#405 Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star’s third album took a long time to be released. Third/Sister Lovers was the official title given to it after it spent years in production hell. It has become a cult classic. Band member Chris Bell died at the age of 27. He is in the “27 Club”. I could relate to his story […]

#404 The Adverts – Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts

Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts is the first album from English punk band The Adverts. They had one of the first female punk icons Gaye Advert. I think they had it correct when they wrote a song called “One Chord Wonders“. The music in the first two songs sounds almost exactly the same to me. The […]

#403 Joe Ely – Honky Tonk Masquerade

Honky Tonk Masquerade from country artist Joe Ely is not something I have heard of or something that I want to hear, but I will give it a go. I hate country music. How did this album make the list of 1001 albums? Is this really one of the best from country music. This was […]

#402 The Jam – All Mod Cons

The Jam is a band that I have heard of, but I have not heard their music. I know of their singer-songwriter Paul Weller from 80s band The Style Council. I have never heard their album All Mod Cons. The summation of The Jam from Weller is correct. “The Jam are The Jam and they play Jam […]

#401 Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model

This Year’s Model is the first album of Elvis Costello to have the band The Attractions. I do not expect this to be much different than his previous album. His voice is the same on all the songs. I was correct that this is similar to his previous album. The songs to check out are […]

#400 The Only Ones – The Only Ones

The Only Ones were an English band that released three albums and broke up. They are labeled as punk and power pop. Their debut album The Only Ones received a lot of attention from critics. I have never heard of them. This is one of those albums that I cannot decide how I feel about […]

#399 Elis Regina – Vento De Maio

Elis Regina is not someone I have ever heard of, probably due to the fact she is Brazilian and died at the age of 36 of cocaine, alcohol, and temazepam interaction. I think the main reason I have not heard of her is she was Brazilian and her album Vento De Maio was released in 1978. […]

#398 Blondie – Parallel Lines

Blondie‘s Parallel Lines does not need an introduction to me. This is one of my favourite albums that I owned in the 80s. It was released in 1978, but it really exploded in the USA in 1979 when “Heart of Glass” was released. It starts with the phone ringing in “Hanging on the Telephone” and […]

#397 Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine

Kraftwerk‘s The Man-Machine is something I have heard of and listened to at some point. They were on MTV in the 80s so I listened to them and thought they were great, but I never bought their music. They were definitely ahead of their time and this album charted again in the 80s after the creation […]

#395 & #396 Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance & Dub Housing

The Modern Dance from the band Pere Ubu is their debut album. They are an unknown band to me. They have been together since 1975, expect for a short break in the 80s. This album is not on Spotify, but I found it on YouTube. Art punk, post-punk, and experimental rock are not necessarily the […]