You, my reader, are going to pick an album for me to review each month. It is really simple…first, I will give you 5 albums to choose from and second, you will tell me which one of those you would like to see reviewed on the site. See…simple!
There are a few simple rules I have put in to place in my selections. They are…
- One has to be a new release (within the last month)
- One has to be one I have never heard before (new releases don’t count for this one)
- One has to be from a genre I don’t normally listen to at all or very often
- And the last two are choices from my collection that I haven’t reviewed before
What are the 5 albums you ask? Funny you should ask because I have those right here…
New Release – The Wallflowers – ‘Exit Wounds’
Never Heard Before – The Sex Pistols – ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’
Not My Normal Genre – Wu Tang Clan – ‘Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)’
From My Collection – Black Sabbath – ‘Paranoid’
From My Collection – Twisted Sister – ‘Under the Blade’
Let me know which one you would like to see and sometime in August, I will post a review of the album that gets the most votes. You have one week to decide and from there I will start listening to the album and do a review.
Thanks for participating!!
Under the Blade as it is a classic and takes me back to my younger days.
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This one might be the one I secretly wanted everyone to pick. So good choice.
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Twisted Sister
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Awesome, a quick lead right out of the gate!!
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Under the Blade!
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Great! Thanks so much for playing. I can’t believe the first 3 out of the gate were this one, but I am excited if that continues.
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The Wallflowers – ‘Exit Wounds’for me
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Good choice! I’ve already been listening to this one, mainly because it is brand new and not that I think it will win necessarily.
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It was either Wu Tang Clan or The Wallflowers for me, went and listened to the Wallflowers and liked what I heard. Was never into the Pistols, or any sort of heavy metal. I think Twisted Sister and Black Sabbath are Heavy metal but could be wrong.
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Sabbath & Twisted are metal!! I had never been in to the Pistols myself but it is always ranked as a great album so figured I’d pick it as one of the choices. An Wu Tang, I’ve never heard either and wanted to check out theirs if selected.
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What?????? U never heard Never mind the bollocks? Hasn’t almost everyone done covers of Pistols songs? Mötley, Mötorhead, Antrax, even Bananarama. There’s tons. U really haven’t heard the album?
And u even like Generation X.
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I’ve heard songs of course, but never dropped a needle from beginning to end and really listened to it. So that is why it is on here.
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Should have seen my eyes go wide reading that u haven’t heard it. It’s a classic. Even if it doesn’t get chosen could u still go and listen on utube or somewhere? It says on wikipedia that it’s only 38:44 minutes long.
Difficult to grasp this. Next you will be telling us that u haven’t listened to L.A.M.F…..
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Nope, probably haven’t heard that one either.
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Wu-Tang?
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Why the question mark…not confident about your pick? I think it is a good choice. It is a band I’ve never listened to as it is not a genre I really listen to so thought it would be a fun pick.
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Pistols!
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Awesome. I wonder if we will have a battle between Pistols and Sister??? That would be great.
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God, it’s a tough choice between Sister, Sabbath and Sex. The majority seems to be going with Twisted Sister so I’ll say them.
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I’m excited about that choice as I would love to dive in to that album again as it has been awhile.
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There are at least three here I want you to review. But I’m going to go with Bollocks. I quite like the album but find I cannot listen to it frequently. It’s so abrasive. I want to know what you think.
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I think it is going to be a close race between this one and Twisted Sister.
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Under the Blade is my second choice anyway.
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I say Sex Pistols since you have never heard the album before.
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This is going to be close. Thanks for the pick.
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found this…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-billy-idols-dancing-with-myself/
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Cool. Thanks.
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Under The Blade as I don’t own this one.
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I got lucky and found a great copy.
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Sabbath. Yep, I’m being boring this time.
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Sabbath is okay. Still a good pick!!…well there all good picks as it doesn’t matter which one I get. I’ll take it.
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If you really havent heard the only Sex Pistols album, you really should, look beyond the hype, and Ill be interested to see what you make of this seminal album.
