#435 Talking Heads – Fear of Music

The Talking Heads are back again. If you are going to have them more than twice, then you should have The Police, The Cars and Blondie even more. This book 1001 Albums… is a bit crappy. Fear of Music is the third album from the Heads. I am not a fan of the first song […]

#434 The Fall – Live at the Witch Trials

The Fall is one of those bands that I think I have heard of, but I have never actually heard their music. Live at the Witch Trials is their debut album. They were never a major hit band, but had a cult following and release almost one album a year since 1979. On my first listen […]

#433 The Police – Reggatta De Blanc

The Police were a short-lived, but highly influential band. They were together from 1977 to 1984. Reggatta De Blanc was their second album. I was a huge Police fan, but I was never fortunate enough to see them on tour. I did see Sting a couple times. I prefer the band over the solo artist. He […]

#432 Holger Czukay – Movies

Holger Czukay‘s Movies is his second album. He was known for being one of the co-founders of the German Krautrock band Can. This is one of the weirdest albums on the list. It is not one that I would listen to again. It is a bunch of randomness mixed with crappy African rhythms. This is […]

#431 The B-52’s – The B-52’s

The B-52’s were the strangest band for me. There was nothing like them at the time. They sounded like the 50s and 60s pop kitsch and late 70s and 80s new wave was tossed into a salad bowl, mixed and served at a weird drug-induced house party. Their self-titled album was released in 1979 and is considered […]

#430 Germs – (GI)

The Germs‘ one and only album (GI) is one that was unknown to me. I was surprised to learn that Joan Jett had produced and mixed the album. In a couple years she would become famous with the Blackhearts for their song “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” and many others. I think the reason the Germs […]

#429 The Crusaders – Street Life

I thought jazz was over in the list of 1001 Albums…, but I was wrong. The Crusaders‘ Street Life made the list, but I have never heard of them at all. I wonder if anyone has heard of them. I looked at their bio for this album and it seems that they have been used […]

#428 Sister Sledge – We Are Family

Sister Sledge‘s We Are Family has the iconic song, but I have never heard any of their albums. Disco died in the summer of ’79, but fortunately this album came out in the beginning of that year. Actually the word disco may have died, but the music morphed and continued on as dance music and […]

#427 AC/DC – Highway to Hell

AC/DC‘s Highway to Hell is one of the albums I have heard of, but I am not sure if I have heard the whole album. I had friends in the 80s who like them so it is possible. They stayed in a hotel I worked at a long time ago. Vocalist Brian Johnson came into the […]

#426 Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees is a band I knew of from the 80s, but I had no idea they were formed in the 70s. It is funny that we think of a band coming into existence when we first hear them, but most bands had to put in a lot of hard work to become […]