So What Are You Listening To?

[Rushmoras]

Final Sheryl Crow album, which came out last year, Evolution (Deluxe) (2024). It was pretty good, with somewhat changed sound, I guess to follow the current trends in music industry.

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Tuesday Night Music Club (Deluxe Edition) (1993) - 7.6/10 [Best songs: Run, Baby, Run; Strong Enough; The Na-Na Song; No One Said It Would Be Easy; What Can I Do For You?; All I Wanna Do; I Shall Believe; Killer Life; You Want More; All By Myself; D’yer Mak’er; I Shall Believe (2009 Remix)]

2. Sheryl Crow (1996) - 8/10 [Best songs: A Change Would Do You Good;
If It Makes You Happy; Redemption Day; Oh Marie; Sad, Sad World; Hard to Make a Stand – Alternate Version]

3. The Globe Sessions (1998) - 8.5/10 [Best songs: Riverwide; Maybe That’s Something; Am I Getting Through – Parts 1 & 2; Anything But Down; The Difficult Kind; Members Only; Sweet Child O’Mine; Subway Ride]

4. C'mon, C'mon (2002) - 7.9/10 [Best songs: Steve McQueen; Soak Up the Sun; Safe and Sound; C’mon, C’mon; Over You; Diamond Road; Abilene; Missing]

5. Wildflower (Deluxe Edition) (2005) - 10/10 [Best songs: Perfect Lie; Good is Good; Wildflower; Live it Up; I Don’t Wanna Know; Always on Your Side (feat. Sting); Where Has All the Love Gone (Acoustic Version); Letter to God (Acoustic Version)]

6. Detours (2008) - 6.7 [Best songs: Peace Be Upon Us; Gasoline; Detours; Now That You’re Gone; Love Is All There Is; Doctor My Eyes]

7. Home for Christmas (2008) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Go Tell It on the Mountain;
Merry Christmas Baby; The Bell’s of St. Mary; There Is a Star That Shines Tonight; Long Road Home]

8. 100 Miles From Memphis (2010) - 8.3/10 [Best songs: Sign Your Name; Peaceful Feeling; Stop; Sideways; Roses and Moonlight]

9. Feels Like Home (2013) - 9.2/10 [Best songs: Easy; Give it To Me; We Oughta Be Drinking; Callin’ Me When I’m Lonely; Homesick; Best of Times]

10. Be Myself (2017) - 9.1/10 [Best songs: Alone in the Dark; Long Way Back; Strangers Again; Rest of Me; Heartbeat Away; Woo Woo]

11. Threads (2019) - 7.6/10 [Best songs: Tell Me When It’s Over; Beware of Darkness; The Worst; Wouldn‘t Want to Be Like You; Don’t; Flying Blind]

12. Evolution (Deluxe) (2024) - 8/10 [Best songs: Diggin in the Dirt; Evolution;
Don’t Walk Away; Waiting in the Wings]

Average album score: 8.2/10.

[BlueSkies]

7 hours ago, Rushmoras said:

Final Sheryl Crow album, which came out last year, Evolution (Deluxe) (2024). It was pretty good, with somewhat changed sound, I guess to follow the current trends in music industry.

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Tuesday Night Music Club (Deluxe Edition) (1993) - 7.6/10 [Best songs: Run, Baby, Run; Strong Enough; The Na-Na Song; No One Said It Would Be Easy; What Can I Do For You?; All I Wanna Do; I Shall Believe; Killer Life; You Want More; All By Myself; D’yer Mak’er; I Shall Believe (2009 Remix)]

2. Sheryl Crow (1996) - 8/10 [Best songs: A Change Would Do You Good;
If It Makes You Happy; Redemption Day; Oh Marie; Sad, Sad World; Hard to Make a Stand – Alternate Version]

3. The Globe Sessions (1998) - 8.5/10 [Best songs: Riverwide; Maybe That’s Something; Am I Getting Through – Parts 1 & 2; Anything But Down; The Difficult Kind; Members Only; Sweet Child O’Mine; Subway Ride]

