comments on 100-91:
100. yes, this is an elo record. and what a record! a new world record, one might say. "telephone line," "livin' thing," "rockaria!," "tightrope," and, best of all, "do ya," which sounds like the chambers brothers' "time has come today" played by a bunch of pussies. or: fm radio abba.
99. the happy medium between the punk-rock shards of pink flag and the spacy nu-prog of 154. plus, you can dance to "another the letter."
98. started the trip-hop thing, and ten+ years later it's the only survivor. why? on blue lines, at least, they were never too stoned to groove.
97. a producer's album meant for public consumption.
96. a producer's album meant for music geeks.
95. a producer's album meant for other producers. and david byrne.
94. the lights aren't quite bright enough on this album to shine through the impenetrable darkness of richard thompson's lyrics, but linda does her part to make it easy on the ears.
93. i bought this album because i didn't like the mixes of "express yourself" and "like a prayer" on immaculate collection, but when i got around listening to the rest of it, it was pretty great. come for the album mixes, but stay for the rest.
92. yes, i love the music but i also adore it as the very model of a 21st century pop (as opposed to dance) record.
91. alright, for the longest time i championed this record over nations. and then one day i sat down and listened to the whole fucking thing. 91, then.