2024 Album #7- Benefit (Jethro Tull)

 1970 Album; kind of tiresome after a while. 

2024 Album #6- I Left My Heart in Ladera (Terrace Martin/Alex Isley)

 2023

Not too much notable here; couple of good songs. I mixed up Terrace and Terrance Martin.

Playing With Words #1

Abundance seems like a steady supply

Almost like it was lucked into

Overflow creeps into accidental crisis territory

We have an abundance of trees here

It's a good place to relocate

We have an overflow of migrants

They are being bused and flown elsewhere

Let me be abundantly clear

We're doing this out of an abundance of caution

No one's allowed into the office

The CEO is overflowing with praise since everyone met their goals

Matt's Dozen 1-11-24

West Allis, WI

1. Rich Woman
2. Secrets 
3. Lily Was Here
4. Love Who We Are Meant To
5. Shaking the Tree
6. The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (1)
7. Don't Look Twice
8. Riders on the Storm (snippet)
9. Wish You Were Here (first 45 seconds)
10. Learning to Fly*
11. Forgotten Man
12. All Change (2)
13. The Book I Write (into)
14. Do You

*Pink Floyd

1- Bill Withers

2- Dominic Miller

2024 Album #5- Is It? Ben Howard

 2023

Yeah, dullsville pretty much. Ben Howard, other than one album, is just "out there" doing his own thing. I don't think I need to hear more.

2024 Album Standings

1. Levin Brothers- Levin Brothers

2. Higher- Chris Stapleton

3. Waiting in the Wings- Daryl Stuermer

4. Star Crossed- Kacey Musgraves

5. Is It? Ben Howard

On the Horizon

 Albums to listen to:

Is It?- Ben Howard

I Left My Heart in Ladera- Terrance Martin and Alex Isley

2024 Album #5- Star-Crossed (Kacey Musgraves)

 2021

Impressions: 

Kind of monotonous and the vocals just seem flat. Maybe I just listened to the wrong KM album. Of course, the album might be universally beloved and it's just not my thing. One song that I particularly liked, the others didn't really trip my fancy.

2024 Album Standings

1. Levin Brothers- Levin Brothers

2. Higher- Chris Stapleton

3. Waiting in the Wings- Daryl Stuermer

4. Star Crossed- Kacey Musgraves

2024 Album #4- Tony Levin, Pete Levin et al

 

Another in the "instrumental/jazz/non-vocal" before-work category. A very varied set of songs and a good set. There's not one turkey. I'm considering adding this one.

2024 Album Standings

1. Levin Brothers- Levin Brothers

2. Higher- Chris Stapleton

3. Waiting in the Wings- Daryl Stuermer

Matt's Dozen 1-4-24

1.  Open Heart (1)
2.  Fortress Around Your Heart
3.  Can't Buy Me Love
4.  Everybody Wants You (To Emerge)
5. (Home By The Sea)
6.  Land of Confusion
7.  I Won't Back Down
8.  Love You More
9.  All My Days
10. The Dreaming Tree (last three mins)
11. Groovin'
12. Jump (For My Love)
13. Linus And Lucy*

*David Benoit

1- Dominic Miller

The return of All My Days to a playlist!

2024 Album #3- Waiting In the Wings (Daryl Stuermer- 2001)

I've been listening to "easy listening" stuff while doing early morning work. My first album of the year was Dominic Miller's Vagabond album, and now another lead guitarist for an 80s megastar gets his turn. I liked Miller's so much that I bought it and added it to the collection. Stuermer's 2001 album will not be getting that treatment. There are a couple songs I liked (the title track and "Deja Blue"), but there was a little too much of an "elevator music" feeling to the album.

Standings are below- Miller does not count since I had listened to it previously.

2024 Album Standings

1. Higher- Chris Stapleton

2. Waiting in the Wings- Daryl Stuermer

2024 Album #2- Higher- Chris Stapleton

Question: Can Chris Stapleton break any new ground on his latest album?

Answer: Not particularly. It's a pleasant listen, but the question is are all Stapleton albums the same? Solid tracks, if a bit forgettable? Also, there's a lot of Stapleton screaming, which is kind of a headache. Like those MNF promos where he's belting "In the Air Tonight". There's a reason Phil didn't sing every line at top voice.

2024- Album #1- Vagabond- Dominic Miller (2nd listen)

I just needed to have a chill album playing while doing some work, and I rediscovered Vagabond by Dominic Miller. Really enjoyed this one, to the point that I might want to get it to add to the collection.

Update: Added to collection!

TSB AFTER WK 16 and WK 17

WK 17 UPDATES:

AFC 

1 CLE CONFIRMED

2 TEN +66 vs JAX

3 BUF +57 vs MIA

4 LAC

LAC vs KC is for the division.

WC BAL CONFIRMED

WC PIT CONFIRMED

CLE likely locked in as #1, that is if they win. BAL could land #1 if they win and CLE loses.

NFC

1 SF

2 MIN 11-5 +69

3 PHI +29 vs GIA

4 NO +50 (9-6)

WC SEA +66

WC CAR +49

DAL +41 vs WAS

NO clinches division with win

Updates: 

TSB AFTER WK 15

AFC

1 CLE

2 BUF

3 TEN

4 DEN

WC BAL

WC PIT

NFC

1. SF

2 MIN +49

3 PHI +15

4 NO

All Wild Cards and contenders 8-6

WC SEA +46

WC TB +35

CAR +33

DAL +30