1 – TALES FROM THE SCRIPT – THE SCRIPT – C+
2 – PROTEST SONGS 1924-2012 – THE SPECIALS – D+
3 – OUTSIDE – ROGER TAYLOR – D+
4 – CERTIFIED LOVERBOY – DRAKE – B+
5 – SOUR – OLIVIA RODRIGO – A
6 – LOVE FOR SALE – TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA – C
7 – NO TIME TO DIE – OST – HANS ZIMMER – B-
8 – THANKS FOR WAITING – POTTER PAYPER – B
9 – FEARLESS (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – TAYLOR SWIFT – A
10 – PLANET HER – DOJA CAT – B
Comment: I loved the new Bond and while Hans Zimmer is no John Barry (my 1987 interview with Barry here) it was a blast to speak to him and I recently read where somebody claimed that without that Bond theme (Barry didn’t get the credit but he wrote it) , the franchise would have never survived. As for the Script, I thought they were minor leaguers at Citi Field opening for McCartney (here) and the wittily named greatest hits package has “Breakeven” and NOTHING ELSE…