#607 Michael Jackson – Bad

Michael Jackson‘s Bad was released in 1987. The album produced a record-breaking five number ones. I was a huge fan of Michael’s since I was a kid, but by the time this album came out I kind of moved on. I still listened to him, but I do not think I actually owned a copy […]

#606 The Triffids – Calenture

The Triffids are an Australian alternative folk rock band. At least I think that is the best way to describe this band. Calenture is their fourth album. The lead singer and wordsmith David McComb died in 1999 due to heroin toxicity and mild acute rejection of his 1996 heart transplant”. I have never heard of this […]

#605 Sonic Youth – Sister

Sonic Youth has five albums on this list. That is overkill. Yes, I gave the previous album 9/10, but it is still too much. No group really deserves that many albums on the list. There are so many other groups and artists that need a little love. Sister is their fourth album. The genre is noise […]

#604 Napalm Death – Scum

Napalm Death is not a band I would ever listen to if I did not have to complete this challenge of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Scum is their debut album of grindcore music. They are considered the biggest influence on the grindcore genre. The best thing I can say about this album […]

#603 Laibach – Opus Dei

Laibach is a band I have heard of and possibly heard their music. Opus Dei is their third studio album. The band formed in the former Yugoslavia in a small mining town. According to Wikipedia, the band’s status changed is 1991, “Laibach’s status in the country has turned from rejection to promotion into a national cultural icon, […]

#602 Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo became known to American audiences after playing on Paul Simon’s Graceland album. If you remember my review for it, then you know I hate Afrikan music. Shaka Zulu was a re-recording of their previous hit songs. One weird bit is the name suggest it is a woman, but in fact, it is a South African […]

#601 The Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands

Darklands is the second album on the list from The Jesus & Mary Chain, and their second release. This was their first album without drummer Bobby Gillespie. He left to become the frontman of the British rock band Primal Scream. I am certain that I missed this album when it was released. I think it is […]

#600 Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction

I never thought anything could be worse than Joan Baez, but then again, I did not know that Guns N’ Roses would be on the list. I remember when they released their debut album Appetite for Destruction in 1987. I remember all my new friends jumped on the bandwagon. They could not believe that I did not love the song […]

#599 The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths’ Strangeways, Here We Come was the last album Morrissey and Johnny Marr worked on together. The Smiths came to an end by the time the album was released. Both artists considered this album as the best Smiths album. Recently Morrissey has spouted far right politics and his sales have taken a dive for it. […]

#598 Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton – The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton released their jazzy tango album The New Tango in 1987. Burton is a jazz vibraphonist and composer. Piazzolla was a tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. This album was recorded at their concert for the Montreux Festival of 1986. The music is very relaxing on the overly long first song “Milonga is […]