HondoJoe's 60 Favorite-ish Albums

  #14: The Orchestra--No Rewind  (2001) Top-Notch Tracks:  "No Rewind," [ HJ200  #28], "Can't Wait to See You," "Jewel and Johnny," "Over London Skies," "If Only," "Say Goodbye," "I Could Write a Book," "Twist and Shout" Album Depth:  "Let Me Dream," "Before We Go" Weak Link:  Lack of distribution by a major label. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Stumbling through my back pages, what was I thinking of?"--"No Rewind" "Parenthetically, thank God that you still love me! (Thank God that you still love me!)"--"Can't Wait To See You" "I don't know how much longer I can watch you leave my life."--"Over London Skies" "Every time I see the clouds go by, I hope they're heading to your part of the sky."--"Can't Wait To See You" "Now his world is crashed in seconds flat. He's down on his knees."--...

  #15: Ben Folds--Rockin' the Suburbs  (2001) Top-Notch Tracks:  "The Luckiest," [ HJ200  #1,], "Zak and Sara," "Annie Waits," "Still Fighting It," "Fred Jones, Part 2," "Gone," "Rockin' the Suburbs," "Not the Same," "Fired," "The Ascent of Stan" Album Depth:  "Carrying Cathy," "Losing Lisa" Weak Links:  Massive amounts of profanity. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "I don't get many things right the first time. In fact, I've been told that a lot."--"The Luckiest" "Zak called his dad about layaway plans. And Sara told the friendly salesmen that: 'You'll all die in your car. And why's it gotta be dark? And you're all working in a submarine.'"--"Zak and Sara" "Annie waits for the last time. Just the same as the last time."--"Annie Waits" "You want a Coke? Maybe some fries? The roast b...

  #16: Billy Joel--52nd Street  (1978) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Big Shot," [ HJ200  #21], "Until the Night," [ HJ200  #132]. "My Life," "Honesty," "Stiletto," "Half a Mile Away," "Zanzibar" Album Depth:  "52nd Street," "Rosalinda's Eyes" Weak Links:  So far away that they're probably in Connecticut. Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Well, it's no big sin to stick your two cents in, if you know when to leave it alone. But, you went over the line, you couldn't see it was time to go home."--"Big Shot" "I'll have my fears like every man; you'll have your tears like every woman."--"Until the Night" "Got a call from an old friend--we used to be real close. Said he couldn't go the American way. Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the West coast. Now he gives them the stand-up routine in LA."--"My Life" "I can always...