Proto's Quarantine Digs
Since the end of 2019 until this year, I have discovered a lot of excellent Power Pop albums that somehow flew off my radar, which is strange because it contains most of the things I really love in music, jangling guitars, dope vocal harmonies, and simply pleasurable melodic hooks with a big pop sensibility, but also with some experimentation with Psychedelia. This last semester though I was really dedicated and very happy on a nice trip back to the sunshine years of the 60's, discovering and rediscovering a lot of Sunshine Pop, folky vibes, harmonies heavy and baroque stuff, but also some raw Psych Garage and some nice country outings.
A lot of stuff here that I think deserve way more attention on sput. |
| 1 |  | The Left Banke
Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
Too many days with "I've Got Something On My Mind" stuck in my head. Excellent vocals and baroque instrumentation. |
| 2 |  | Crowded House
Woodface
It's Only Natural was my jam for a while |
| 3 |  | Big Star
Radio City
September Gurls man... |
| 4 |  | Richard X. Heyman
Cornestone
The Drone Song |
| 5 |  | Paley Brothers
Paley Brothers
Turn The Tide. Silly perfect Power Pop |
| 6 |  | The Records
Smashes, Crashes And Near Misses
Girls That Don't Exist Are Haunting Me |
| 7 |  | The Beau Brummels
Triangle
The Painter of Women
Very underrated Pshychedelic Pop album from the 60's. |
| 8 |  | The Dream Syndicate
The Days Of Wine And Roses
Tell Me When It's Over |
| 9 |  | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Damn The Torpedoes
Damn, it took too long for me to listen to this guy. |
| 10 |  | The Hollies
Evolution
Then The Heartache Begins |
| 11 |  | The Raspberries
Raspberries
Go All The Way |
| 12 |  | The Romantics
The Romantics
When I Look In Your Eyes |
| 13 |  | The Monkees
More of the Monkees
Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) |
| 14 |  | Question Mark and the Mysterians
96 Tears
96 Tears |
| 15 |  | Velvet Crush
Teenage Symphonies to God
Time Wraps Around You 🤗 |
| 16 |  | Flamin' Groovies
Shake Some Action
I Can't Hide |
| 17 |  | Sam Phillips
Martinis & Bikinis
I Need Love |
| 18 |  | The Long Ryders
Final Wild Songs
Ivory Tower. Awesome jangle and powerful psych country/folk-rock |
| 19 |  | Primitons
Don't Go Away: Collected Works
Deception. |
| 20 |  | Harpers Bizarre
Feelin' Groovy
Raspberry Rug |
| 21 |  | The Parade (60's)
Sunshine Girl: The Complete Recordings
Sunshine Girl |
| 22 |  | Sagittarius
Present Tense
My World Fell Down |
| 23 |  | Herman's Hermits
There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World
No Milk Today |
| 24 |  | The Cowsills
The Cowsills
The Rain, The Park, and Other Things |
| 25 |  | True West
Hollywood Holiday Revisited
Excellent Paisley Underground album |
| 26 |  | The Woodentops
Giant
Give It Time |
| 27 |  | The Grapes of Wrath
Treehouse
Try |
| 28 |  | Rain Parade
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Talking In My Sleep |
| 29 |  | Chris Stamey
It's Alright
Big Time |
| 30 |  | The Free Design
Kites Are Fun
Make The Madness Stop |
| 31 |  | The Three O'Clock
Sixteen Tambourines
Jet Fighter |
| 32 |  | The Bangles
All Over the Place
Going Down To Liverpool |
| 33 |  | Game Theory
Real Nighttime
Curse of The Frontier Land |
| 34 |  | The Smithereens
Especially For You
Groovy Tuesday |
| 35 |  | Cheap Trick
Heaven Tonight
Surrender |
| 36 |  | Primal Scream
Sonic Flower Groove
Arooooooooooooooooooooooooooound and arooooooooooooooooooooound aroooooooooooooooooooound agaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin |
| 37 |  | Robyn Hitchcock
I Often Dream Of Trains
This Could Be The Day |
| 38 |  | The Muffs
The Muffs
Another Day |
| 39 |  | The Chills
Kaleidoscope World
Rolling Moon |
| 40 |  | Dwight Twilley Band
Sincerely
I'm on Fire |
| 41 |  | Phil Seymour
Phil Seymour
Then We Go Up |
