This Week In Music: 11/5-11/11

This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:

FireHouse: Prime Time – heavier riffage
Cabaret Voltaire: Hai! – more disjointed
Mike + The Mechanics: Rewired – electronic indulgence
Tindersticks: Simple Pleasure – bare bones
Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In – party rock
Rush: Moving Pictures – classic riffs
Soul Asylum: While You Were Out – ragged punk
Stereolab: Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements – noisy atmosphere
Queensrÿche: Rage For Order – intelligent metal
Pete Townshend: Scoop – demo indulgence
Winger: IV – political overkill
White Lion: Pride – essential listening
Warrant: Ultraphobic – grunge pandering
Vixen: Tangerine – trend following
Juliana Hatfield: Only Anything – classic alternative
L.A. Guns: Tales From The Strip – Tracii-less triumph
Grandaddy: Sumday – sharp pop
Brian Eno: Flux – rhythmic minimalism
Funkadelic: Stranding On The Verge of Getting It On – smooth grooves