YEAR RELEASED: 1984 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Boys of Summer”, “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”, “Sunset Girl”, “Not Enough Love In This World”. ALBUM MVP: “Boys of Summer” WHY I LOVED IT: Don Henley’s one of my favorite vocalists of all-time. I should probably float that out there before proceeding. If there were a Mt. … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1988 NOTABLE TRACKS “Can You Stand The Rain”, “If It Isn’t Love”, “You’re Not My Kind of Girl”, “Crucial”, “Boys To Men”. ALBUM MVP: “Can You Stand The Rain” WHY I LOVED IT: I first fell in love with New Edition music in 1983 with their debut album “Candy Girl” LP even more … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1987 NOTABLE TRACKS “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Love Bites”, “Hysteria”, “Rocket” , “Animal” ALBUM MVP: “Pour Some Sugar On Me” WHY I LOVED IT: Purely for the sake of discussion let’s say you couldn’t stand this album. Sadly for you it wouldn’t have mattered, because “Hysteria” was utterly inescapable. Radio, music videos, … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1988 NOTABLE TRACKS “I Wanna Be The One”, “In My Eyes”, “Love Me For Life”, “I Came To Rock Your Body” ALBUM MVP: “Love Me For Life” WHY I LOVED IT: At least for freestyle fans if not the mainstream, Stevie B’s star was on the rise in 1988 after smash hits “Spring … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1984 NOTABLE TRACKS “Fresh”, “Misled”, “Cherish”, “Emergency” “ ALBUM MVP: “Fresh” WHY I LOVED IT: When you can put out an album with just seven tracks and see four of those seven were Top 20 hits in the United States, you know it’s a good one. I’m not sure critically it’s a great … Read More
(Daily disclaimer— This is a countdown of my personal 100 favorite songs of the 90’s, not necessarily the most commercially and/or critically successful tunes.) “Secret Garden” marinated for a few years before Bruce Springsteen finally unleashed it. Per Songfacts.com, Springsteen originally wrote this for his “Human Touch” LP in 1992 but decided against including it … Read More
(Daily disclaimer— This is a countdown of my personal 100 favorite songs of the 90’s, not necessarily the most commercially and/or critically successful tunes.) It’s worth throwing out there that I’m not a big fan of country music. I like a handful of songs and artists here and there, but you won’t see me sporting … Read More
(Daily disclaimer— This is a countdown of my personal 100 favorite songs of the 90’s, not necessarily the most commercially and/or critically successful tunes.) When people talk of amazing male vocalist over the past 15-20 years, it appalls me that Marc Anthony is rarely brought up. Whether it’s in English or his native Spanish, few … Read More
(Daily disclaimer— This is a countdown of my personal 100 favorite songs of the 90’s, not necessarily the most commercially and/or critically successful tunes.) Shai had one great R&B album in late 1992 and then may or may not have plummeted from the earth not long after—I honestly don’t know. But I’ll tell you this … Read More
(Daily disclaimer— This is a countdown of my personal 100 favorite songs of the 90’s, not necessarily the most commercially and/or critically successful tunes.) My 90’s countdown begins with the unofficial anthem for drunk white people looking to get rowdy at bar—doubly so if your Irish and own a Larry Bird jersey. “Jump Around” hasn’t … Read More
