My Top 40 albums of 2021

By my rough count, I listened to somewhere around 224 new releases in 2021(albums and EPs). This is pandemic living: working at home, not going anywhere, and having more time to listen to music on my stereo and laptop. Of course, music continued to be strong therapy for me as 2021 did not turn out as we hoped. The promise of vaccines was dashed by anti-vaxxers, misinformation, and variants. At least there was some live music, and yet we head into 2022, not knowing if and when we get back something more akin to pre-2020 life. 

One thing about the incredible volume of music I listened to: so much of it was good. There are many fine albums that were pushed out, just because of there was so much to choose from, and if I did this list a month later, some of these selections would change. Anyway, the rankings aren't arbitrary, but the further down the list, the more incremental the quality differential is. Still, I like the order of making a list. One more thing -- this is my best of, which is really just my favorite records. If you disagree, make your own list. It's fun.

December 25, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #602)

9:00 AM Pilot • It's Christmas • single • Parlophone

9:03 AM Norah Jones • Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones) • I Dream of Christmas • Blue Note

9:06 AM Jordanna • Saying Goodbye (featuring Mother Nature) • The Full Story • Self-Released

9:12 AM Ballboy • Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers • Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers • self-released

December 18, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #601)

9:01 AM Michael Nesmith • Some of Shelly's Blues • Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash • RCA

9:04 AM Céu • Criminal • Um Gosto de Sol • Urban Jungle

9:08 AM Desert Liminal • Jewel Box • Glass Fate • Whited Sepulchre

9:14 AM Nell and the Flaming Lips • The Ship Song • Where the Viaduct Looms • Bella Union

December 4, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #600)

9:00 AM Haircut 100 • Love Plus One • Pelican West • Arista

9:04 AM Jorja Smith • The One • Lost & Found • RCA

9:07 AM M Sage • The Cat Forgotten in the Moon (featuring Chihei Hatakeyama) • Wants a Diamond Pivot Bright • Florabelle

9:12 AM Kali Uchis & Ozuna • Another Day in America • single • Interscope

November 27, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #599)

9:01 AM John Prine • Hello in There • John Prine • Atlantic

9:05 AM Snoh Aalegra • I Want You Around • - Ugh, those feels again • Artium, LLC/AWAL

9:09 AM Papercuts • End Times Daily • Baxter's Bliss • Psychic Friends

9:14 AM Curtis Harding • Forever More • If Words Were Flowers • Anti-

November 20, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #598)

9:01 AM Digable Planets • Pacifics • Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) • Pendulum/Elektra

9:05 AM Devo • Working in the Coal Mine • New Traditionalists • Warner Bros.

9:08 AM Warm Human • Gimme a Reason • single • House of Feelings

9:15 AM Aimee Mann • Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath • Queens of the Summer Hotel • SuperEgo

November 13, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #597)

9:00 AM Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds • Heart That Kills You • B-Sides & Rarities Part II • BMG

9:03 AM Nina Simone • Everyone's Gone to the Moon • Nina Simone and Piano • RCA

9:06 AM Jennifer Hall • Why Cut Time • single • self-released

9:12 AM Billy Bragg • Should Have Seen it Coming • The Million Things That Never Happened • Cooking Vinyl

October 30, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #596)

9:01 AM Ted Leo & the Pharmacists • Ghosts • Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead • Lookout!

9:03 AM Rina Sawayama & Elton John • Chosen Family • The Lockdown Sessions • EMI/Interscope

9:07 AM Boy Scouts • The Floor • Wayfinder • Anti-

9:13 AM Midlake • Meanwhile... • For the Sake of Bethel Woods • Bella Union

October 23, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #595)

8:59 AM Laura Marling • Strange • Short Movie •  Ribbon

9:02 AM Dandy • There Is a Mountain • single • Giant

9:06 AM Damu the Fudgemunk • Enchanted Spirit (featuring Insight)  • Conversation Peace • Def Pressé

9:11 AM Circuit des Yeux • Oracle Song • -io • Matador

October 16, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #594)

