Reviews Supplemental

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17 Sep 2016: Captain Beyond/"Dawn Explosion" (1977)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-dawn.html

finishing off this discography

rod evans has left the band, and his replacement is kind of awful
oh he's better now
as long as he doesn't try to be rod evans he's fine

takes a bit to get going but it's pretty good after it does

17 Sep 2016: Krokus/"One Vice at a Time" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/vice-grips.html

remember when i was reviewing vice city tracks' albums
well this has a song from vice city STORIES so i'm getting ahead of the game for when i get around to replaying that game

krokus are just one of those bands that like
exist
no more, no less really

i like this version of american woman a lot actually

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18 Sep 2016: Peter Frampton/"Somethin's Happenin'" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-g.html

nothin's happenin'

18 Sep 2016: E.G. Daily/"Wild Child" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/oh-shit-nigga.html

yes, it is exactly what you think it is

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19 Sep 2016: Hanson/"This Time Around" (2000)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-quip.html

this time around is the ultimate progress meme song
(the best thing about our meme songs is that they were generally actually good)

runaway run's opening riff reminds me of my best friend's girl (by the cars)

19 Sep 2016: Justin Timberlake/"Justified" (2002)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/unjust.html

after *nsync, justin did this

the first track has one of those "guys sing this line, then girls sing this line" you'd do in-concert, but in a studio track? that's different
the second track has a rap which isn't really the best thing for it

the last few tracks are kind of bad, aside from the very last one, which is one of the better tracks on the album
about on-par with *nsync's later releases, if that means anything to you

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20 Sep 2016: Warren Zevon/"Wanted Dead or Alive" (1969)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-bon-jovi.html

more country-like than you'd expect from zevon

20 Sep 2016: Squeeze/"Frank" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/hey-its-franklin.html

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vice city stories day wooh

21 Sep 2016: Giuffria/"Giuffria” (1984)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-ability-to.html

who in the world names the band after the keyboardist
definition of middle-of-the-road '80s music

21 Sep 2016: Dan Hartman/"I Can Dream About You" (1984)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/dream-genie.html

should have began with the title track
and should have not ended with the worst track

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22 Sep 2016: Glenn Frey/"The All-Nighter" (1984)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-sleep.html

it's better in the usa tries to be a the beach boys song
i hate the beach boys

22 Sep 2016: Don Henley/"I Can't Stand Still" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/stand-my-ground-from-you.html

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23 Sep 2016: Crashdiet/"Rest in Sleaze" (2005)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-time-travel.html

glam metal in the twenty-first century
never thought i'd see the day

predictably, it's terrible
the "singer", if you can call him that, is absolutely terrible in every way

23 Sep 2016: Christopher Cross/"Christopher Cross" (1979)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/apple-sauce.html

about as generic as it gets

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24 Sep 2016: Kansas/"The Prelude Implicit" (2016)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-implications.html

came out today (as i'm writing this)/yesterday (as i'm posting this)
much better than i was expecting, but my expectations weren't very high

24 Sep 2016: Cake/"Wheels" (2005)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/the-wheels-on-bus-go-round-and-round.html

the title track is a repeat from pressure chief and daria was on fashion nugget, but the rest is new
i hate when bands have one GREAT album and the rest is just okay (or worse)

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25 Sep 2016: REO Speedwagon/"Ridin' the Storm Out" (1973)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-storm.html

begins with the title track, as it should

25 Sep 2016: John Waite/"Rover's Return" (1987)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/whats-up-my-dog.html

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26 Sep 2016: The Struts/"Everybody Wants" (2014)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-who-is-this.html

over a year ago, i reviewed mike oldfield's latest album, man on the rocks (the one with nuclear on it), which featured this band's singer on vocals
i liked him a lot on oldfield's album, so here i am

the first song does not fit the man's voice at all
luckily it gets better after that

26 Sep 2016: Mike Oldfield/"Five Miles Out" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/five-five-five-dollar-footlong.html

embarrassing admission of the day: i had no idea family man was a mike oldfield song until the other day (hall and oates's is better)

the first track of this is twenty-five minutes long
it would have for nice background noise i suppose
not big on the chanting

orabidoo is the definition of filler

i was expecting more like family man but i got pretentious bullshit
oh well egg on my face

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27 Sep 2016: Loggins and Messina/"Loggins and Messina" (1972)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-dancing.html

i'm so used to poison's your mama don't dance that the original always sounds weird to me

27 Sep 2016: Julian Lennon/"Mr. Jordan" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/michael.html

julian lennon tries to be david bowie
possibly billy idol

it doesn't work well

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28 Sep 2016: Steppenwolf/"At Your Birthday Party" (1969)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-birthday.html

28 Sep 2016: Elvis Costello/"All This Useless Beauty" (1996)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2009/01/useless.html

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29 Sep 2016: Scorpions/"In Trance" (1975)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2016/09/julio-and-case-of-missing-entrance.html

robot man is pretty sweet but everything before it just kind of exists
everything after it is filler