This album by Hot Chip has the distinction of having the absoluteworst graphic design of almost any record ever, certainly of any recordin my collection. The track list, the title,the lyrics, the name of the band, the credits, appear to all be jammed togetherand overlapping each other on the frontcover, black ink on a whiteContinue reading “#729: H is for Hot Chip”
Tag Archives: synth pop
#619: B is for The Bird And The Bee
If I said Inara George and Greg Kurstin to you, I liketo think you’d follow upwith, say no more, say no more. It’s more likely that you would not say that, but not totallyout of the realm of possibility.Simply put, the pop duo makes infectious synth popmasterpieces; she’s a great singer, and he’s a geniuskeyboardContinue reading “#619: B is for The Bird And The Bee”
#593: A is for A-ha
I I never leave the shrink wrap on an album I’ve purchased, but I left the plastic on this first A-ha album, purchased used within the last several years, because the original price tag was still there, $6.99 new at Tower Records, 1985.I did some thinking about thisrecently, about the price of a new recordContinue reading “#593: A is for A-ha”
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