When I got home from Ne's Chorus practice last night, my nerves were as fwazzled as poot Elmer's after a long day of hunting Bugs. And then it hit me. No, I didn't say "I could have had a V-8." I thought, why be fwazzled when I can have Something Cool. And no, I didn't go to the refrigerator. I pulled out my CD of Something Cool by June Christy. And it did the trick. My nerves were completely unfwazzled in no time.

An interesting side note. When the re-issued the album they added a lot of songs. Some were singles that had never been on an album and some were tracks from other albums. I know that it's a good sales gimmick and I liked most of the songs that they added. But, the intermixed them with the songs on the original album which was more or less of a "concept" album. It's like taking Frank Sinatra's In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning album, which was a classic of programming and sticking in a samba or two. Something Cool is just that... late night, reflective and lightly swinging songs that create a special atmosphere. So, sometime this weekend, I'm going to burn a CD with the tracks from the original album first, just to recover the mood, and then add the additional tracks they've included that fit the mood.

When I look through my albums I find that most of them have a few tracks I really love, and usually at least as many that I don't like.
It's a rare album where I love it as a whole piece. I'd probably have to scratch my head to come up with a half a dozen that have the consistency to make them a uniformly enjoyable listen. The other album I mentioned, Brazilliance is one. There are probably a few others for me. Not that they'd be necessarily that way for you.

Jerry