WWF The Music, Vol. 2 captures the company right in the middle of its transformation in 1997. From Stone Cold’s glass shatter and Mankind’s unsettling theme to Dude Love, Vader, Sunny and Rocky Maivia before he became The Rock, this album is almost a snapshot of the Attitude Era being born.
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When I started getting into older music around 2006 or 2007, The Andrews Sisters were one of the first groups that hooked me. Their 1998 best-of collection opened the door, and nearly twenty years later, songs like Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Rum and Coca-Cola and Count Your Blessings still hold up.
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I hadn’t listened to New Found Glory in years, but revisiting their self-titled album brought back more than I expected. Some songs felt brand new, others unlocked lyrics I somehow still knew after 20 years, and the whole record still sounds like the year 2000 in the best possible way.
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WWF Full Metal was one of the cassettes I wore out as a wrestling-obsessed kid, and 30 years later, it still holds up. From Thorn in Your Eye and Psycho Dance to Razor Ramon, Bret Hart, Undertaker and Shawn Michaels, this album captured everything great about mid-90s WWF entrance music.
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This week on Melody Monday, we look back at Spice Girls' debut album Spice, the first CD I ever bought, and why the album is top heavy outside its three big singles.
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Launching Melody Monday with a look back at Barenaked Ladies' Stunt, a front to back great 1998 album that shaped my early teen years.
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