" is the jewel of the album. I can hear it over and over (and I have) and it never looses its' love, never looses its' validity and it never looses its' meaning. We've all been in a certain place where we reckon with ourself and know that we'll never match it again, no matter where we go. The meanings laced in the songs on this album are very palatible and this is its' strength. Inidividuals can listen to the album as individuals.