42.1+2 Renjeaux Listens to Planet Earth+Girls On Film, from Duran Duran – Duran Duran

For our 42nd cool album, we’re listening to Duran Duran’s titular debut album from 1981. This album was one of the milestones of the New Romantic movement, which grew up out of New Wave. NOTE: we are listening to the “Harvest Release” of this album. It is the first U.S. release, and opens with theContinue reading “42.1+2 Renjeaux Listens to Planet Earth+Girls On Film, from Duran Duran – Duran Duran”

41.4-6 Renjeaux Listens to Foreign Affair+Taurus 3+Shadow on the Wall, from Mike Oldfield – Crises

The 41st stop in our cool-album-listening journey is Mike Oldfield’s eighth studio album, 1983’s “Crises.” We close out this album with the final three tracks: “Foreign Affair,” “Taurus 3,” and “Shadow on the Wall.” Please listen to Taurus 3! But please do NOT listen to “Shadow on the Wall…” 

41.2+3 Renjeaux Listens to Moonlight Shadow+In High Places, from Mike Oldfield – Crises

The 41st stop in our cool-album-listening journey is Mike Oldfield’s eighth studio album, 1983’s “Crises.” While side A of this album is one long piece, side B consists of five short songs. We open side B with Oldfield’s biggest-selling single, “Moonlight Shadow,” then rise up with “In High Places,” a collaboration with Yes’s Jon Anderson. 

41.1 Renjeaux Listens to Crises, from Mike Oldfield – Crises

41.1 Renjeaux Listens to Crises, from Mike Oldfield – Crises The 41st stop in our cool-album-listening journey is Mike Oldfield’s eighth studio album, 1983’s “Crises.” The opening, title track is all of side A. It’s over 20 minutes long, comprises several movements, with varying themes and variations, and contains some of the most sublime —Continue reading “41.1 Renjeaux Listens to Crises, from Mike Oldfield – Crises”