9:00 AM The Divine Comedy • My Imaginary Friend • Absent Friends • Parlophone

9:03 AM Solange • Don't Let Me Down • True • Terrible

9:07 AM Mild High Club • Me Myself and Dollar Hell • Going Going Gone • Stones Throw

9:13 AM Jeff Tweedy • C'mon America • single • Sub Pop

October 9, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #593)

9:00 AM Neko Case • Look For Me (I'll Be Around) • Blacklisted • Bloodshot

9:04 AM Al Green • Let's Get Married • Livin' for You • Hi

9:07 AM Big Red Machine • Renegade (featuring Taylor Swift) • How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? • Jagjaguwar/37d03d

9:13 AM Cat Power • Bad Religion • Covers • Domino

October 2, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #592)

9:00 AM The Everly Brothers • A Whiter Shade of Pale • Sing • Warner Bros.

9:05 AM Margaret Sangwa • Stand By Your Man • single • Gallo

9:08 AM Macie Stewart • What Will I Do • Mouth Full of Glass • Orindal

9:14 AM Phoebe Bridgers • That Funny Feeling • single • Dead Oceans

September 25, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #591)

9:01 AM Advance Base • Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard • Wall of Tears & Other Songs I Didn't Write • Ordinal

9:04 AM Aretha Franklin • What a Fool Believes • Aretha • Arista

9:09 AM DPCD • Happy Thanksgiving • It's Hard for a Rich Man to Enter the Kingdom of God • self-released

9:15 AM Mac McCaughan • The Sound of Yourself • The Sound of Yourself • Merge

September 18, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #590)

9:01 AM Fruit Bats • Today • Siamese Dream • Merge

9:05 AM Desire • Angel • Italians Do It Better • Italians Do It Better

9:09 AM Big Thief • Certainty • single • 4AD

9:15 AM Kacey Musgraves • Cherry Blossom • Star-Crossed • Interscope/MCA Nashville

September 11, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #589)

9:00 AM Sweet • You're Not Wrong for Loving Me • The Lost Singles • RCA/Sony Music

9:03 AM FKA Twigs • Cellophane • MAGADELENE • Young Turks

9:06 AM Tobacco City • LSD • Tobacco City, USA • Scissor Tail

9:12 AM Saint Etienne • Fonteyn • I've Been Trying to Tell You • Heavenly/PIAS

September 4, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #588)

9:00 AM The Congos • Fisherman • Heart Of The Congos • Black Ark

9:06 AM Jessica Pratt • Poly Blue • Quiet Signs • Mexican Summer

9:09 AM Navy • Scorpio's Letter • BLEU • Pretty Boy Worldwide

9:15 AM ABBA • I Still Have Faith in You • Voyage • Capitol

August 28, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #587)

9:00 AM Kelela • Better • Take Me Apart • Warp

9:04 AM The Velvet Underground • What Goes On • The Velvet Underground • MGM

9:08 AM Future Islands • Peach • single • 4AD

9:14 AM CHAI • Miniskirt • single • Sub Pop

August 21, 2021 CHIRP Radio PIaylist (Show #586)

9:00 AM Dolly Varden • For A While • For A While • Mid-Fi

9:03 AM L.L. Cool J • Going Back to Cali • Walking With a Panther • Def Jam

9:07 AM Sparks • We Love Each Other So Much • Annette: Cannes Edition - Selections from the Motion Picture Soundtrack • Milan

9:13 AM Chrissie Hynde • Sweetheart Like You • Standing in the Doorway • BMG

August 14, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #585)

9:00 AM Fiona Apple • Daredevil • The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do • Epic/Clean Slate

9:03 AM Bob Marley and the Wailers • Concrete Jungle • Catch a Fire • Island

9:07 AM jaimie branch • twenty-three n me, jupiter redux (Live) • Fly Or Die Live • International Anthem

9:12 AM Kaina • Come Back As a Flower • single • City Slang

August 7, 2021 CHIRP Radio show (Show #584)

