Fifteen Albums, Part 2 – Counting Crows
Adam’s songs of innocence sounded awfully like songs of experience to this 23 year old; he sounded like he’d been through 50 years of hurt and not yet come out the other side.
Fifteen Albums, Part 1: The Only Ones – Peel Sessions; Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle; The Chills – Submarine Bells
No, purists, it isn’t cheating to stick a Peel Sessions collection on a “favourite albums” list. Sure, either of the Only Ones’ first two LPs would have comfortably made this list (it’s considered polite not to mention “Baby’s got a Gun”: by this time the
Fifteen Albums: an explanation
The first few pieces on this blog are inspired by my Canadian buddy Mike Coffey, who sent me one of those Facebook “Answer 10 bizarre questions about yourself!!!”-type notes, except this one was “name 15 albums that will always stick” – far more interesting than