Heck yeah. Otis Redding might have been the better live performer but Cooke was the better singer and unless you're listening to an album with your eyeballs it's hard to argue Cooke wasn't the best.

Heck yeah. Otis Redding might have been the better live performer but Cooke was the better singer and unless you're listening to an album with your eyeballs it's hard to argue Cooke wasn't the best.

Conversely I wasn't so hot on that album at first, probably because I was expecting some of the production elements of their previous albums and it's a pretty bare bones, flat recording. The machine gun drum punch of Too Far to Care and the pop sheen of the other two Elektra albums and the reverbyness of the Bloodshot…

Conversely I wasn't so hot on that album at first, probably because I was expecting some of the production elements of their previous albums and it's a pretty bare bones, flat recording. The machine gun drum punch of Too Far to Care and the pop sheen of the other two Elektra albums and the reverbyness of the Bloodshot…

The perfect moment for them to then launch into the song This is a Picture.

The perfect moment for them to then launch into the song This is a Picture.

Concepts of right and wrong have no application to a three-headed elephant stampeding through a fiery hellscape.

Concepts of right and wrong have no application to a three-headed elephant stampeding through a fiery hellscape.

"It was a dark night, and the city was full of pinging sounds and the occasional KA-CHUNK. I poured myself three fingers of whiskey and stared out the window at the street below. 'The city said they'd fix those potholes, but they never do….'"

"It was a dark night, and the city was full of pinging sounds and the occasional KA-CHUNK. I poured myself three fingers of whiskey and stared out the window at the street below. 'The city said they'd fix those potholes, but they never do….'"

"Leaf Spring," as both a name and an accurate description of the  mechanico-cinematic-nepotistic process under discussion.

"Leaf Spring," as both a name and an accurate description of the  mechanico-cinematic-nepotistic process under discussion.

For further reading on this compelling topic, see also: every ZZ Top song ever.

For further reading on this compelling topic, see also: every ZZ Top song ever.

Now this is strong stuff, high test wit powerful enough to redeem a feature and make a person want to visit a place called Groningen.

Now this is strong stuff, high test wit powerful enough to redeem a feature and make a person want to visit a place called Groningen.

Det uutsigelige Ømhet av Alpine blomst?

Det uutsigelige Ømhet av Alpine blomst?

Cormac McCarthy's prose does occasionally read like Iron Maiden lyrics, this is true.

Cormac McCarthy's prose does occasionally read like Iron Maiden lyrics, this is true.