Old Enough to Forget

Back in 1988 my old roommate Otto came home one day with a CD by Hothouse Flowers. I don't know where he heard or read about them, but he said it was supposed to be pretty good. The first two songs were absolutely killer tracks. "I'm Sorry" and "Don't Go." Truly killer tracks. For 1988 this was quite different than most of what I was listening to. The '80s wave had crested and it was full on big hair, tight pants, and gang vocal choruses... this was organic. I also cannot remember anything aside from the first two songs. I hesitate to say the rest were filler, but I have zero recollection of anything else. Then, for Father's Day, the kids allowed me to spend a hundred bucks on records, and I found this one. I was pretty stoked. I got a nice pile of stuff that ran the gamut from Linda Ronstadt to Sandford and Townsend (never heard of them, but it was sealed and looked like fun). This was the album I was most excited to hear again. I was very temp...