Not sure why 54.40 never quite got their due. The Hootie cover was, of course, a travesty but the original 'I Go Blind' was definitely among my faves from the 80s; i remember first hearing it on poorly recorded cassette on a portable ghetto blaster at the back of the school bus in high school, and just loving it.

I think they did have a bit of following, at least in the late 80s and 1987's 'Show Me' stands out as their best, imo, but I didn't realize they were still putting out stuff in the late 90s, early 00s. Indeed, a glance at allmusic shows that they've put out 4 records this decade. Egads! Will have to get reacquainted with a few of these. Thanks for adding this vid.

Unrelated to the best of the 00s but related to recent discussions about the decline of the album, rise of the single, it seems that the record labels are hoping to re-energize the format via new technology. I like the idea of an interactive album...certainly would make for a more enjoyable cd club sharing session than printouts/ipod route we've adopted in the last few years (about which I'm not complaining...think i may have advocated it in the first place....just that having liner notes to peruse while listening to the music is a bit of a lost pleasure). Thoughts?