HondoJoe's 60 Favorite-ish Albums

  #42: Daryl Hall & John Oates--Private Eyes  (1981) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Did It In a Minute," "Head Above Water," "Friday Let Me Down," "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)," "Private Eyes" Album Depth:  "Your Imagination," "Tell Me What You Want," "Mano a Mano," "Looking For a Good Sign" Weak Links:  "Unguarded Minute," "Some Men" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "If two can be one, who is the one two becomes?"--"Did It In a Minute" "You've got the body, now you want my soul. Don't even think about it, say no go."--"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" "Dial your number. Tape reply. 'I'm not at home right now but leave your name and I will call you Friday night.'"--"Friday Let Me Down" "You're caring too much about what I say. You're wondering too much about what I do."--"Your Imaginat...

  #43: Midnight Oil--Capricornia  (2002) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Too Much Sunshine," "Say Your Prayers," "Golden Age," "Capricornia" Album Depth:  "Luritja Way," "Mosquito March," "Been Away Too Long," "World That I See," "Under the Overpass," "Poets and Slaves" Weak Link:  "Tone Poem" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Haven't had so much fun since my daddy took the V8 away."--"Too Much Sunshine" "It might be catastrophic. It might be too damn bad. Say your prayers."--"Say Your Prayers" "All the screens are filled with heroes and losers, but the sky's still filled with stars."--"Golden Age" "Have you ever built your house in a town called Pissitaway?"--"Too Much Sunshine" Midnight Oil: Capricornia Album Cover:  8 out of 10. Why so high? Because it's a cow, damnit! A cow!!! (Phil Collins should try a cow f...

  #44: Harvey Danger--King James Version  (2000) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Authenticity" ( HJ200 #131) , "Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo," "(Theme from) Carjack Fever," "Pike St./Park Slope" Album Depth:  "(This Is) The Thrilling Conversation You've Been Waiting For," "You Miss the Point Completely I Get the Point Exactly," "Humility On Parade," "Loyalty Bldg." Weak Links:  "Underground" Problematic Song:  "Meetings With Remarkable Men (Show Me the Hero)" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "When you like something, it's an opinion, but when I like something, it's a manifesto. Pomposity is when you always think you're right; arrogance is when you know."--"Pike St./Park Slope" "The Marlboro Man died of cancer, aand he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy. Ha, ha, ha."--"Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo" "You don't need a passport to know what...

  #45: Barenaked Ladies: Gordon  (1992) Top-Notch Tracks:  "If I Had $1,000,000," ( HJ200 #198) , "Grade 9," "Enid," "King of Bedside Manor" Album Depth:  "Hello City," "Brian Wilson," "Crazy," "New Kid On the Block," "Box Set," "I Love You," "What a Good Boy," "The Flag" Weak Links:  "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" Problematic Song:  "Be My Yoko Ono" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "If I had a million dollars-- if I had a million dollars , I would buy you some art-- a Picasso or a Garfunkel ."--"If I Had $1,000,000" "Got into the classroom, all my knowledge was gone. I guess I should have studied 'stead of watching Wrath of Kahn ."--"Grade 9" "It took me a year to believe it was over. And it took me two more to get over the loss."--"Enid" "I had a dream that I was 300 pounds. And though I was very...

  #46: Electric Light Orchestra--Secret Messages  (1983) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Four Little Diamonds," "Danger Ahead," "The Stranger," "Rock 'n' Roll Is King," "Secret Messages" Album Depth:  "Loser Gone Wild," "Time After Time," "Bluebird," "Letter From Spain" Weak Link:  "Train of Gold" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Is this on? Okay, after four. Four."--"Four Little Diamonds" "She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky back."--"Rock 'n' Roll Is King" "Here she comes down the street, and that look is in her eyes. And the way she looks, if looks could kill they might."--"Danger Ahead" "On the other side of midnight I was looking for a place to stay. And one thing's sure for certain--I ain't never goin' back again."--"The Stranger" "Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon. ...

  #47: Billy Joel--The Bridge  (1986) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Big Man On Mulberry Street," "Running On Ice," "This Is the Time," "A Matter of Trust," "Modern Woman" Album Depth:  "Temptation," "Baby Grand," "Code of Silence" Weak Link:  "Getting Closer" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "I cruise from Houston to Canal Street, a misfit and a rebel. I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand. Why is it every time I go out I always seem to get in trouble? I guess I made an impression on somebody north of Hester and south of Grand."--"Big Man On Mulberry Street" "I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence; the culmination of technology and civilized experience."--"Running On Ice" "Sometimes it's so easy to let a day slip on by without even seeing each other at all. But this is the time you'll turn back to and so will I, and those w...

  #48: Phil Collins---Hello, I Must Be Going  (1982) Top-Notch Tracks:  "I Don't Care Anymore," [ HJ200 #25 ], "It Don't Matter To Me," "I Cannot Believe It's True," "You Can't Hurry Love," "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away," "Like China" Album Depth:  "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning," "The West Side," "Do You Know, Do You Care?" Weak Links:  "Thru These Walls"--(an annoying ode to eavesdropping.)  Stand-Out Lyrics:  "'Cause I've been talking to the people that you call your friends and it seems to me there's a means to an end--they don't care anymore."--"I Don't Care Anymore" "Your mum and dad don't like me, and they tell me every time I come around to see you. I don't know why, 'cause I always straighten my tie and comb my hair."--"Like China" "Well, he's gonna try to make it...