06.12

I Want You (Marvin Gaye, 1976)

I tend to enjoy Gaye's albums more the more time I spend with them, so having as of yet given it only one close listen all the way through I'm hesitant to come to too decisive a verdict, but so far I'll say I like it a lot but it lacks on one hand the variety or on the other the depth to elevate it to the level of my favorites of his.

At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash, 1968)

Another one I need to spend more time listening to, especially since it's in a genre I'm not too familiar with.  But regardless of the quality of the music it's brilliant from a conceptual standpoint, and the joy of the experience he captures never wears itself out, due I'm sure in no small part to the brevity of all of the songs and proportionally large amount of time Cash dedicates to interacting with his audience.