9:00 AM Phoebe Bridgers • Punisher • Punisher • Dead Oceans

9:03 AM Peabo Bryson • Minute By Minute • Paradise • Capitol

9:06 AM Red Spot Rhythm Section • You Got Lucky (feat. Angela Peel) • Won't Back Down: A Roots Tribute to Tom Petty • self-released

9:12 AM Liam Kazar • I've Been Where You Are • Due North • Woodsist

July 31, 2021 CHIRP Radio show (Show #583)

9:00 AM Emmylou Harris • Every Grain of Sand • Wrecking Ball • Nonesuch

9:04 AM Raphael Saadiq • Love That Girl • The Way I See It • Columbia

9:07 AM Thomas Comerford • Partners • Introverts • self-released

9:13 AM Jeff Tweedy • For You (I'll Do Anything) • May the Circle Remain Unbroken • Light in the Attic

July 24, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #582)

9:00 AM Blur • No Distance Left To Run • 13 • Food

9:04 AM Janet Kay • Loving You • The Definitive Hits Collection 1977-1985 • Cyclone Music

9:07 AM Squirrel Flower • Deluge in the South  • Planet (i) • Polyvinyl

9:14 AM Sparks • Aria (The Forest) (feat. Marion Cottillard and Catherine Trottman) • Annette • Sony Music

July 17, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #580)

9:00 AM Beastie Boys • Benny and the Jets • The Sounds of Science • Grand Royal/Capitol

9:05 AM Lucinda Williams • Rainy Night in Georgia • Southern Soul: From Memphis to Muscle Shoals & More • Highway 20

9:08 AM Impulsive Hearts • Maybe Sparrow • single • self-released

9:15 AM Steve Dawson • I Will Never Stop Being Sorry • at the bottom of a canyon in the branches of a tree • Pravda

July 3, 2021 CHIRP Radio show playlist (Show #579)

9:01 AM Morphine • Let's Take a Trip Together • Cure for Pain • Rykodisc

9:04 AM Donna Summer • To Turn the Stone • I'm a Rainbow • Mercury

9:09 AM Bachelor • Doomin' Sun • Doomin' Sun • Polyvinyl

9:14 AM Common • Imagine • single • Loma Vista

June 26, 2021 CHIRP Radio Show playlist (Show #578)

9:00 AM Wondermints • Porpoise Song • Wondermints • Toy's Factory

9:03 AM Jamila Woods • SUN RA (featuring theMIND & Jasminfire) • LEGACY! LEGACY! • Jagjaguwar

9:07 AM ULNA • Been So Far • OEA • Born Yesterday

9:13 AM Hiatus Kaiyote • And We Go Gentle • Mood Valiant • Brainfeeder

June 19, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #577)

9:00 AM The Kinks • Sunny Afternoon • Face to Face • Pye

9:04 AM Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man • Tom the Model • Out of Season • Go Beat

9:08 AM Greentea Peng • Free My People (featuring Simmy & Kid Cruise) • MAN MADE • EMI

9:15 AM John Grant • County Fair • Boy From Michigan • Partisan

June 12, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #576)

9:00 AM The Psychedelic Furs • She Is Mine • Talk Talk Talk • Columbia

9:04 AM Sade • The Moon and the Sky • Solider of Love • Epic

9:08 AM Dark Tea • Eternal Blue • Dark Tea • Fire Talk

9:13 AM Garbage • Waiting for God • No Gods No Masters • Stunvolume/Infectious

June 5, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #575)

8:59 AM These New Puritans • Dream • Field of Reeds • PIAS/Domino

9:04 AM Joan Armatrading • Warm Love • Show Some Emotion • A & M

9:07 AM Rose City Band • Ramblin' with the Day • Earth Trip • Thrill Jockey

9:13 AM Crowded House • Start of Something • Dreamers Are Waiting • BMG

May 29, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #574)

9:00 AM Solange • Jerrod • When I Get Home • Columbia

9:04 AM Urge Overkill • Dropout • Saturation • Geffen

9:08 AM Mia Joy • Sword (I Carry) • Spirit Tamer • Fire Talk

9:14 AM Wye Oak • TNT • single • Merge

May 22, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #573)