4. C'mon, C'mon (2002) - 7.9/10 [Best songs: Steve McQueen; Soak Up the Sun; Safe and Sound; C’mon, C’mon; Over You; Diamond Road; Abilene; Missing]

5. Wildflower (Deluxe Edition) (2005) - 10/10 [Best songs: Perfect Lie; Good is Good; Wildflower; Live it Up; I Don’t Wanna Know; Always on Your Side (feat. Sting); Where Has All the Love Gone (Acoustic Version); Letter to God (Acoustic Version)]

6. Detours (2008) - 6.7 [Best songs: Peace Be Upon Us; Gasoline; Detours; Now That You’re Gone; Love Is All There Is; Doctor My Eyes]

7. Home for Christmas (2008) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Go Tell It on the Mountain;
Merry Christmas Baby; The Bell’s of St. Mary; There Is a Star That Shines Tonight; Long Road Home]

8. 100 Miles From Memphis (2010) - 8.3/10 [Best songs: Sign Your Name; Peaceful Feeling; Stop; Sideways; Roses and Moonlight]

9. Feels Like Home (2013) - 9.2/10 [Best songs: Easy; Give it To Me; We Oughta Be Drinking; Callin’ Me When I’m Lonely; Homesick; Best of Times]

10. Be Myself (2017) - 9.1/10 [Best songs: Alone in the Dark; Long Way Back; Strangers Again; Rest of Me; Heartbeat Away; Woo Woo]

11. Threads (2019) - 7.6/10 [Best songs: Tell Me When It’s Over; Beware of Darkness; The Worst; Wouldn‘t Want to Be Like You; Don’t; Flying Blind]

12. Evolution (Deluxe) (2024) - 8/10 [Best songs: Diggin in the Dirt; Evolution;
Don’t Walk Away; Waiting in the Wings]

Average album score: 8.2/10.

She has a Christmas album too.  I thought this was easily the sultriest rendition of this song I ever heard!

 

 

[Rushmoras]

Started Ja Rule discography. Good thing is that his career was so short, not many albums to listen to 😆Debut album "Venni, Vitti, Vecci" (1999). Banger beats, I like his style of rapping or at least his voice. Okey as far as debut albums go.

 

[Rushmoras]

Second Ja Rule album Rule 3:36 (2000). Pretty much on par with his first one, the only difference is the first one has more songs that I liked, but on the other hand, the second album has few pretty funny skits.

 

[Anela]

This was on the front page of youtube. I used to listen to him a lot.

 

 

[Annber03]

YES, Neil Finn! Love him. Great song choices, both of those. Great albums, too. 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Wow, is it just me or does it look like the audience got wrapped up in the song and the singers were going to kiss ?  What a performance.

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Third Ja Rule album "Pain is Love" (2001). Not as good as his previous two albums. Kinda average, though, it has a couple of songs, which I've heard on VIVA TV/MTV back in early 2000s, so...

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Annber03]

Thanks to the recent post mentioning Neil Finn, I'm in the mood to listen to his music...this is my favorite song from his solo work: 

 

[Rushmoras]

Fourth Ja Rule album "The Last Temptation" (2002). Another album, of which I heard a song in the 2000s on music channels, though back then I thought the girl is singing "I think the rain is coming back", but it's "reign is coming back" (reign of murder). Ah, a bit better than average, but I liked the last album better in comparison, I guess.

 

[Anela]

 

 

[Rushmoras]

Penultimate Ja Rule album "Blood in My Eye" (2003). Pretty average. And, I'm guessing, the song Things Are Gonna Change prompted Eminem to release his own disstrack against Ja.

