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The_7th_one said:
Album Title: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Release Date: 1988 (35th Anniversary Today!!! so Happy Birthday)
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Happy Birthday, Seventh Son! :rocker: Maiden already celebrated this with a post on their social media page, too bad Virtual XI didn't even get that for its 25th anniversary last month. That's not how things are done, Maiden. Every album of yours deserves respect!
 
One of their more underrated albums.

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The Defamation of Strickland Banks is the second studio album from English singer and rapper Plan B. Concept album, that tell the fictitious tale of one Strickland Banks, a sharp-suited British soul singer who finds fame with bitter-sweet love songs like the album's opener "Love Goes Down", only to have it slip through his fingers when sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.

Here the second single from the album, She Said, great song if you ask me.

 
The_7th_one said:
Sorry, Not my cup of tea
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That's a surprise, it has lots of groove and nice melody.. I admire this song & video. And remember it's a part of a story, very well narrated too. Album produced 7 albums and all have great videos that tell a particular part of the story. Very good effort from a Pop Artist if you ask me.

The album tells the story from the first-hand perspective of Strickland Banks, a fictional character played by Plan B.

The album's opening track, "Love Goes Down" is a love song sang by Banks about his girlfriend while "Writing's on the Wall" details the new difficulties in their relationship. "Stay Too Long" follows him and his entourage as they celebrate the success of his concert with a night out which culminates in him having a one-night stand with a woman. In "She Said", it is learned that this woman is obsessed with his music and believes herself to be in love with him. He rejects her so she alleges that he raped her and the subsequent trial results in his incarceration

In "Welcome to Hell" he is sent to prison, and much of the rest of the album is about his experience inside. Throughout the course of the songs "Hard Times" and "The Recluse", Strickland gets more isolated and insecure throughout as he struggles to cope with prison life. This results in his abuse at the hands of other prisoners, resulting in him purchasing a shiv on the prison black market throughout the course of "Traded in My Cigarettes". In "Prayin'" he is confronted by another prisoner who attacks him. With the help of another inmate Strickland kills the attacker in self-defence, with the other inmate taking the blame, and is burdened with this guilt during "Darkest Place".

Here's Praying from his days of the protagonist in prison.

 
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Artist: Walter Smith III
Album Title: Return to Casual
Release Date: 2023 (Album No. 37)
Style: Jazz
Rating: 4/5
 
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Artist: Tribulation
Album Title: Hamartia (EP)
Release Date: 2023 (Album No. 38)
Style: Metal
Rating: 4/5
 
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