9:01 AM Bebel Gilberto • Samba E Amor • Tanto Tempo • Crammed Discs

9:05 AM Randy Newman • God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) • Sail Away • Reprise

9:08 AM Bill MacKay & Nathan Bowles • Late for Your Funeral Again • Keys • Drag City

9:13 AM Tirzah • Sink In • single • Domino

May 15, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #572)

6:00 AM Sweet • The Lies In Your Eyes • Give Us A Wink • RCA

6:04 AM Laura Mvula • Green Garden • Sing to the Moon • RCA

6:08 AM Rosali • Pour Over Ice • No Medium • Spinster Sounds

6:13 AM Wesley Gonzalez • Greater Expectations (with Rose Elinor Dougall) • single • Moshi Moshi

May 8, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #571)

9:00 AM Saba • Heaven All Around Me • Care for Me • Saba Pivot

9:04 AM Buckingham Nicks • Races Are Run • Buckingham Nicks • Polydor

9:08 AM Hiatus Kaiyote • Red Room • Mood Valiant • Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune

9:14 AM Richard Thompson • Tinker's Rhapsody • Serpent's Tears • self-released

May 1, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #570)

9:00 AM Fountains of Wayne • Prom Theme • Utopia Parkway • Atlantic/Scratchie

9:03 AM Janelle Monae • So Afraid • Dirty Computer • Wondaland

9:07 AM Fever Queen • Taste of What it Is • single • First to Knock

9:14 AM Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis • To Autumn • She Walks in Beauty • Panta Rei/BMG

April 24, 2021 CHIRP Radio Show (Show #569)

9:00 AM Vagabon • Water Me Down • Vagabon • Nonesuch

9:05 AM Eno/Cale • Spinning Away • Wrong Way Up • Opal/Warner Bros.

9:10 AM Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra • Movement 2 • Promises • Luaka Bop

9:15 AM The Mountain Goats • Mobile • Dark in Here • Merge

April 17, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #568)

9:00 AM The Go-Betweens • Love Is A Sign • 16 Lovers Lane • Domino

9:04 AM Yuna • Lanes • Chapters • Verve

9:07 AM Anchorsong • New World • Mirage • Tru Thoughts

9:14 AM Jose Gonzalez • Visions • Local Valley • Mute

April 10, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #567)

9:01 AM Belle & Sebastian • to be myself completely • The Life Pursuit • Matador

9:04 AM india.arie • Ready for Love • Acoustic Soul • Motown

9:09 AM Kishi Bashi • Cascades • Emigrant • Joyful Noise

9:15 AM Rosanne Cash • I'm Wrong About Everything • The Good Lyre - Songs of John Wesley Harding • self-released

April 3, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #566)

9:00 AM Iggy Pop • Family Affair • single • self-released

9:06 AM Celeste • It's Alright (with Jon Batiste) • Not Your Muse • Both Sides/Polydor

9:09 AM Lost Horizons • Grey Tower (featuring Tim Smith) • In Quiet Moments • Bella Union/PIAS

9:14 AM Flock of Dimes • Awake for Sunrise • Head of Roses • Sub Pop

March 27, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #565)

9:01 AM The James Taylor Quartet • Love Ballad • Blow Up! A JTQ Collection • Music Club

9:04 AM Brandi Carlile • I Remember Everything • Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Vol. 2 • Oh Boy

9:07 AM Rosa • Prince Charming • Not Your Good Girl • Self-released

9:14 AM serpentwithfeet • Heart Storm (with Nao) • Deacon • Secretly Canadian

March 20, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #564)

9:01 AM Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings • It Hurts to Be Alone • Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In) • Daptone

9:04 AM Marshall Crenshaw • Don't Leave Me This Way • Easy to Be Free • Planting Seeds

9:06 AM Bodies Of Water • Women in Love • Is This What It's Like • Thousand Tongues

9:15 AM Loretta Lynn • One's on the Way (featuring Margo Price) • Still Woman Enough • Legacy

March 13, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #563)

