What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



What a beautiful voice. What an ugly head, but it does make me want to rub it, just like I do my grandsons after he gets a haircut. Debut album from shinehead. Like most, I probably didn't purchase this until after the hugely popular follow up. This didn't live up to that for me, but it does contain a couple of great tracks in Mandinka and Troy. She would never match the success of that follow up and this is her second best selling album. Didn't know until now that the U.S. cover for this album was different from the European. The above one is the U.S. The European is close to the same except that her mouth is wide open as if screaming. You can see that cover on track #5. Interesting that that was changed. The album would reach #27 in the U.K. and #36 in the U,S. with the singles of Mandinka and I Want Your (Hands On Me) only finding play on the Dance Club charts, although Mandinka did hit #17 in the U.K. and #39 in the land of Crazy Horse.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Never Get Old

Best Track - Mandinka

I'm dancing the seven veils
Want you to pick up my scarf
See how the black moon fades
Soon I can give you my heart
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do
They're throwing it all this way
Dragging it back to the start
And they say, "See how the glass is raised?"
I have refused to take part
I told them "drink something new"
Please let me pull something through
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do
I do
I do
I say I do
Soon I can give you my heart
I swear I do
Soon I can give you my heart
I do
Mandinka
Soon I can give you my heart
Soon I can give you my heart
Soon I can give you my heart

1) Jackie - **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcIed4DCpo
2) Mandinka - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JugUQJv9YlY
3) Jerusalem - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLBhlRo4-rI
4) Just Like U Said It Would B - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVi6HyCKGmI
5) Never Get Old - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlGtKt0gHhY
6) Troy - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIHZvZTJTg
7) I Want Your (Hands On Me) - **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W7u7g7oV68
8) Drink Before The War - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzH-KWA7lE
9) Just Call Me Joe - *
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xtgpgs-uFg

3's - 2
2's - 5
1's - 2

Grade - 2.0