Face the MUSIC!!!

  I can think of no better album that's literally wonderfully crafted pure pop than Joe Jackson's "Laughter and Lust".  This album is truly famous in my catalog, one that I feel hardly anyone knows about and/or has ever heard.  It plays from start to finish almost like a greatest hits album, where each and every song is so pop/radio friendly that it's hard to even guess at which track was chosen as the single.  Ironically, the first single was the opening "Obvious Song", and that's probably my least favorite song on the album...but that's not saying much since it's also a fantastic track, and that's just how high the bar is set here. I actually got my hands on this album via the old Columbia House "get 10 CD's for a $1" routine that was very popular in the 80's/90's.  I tended to use this "discount", if you will, as a way for me to try out music that I might otherwise not go out and purchase.  It was someti...