Author: anoceanroars

…and i hate writing about myself. It feels awkward. Or i am a bit awkward and rather not write about it. i have not got a clue where to begin or end… …at this very moment i am a recent graduate of Colorado State University. i live in Longmont, Colorado, which i next to Boulder. Boulder is where all hipsters live. See, this crap is rather boring. i moved here from Budapest, Hungary four years ago, well, actually that is sort of a lie. i was living in Lyon, France one year before i moved to Colorado and before that Hungary. i like to travel or move. i keep moving… i have many interest besides moving: writing, watching, taking, listening and reading (stories, films, photographs, music and books).

#554 Big Black – Atomizer

Big Black was a band in the 80s founded by Steve Albini. He is known as a record producer for many bands, especially Nirvana‘s In Utero album. Atomizer is the bands debut album of noise rock and punk music. Their use of the drum machine foreshadowed the industrial rock music scene. Songs that I liked were […]

#553 The Mekons – Fear and Whiskey

The Mekons or Mekons, as it is sometimes written on their albums and Spotify, are an English band. Fear and Whiskey is their fourth album. The album is a mixture of country music and punk rock, making it the first alternative country album. This sounds like something I would love to hate. The songs that […]

#552 Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout is one of those bands that I have heard of, but I have never heard their music. Steve McQueen is their second album of sophisti-pop. In the U.S.A., the album was titled Two Wheels Good. Thomas Dolby produced and played some instruments on the album. After listening to the first two songs “Faron Young” […]

#551 Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms

Brothers In Arms is Dire Straits second entry in the list. This album was my introduction to the band. I remember having a friend named Jeff at this time. We worked together. He was a big fan. I really hated this album before. Maybe times have changed. Nope. “So Far Away” reminds me why I […]

#550 Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair

Tears for Fears‘ Songs from the Big Chair was definitely the best album of 1985 and one fo the best ever. It deserves a place on the list of 1001 Album… What is surprising is it is missing the band’s 1983 album The Hurting. The albums title comes from the 1976 film Sybil. Sally Field […]

#549 a-ha – Hunting High And Low

a-ha was the biggest export from Norway until web series Skam came out in 2015. Hunting High And Low put a-ha on top of the world, but it ended as quickly as it begun. Well, actually it only ended in the U.S.A. They were not able to duplicate their success in the States. In reality, they have charted […]

#548 Abdullah Ibrahim – Water From An Ancient Well

Water From An Ancient Well is a jazz album from South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim. I am not excited to hear another jazz album. I grew up with jazz all around me. I have always preferred it live over recorded. As the first song started I was not impressed. It sounded like what […]

#547 The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall‘s second album of three on the list is This Nation’s Saving Grace. I think once was enough, but the guy who wrote this book is English so he put a lot of weird choices in the book. He obviously put his personal favourites. In m opinion, when you record almost an album a year, […]

#546 Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen makes his fourth appearance out of five on the list. Everyone who knows music knows which album he released in 1984. I did not know his music until this point in history. I grew to like him from this point and forward. It was a gradual appreciation. Born in the U.S.A. is Springsteen’s most commercially […]

#545 Youssou N’Dour – Immigrés

I have never heard of Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour before today. I have admitted before that I do not like Afrikan music before. Something about it sounds so primitive when they clap and ply the drums. Okay, that is my imagination of what it sounds like. Immigrés is his debut album, which he recorded in France. I […]