9:01 AM Angel Olsen • Dance Slow Decades • Burn Your Fire for No Witness • Jagjaguwar

9:05 AM Monk Higgins • Little Green Apples • Extra Soul Perception • Solid State

9:08 AM CHAI • Maybe Chocolate Chips (featuring Ric Wilson) • WINK • Sub Pop

9:14 AM Jorja Smith • Addicted • single • FAMM

March 6, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #562)

9:00 AM Bruce Springsteen • One Minute You're Here • Letter to You • Columbia

9:03 AM Beach House • Norway • Teen Dream • Sub Pop

9:07 AM Farhot • Check (featuring JuJu Rogers & Nneka) • Kabul Fire Vol. 2 • Kabul Fire

9:14 AM Shamir • Divide • single • self-released

February 27, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #561)

9:01 AM Gary Numan • Complex • The Pleasure Principle • ATCO

9:04 AM Taylor Swift • The Last Great American Dynasty • Folklore • Republic

9:08 AM Greenlights Music • Strange Fruit (featuring Bob Rok) • The Art of Poise • Self-released

9:14 AM Julien Baker • Crying Wolf • Little Objects • Matador

February 20, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #560)

 

8:59 AM Syl Johnson • The Love I Found In You • Complete Mythology • Numero Group

9:02 AM Lorde • Buzzcut Season • Pure Heroine • Universal/Lava/Republic

9:06 AM Clap Your Hands Say Yeah • Innocent Weight • New Fragility • CYHSY/Secretly Distribution

9:14 AM José González • El Invento • single • Mute

February 13, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #559)

9:00 AM Kelly Hogan • Living Without You • Because It Feel Good • Bloodshot

9:02 AM Lenny Williams • 'Cause I Love You • Spark of Love • ABC

9:10 AM Fauvely • Always • Beautiful Places • self-released

9:16 AM Sharon Van Etten • On Your Way Now • single • Jagjaguwar

February 7, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #558)

9:01 AM Saba • Photosynthesis (featuring Jean Deaux) • Bucket List Project • self-released

9:04 AM Fiona Apple • Paper Bag • When the Pawn... • Epic/Clean Slate

9:08 AM cinchel • Long-Standing Nightmare • Arcane Object • Arcade Object

9:14 AM Nicole Atkins • Break it To Me Gently • single • Single Lock

February 6, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #557)

9:00 AM The Pharcyde • Runnin' • Labcabincalifornia • Delicious Vinyl

9:05 AM Yaz • Too Pieces • Upstairs At Eric's • Mute

9:08 AM AJ Rosales • If Not Today • Manifestations • Novel-T

9:14 AM Flock of Dimes • Two • Head of Roses • Sub Pop

9:18 AM Tears for Fears • Change • The Hurting • Mercury

9:22 AM Ruth Copeland • Hare Krishna • I Am What I Am • Invictus

9:25 AM Rosier • Pontoise • Légèrement • FAMgroup

9:30 AM The Weather Station • Separated • Ignorance • Fat Possum

9:33 AM The Chanteurs • You've Got a Good Love • Birth of Soul Special Chicago Edition • Kent Soul

9:36 AM Badly Drawn Boy • A Minor Incident • About a Boy • Twisted Nerve/XL

9:41 AM Allison Russell • Landslide • single • Fantasy

9:45 AM Janet Jackson • Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) • Control • A & M

9:49 AM The Virgin-Whore Complex • Papa Wilson • Succumb • Emperor Norton

9:51 AM Apifera • Four Green Yellows • Overstand • Stones Throw

9:58 AM Virginia Wing • St. Francis Fountain • private LIFE • Fire

10:00 AM Sweet • Strong Love • Level Headed • Capitol

10:04 AM Bat For Lashes • Feel For You • Lost Girls • AWAL

10:07 AM Greenlights Music • Self Care (featuring Bob Rok) • The Art of Poise • Self-released