| 42 |  | Shoes
Present Tense
Too Late |
| 43 |  | Dave Edmunds
Repeat When Necessary
Girls Talk |
| 44 |  | Matthew Sweet
Girlfriend
I've Been Waiting |
| 45 |  | Green On Red
Gas Food Lodging
That's What Dreams Were Made For |
| 46 |  | 20/20
20/20
Remember The Lightning |
| 47 |  | The Barracudas
Drop Out With The Barracudas
I Can't Pretend |
| 48 |  | Guadalcanal Diary
2X4
And Your Bird Can Sing |
| 49 |  | The Three O'Clock
Arrive Without Travelling
Underwater |
| 50 |  | Paul Collins' Beat
Paul Collins' Beat
Look But Don't Touch |
| 51 |  | The Lemonheads
Come On Feel the Lemonheads
Into Your Arms |
| 52 |  | Juliana Hatfield
Hey Babe
Everybody Loves Me But You |
| 53 |  | Chris Bell
I Am The Cosmos
Make A Scene |
| 54 |  | The Hummingbirds
loveBUZZ
Alimony |
| 55 |  | Damon and Naomi
With Ghost
I Dreamed Of The Caucasus |
| 56 |  | Blake Babies
Sunburn
Sanctify |
| 57 |  | Cryan' Shames
Sugar & Spice
Sugar & Spice |
| 58 |  | The dB's
Stands For Decibels
Black and White |
| 59 |  | The Millennium
Begin
To Claudia on Thursday. Harmony perfection, right on top of the best albums from the 60's |
| 60 |  | The Everly Brothers
The Very Best of the Everly Brothers
Temptation |
| 61 |  | The Searchers
Meet The Searchers
Love Potion Number 9 |
| 62 |  | The Tremeloes
Suddenly You Love Me |
| 63 |  | The Blue Things
The Blue Things
You Can Live In Our Tree |
| 64 |  | Wendy & Bonnie
Genesis
I Realized You |
| 65 |  | The Shadows Of Knight
Gloria
Gloria |
| 66 |  | The Clique
The Clique
Superman |
| 67 |  | Chad and Jeremy
Distant Shores
Early Mornin' Rain
R.I.P. Chad |
| 68 |  | The Yellow Balloon
The Yellow Balloon
How Can I Be Down |
| 69 |  | The Electric Prunes
I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
Get Me To The World On Time |
| 70 |  | The Merry-Go-Round
The Merry-Go-Round
Live |
| 71 |  | The Critters
Touch 'N Go With The Critters
A Moment Of Being With You |
| 72 |  | Nazz
Nazz
Open My Eyes |
| 73 |  | The Seekers
Come the Day
I Wish You Could Be Here |
| 74 |  | Jan and Dean
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Memphis |
| 75 |  | Silk (Rock)
Smooth As Raw
Walk In My Mind |
| 76 |  | Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
Nancy and Lee
Some Velvet Morning. Dude this album is a fuckin classic |
| 77 |  | Tom Petty
Full Moon Fever
Love Is A Long Road |
| 78 |  | Lee Hazlewood
Cowboy in Sweden
Pray Them Bars Away |
| 79 |  | The Peppermint Trolley Company
The Peppermint Trolley Company
Baby You Come Rollin' Cross My Mind |
| 80 |  | The Grass Roots
Let's Live For Today
Where Were You When I Needed You |
| 81 |  | Montage
Montage
I Shall Call Her Mary |
| 82 |  | Them
The Angry Young Them
Mystic Eyes |
| 83 |  | Bryan MacLean
Ifyoubelievein
Barber John |
| 84 |  | International Submarine Band
Safe at Home
Luxury Liner |
| 85 |  | Dillard and Clark
The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark
Train Leaves Here This Mornin |
| 86 |  | New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage
I Don't Know You |
| 87 |  | John Prine
John Prine
Hello In There
R.I.P. John |
| 88 |  | The Louvin Brothers
Satan is Real
Are You Afraid To Die |
| 89 |  | Gene Clark
No Other
Strength of Strings |
| 90 |  | Adam Schmitt
World So Bright
Garden Of Love |
| 91 |  | The Apples in Stereo
Fun Trick Noisemaker
High Tide |
| 92 |  | The Pandoras
It's About Time
It's About Time |
| 93 |  | The Cynics
Get Our Way
Lose Your Mind |
| 94 |  | Sugar
Copper Blue
If I Can't Change Your Mind |
| 95 |  | Let's Active
Big Plans for Everybody
Fell |
| 96 |  | Bram Tchaikovsky
Strange Man, Changed Man
Girl Of My Dreams |
| 97 |  | The Pretenders
Learning To Crawl
Back On The Chain Gang |
| 98 |  | The Undertones
The Undertones
Get Over You |
| 99 |  | The Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight
Kingdom Of Love |
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