#384 Fleetwood Mac – Rumours

Fleetwood Mac taught Americans how to spell Rumours. They taught us that sometimes people survive the drugs and make extraordinary art in the process. No, do not believe you are in the small percentage that can do drugs and survive. So many of the bands I have read about have had members die from drugs, some young and some of […]

#383 Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77

Talking Heads’ Talking Heads: 77 is not one of their albums that I have heard of. I know one song off of it, but only vaguely. I remember the first time I saw one of their videos I thought “Who is this?”. They were different than the other bands on MTV. This album is just […]

#382 John Martyn – One World

John Martyn’s One World is not something I have heard of and I have little interest in it because it is folk rock, folk jazz and reggae rock. Weird combination. I will be opened-minded and listen to it. Oh no, there is singing on this album. His voice is terrible. What is most hilarious is that Mojo […]

#381 Wire – Pink Flag

Wire is another English punk band to ride the first wave of punk rock. Unfortunately their debut album Pink Flag did not make them famous in the USA. This is real punk. These guys did not care if the song was a little more than a minute or less than a minute. They were an […]

#380 Steely Dan – Aja

Steely Dan has already been represented in this list. I am surprised they have another album Aja in the list of album we must hear. I think they editors of the book must love them. They are just okay with me. A bit vanilla at times even though it is jazz rock. I think all […]

#378 & #379 David Bowie – Low & Heroes

David Bowie released two of his so-called “Berlin Trilogy” albums, Low & Heroes in 1977. Low was actually recorded mostly in France with musician Brian Eno and producer Tony Visconti. It was a move toward more electronic music than anything previously from Bowie and would continue through the next two albums. One thing missing from […]

#377 The Clash – The Clash

The Clash debut album was self-titled. It was not released in the USA until 1979, but it was released in England in 1977. Listening to these songs today, it is hard to believe they were once considered controversial. Most of the songs were written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, the punk version of McCartney […]

#376 The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers is a band I have never heard of even though they have been consistently making music since the 70s. Rattus Norvegicus is their debut album. We have reached the era of punk rock, but The Stranglers did not make it in the USA as their contemporaries had. It might have had to do […]

#375 Muddy Waters – Hard Again

Muddy Waters’ Hard Again came out in his mid-60s. It is a live album so I probably will hate it. I did like one live album on the list so anything is possible. He has had one album on the list, it was in 1960 and it was live. I did not really like it. After listening […]

#374 Weather Report – Heavy Weather

Weather Report‘s Heavy Weather is not an album I have heard of, but somewhere along my travels I had heard the name Weather Report. Jazz fusion is not usually my cup of coffee, but I will give it a listen. I was right about not liking this album. It is too busy. I like my jazz […]