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Awesome. Thanks I will. I do try to be as objective as I possibly can when I sit down to review.
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An impossible task, learned from my own experience reviewing concerts and albums, but still I always ask myself the question, would I play this at my own house/party/bbq/shindig?
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ALL FIVE. You made this choice very difficult!
Man, how have you never heard Never Mind…? That’s an all-timer for me. I’ve gotta give my vote to it, just so you have the chance of hearing it.
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The Pistols never excited me so I never listened to them, but now is as good as time as any to check it out if it wins. Thanks for playing along.
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Good luck! And I would have been good with any of this time’s choices. Id also be quite curious for your thoughts on the much-lauded Wu-Tang album.
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Definitely the Wu Tang. Get out of your comfort zone! 🤘🏼
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That would be out of my comfort zone for sure.
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thanks for the shock. I listened to Bollocks twice today! Always refreshing. Makes me shake my head and making faces like a hooligan and dreaming of colouring my hair orange. So a typical summer feel….
Listening to Lemonheads now.
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You are welcome!!
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Sex Pistols. Public Image Ltd is the better band though.
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Ha!! Too bad Public Image Ltd wasn’t listed
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Don’t get me wrong, Never Mind the Bollocks is a classic record, but I think PIL put out a wider volume of great stuff. Metal Box is the opus, Flowers of Romance is a personal favorite.
Never Mind is a tough listen. It’s so aggressive. I was into thrash then and it still took several listens for it to click with me. Now of course I’ve heard much more extreme/unlistenable music.
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Mainly for the challenge, I pick Wu-Tang Clan, as it’s not my normal genre either. Second choice would be Sex Pistols.
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Wu will be a challenge of it wins for sure.
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I’m with Aaron. (Choose a day when you have lots of bubbling rage).
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Ha!! Everyday I get in to a car!!
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I never listened to Bollocks either. Just Got Save The Queen. I’m going with Wallflowers though. I want to know if I need to add it to the want list.
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I sent Harrison their song Sub-mission once and he liked it despite disliking punk.
Their manager told them to write a song about BDSM/submission, so Lydon wrote the song about a sub-mission. A submarine on a mission. That’s punk!
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Ha!! That’s too funny.
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Lydon’s a witty chap.
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I’m more of a Ramones guy.
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Never mind, you’re a critic through and through!
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I knew you were going to say that, lol
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I’m becoming predictable, eh?
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The original punk band, England fuck off though. Robert Plant saying Nirvana was our first punk band is so silly! Obviously he never heard The Ramones.
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Twisted fucking sister
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I will put you down from some Twisted Fucking Sister!!
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Who’s winning?
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Pistols so far.
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\::/
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twisted sister
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Counted and it is a close race. Thanks.
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I was going to say the Sex Pistols because I’m curious about your thoughts on the guy’s voice (since I hate it lol), but I’m suggesting Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ because it features a lot of classic Sabbath songs.
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Thanks for the vote. Any choice is a good choice!
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If it ends up in a tie, you’ve got several people saying the Pistols are their second choice.
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It is close, but Sex Pistols has a very slight lead. I listened to it today and don’t hate it.
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“I don’t wanna howiday in da sun!!! AYYYEEE wanna go to da new Belsen!!”
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Here you go, Lana. See if you can enjoy Mr. Lydon at his most commercial.
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Less than a minute later, I’m done!
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Hope the lines are still open. Twisted Sister, why not!
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Yes they are. Your vote is counted.
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Pistols of course.
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Well of course!
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I’m probably too late but the Pistols
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Nope. Not too late. You helped put the Pistols over the top I believe.
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Oh cool! Saying that…I do think they are over rated at times but…the album was so important to rock history.
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(2 Loud 2 Old Music) be tossin’, enforcin’ my style is awesome. (This site) is causing more family feuds than Richard Dawson. And the survey says, you’re dead. Fatal flying guillotine chops off your f—ing head!
#wutangforever gets my vote
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I am guessing you are quoting a Wu Tang song as I don’t really know anything about them. I will add them to the count. Thanks for playing along.
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