Today’s Yesterday Album

TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Nothing’s Shocking’ – 2nd LP by JANE’S ADDICTION

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‘Nothing’s Shocking’ by JANE’S ADDICTION
Released: 23 August 1988 / Second longplayer

ALL MUSIC wrote: “Although Jane’s Addiction’s 1987 self-titled debut was an intriguing release (few alternative bands at the time had the courage to mix modern rock, prog rock, and heavy metal together), it paled in comparison to their now classic major-label release one year later, Nothing’s Shocking. Produced by Dave Jerden and Jane’s Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell, the album was more focused and packed more of a sonic wallop than its predecessor; the fiery performances often create an amazing sense that it could all fall apart at any second, creating a fantastic musical tension.” Score: 5/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: ‘Nothing’s Schocking‘ is a metallic prog-punk rock monster…

Album in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Penthouse And Pavement’ Debut LP by HEAVEN 17…

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‘Penthouse And Pavement’ by HEAVEN 17
Debut LP released September 1981

ALL MUSIC wrote: “When synthesists Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware left the Human
League in 1980, the decision seemed iffy; after all, the League appeared on the way up and would achieve global fame the very next year with Dare!. The first album from Heaven 17, Marsh and Ware’s new trio with singer Glenn Gregory, wasn’t greeted with quite the same commercial kudos when released in 1981, but it turned out to be an important outing nevertheless. Picking up where Kraftwerk had left off with The Man Machine, the group
created glistening electro-pop that didn’t skimp on danceable grooves or memorable
melodies.” – Score: 4/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: Stylish electronics, sticky dance tunes,
and infectious grooves.

TOP TRACK: the inevitable one, because of its infectious geniality…

Album in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ’16 Lovers Lane’ – Sixth LP By THE GO-BETWEENS

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’16 Lovers Lane‘ by THE G0-BETWEENS
Released: August 1988

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ALL MUSIC wrote: “Arguably Australia’s greatest pop group ever, The Go-Betweens seemed
to save the best for last when they split in 1989. (They reunited in 1999, and have issued two more studio recordings since that time). 16 Lovers Lane is simply breathtaking; it is a deeply moving, aurally sensual collection of songs about relationships and the broken side of love
that never lapses into cheap sentimentality or cynicism. Songwriters Robert Forster and Grant McLennan had always been visionary when it came to charting personal and relational melancholy and heartbreak, but here, their resolve focused on charting the depths of the romantic’s soul when it has been.” disillusioned or crestfallen, is simply and convincingly taut. While it’s true that the group was going through its own version of a soap opera-styled romantic saga, that emotional quagmire seemingly fueled its energies and focus, resulting in an album so texturally rich, lyrically sharp, and musically honest, its effect is nothing less than searing on an any listener who doesn’t have sawdust instead of blood in his or her veins.”
Score: 5/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: A timeless beauty. Here in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Dust’ – Final SCREAMING TREES Album…

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‘Dust’ by SCREAMING TREES
Released: 25 June 1996
Seventh and final LP

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ALL MUSIC wrote: “In many ways, Screaming Trees missed their opportunity. They released Sweet Oblivion just as grunge began to capture national attention and they
didn’t tour the album extensively, which meant nearly all of their fellow Seattle bands
became superstars while they stood to the side. After four years, they returned with Dust,
their third major-label album, and by that point, the band’s sound was too idiosyncratic
for alternative radio. Which is unfortunate, because ‘Dust’ is the band’s strongest album.
The band sound tighter than they ever have and their melodies and hooks are stronger,
more memorable, making ‘Dust’ their most consistently impressive record.”
Score: 4/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: their best effort and the bridge to the start of adventurous and terrific paths for great frontman/vox Mark Mark Lanegan.’

TOP TRACK: Halo Of Ashes…

ALBUM in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Real Life’ – Haunting Debut LP by MAGAZINE Released 40 Years Ago…

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‘Real Life’ by MAGAZINE
Released: June 1978
Forty years ago

ALL MUSIC wrote: “Like many punk bands, Magazine would likely cite David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Roxy Music. However — this point is crucial — instead of playing mindlessly sloppy variants of “Hang on to Yourself,” “Search and Destroy,” and “Virginia Plain,” the band was inspired by the much more adventurous “Low”, “The Idiot”, and “For Your Pleasure.” That is the driving force behind Real Life’s status as one of the post-punk era’s major jump-off points. Punk’s untethered energy is rigidly controlled, run through arrangements that are tightly wound, herky-jerky, unpredictable, proficiently dynamic.” Score: 4.5/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: sounds like haunting and paranoid! Like real life!
Hair-raising and scary. Staggering record!

