Please bare in mind that the tracks are live and mixed in mono. Apologies for the lower than usual quality.
Top 10
Some of you may have noticed a few weeks ago I slipped Midnight Oil's "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1" into my top 10 after stating that I wouldn't. This came from a conversation I had with a friend who enthusiastically explained to me that some of his favourite albums had bad tracks on them. Tracks he always skipped. Part of the listening experience was to skip that track. For that reason I let "10..1" slip by, quietly, in the middle of the night. I always reserve the right to kill it should I find something a little more perfect...
Faith No More's "Angel Dust" is added today. It, unlike "10...1" is perfect. Perfect in the way a slightly grainy image is 'perfected' with the use of a little airbrushing and smudging. "Angel Dust" is airbrushed by my many years of listening and my long standing love of Faith No More. From the depressingly uplifting 'Land Of Sunshine' to the lets-scare-the-shit-out-of-the-pop-Epic-kindies-track 'Malpractice' all the way down to the lovely little cover of 'Midnight Cowboy' every single track is one I've begged for at concerts, sung along to in the car and accidently covered while making up new songs.
I plan to relisten to every Faith No More CD, but I know none will top AD. King For A Day was the album that got me truely into the band but it's originallity lacks a little compared to AD (not to mentions KFAD's problem production). The Real Thing has some far too cheesy moments on it, while Album Of The Year has a few problem tracks that still grate me ('Home Sick Home'). The Chuck era years have some fantastic material... but some complete crap too. None of their albums is as 100% legendary as AD can be.
And to think the record execs hated it and demanded it remixed on first listen. Awesome.
And then there's Mr Bungle...
Ego
I had a referer today from someone searching for 'ego'. One word.. just 'ego'. They hit the 'My Ego' link and the link to 'Ego', the Walken track. I find this... ego boosting.