I seem to be on a roll

[ericcoleman]

IYNSHO, what is your favorite album. The first thing you think of, and only one per customer. Duplicate orders will be mocked mercilessly.

Mine, it's easy. Quadrophenia. Townsend is one of the greatest songwriters of the rock era, and this is his masterpiece. The Who at their best outstrip pretty much everyone. It's powerful, brutal, touching, lovely. I think I'll listen to it right now.

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[ldwheeler.livejournal.com]

El Corazon by Steve Earle. Earle has worked in many genres and stylings; in this disc, he includes just about all of 'em: folk ("Christmas in Washington"), thrashy alt-country ("Taneytown,") rock & roll ("N.Y.C."), bluegrass ("I Still Carry You Around"), rockabilly ("You Know the Rest"), stone country ("Poison Lovers"), etc. With guests including the Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris and The Supersuckers.

Davy Crockett went out to Houston to fight in the Alamo
Old Will Travis never told him Texas was in Mexico
Was a bloody mess, you know the rest ...

Since you've insisted we name one and only one, I will NOT mention Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. Nor will I invoke Bruce Cockburn's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaw. You shan't hear me refer to Vixy & Tony's Thirteen or the Police's Synchronicity or the Kennedys' Stand, nor will you hear anything about the Beatles' Rubber Soul from me, huh-uh. Because I Follow Directions.