B5

By JBev B5. “Night Time Is the Right Time” Taking on an R&B chestnut might seem like an odd choice, but the band’s clear affection for the impeccable source material makes all the difference in the world.

By JBev Things slow down a bit here, as Morrison gives a goodbye kiss to a lover but promises a reunion on the titular barge. The band settles into a groove reminiscent of The Animals, and the piano work in the instrumental break gives this piece a lovely melancholy suitable to the subject matter.  

By Douglas Newman Pulp builds an unlikely anthem out of some itchy synthesizers and 60’s pop organ that swells into Bowie-esque majesty. Cocker upbraids a dilettante who wants to dip her toes in the waters of poverty, saying she’ll never know the reality of it because “If you called your Dad, he could stop it...