Bin Diving
Week of June 15 – 21, 2026
Sensory Dispensary
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
It was a busy week for Bin Diving, lots of full albums including some favorites, some not so favorites and one I don’t even remember listening to. Here’s the details:
This is a time capsule album for me, brings me right back to my teen years. “Love to Love” is just so fucking good, and that outro solo gives me chills.
Was making a playlist for a friend who is having surgery so was here to add “The First Cut is the Deepest” to it, so decided to give this one a listen. Not his best but “The Killing of Georgie (Pt. 1 and II” is one of my favorite things he has done in his solo years.
Gina is upstairs on a Zoom call so it’s safe to get my Rush fix. I like this album a lot, “La Villa Strangiato” still blows me away with its technical prowess, and self indulgence.
I listen to this occasionally just to remind myself how revolutionary Eddie Van Halen was. Not my favorite album of theirs but it’s the one that unleashed his talent into the world, and the world should be forever grateful.
I wish I remember how I discovered this band but I am sure glad I did. One of those things I can’t describe and probably shouldn’t like – but it’s just so damn catchy, lyrically interesting and vocally expressive. I recommend this one.
Good music for the morning when it’s quiet. A little emo and sad but it was alright.
Drop right in on “Loan Me a Dime” which features a really great Duane Allman solo, but otherwise you can probably skip the rest of this one.
Frampton Comes Alive! was so huge, you almost never hear the studio versions of any of his songs. Shame, this is a great album straight through.
The album that almost never was. The world is a better place because it is.
I forgot to write notes as I was listening to this one. I honestly don’t remember what I thought of it. I might have liked it, I did listen to the whole thing. I guess that’s the review.
“Go All The Way” kicks this off strong but the rest is unremarkable and pretty sappy. I thought I liked them more than I did when actually listening to this.
It’s big and bombastic and bordering on ELP pretentiousness. Should be a movie soundtrack. The title track stands out as the most listenable.
My buddy Ross who was also a big Gov’t Mule / Allman Brothers fan listened to these guys a lot so thought I would check it out. I didn’t hate it but…
I have a love / hate thing with this one. Big fan of Counting Crows and songs like “If I Could Give All My Love”, “Butterfly in Reverse”, “Up All Night”, and “Holiday in Spain” make this worth a listen. I don’t skip over the rest, but maybe I pay a little less attention.
I’ve never met a Neil Finn song I didn’t like.
This is one I really like and I always listen all the way through. No theme or concept, it’s just so well done it deserves your time and full attention.
So much live material I have collected over the years but it’s still good to go back to where it all started. I can’t imagine hearing this for the first time. Obviously classic, essential, and an intro to the best live band of all time.
My favorite Crowes album. The thing I have the most trouble with about this album is accepting that it’s nearly 25 fucking years old.
The original 4 hit wonders, this one features two of them. You couldn’t write a more compelling story about possibility, talent, tragedy and fraud than the story of Badfinger. Destined for greatness, financial and managerial troubles hampered any chance they had. Shame, this is good time listen.
I could write volumes about this one, maybe a series of Ted talks. I waver when asked which is the best Beatles album, but when I listen to this one, it’s so fucking obvious. A remarkable farewell gift from the greatest band ever.
Some of my favorites by the duo come from this one. Shit, throw “Homeward Bound” and “The Boxer” on to it and I wouldn’t need to listen to anything else.
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