Sit up September

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Now here's a truly classic album: multiple platinum-selling with 4 hit singles and easily their best recording - a beaut blend of great songs, classic guitar-driven rock, brilliant production and some restrained but excellent guest keyboards by the inestimable Thomas Dolby (Thomas Dobly for the Spinal Tap fans among us), I just had to go and run to this album within a few bars of hearing track 1.

As it happened, this was a crap run, following four arduous days at work and the fighting off of other peoples' bugs, but I was able to grind out a 5km fartlek and thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed plodding along to this album. Try not running to songs like Luanne or Woman In Black - I don't think it can be done, certainly not by me... this is definitely going on my list of top few albums to run to. Even the slower songs are great running material. And that saxophone by Junior Walker on Urgent is spine-tinglingly brilliant. Love it!

Album du jour: 4, Foreigner (1981)
Track du jour: Don't Let Go.