I once spent a memorable, but slightly depressing, Christmas listening to all 3 discs or Orphans at the insistence of my quite drunk Dad whilst making and then eating Christmas dinner. Play some Tom in memory of that.
Day 24: Christmas Eve
Play an album an artist made right before their masterpiece.
On T. Rex' self-titled debut, you can practically hear the music transition and focus track by track into what the next record, Electric Warrior, would unleash...
Day 24: Christmas Eve
Play an album an artist made right before their masterpiece.
Tricky prompt, me being limited to my digital collection.
This album here is great, but his next album (Melt) would be a monster with No Self Control, I Don’t Remember, Games Without Frontiers and Biko. And, for my money, Melt is a smidge better than So .
The debate as to what is Prince’s masterpiece is usually between Purple Rain and Sign O’ The Times. I think Sign O’ The Times is a really good album but I’d choose Purple Rain, that one’s in my top 10 favourite albums list.