 

[LBC Me]

On 2/3/2025 at 9:37 AM, Rushmoras said:

Thirtieth Snoop Dogg album "Snoop Dogg Presents Deathrow Summer 2022" (2022). Decent, not good, but decent. Also, I just wanted to add that this mofo has more albums than Rolling Stones that started in the 60s, unless I count their earlier tracks for different USA and UK markets! In that case, Stones might still come out on top haha 😆

 

Wow man.  I had no idea Snoop Dogg had churned out 33 albums.  Regarding the comparison to the Rolling Stones discography, numbers are one thing, but I would consider quality as well.  There are far fewer Rolling Stones albums that are meh, below average, decent, what have you.  I love the '90s Snoop Dogg, and I've loved the Rolling Stones since they were, like, NEW.  Great work, @Rushmorasand I for one appreciate it.

[LBC Me]

This has been playing on repeat, in my head and on my phone, for the past week or so.  My big loss was John Lennon, my son's big loss was Tupac Shakur, the grunge kids' big loss was Kurt Cobain.

MTV Unplugged, Nirvana, Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Edited March 9 by LBC Me

[Rushmoras]

10 hours ago, LBC Me said:

Wow man.  I had no idea Snoop Dogg had churned out 33 albums.  Regarding the comparison to the Rolling Stones discography, numbers are one thing, but I would consider quality as well.  There are far fewer Rolling Stones albums that are meh, below average, decent, what have you.  I love the '90s Snoop Dogg, and I've loved the Rolling Stones since they were, like, NEW.  Great work, @Rushmorasand I for one appreciate it.

Thanks for the feedback, LBC, though I never compared the quality of the two, just noted that Rolling Stones within their 60+ years of career has fewer albums released than SnoopDogg with his 30+ years of career, which I found funny. Dude's been releasing an album a year for many years at this point haha.

[Rushmoras]

Final Ja Rule album "R.U.L.E." (2004). Another average album, albeit probably I liked it the best from his average ones.

As always, subjective assessments of each album:

1. Venni, Vetti, Vecci (1999) - 7/10 [Best songs: Let’s Ride; Nigguz Theme; Suicide Freestyle; Count on Your n****; M***a 4 Life; Daddy’s Little Baby; Race Against Time; Only Begotten Son]

2. Rule 3:36 (2000) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Watching Me; 6 Feet Underground; Love Me, Hate Me; F*** You; Rule Wont Die]

3. Pain is Love (2001) - 6.5/10 [Best songs: Always on Time; Down Ass Bitch; Never Again; I’m Real – Murder Remix; Pain is Love; Put It on Me]

4. The Last Temptation (2002) - 6.9/10 [Best songs: Mesmerize; Murder Reigns; The Warning; Connected; Emerica]

5. Blood in My Eye (2003) - 6.4/10 [Best songs: The Life; Against Time; Niggas & Bitches; Blood in My Eye; The Wrap (Freestyle)]

6. R.U.L.E. (2004) - 6.7/10 [Best songs: Wonderful; New York; The Manual; Get It Started; R.U.L.E.; Gun Talk; Life Goes On; Where I’m From]

Average album score: 6.8/10.

[Rushmoras]

So, started Indochine discog. A French electronic music band, I guess. EDIT: Sorry, just wikied it, it's actually French rock new wave band. Never heard of them, but they were on the list of people also listen to on Spotify, so thought what the hell, let's give it a try. Not really my cup of tea music wise, but it's not bad either. Their first album is good, but the second is kinda average, but has more songs that I liked.

Indochine "L'aventurier" (1982) and "Le peril jaune" (1983).

 

Edited March 11 by Rushmoras

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

On 3/11/2025 at 12:52 PM, Rushmoras said:

So, started Indochine discog. A French electronic music band, I guess. EDIT: Sorry, just wikied it, it's actually French rock new wave band. Never heard of them, but they were on the list of people also listen to on Spotify, so thought what the hell, let's give it a try. Not really my cup of tea music wise, but it's not bad either. Their first album is good, but the second is kinda average, but has more songs that I liked.

Indochine "L'aventurier" (1982) and "Le peril jaune" (1983).

 

Awesome French new wave! Late 70's early 80's ,  what a great ,fun era of music.

