The Random Album Thread

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Simple enough. Grab an album at random --- using whatever method you want to use to randomise --- or even just pick one --- and tell us why you love it, or hate it, or wish you hadn't bought it. Maybe you haven't even listened to it, or forgot you had it in your collection. Maybe it brings back memories, or started you off on a journey into a particular artiste's music or even a genre?



John Farnham - Whispering Jack (1986)

I bought this on the strength of the single "You're the voice", which was pretty huge at the time, hoping it would have other songs like that on it, but sadly I was disappointed. Given that YtV is basically an AOR song, I was dismayed at how much of the album was poppy and lightweight. Only one other good track on it really, the sumptuous ballad "Touch of Paradise".

I thought he was a one-hit wonder: little did I know he has been around since the sixties and has about twenty albums to his credit. Mind you, if they're all like this one then I doubt I'll be checking any more out. Just proves that sometimes the single is the best track, and there's no need to buy the album.