Daily Turntable

Playing a different selection from my collection of records daily.

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Daily Turntable, starting on the first day of the new year we will be playing a different album daily throughout the year. Follow along, make suggestions, and reminisce about your favorites.

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Day 279 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay. Released in 1982, it was their second studio album. Combining elements of Celtic folk, new wave, and blue-eyed soul, it stands as the band's most commercially successful record.

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Day 278 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Sade - Stronger Than Pride. Released in 1988, this was their third studio album. It serves as the band's first completely self-produced project, capturing a uniquely understated sound that blends soul, funk, and smooth jazz.

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Day 277 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Rolling Stones - Sucking in the Seventies. This compilation released in 1981, features a ragtag hodgepodge of lesser-known tracks, single edits, alternate mixes, B-sides, and live cuts.

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Day 276 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Repo Man - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. It is widely celebrated as a definitive snapshot of the early-1980s Los Angeles hardcore punk scene. The album features a legendary title track written by Iggy Pop.

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Day 275 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Roxy Music - Avalon. Released in 1982, this was their eighth and final studio album. It is widely considered to define the sophisti-pop genre, blending smooth pop-soul, art rock, and lush synth textures with the elegant, mature crooning.

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Day 274 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, David Bowie - Diamond Dogs. Released in 1974, this was his 8th studio album. Conceived during a period of deep personal and creative transition, the album serves as his final farewell to the glam rock era before his shift into soul and funk.

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Day 273 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, @U2 - Achtung Baby. Released in 1991, this was their seventh studio album. They incorporated industrial, electronic dance music, and alternative rock influences into their music, adopting a darker, more introspective, and ironic tone.

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Day 272 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, @GreenDay - ¡Tré! While ¡Uno! focused on power pop and ¡Dos! leaned into dirty garage rock, ¡Tré! serves as the "cool down" or "afterparty" of the trilogy. It features a more somber, reflective, and theatrical style.

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Day 271 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, @GreenDay - ¡Dos! The second installment in the band's album trilogy: ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!. The album contains 13 tracks and features a heavy sonic influence from their garage rock side project, Foxboro Hot Tubs.

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Day 270 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, @GreenDay - ¡Uno! Released in 2012, this was their ninth studio album. As the opener to the trilogy of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!, it was a return to a stripped-down, high-energy pop-punk and power-pop sound following their larger-scale rock operas

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Day 269 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Bingo Hand Job aka REM - Live at the Borderline 1991. This was a live album released for Record Store Day on April 13, 2019. The band played two nights at the 200-capacity London venue as part of a small promotional tour.

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Day 268 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, R.E.M. - Life’s Rich Pageant. This 1986 release was their fourth studio album. It spawned two singles, “Fall on Me” and “Superman”, and was their first album to be certified gold.

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Day 267 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Big Country Redux - Eastworld. Consists of 10 new recordings of Big Country songs which were released as demoes or sketches, but never previously properly developed or lavished with the attention they deserved.

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Day 266 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, The Monkees - Headquarters. The record represents a monumental turning point in the band's career as it was the first album where they had creative control, largely playing their own instruments and writing their own songs.

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Day 265 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Howard Jones - Human’s Lib. The debut studio album from the English synth-pop pioneer was released on March 9, 1984. “New Song” and “What is Love?” Are outstanding tracks.

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Day 264 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Big Audio Dynamite II - On the Road Live ‘92. This 2018 Record store Day release was a 5-track live EP. One track was recorded in Chicago in October 1991, while the remaining tracks were captured at The Ritz in New York City in April of ‘92.

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Day 263 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Bad Manners - Ska ‘n’ B. The debut album by the British 2 Tone and ska band was released in 1980.

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Day 262 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Beastie Boys - Music. This comprehensive 20-track compilation album by the legendary New York City hip-hop group bridged their evolutionary journey from raw rap-rock pioneers to sophisticated alternative icons.

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Day 261 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Stan Getz - Voices. Released in 1967 by Verve Records. What makes this album unique is that instead of a traditional string-section, it features a chorus singing wordless, chromatic accompaniments behind his iconic tenor saxophone solos.

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Day 260 - Spinning at Daily Turntable, Erasure - The Innocents. Released in 1988, this was their third studio album. It went on to become the first of five consecutive number-one albums for the band in the UK. “A Little Respect” is amongst my favorite songs of all-time.