1001 Albums #50

Bringing It All Back Home is the fifth studio album from Bob Dylan. I cannot tell you how excited I was when I saw another album of his on the list. I was surprised that the book and other critics skipped his two albums from 1964 The Times They Are a-Changin’ and Another Side of Bob Dylan. It seems they were not well loved. I will skip them for now, but return to them at a later date. Dylan fans were not happy […]

1001 Albums #49

The Sonics‘ !!!Here Are The Sonics!!! is the original grunge and punk band album of the 60s. I have never heard of them, but many punk bands and grunge bands named them as an influence. Kurt Cobain was influenced by them. Both bands are from the Washington state. The difference is one band hit it big […]

1001 Albums #48

Live at the Star Club, Hamburg from Jerry Lee Lewis is what you expect of him. He is a Rock and Roller. Yes, he is still alive. I have heard of him, but I thought he died 100 years ago. I guess all the wives and rock life has petrified him like Keith Richards. What […]

1001 Albums #47

I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail by Buck Owens is not something you could pay me to listen to, but since I am challenging myself with 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die I listened to it. I think I have a new album to hate. I might put it close to Joan […]

1001 Albums #46

The Rolling Stones cleverly titled their first album The Rolling Stones. They have been together since 1962. Almost all of the original members are still alive and touring. The Beatles were framed in history as the good guys in white and the Rolling Stones were the bad guys in black. I think that should only go for the music, but not […]

1001 Albums #45

A Girl Called Dusty from the English singer Dusty Springfield has been missing from my life. Springfield is the 60s Adele. If you do not know who Adele is, then I cannot help you. She is a white girl with soul. She sings from her heart and commands you to feel the pain in the […]

1001 Albums #44

Solomon Burke‘s Rock ‘n Soul was the album that put him in the books as one of the greats and as one of the founding fathers of soul. He has been called the “the greatest male soul singer of all time.” It has also been written that he is the “most unfairly overlooked singer.” I […]

1001 Albums #43

Jacques Brel. Enregistrement Public à l’Olympia 1964. Enough said. Okay, maybe a bit more for those who do not know of him. He was from Belgium. He died in 1978 at the young age of 49, but he knew he was dying since 1973. If Edith Piaf was the queen of chanson, then Brel was the […]

1001 Albums #42

In my perfect world, The Beatles would not be have another album in the 1001 Albums… listing that I am going through. But I have never lived in a decent world. A Hard Day’s Night is the third album of the band formed in Liverpool, England in 1960. Good news! I have found one song called […]

1001 Albums #41

Getz/Gilberto from American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto is Bossa Nova Jazz from 1964. It is another collaboration from Stan Getz in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. If you read my review of Getz last album, then you know I hated it. I gave it a 2/10. It […]