Music For Listeners 10/03/2020

1) Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme"  From the compilation album 'Anthology: The Sounds of Science'.
2) Big Cedar Fever-"Sweet Jenny Lee"  From the brand new album 'Tumbleweeds'.
3) Gorillaz (feat. Robert Smith)-"Strange Timez"  From the forthcoming album 'Song Machine: Season One'.
4) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-"Enola Gay (Hot Chip Remix)"  From the brand new 40th anniversary edition of single for "Enola Gay".
5) Doves-"Broken Eyes"  From the brand new album 'The Universal Want'.
6) New Order-"Be a Rebel"  From the brand new digital single for "Be a Rebel".
7) Django Django-"Spirals"  From the brand new digital single for "Spirals".
8) A Certain Ratio-"Berlin"  From the brand new album 'ACR Loco'.
9) Sweeping Promises-"Hunger for a Way Out"  From the brand new album 'Hunger for a Way Out'.
10) Still Corners-"The Last Exit"  From the forthcoming album 'The Last Exit'.
11) Slow Pulp-"At It Again"  From the forthcoming album 'Moveys'.
12) Spunsugar-"Belladonna"  From the forthcoming album 'Drive-Through Chapel'.
13) The Luxembourg Signal-"2.22"  From the forthcoming album 'The Long Now'.
14) The Big Moon-"Praise You (BBC Live Session)"  From the brand new digital single for "Praise You (BBC Live Session)".
15) Bob Mould-"Next Generation"  From the brand new album 'Blue Hearts'.
16) Bob Mould-"Stand Guard (Live)"  From the forthcoming box set 'Distortion: 1989-2019'.
17) Shame-"Alphabet"  From the brand new digital single for "Alphabet".
18) The Cribs (feat. Lee Ranaldo)-"I Don't Know Who I Am"  From the forthcoming album 'Night Network'.
19) Faye Webster-"Better Distractions"  From the brand new digital single for "Better Distractions".
20) Maya Hawke-"By Myself"  From the brand new album 'Blush'.
21) Angel Olsen & Emile Mosseri-"Mr. Lonely"  From the brand new soundtrack album for the motion picture "Kajillionaire".
22) Pearl Charles-"What I Need"  From the forthcoming album 'Magic Mirror'.
23) Kiwi jr-"Undecided Voters"  From the brand new digital single for "Undecided Voters".
24) JWestern-"Check In"  From the brand new digital single for "Check In".
25) The Nude Party-"What’s the Deal?"  From the forthcoming album 'Midnight Manor'.
26) Grandaddy-"The Crystal Lake (Piano Version)"  From the brand new 20th anniversary of album 'The Sophtware Slump'.
27) Julia Bardo-"Only Over You"  From the brand new EP 'Raw'.
28) Lean Logic-"Safe In A Dream"  From the brand new digital single for "Safe In A Dream".
29) Fleet Foxes-"Young Man's Game"  From the brand new digital single for "Young Man's Game".
30) "The Mid-Morning Recording"         The Verve-'Forth'
There isn't one bad album from The Verve. Their first three albums are masterpieces, and sadly this album never got any credit for being a great album in its own right. I believe that if the other three albums didn't exist, this one would be considered a masterpiece as well, but being that it was compared to their earlier work, it wasn't as critically hailed. I recently bought a vinyl copy of this album, and reacquainted myself with the material. It's really a great album. It's got some great singles, and some great atmosphere. It's got noise, and some ethereal moments too. I really wish they would have toured this album more. I think if they played these songs live a lot more, the songwriting on the album wouldn't have been as overlooked, and would have been enjoyed by more people. Certainly one of my favorite bands ever, and this is the last of their albums we haven't played as a MMR. Here's hoping they get back together once again to play some more amazing tunes. "She got all I need. The air I breathe. When it comes to my valium skies. She don't mind if I cry" - Michael-MFL
31) James-"Sayonara"  From the album 'Wah-Wah'.