[Rushmoras]

Third Indochine album "3" (1985). I'd say on par with the first one, but has way more songs that I liked.

 

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fourth Indochine album "7000 danses" (1987). Average, I'd say on par with their second one.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fifth Indochine album "Le baiser" (1990). Almost a ten out of ten, however, has one meh song that I did not like.

 

[Annber03]

Been playing this song a lot lately...

 

[Rushmoras]

Sixth Indochine album "Un jour dans notre vie" (1993). Pretty good.

 

[BlueSkies]

I wish she makes a comeback someday

 

 

[Rushmoras]

Seventh Indochine album "Wax" (1996). Another of theirs almost 10 out of 10, if not for that one song album. So far, I think I prefer 90s Indochine over 80s Indochine.

 

Edited March 17 by Rushmoras

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Eight Indochine album "Dancetaria" (1999). Not as good as the previous two, but decentish. Also, in this they switched-up styles - it's more of a dance album now.

 

Edited March 19 by Rushmoras

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

I preferred their new wave 80's music,definitely more danceable, at least to me,lol.

[Rushmoras]

12 hours ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

I preferred their new wave 80's music,definitely more danceable, at least to me,lol.

Maybe, if I grew up with their music or understood French my assessment would be different :P

[Anela]

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

5 hours ago, Rushmoras said:

Maybe, if I grew up with their music or understood French my assessment would be different :P

I don't understand  French either, and honestly, didn't know the band, but they sure had that 80's new wave vibe down in their music.  That 80's new wave vibe was super popular in all the dance clubs , the music was fun.  

[Rushmoras]

20 hours ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:

I don't understand  French either, and honestly, didn't know the band, but they sure had that 80's new wave vibe down in their music.  That 80's new wave vibe was super popular in all the dance clubs , the music was fun.  

Well, as they say, different strokes for different blokes 😀

Ninth Indochine album "Paradize" (2002). Pretty good. I'd put it above their 1993 album sorely because it has more songs that I liked, but it's in the 8 out of 10 field for me. Also, it made me wannna look up in the future Melissa Auf der Maur's discog due to the song they sang together.

 

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

Tenth Indochine album "Alice & June (Deluxe Edition)" (2005). So far, I think song and music wise it is my favourite of them, even though as an album as a whole it might not be that good, but of those songs that I liked - all are bangers.

 

[LBC Me]

And now, let's all jump into the Way Back Machine for this tune from my misspent youth.  The year was 1973, and @LBC Me was rocking it in high school.  The video is a bit cheesy, but I still love guys with long hair.

 

Edited Sunday at 05:04 PM by LBC Me

[LBC Me]

Always and forever, the Rolling Stones. 

 

Always and forever, Oasis.

 

Much watch for those of us of a certain age.  Made me f**king cry.

 

Edited Sunday at 05:31 PM by LBC Me

[Rushmoras]

Eleventh Indochine album "La republique des Meteors" (2009). Pretty good, probably has the most songs in the album that I liked, on the other hand, it has a truckload of songs in comparison to their other albums, so...

 

[Rushmoras]

1 hour ago, LBC Me said:

Always and forever, the Rolling Stones. 

 

Always and forever, Oasis.

 

Much watch for those of us of a certain age.  Made me f**king cry.

 

That Heart live cover of Stairway is always a kickass to listen to

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

Twelfth Indochine album "Black City Parade" (2014), which is, I don't know, to my ears it sounds dance-electronic music due to all the synths used and remixes of songs in this album. It's alright, clearly above average, but...

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

 

[Rushmoras]

Thirteenth Indochine album "13" (2017). Continuing with their new synth sound. I guess its alright as an album. Pretty decent, but I like their previous ones whole lot better.