10:14 AM Shamir • Obsession • single • self-released

10:17 AM Michael Penn • No Myth • March • RCA

10:21 AM The Psychedelic Furs • Here Come Cowboys • Mirror Moves • Columbia

10:24 AM Midnight Sister • Doctor Says • Painting the Roses • Jagjaguwar

10:30 AM Celeste • Tonight Tonight • Not Your Muse • Atlas Artists/Polydor

10:33 AM The Insiders • Price of Love • Ghost on the Beach • Epic

10:37 AM HLDAY MAGIK • Forgive Me • single • self-released

10:41 AM Raveena • Tweety • single • 12 Tone Music

10:44 AM Cocteau Twins • Lorelei • Treasure • 4AD

10:48 AM Bonzo Dog Band • I'm the Urban Spaceman • Tadpoles • Imperial

10:50 AM Haruo Chikada & Vibratones • SOUL LIFE • Tokyo Dreaming • WEWANTSOUNDS

10:56 AM Jane Weaver • Heartlow • Flock • Fire

11:01 AM Yello • I Love You • You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess • Elektra

11:04 AM Thao & The Get Down Stay Down • City • We the Common • Ribbon

11:06 AM Landshapes • Rosemary • Contact • Bella Union/PIAS

11:13 AM Du Blonde • I'm Glad That We Broke Up (feat. Ezra Furman) • Homecoming • Daemon T.V.

11:15 AM The Fall • Assume • Fall Heads Roll • Narnack

11:19 AM Nazareth • Whatever You Want Babe • No Mean City • A & M

11:22 AM Kiwi Jr. • Undecided Voters • Cooler Returns • Sub Pop

11:28 AM Doleful Lions • Singles Going Levitation • Singles Going Levitation • self-released

11:31 AM The Velvet Underground • I'm Waiting For The Man • The Velvet Underground & Nico • Verve

11:36 AM Beach Bunny • Nice Guys • Blame Game • Mom + Pop

11:41 AM The Notwist • Al Sur • Vertigo Days • Morr Music

11:44 AM No Joy • Hollywood Teeth • More Faithful • Mexican Summer

11:46 AM Death Grips • Ring a Bell • Bottomless Pit • Harvest

11:50 AM Badge Époque Ensemble • Birds Fly Through Ancient Ruins • Self Help • Telephone Explosion

January 31, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #556)

9:00 AM Margo Price • That's How Rumors Get Started • That's How Rumors Get Started • Loma Vista

9:04 AM Earth, Wind & Fire • Daydreamin' • Heritage • Columbia9:08 AM 

9:08 AM Widowspeak • The One I Love • Honeychurch • Captured Tracks

9:15 AM Half Waif • Orange Blossoms • single • Anti-

Movie Review: The Sparks Brothers (2021)

“In a movie a life can be summed up in a word

It's a useful, dramatic device

In the real world, with real flesh and real blood

One word is never, ever enough” – “Rosebud” by Sparks

Film director Edgar Wright’s first documentary is a labor of love, as man, this dude has a serious love jones for Sparks. He might love them as much as I do. And if you like or love Sparks, then you’ll probably love this film. Nevertheless, a film that truly takes on the entirety of 50+ year, 25 albums (and counting) career of the group helmed by Ron (keyboards/songwriting) and Russell (singing/eventually engineer) Mael may seem a bit much to the uninitiated.

January 30, 2021 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #555)

9:01 AM TOLEDO • It's Alive • Jockeys of Love • Telefono

9:05 AM Dee Dee Sharp • I'm Not in Love • Happy 'Bout the Whole Thing • TSOP

9:09 AM Whitney • Forever Turned Around • Forever Turned Around • Secretly Canadian

9:15 AM serpentwithfeet • Fellowship • DEACON • Secretly Canadian

January 24, 2021 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #554)

9:01 AM St. Vincent • Masseduction • MassEducation • Loma Vista

9:05 AM The Impressions • Meeting Over Yonder • Complete A and B Sides 1961-1968 • Eclipse

9:07 AM Macie Stewart & Lia Kohl • Right Before Dinner • Recipe for a Boiled Egg • Astral Spirits

9:16 AM Jim Sclavunos • Holiday Song • single • Lowe Amusements