HondoJoe's 60 Favorite-ish Albums

  #25: Daryl Hall & John Oates--Voices  (1980) Top-Notch Tracks:  "You Make My Dreams," "Kiss On My List," "Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)," "Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect, Perfect)," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," Every Time You Go Away," "How Does It Feel To Be Back," "Africa" Album Depth:  "Hard To Be In Love With You," "Big Kids," "United State" Weak Links:  None Problematic Song:  "Africa" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Well, listen to this!"--"You Make My Dreams" "My friends wonder why I call you all the time. What can I say? I don't feel the need to give such secrets away."--"Kiss On My List" "Charlie liked the Beatles (ahh), Sam he liked Rich Girl (bitch girl), but I'm still hung up on the Duke of Earl (duke, duke, duke of earl.)"--"Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)" "Girl, you're sta...

#26: Genesis--Genesis  (1983)  Top-Notch Tracks:  "That's All" ( HJ200  #86), "Just a Job To Do," "Mama," "It's Gonna Get Better," "Taking It All Too Hard," "Illegal Alien," "Home By the Sea" Album Depth:  "Second Home By the Sea," "Silver Rainbow" Weak Links:  None Problematic Song:  "Illegal Alien" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Why does it always seem to be me looking at you, you looking at me? It's always the same. It's just a shame. That's all."--"That's All" "Bang, bang, bang, and down you go; it's just a job I do. 'Cause the harder they run, the harder they fall. I'm coming down hard on you."--"Just a Job To Do" "Now listen to me mama, mama, mama. You're taking away my last chance! Don't take it away!"--"Mama" "Up to the counter, to see what they think. They say, 'It doesn't c...

#27: Billy Joel--River of Dreams  (1993) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)," ( HJ200 #26), "River of Dreams," "Blonde Over Blue," "No Man's Land," "Shades of Grey," "Great Wall of China." Album Depth:  "All About Soul," "Two Thousand Years." Weak Links:  "Famous Last Words," "A Minor Variation." Stand-Out Lyrics:  "I think I know what you've been asking me. I think you know what I've been trying to say."--"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" "In the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep from the mountains of faith to the river so deep."--"River of Dreams" "In hell there's a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never open. No phone, so you can't call home, and the tv works, but the clicker is broken."--"Blonde Over Blue" "Give us this day our daily discount outlet merch...

  #28: Men at Work--Business As Usual  (1981) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Who Can It Be Now?" ( HJ200  #105), "Be Good Johnny," ( HJ200  #123), "Down Under," "People Just Love to Play With Words," "Underground," "Helpless Automaton" Album Depth:  "I Can See It In Your Eyes," "Touching the Untouchables," "Catch a Star," "Down By the Sea" Weak Links:  Nope Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Who can it be knocking at my door? Go away, don't come round here no more. Can't you see that it's late at night, I'm very tired, and I'm not feeling right? All I wish is to be alone. Stay away, don't you invade my home."--"Who Can It Be Now?" "Are you going to play football this year, John? Nah! Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then, are you Johnny? Nah! Nah! Nah! Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you. So tell me, what kind of boy are you, J...