comments on 60-51:
60. and this is the picture. kind of a visual metaphor for rod's career as well.
59. i've overlooked the fact that the band can't rock and that they take several stabs at it, all because the weepies are that good. they realized that mccartney had a good idea with "yesterday," but they also understood that he didn't take it far enough. the best lost band of the 60s.
58. kid goes crazy, broods, masturbates with a magazine, rises from the dead. hit singles ensue.
57. george martin would've produced this album if he were also allowed to write the string charts, but paul buckmaster, responsible for "space oddity," was already on board. the right choice was made: elton john would've been held in higher regard, far better crafted, and far less interesting without buckmaster's arrangements. sort of like revolver, then.
56. alright, alright, the skits are dumb, but who else was smart enough to sample hall & oates?
55. a little bit country, a little bit rock n' roll, and a whole lot of shitkicking.
54. the perfect soundtrack for a night on the town, ca. 1978: supper club music, dancefloor fillers, and come-down music.
53. the pets stop being ironic (mostly), and start getting real. coincidentally, neil's in love.
52. the only album of the 90s to create its own self-contained universe.
51. is there a great double-album with a worse side than side three of english settlement? side four of all things must pass? yeah, but i said "great."