 

[Anela]

 

[Rushmoras]

Fourteenth and fifteenth albums of Indochine: Karma Girls (2019) and Babel Babel (2024). While Karma Girls I would put in to the category of Extended Play (because, in all honesty, it only features one song called... you've guessed it... Karma Girls, but with five different versions), so I really don't know whether it is a studio album, but Spotify seems to oddly categorise it as such, and their current last album Babel Babel (2024) was another alright album of theirs featuring their newly found synth sound, which IMO, makes them more of a dance-pop band now than new-wave, but whathever. It's actually easier this way to figure out if you like the song or not when it's poppy - you either like it or you don't, while when its in heavier genre, there (at least for me) comes several facts in to play: whether the beat is good, whether the riffs stand out, whether the voice is good, whether the lyrics are good, whether the deliver is good etc. Sorry, caught myself in a moment there...

Also, before I forget, interestingly, Indochine is one of the few bands, out of which extensive discography, there simply isn't a ten out of ten album for me strangely.

As always, subjective assessments of each albums:

1. L'avanturier (1982) - 7.1/10 [Best songs: L’aventurier; Francoise (qu’est-ce qui t’apris?)]

2. Le peril jaune (1983) - 6.4/10 [Best songs: Pavillon rouge; Okinawa; Tankin;  Kao-Bang; A l’est de Java]

3. 3 (1985) - 7.8/10 [Best songs: Monte Cristo; Salombo; Hors-la-loi; Trois nuits par semaine]

4. 7000 danses (1987) - 6.7/10 [Best songs: Les tzars – Version longue; La machine a rattraper le temps; Un grand carnaval; 7000 danses; Une maison perdue…]

5. Le baiser (1990) - 9.1/10 [Best songs: Le baiser; More…; Punishment Park;
Les plus Mauvaises nuits; La colline des roses]

6. Un jour dans notre vie (1993) - 8.3/10 [Best songs: Sur lets toits du monde; Un jour dans notre vie; Some Days; D’ici mon amour; Ultra S]

7. Wax (1996) - 9.2/10 [Best songs: Unisexe; Drugstar; Je n’embrasse pas; Les silences de Juliette; Kissing My Song]

8. Dancetaria (1999) - 7.5/10 [Best songs: Manifesto (les divisions de la joie); Justine; Atomic Sky; Stef II]

9. Paradize (2002) - 8/10 [Best songs: Punker; Mao Boy; J’ai demande a la lune; Le grand secret (feat. Melissa Auf der Maur); Popstitute; Comateen; Un singe en hiver]

10. Alice & June (Deluxe Edition) (2005) - 7.7/10 [Best songs: Les portes du soir; Alice & June – Version Album; Gang Bang; Pink Water 3 – avec Brian Molko; Adora; Un homme dans la bouche; Sweet Dreams; Aujourd’hui je pleure; Pink Water 2]

11. La repulique des Meteors (2009) - 8.7/10 [Best songs: Un ange a ma table; Le lac; Play Boy; Je t’aime tant (with Gwen B. & Suzanne Combo); Bye Bye Valentine; Union War; Le dernier jour – Hidden track; We are the young; Mexicane Syndicate; You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Au profit de RSF;
Republika – Live]

12. Black City Parade (2014) - 7.3/10 [Best songs: College Boy; Memoria; Le messie; Traffic Girl; Thea sonata; Anyway; Nous demain; Kill Nico; Europane ou le dernier bal; College Boy – oLi dE SaT Remix; Black City Parade – Klink Clock Remix; Belfast – The Berlin Mix by Nicola Sirkis; College Boy – Live]

13. 13 (2017) - 8.1/10 [Best songs: 2033; Kimono dans l’ambulance; Suffragettes BB; Un ete francais; Song For a Dream; Cartagene; Gloria (feat. Asia Argento); La 13eme vage]

14. Karma Girls (2019) - 6/10 [Best songs: Karma Girls – Instrumental;
Karma Mix]

15. Babel Babel (2024) - 8.8/10 [Best songs: L’amour fou; Victoria; Le chant des cygnes; Le garcon qui reve; Girlfriend (feat. Marion Brunetto); Les nouveaux soleilis; Tokyo Boy; Annabelle Lee; Seul au paradis]

Average album score: 7.78