Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#284 in the Series) is Swing Out Sister, It’s Better to Travel. We’re going with another of a little ‘change of pace’ entry for today.  I have a feeling that some of you are familiar with Swing out Sister.  How can I explain them to those that don’t know of them? I’ve heard them described as anything from ‘Sophisti-pop’ or ‘synth-pop’ to even few others. They had some success with It’s Better to Travel. Getting the most play were ‘Breakout’ and ‘Twilight World.’ I felt that another track, ‘Fooled By a Smile’ was the strongest of the bunch. The band has continued on to this day with few changes in personnel.  They did...

Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#245 in the Series) is The Radiators, Law of the Fish. Have you seen the Radiators…One of the best bands to come out of New Orleans?  Well you got about 8 months left to do so.  Their final tour is underway.  Catch ’em while you can. They have been together for 33 years. The same five musicians that started the band way back when are still together.  Ya gotta love The Radiators! Track listing “This Wagons’ Gonna Roll” (Ed Volker) – 4:20 “Like Dreamers Do” (Volker) – 4:04 “Doctor, Doctor” (Volker, Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan, Frank Bua Jr., Glenn Sears) – 4:05 “Oh Beautiful Loser” (Volker) – 4:12 “Suck the Head”...

Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#233 in the Series) is The Replacements, Pleased to Meet Me. How could we even incorporate the word ‘Cool’ into this website and not have an entry by The Replacements?  We’ve now solved that problem. Pleased to Meet Me, 1987,  is the fifth release from the Minneapolis produced quartet. It was produced by the late Jim Dickenson.  It peaked at #131 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart.  The album cover was intended to look, color-wise, similar to Elvis Presley’s G.I. Blues. The best known songs on the disc were ‘Alex Chilton’ and the final track which included Alex Chilton on guitar, ‘Can’t Hardly Wait.’ Back To Cool Album of the Day HOMEPAGE...

Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#200 in the Series) self-titled solo debut from Robbie Robertson. This one is a ‘special’ album. I recently listen to this great work in its entirety for the first time in many moons. It was as moving as it was the first time I heard it. It is an absolute gem. “Fallen Angel” was Robbie (co-written by Martin Page)‘s tribute to Richard Manuel. Richard was Robbie’s longtime band-mate.  It features some great support vocals by Peter Gabriel. I’ve included the full list of participating musicians.  It’s quite lengthy. Special mentions include U2, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Terry Bozzio and Ivan Neville. It took Robbie 11 years to release his first solo effort. When...

Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#188 in the Series) is The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Kiss Me 3, is a 1987 release by the highly popular, and rightly so, English rock band, The Cure. It was their seventh studio release and was a double album. It contained a number of hit songs. “Just Like Heaven,” the third single released off the album reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It was the first Top 40’hit for the band. “Why Can’t I Be You” was the first single and reached #54 on the singles chart. “Catch” was the second single and did not chart. “Just Like Heaven’s” success was followed up by single #4....

Today’c Cool Album of the Day is Echo and the Bunnymen’s, “Echo and the Bunnymen.” One of my favorites by Ian McCulloch and the boys. My favorite release of 1987. Features ‘Lips Like Sugar, Bombers Bay, Bedbugs and Ballyhoo’ and ‘ The Game.’ Echo and the Bunnymen are usually considered part of the British Post Punk era. I tend to think of them more of a part of the so called New Romanticism style. New Romanticism, to me, was the sound that evolved from from the Roxy Music and Brian Eno sound. see: Ultravox etc. I like Echo in that group. But like we’ve said before in this forum. Who cares what group they’re in. The better question is,...