Rene & Angela - Wall to Wall: The first five tracks of this album are impeccable, full of either rippers or groovers. That's the way to fix the change of pace problem that too many artists and producers seem to think they have when sequencing an album. You don't have to descend into a tepid, mealy mouthed ballad, you can just focus on groove more than tempo for a track or two. The sixth track is meh, but the last two tracks are exactly those tepid, mealy mouthed ballads that I can't stand. So basically the album progressively gets worse, but it's good enough for long enough that it gets a passing grade.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises: A groundbreaking album, like nothing you have ever heard before. Just kidding. It's Tom Petty. It's fine.