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

Redd Kross: Researching the Blues - masterful powerpop
Ministry: The Land of Rape & Honey - industrial metal
Poison: Flesh & Blood - unexpected growth
Mike + The Mechanics: The Living Years - mostly fluff
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pin Points & Gin Joints - suprisingly upbeat
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - early gems
Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living - repetitive shoegaze
KIX: Cool Kids - expanded sound
Mercury Rev: Strange Attractor – lesser Rev
Parliament: Gloryhallastoopid - songs suffered
Monster Magnet: Mastermind - mighty metal
Mr. Big: Actual Size - lacking originality
Ours: Precious - familiar territory
Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff - grungy goodness
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II - successful follow-up
Steelheart: Wait - mellow affair
Bloc Party: Four - excitingly diverse
The Posies: At Least at Last - serious undertaking
Jon Chinn and the 1803: The Tiniest Light (Sampler) – want more
Robert Pollard: Moses on a Snail - few clunkers
Stereolab: Peng! - lacks depth
XTC: Drums & Wires - brainy pop