HondoJoe's 60 Favorite-ish Albums

  #34: The Traveling Wilburys--Vol. 1  (1988) Top-Notch Tracks:  "End of the Line," "Handle with Care," "Dirty World," "Heading for the Light," "Congratulations"  Album Depth:  "Not Alone Anymore," "Rattled," "Last Night," "Margarita" Weak Link:  "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" Stand-out Lyrics:  "Been beat up and battered around."--"Handle with Care" "Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive. I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive."--"End of the Line" "Oh baby, the pleasure would be all mine if you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine."--"Dirty World" "I'm so tired of being lonely. I still have some love to give."--"Handle with Care" "If I had just one more chance to win your heart again I would do things differently, but what's the use to pretend...

  #35: Electric Light Orchestra--Face the Music  (1975) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Strange Magic," "One Summer Dream," "Evil Woman," "Poker," "Nightrider" Album Depth:  "Waterfall," "Down Home Town," "Fire On High" Weak Links:  Not really. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "You made a fool of me. But them broken dreams have got to end."--"Evil Woman" "You're sailing softly through the sun in a broken stone age dawn. You fly, so high."--"Strange Magic" "The ace that's hiding up your sleeve will cause the world to grieve."--"Poker" "I still see that vision of delight while cruising on the black of night. But she keeps a step ahead."--"Nightrider" "There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in. You took my body and played to win."--"Evil Woman" "Blue mountains high, and valley low; I don't know which way I sh...

  #36: Dave Edmuds--Riff Raff  (1984) Top-Notch Tracks:  "S.O.S.," "Something About You," "Steel Claw," Album Depth:  "Busted Loose," "Breaking Out," "Hang On," "Far Away," "Rules of the Game," "How Could I Be So Wrong" Weak Link:  "Can't Get Enough" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Now it looks like everything I had is going to fall to pieces in my hands. And if anyone can hear me, I am sending this distress: S.O.S."--"S.O.S." "Darlin'! Oh, darlin'! If I could have you to call my very own, I'd work my fingers to the bone. I'd never roam. To you I'd always come home."--"Something About You" "My girl, she said she'd stick it out. She kissed my fingers through the grille. She whispered she'd love no one else, but then she took off with a creep from the south side."--"Busted Loose" "The politicians have forg...

  #38: The Cars--The Cars  (1978) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Just What I Needed," ( HJ200  #112), "My Best Friend's Girl," "Good Times Roll," "Bye Bye Love," "Moving In Stereo" Album Depth:  "Don't Cha Stop," "All Mixed Up," "I'm In Touch With Your World," "You're All I've Got Tonight" Weak Links:  Nope. Stand-out Lyrics:  "I don't mind you coming here, and wasting all my time."--"Just What I Needed" "You're always dancing down the street with your suede blue eyes."--"My Best Friend's Girl" "Substitution, mass confusion, clouds inside your head."--"Bye Bye Love" "Let the stories be told. Let them say what they want."--"Good Times Roll" "Life's the same, except for my shoes."--"Moving In Stereo" "You can tuck it on the inside. You can throw it on the floor. You can w...