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1991–The second year of the 90s saw the release of plenty of my favorite albums. R.E.M.’s Out of Time, Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes, U2’s Achtung Baby, and, heck, did I mention Disney’s Beauty and the Beast soundtrack? But no album was more captivating than Marc Cohn’s self-title debut. For years, I tried to locate this album. While Cohn won a Grammy for Best New Artist, he sort of disappeared after this album. As a result, by the time I knew who had done the songs, the album was much more difficult to locate.
“Walking in Memphis” is one of those all-time great pop songs. But the great thing about the album is that Cohn shows off a blues side as well on most of the other tracks. “Silver Thunderbird” should have been another great classic, while “29 Ways” successfully switches genres altogether. Fantastic album.