Fireman, “Electric Arguments” (ATO) Don’t let the abstract cover art fool you. This album is Paul McCartney playing around with the producer named Youth. Each track on “Electric Arguments” was written and recorded in a single day with McCartney playing and singing all the parts.
Barry Manilow, “The Greatest Songs of the Eighties” (Arista) If you love the Manilow, then you’ll love this collaboration between the performer and producer/figurehead Clive Davis. Songs on this outing include “Open Arms,” “Against All Odds . . .,” “Right Here Waiting” and “Careless Whisper.”
Scott Weiland, “Happy in Galoshes” (New West) Scott Weiland was once an important rock voice, but then the Stone Temple Pilots stopped making good records and Weiland joined the mainstream supergroup Velvet Revolver. Now solo, Weiland has a new release that’s a more accurate portrait of an artist than anything he’s put out.
Ricardo Baca
