Reviews Supplemental

14 May 2020: The Smithereens/"Blow Up" (1991)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/fine-dolls.html

15 May 2020: New Order/"Get Ready" (2001)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/look-out-baby-cause-here-i-come.html

16 May 2020: Firewind/"Firewind" (2020)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/done-done-onto-next-one.html

17 May 2020: The Vapours/"Together" (2020)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/witty-retordt_17.html

finishing a discography that i finished before
they came back after forty years just to take their perfect 3.0 average down to a 2.66666666666666666666666666666666666 average

18 May 2020: Van Morrison/"Beautiful Vision" (1982)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/witty-retordt_18.html

19 May 2020: Strung Out/"Blackhawks Over Los Angeles" (2007)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/witty-retordt_19.html

getting older was the worst thing to happen to this band

20 May 2020: 707/"707" (1980)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/what-year.html

another spotify recommendation
i keep wanting to write 7070 or even 707070707070707070707070

21 May 2020: Y&T/"Earthshaker" (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/ampersand.html

22 May 2020: Mr. Big/"What If" (2011)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-best-question.html

23 May 2020: FM/"Synchronised" (2020)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/witty-retordt_23.html

24 May 2020: Helix/"No Rest for the Wicked" (1983)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/money-dont-grow-on-trees.html

another spotify recommendation

25 May 2020: David Lee Roth/"Your Filthy Little Mouth" (1994)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/keep-it-off-doorknobs.html

another spotify recommendation
i didn't realise that i still had DLR albums left to review
i wish that was untrue

26 May 2020: Hawks/"Hawks" (1981)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/tonys.html

another spotify recommendation

27 May 2020: Bite the Bullet/"Bite the Bullet" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/crunch-down.html

28 May 2020: Cannata/"Images of Forever" (1988)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/its-not-pleasant.html

another spotify recommendation

29 May 2020: James Gang/"Miami" (1974)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/florida-man.html

30 May 2020: Simple Minds/"Life in a Day" (1979)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/ready-to-die.html

31 May 2020: Hurricane/"Over the Edge" (1988)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/05/witty-retordt_31.html

another spotify recommendation
this band has the current singuy from foreigner and their next album has doug aldrich so that's something right

last track can fuck off
i hate the phone call shit

01 Jun 2020: The Killers/"Sam's Town" (2006) [REVISITED]
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/sams-town-and-hot-fuss-revisited.html

aside from the obvious, i remember nothing about this album
before this revisit, i had the killers on a straight upward trajectory
2.5 -> 3.0 -> 3.5 -> 4.0 -> 4.5
well this album fucks that up unfortunately
2.5 -> 4.5 -> 3.5 -> 4.0 -> 4.5

so naturally, it's time to check my work again



01 Jun 2020: The Killers/"Hot Fuss" (2004) [REVISITED]
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/sams-town-and-hot-fuss-revisited.html

i actually remember three songs from this one
mr brightside and somebody told me are both 10/10s
oh wait i remember four
i thought the "soul/soldier" song was on day and age

this is a band that i appreciate way more in my old age than i did when i was a teenager
(legit never heard of them until GH3/RB1 in 2007)

the front half of the album is well-done but the second half leaves a LOT to be desired

3.0 -> 4.5 -> 3.5 -> 4.0 -> 4.5

02 Jun 2020: Ratt/"Infestation" (2010)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/gas-them-out.html

it's a ratt album

03 Jun 2020: Kix/"Midnight Dynamite" (1985)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/explosions-and-moonlight.html

another spotify recommendation

04 Jun 2020: Winger/"Karma" (2009)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/burn-buildings-get-deadly-virus.html

this is somehow winger's highest-rated album on RYM

05 Jun 2020: Firehouse/"Category 5" (1998)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/arts-and-crafts.html

glam metal june continues

06 Jun 2020: Slaughter/"Fear No Evil" (1995)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/not-spooked-by-spooks.html

GLAM METAL JUNE IS NOW OFFICIALLY A THING
IT STARTED AS A COINCIDENCE, AND NOW I AM ACTIVELY GOING FOR IT

07 Jun 2020: Junkyard/"Junkyard" (1989)
http://musiccouldbebetter.blogspot.com/2020/06/yard-full-of-junk.html

GLAM METAL JUNE
i went to RYM to find new glam metal bands