TOP PICK
Mike Doughty
The Flip is Another Honey
(Snackforce/Megaforce)
The former Soul Coughing front man puts a twist on the typical covers album. The opening track, “Sunshine,” for example, finds him rapping over a John Denver sample. He does something similar with songs by Cheap Trick, Stone Roses and Randy Newman. A refreshing take on a tire concept.
Midnight Oil
Essential Oils
(Sony)
The Aussie rock group offers the ultimate retrospective with this 36-song collection that stretches all the way back to the early days when the political group’s music had a punk, Clash-like edge to it.