TWO TOP TRACKS: Shot By Both Sides / Parade

* SHOT BY BOTH SIDES

* PARADE

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Today’s Yesterday Album – DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS With ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’…

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‘Don’t Stand Me Down’
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
Third album
15 September 1985

ALL MUSIC wrote:  “Utterly overlooked upon release, condemned and chastised by every reviewer who came within 50 yards of it, Dexys Midnight Runners third album arrived in
1985 with the band’s once-illuminated fame looking seriously battered. Track by track,
Don’t Stand Me Down unfolds to become not the ugly duckling of Dexys Midnight Runners’
hit-packed catalog, but the new dawn that could – should – have finally exorcised ‘Eileen’
and her buddies. And when it didn’t, the band broke up.”
Score: 4/5 – Full review here  

TURN UP THE VOLUME says:  Kevin Rowland was/is
one of the best white soul voices in modern music history…

TOP TRACK:  This Is What She’s Like…

Album in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘I Just Can’t Stop It ‘ – Debut Longplayer By… THE BEAT

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‘I Just Can’t Stop It’ by THE BEAT
Released: 1 May 1980 – debut LP

ALL MUSIC wrote: “‘I Just Can’t Stop It’ was a late arrival onto the checker- boarded scene, the Specials, Madness and the Selecter had all beat the (English) Beat to the punch, but luckily this wasn’t a race. Besides, the band had already primed the pump with a trio of Top 10 singles – the double A-sided ‘Tears of a Clown’/’Ranking Full Stop’, ‘Hands Off She’s Mine’ and ‘Mirror in the Bathroom,’ their debut album followed hard on ‘Mirror’s heels, picking up the latter two songs and ‘Full Stop’ to boot. The album remained on the British charts for a whopping eight months, eventually peaking at Number Three. Time has not diminished its glory, the songs remain hugely as their continued inclusion in the band’s offshoot’s repertoire have proved.” Score: 5/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: It was a red-hot party album then and still
is a red-hot party album now. C’mon, activate your dancing feet, folks!

THREE TOP TRACKS: : Best Friend / Mirror In The Bathroom / Hands Off… She’s Mine

1/ BEST FRIEND

2/ MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM

3/ HANDS OFF… SHE’S MINE

Party in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘The House Of Love’ – By THE HOUSE OF LOVE

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The House Of Love by THE HOUSE OF LOVE
Released: July 1990

ALL MUSIC wrote: “Following the combination of indie success and massive hype
leading up to the band’s first album proved to be too much for the original lineup,
with Bickers leaving after a series of problems and pressures once the group signed
to Fontana. Yet rarely has a fraught series of recording sessions resulted in something
so flat-out stunning. The House of Love’s second self-titled album in a row remains
something of a high-water mark in what can loosely be termed U.K. post-punk.”
 Score: 4.5/5 – Full review here.

TOP TRACK: Shine On…

Album in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Black And White’ – THE STRANGLERS 40 Years Ago…

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‘Black And White’ by THE STRANGLERS
Released: 12 May 1978
40 years ago

BBC MUSIC wrote: “After two albums – the great ‘Rattus Norvegicus’ and its weaker sister,
‘No More Heroes’ and some extraordinary singles, The Stranglers were one of the most successful punk-era bands, hitting the top 10 regularly and being controversial (even for
1977) with their sexist lyrics and macho attitude. With an aptly stark cover and a division
into “black” and “white” sides, Black and White was immediately notable for its tougher
sound and attitude, and a merciful lack of songs about how awful women were.”
Full review here.

TOP TRACK: ‘Nice ‘N’ Sleazy’ – here live on Top Of The Pops in 1978…

Album in full…

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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Paul’s Boutique’ – Second LP by BEASTIE BOYS

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‘Paul’s Boutique’
BEASTIE BOYS
Released: 25 Juli 1989
Second longplayer

ROLLING STONE wrote: ” ‘Paul’s Boutique’ named after a Brooklyn store whose radio
ad is tossed in the mix and whose picture graces the cover, surprises from the get-go.
Each track brims with ideas and references too numerous to catalog, veering in new
directions at every verse. The songs are buoyed by the deft interplay of the three voices
and a poetic tornado of imagery. The Boys’ rap references range from Magilla Gorilla to Dickens, their musical samples are equally far-flung, including Johnny Cash, Hendrix and
Jean Knight’s ‘Mr. Big Stuff.’ The Boys are just being themselves, thrashing about in a reality ignored by too many mainstream white-rock acts.”
Score: 4/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: ‘Maybe not their best known album,
but certainly one of their best.

TOP TRACK: Hey Ladies

Album in full…

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