#394 The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols‘ Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols is one of the albums I bought when I started buying albums in the 80s. For some reason I have not heard it in years. It will be like listening to it the first time. This is the album that sparked the rage in […]

#393 Ian Dury – New Boots and Panties!!

Ian Dury‘s first solo album New Boots and Panties!! was released in 1977. His album is considered to be profane and has an explicit marks on it even on Spotify. His music ranges from punk to disco. I do not think I like this album. It is a bit strange, perhaps too English for me. I […]

#392 Iggy Pop – Lust For Life

I just realized that Iggy Pop has two albums in 1977. I have already reviewed The Idiot a few post back. Lust For Life has been called more of an Iggy Pop album than The Idiot, which had more of David Bowie’s influence. Did I mention that I met Pop once in a hotel? I […]

#391 Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello is one of those artists that I have heard of, but I heard one song and I was not interested in hearing more. I have never heard his debut album My Aim Is True. I think I heard of him on MTV, but I do not know which song. He looks like a […]

#390 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell

Meat Loaf‘s Bat Out of Hell is an album I knew of because I heard his songs on MTV. His operatic vocals were also known to me because of his role of Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I have never listened to the whole album until today. It is so strange how I missed out on […]

#389 Television – Marquee Moon

Television’s Marquee Moon is one of the forerunners in the post-punk movement. They recorded two albums, but sales were dismal so they disbanded in 1978. Post-punk had a revival in the early 2000s with band such as the Strokes, the Killers, and Franz Ferdinand. Tom Verlaine and band has inspired many, but they never made […]

#388 Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 1

Peter Gabriel 1 is the title often given to Peter Gabriel‘s first album because he titled the first four albums Peter Gabriel. Gabriel thought the album was over produced and I agree with him. His vocals are hard to hear at times because the music is overpowering it. This was his first album after leaving Genesis. […]

#387 Iggy Pop – The Idiot

Iggy Pop‘s The Idiot was made with David Bowie just before they started on Bowie’s Low. The is Pop’s first solo album. There is one song on this album that became famous in the 80s because Bowie remade it for his album. This is not a typical Pop album, it is more of a Bowie […]

#386 Suicide – Suicide

Suicide‘s debut album has inspired many others, such as Bruce Springsteen, but they are virtually unknown, at least to most people. I was too young to have discovered them on my own. When I was kid I had to rely on the radio for my music, which was mostly pop. Eventually, I would discover college […]

#385 Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson‘s Pacific Ocean Blue came out and went mostly unnoticed until later it developed a cult status. This is probably due to the fact that he died a few years later. He was the only Beach Boy who was a real surfer. He was briefly an acquaintance of Charles Manson who was a songwriter […]