The Best of Marshall Crenshaw: This Is Easy by Marshall Crenshaw

Pros: Great songs from an under appreciated artist
Cons: a few good, but not-so-memorable songs thrown into the mix

The face that stares back at you from the cover of This Is Easy!, the greatest hits collection from Marhsall Crenshaw, is reminiscent of both Buddy Holly and Elvis Costello. The music contained on this disk does nothing to diminish that initial...

Pros: Exhilarating ear candy
Cons: Bah. Don't even think about it.

The fact that pop magician Marshall Crenshaw is at best a cult figure is proof positive of the decline of the West (no apologies to that flatulent fool Oswald Spengler). Or that there is no justice attainable on God's gray earth*. Not when one sees an ...

Pros: Great overview of the career of an under appreciated artist
Cons: Crenshaw was more interested in writing albums than singles

One of the oddest figures in rock n' roll is Marshall Crenshaw. Why? It's absolutely amazing that the man's work hasn't been more widely appreciated. His songs are infinitely accessible, the man's albums are enjoyable and Crenshaw's knowledge of rock n' ...

Pros: Incredibly catchy three-minute pop gems abound.
Cons: Suffers a little after the first ten tracks...

I like the library. Not only because it's manna from heaven if you're a bookworm like me, but most libraries these days tend to have terrific multimedia sections. Well, if you live in Rochester they do - the countywide library system allows a user to ...

Pros: Some of the best pop songs ever written, major influence on popular artists
Cons: The fact that more people haven't heard it

It's hard to understand exactly why Marshall Crenshaw is not one of the biggest names in the history of pop music. During his life, he has portrayed John Lennon in the road show Beatlemania as well as Buddy Holly in the film La Bamba. When ...