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My List - Greatest Pop. Music releases the last 25 years
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Next Position PleaseNext Position Please by Cheap Trick
Buy used from: $65.76
The best the 'Tricksters ever did. Even with 2 throwaway extra tracks. Four stars + !
Greatest HitsGreatest Hits by Junior Brown
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.83
Country-fried Rick Nielsen reincarnate who is maybe better on guitar, make that Guit-Steel!
Essential, Vol. 1 (Are You Ready for the Country?)Essential, Vol. 1 (Are You Ready for the Country?) by Jason & the Scorchers
Buy used from: $10.17
Contains the best of Frevor, Lost and Found and Wreckless Country Soul, + three Live song w/ CT's JB!
Scattered, Smothered and Covered: A Webb Wilder OverviewScattered, Smothered and Covered: A Webb Wilder Overview by Webb Wilder
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.33
It came from Nashville, Doo Dad & Acres of Suede all rolled into one. Great Compilation/Best of...
Goodbye Alice in WonderlandGoodbye Alice in Wonderland by Jewel
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Jewel's best to date. Breathtaking like her! Yes, I love Jewel and am not affraid to admit it. Yes, I fantasize about her...I awaitin' the lawsuits right now...
Standing on the EdgeStanding on the Edge by Cheap Trick
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Close to N.P.P in that it is a four star release, the last the 'Tricksters did (will do?)
Live at the Continental Club: The Austin ExperienceLive at the Continental Club: The Austin Experience by Junior Brown
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Mr Guit-Steel is truely the (Guitar, er, ah, Guit-Steel) Man! Very good songwriter, et, al. Great band too!
Midnight Roads & Stages SeenMidnight Roads & Stages Seen by Jason & the Scorchers
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Live Greatest Hits for Jason and the Nashvegas Scorchers. It's their 'Silver'. Old songs sound great here too. Spliced in with concert shots, but at Exit Inn, where Webb did:'It Came Fram Nashville.'
Hybrid VigorHybrid Vigor by Webb Wilder
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Webb's second is a Sonic Barnburner! Human Cannonball and the video were superb! Only one weak song, LA Hanna. Rest great.
The DoctorThe Doctor by Cheap Trick
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Most underrated 80's Masterpiece out there! An ode to Jon Brant, Cheap Trick's best fourth member and Bass player (see below as well)! Great lyrics and guitar!
Long Walk BackLong Walk Back by Junior Brown
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The most country of Jamieson Brown, Jr's newest releases and very good indeed. Junior made me like country again after the phony beady-eyed cowboys like Barth Gucks left. Yeuch!
Still StandingStill Standing by Jason & the Scorchers
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The Scorchers 'The Doctor'. A bit short, but underrated and underappreciated Masterpiece of mid-'80's genre. Jason's best vocals to date!
About TimeAbout Time by Webb Wilder
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It was about time, Webb. Pls. don't let us wait another nine years between LPs! Solid and infectious release that all about the size 13 EEEs being in Rock and Country! Pick Up On It!
One on OneOne on One by Cheap Trick
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Loud, clattery fun. Four great songs, five more very good. Hard Rockin' and doesn't let you come up for air!
Down Home ChromeDown Home Chrome by Junior Brown
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The last three Junior Brown releases have been superb. Private label special and country at it's best! Yee-Haw!
A Pocketful of SoulA Pocketful of Soul by Jason Ringenberg
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When describing Jason (& The Scorchers) to the Loving Public (friends, neighbors, romans and countrymen): 'Alternative Country Christian Metal'. Leave out Alternative&Metal this time. Heartfelt Solo..
Acres of SuedeAcres of Suede by Webb Wilder
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Webb's last (in '96) before 'Scattered, ...' and 'Long Time'. No covers this time. All original and Rockin'est to date. Band, especially guitarist George Bradfute, from J's Pocketful of Soul all great
Sex, America, Cheap TrickSex, America, Cheap Trick by Cheap Trick
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The 'Scattered, Smothered' of the 'Noise Boys Froom Rockford, Ill.' But also 20-yr career retro includes lost classics like Rock & Rule and Doctor Demos. Perfectly UNperfect! Lots of B-sides,hidn.gems
Semi-CrazySemi-Crazy by Junior Brown
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Yes, he is... Semi-Crazy. Great Duet with Red Simpson and lots of good Blues and Country-Jazz (if you can believe that), too. Pick Up On It!
A Blazing GraceA Blazing Grace by Jason & the Scorchers
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If you've never heard of the'Scorchers, or their Metal version of Denver's 'Almost Heaven West Virginia', you've been deprived missy! Great comeback LP from '95.
I Want You to Want MeI Want You to Want Me by Cheap Trick
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Fine compliation with nice mix of tunes you'll want to listen to over and over again. Great 'Doctor' cover from back of LP. From '87...
SilverSilver by Cheap Trick
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Nice Twenty-Five year Live compilation that hits all CT LP/EPs and Robin Solo to boot (see below also). Jon (see below) also returns and sounds great too. Look for 'Cheap kids.'
All Is ForgivenAll Is Forgiven by Siren
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Masterpiece. Second best LP of 1989! Second only to Jason & The Scorchers 'Thunder and Fire'. Jon for Pres. in 2008! The best Bassist Cheap Trick ever had. Pete second!
Boats, Beaches, Bars & BalladsBoats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads by Jimmy Buffett
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No list would be complete in the Popular Music genre without a little Jimmy B!
Off to See the LizardOff to See the Lizard by Jimmy Buffett
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The last four star LP that Buffett did (and the last issued on vinyl too)!