Marvin Gaye : Calypso Blues [ purchase ] Despite a strong performance by everyone this week, this really is a challenging theme. I had to le...

Neil Young: Transformer Man [ purchase ] After a disappointing Crazy Horse album, re*ac*tor , Neil switched labels and signed with Geffen R...

Jewel: Under the Water [ Purchase ] Sometimes off-genre goes terribly wrong, and you want to beg the artist to keep their day job, or in mu...

Faith No More : Easy [ purchase ] Faith No More is one of those hard-to-pigeonhole bands that peaked in the early 90s and had disbanded by ...

Fairport Convention: The Lady Is a Tramp [ purchase ] In the late '60s, Fairport Convention were a pretty eclectic bunch. Still, it...

John Hiatt : I‘m Satisfied [ purchase ] Many artists do their thing on their albums, and never go off course. And this is true even for an a...

Patty Griffin: Wiggley Fingers [ purchase ] Last time I mentioned Patty Griffin's sophomore album Flaming Red here in these pages, it l...

Velvet Underground : Jesus [ purchase ] On the first album they gave us Heroin and Venus in Furs, on the second Sister Ray and White Light W...

Pat Boone: Crazy Train [ purchase ] Pat Boone is best known for turning '50s black R&B into pop music, safe for the white masses. ...

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Russell Morris : The Real Thing [ purchase ] In 1969 Russell Morris was a pop singer, best known in Australia for some listenable if asinine...

Joe Jackson : Cha Cha Loco [ purchase ] This week’s theme presents a unique challenge. Often, when an artist steps outside their comfort zon...

Macy Gray: I Want To Be Your Mother's Son-In-Law [ purchase ] Soulful R&B-slash-funk singer Macy Gray - often compared to Billie Ho...

Carrie Newcomer : The Rooms My Mother Made [ purchase ] As we journey through life, and as we journey through this week’s posts, we experien...

The Roches: I Love My Mom [ purchase ] - out of stock on their own website Susan McKeown: Mother of Mine [ purchase ] Rachel Bissex: D...

Washington Phillips: I Had A Good Mother And Father (circa 1928) [ purchase ] Kate Wolf: I Had A Good Mother and Father (1979) [ purchas...

ABBA: Does Your Mother Know [purchase] Damn, this is my fourth post this week. And I'm gonna use it to force some cheesy, ultra-commerc...

Loosegoats: A Mother's Cry [purchase] A baby bird has left its nest Staggering like they always do A mother's cry can cut through a...

Renaissance: Mother Russia [ purchase ] Tracks like "Mother Russia", from Renaissance's 1974 Turn of the Cards , are why punk...

Doris: Mama Didn't Lie [purchase] Doris Svensson became something of a cult figure in Sweden a few years ago when the TV show Musikbyrå...