The really warm spell we had here in the northeast is over, but spring will be back soon so I thought it was time for some power pop. I've mostly resisted power pop mixtapes on this blog (with the exception of this 90s
power pop compilation) in part because there's so many other great power pop blogs on the web. One of the most prominent one is
http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/ and about 4-5 years ago, they put together a huge, 8-9 part compilation from the best 200 power pop albums of all time. Now, I don't know if this violates some ethical boundary, but I took 32 of my faves from that 200 and created a much smaller 2 volume compilation (I'll post volume 2 next week).
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| Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) | Raspberries |
| The Company of Light | Chris Stamey |
| The One | Cloud Eleven |
| Gold Town | Tommy Keene |
| Sally Works Nights | Liverpool Echo |
| Couldn't Help Myself | Bobby Sutliff |
| I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick |
| With My Face On The Floor | Emitt Rhodes |
| We Love Girls | Buster |
| Remember The Lightning | 20-20 |
| Tiger Nights | The Bongos |
| The Popular | Splitsville |
| A Girl (La La La) | Artful Dodger |
| Faith | Sex Clark Five |
| A Different Sunday | Beagle |
| You've Got No Time | The Cowsills |
8 comments:
Well, by picking out your fave 32 it saves us from going through the 200 trax or so to select our own pick of the pops. We trust you! Many thanks for the compilation.
nice, just found out your blog
@Anonymous,
I appreciate the trust :), but I would still recommend the whole collection put together by Angelo (if it's still available as downloads). It's an impressive collection.
many thanks, awesome
Thanks so much. Sex clark five are terribly uneracknowledged.
@Steve Hurley,
Quite welcome!
Thanks for encapsulating the genre properly. Your list is better.
@anonymous,
I kind of see mine as a best of cd while Angelo's (at http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/) is like a box set. If you really love power pop, you need the box set. :)
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