| 4.5 superb |
| Albert King In Session |
| B.B. King Live at the Regal |
| Billy Joel Piano Man |
| Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 Live in 1964 |
| Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline |
| Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live in 1975 |
| Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan |
| Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Bob Dylan Before the Flood |
| Bob Dylan Slow Train Coming |
| Bob Dylan Infidels |
| Bob Dylan Oh Mercy |
| Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind |
| Bob Dylan Modern Times |
| Bob Seger Greatest Hits |
| Brian Eno Another Green World |
| Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning |
| Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. |
| Bruce Springsteen Magic |
| Buddy Guy A Man & The Blues |
| Cat Power The Greatest |
| Counting Crows August And Everything After |
| Cream Disraeli Gears |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle, Vol. 1 |
| David Bowie Diamond Dogs |
| David Bowie Hunky Dory |
| David Bowie Aladdin Sane |
| David Bowie "Heroes" |
| David Bowie Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) |
| Dire Straits Brothers In Arms |
| Dr. John Gris-Gris |
| Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| Elton John Honky Chateau |
| Elvis Costello This Year's Model |
| Elvis Costello Armed Forces |
| Elvis Costello Almost Blue |
| Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel |
| Elvis Costello North |
| Elvis Costello The River In Reverse |
| Eric Clapton Slowhand |
| Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard |
| Eric Clapton Unplugged |
| Eric Clapton The Cream of Clapton (US) |
| Frank Zappa Joe's Garage |
| Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius |
| Jeff Beck Blow by Blow |
| Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros Global A Go-Go |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme |
| John Coltrane Giant Steps |
| John Coltrane Blue Train |
| Johnny Cash The Essential Johnny Cash |
| Johnny Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash |
| Josh Rouse Country Mouse, City House |
As the singer songwriter truly settles into the differences of Spanish/European life his music takes on an entirely different emotive quality. What once was the sound of a lonely acoustic guitar akin to the namesake of both his home state and the wonderful Springsteen album, now a beautiful and haunting slide guitar lays over the lush arrangements of the opening title track "Sweetie". Sounding as golden and heartfelt as a day spent staring into the gold wheat fields and Spanish architecture Rouse is using an arsenal of attacks to prove that he is moving on from his failed marriage but not forgetting
With the new found freedom in the recording studio and the precedent set by his opening track Rouse delves into characters and places that seem all to familiar to us and sometimes him. The broken hearted lover in " Italian Dry Ice", the hard working bassist in the Jackson Brown inspired "Hollywood Bass Player"
But the title track he digs into his own relationships, "Domesticated Lovers" his idea that he was suffocating in his marriage because his art was being compromised for love. She couldn't understand that he wouldn't allow for the sacrifice, both angles set to a sort of countrified soft rock rythm with an easy organ and snare, while also including a the "suffocating" voice of a woman on harmonies.
Rouse's album is a testament to the idea that emotion doesn't have to be derived from anger or hatred, but pain and sadness can contribute much more. With a very new sound, a sort of hipster-Stax era recorded by a disciple of Phil Spector, Rouse makes each song resonate long after each listen. With a lighter more refined sound the lyrics take center stage and truly complete the desired effect. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III |
| Levon Helm Dirt Farmer |
| Live Throwing Copper |
| Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Gold and Platinum |
| M. Ward Transistor Radio |
| M. Ward Transfiguration of Vincent |
| Mark Knopfler Neck And Neck |
| Miles Davis Bitches Brew |
| Mississippi John Hurt Folk Songs And Blues |
| Mississippi John Hurt Worried Blues |
| Mississippi John Hurt Last Sessions |
| Mott The Hoople All the Young Dudes |
| Mott The Hoople Mott |
| Neil Young Harvest |
| Neil Young After the Gold Rush |
| Neil Young Prairie Wind |
| Nirvana Nevermind |
| Parliament Mothership Connection |
| Paul Simon Paul Simon |
| Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin' Simon |
| Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years |
| Queen A Night at the Opera |
| Queen Sheer Heart Attack |
| Queen A Day at the Races |
| Queen Queen |
| R.E.M. Monster |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Randy Newman Sail Away |
| Randy Newman 12 Songs |
| Randy Newman Little Criminals |
| Ray Charles Genius Loves Company |
| Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country Western Music |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story |
| Roy Orbison Black & White Night |
| Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Simon and Garfunkel Bookends |
| Skip James The Complete Early Recordings |
| Solomon Burke Don't Give Up On Me |
| Steely Dan Aja |
| Steely Dan Can't Buy a Thrill |
| Steely Dan The Royal Scam |
| Steely Dan Katy Lied |
| Steely Dan Countdown to Ecstasy |
| Steely Dan Gaucho |
| Supertramp Breakfast In America |
| T. Rex Electric Warrior |
| Talking Heads Remain in Light |
| Talking Heads Fear of Music |
| The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach |
| The Band Rock of Ages |
| The Band Northern Lights - Southern Cross |
| The Beach Boys Pet Sounds |
| The Clash The Clash (US version) |
| The Clash Combat Rock |
| The Clash The Clash |
| The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots |
| The Kinks The Kink Kronikles |
| The Kinks Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround |
| The Kinks The Ultimate Collection |
| The Kinks Face to Face |
| The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies |
| The Kinks Misfits |
| The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! |
| The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet |
| The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup |
| The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang |
| The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat |
| The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan |
| Toad The Wet Sprocket Dulcinea |
| Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
| Tom Waits Closing Time |
| Tom Waits The Heart of Saturday Night |
| Van Morrison Astral Weeks |
| Van Morrison The Best Of Van Morrison Vol 1 |
| Van Morrison Moondance |
| Vladimir Ashkenazy Chopin Romantic Piano 2 |
| Willie Nelson Shotgun Willie |
