#167 Grateful Dead – Live/Dead

First off, I must admit that I am baffled how the Grateful Dead were able to get their music uploaded to Spotify. Perhaps those hippies hired a nerd to do it for them. I had never seen so much live music recorded from the same years. It seems that someone in that group was able […]

#166 Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul

Hot Buttered Soul is Isaac Hayes second album. He was never going to record another album after the failure of his first album, but he was convinced to do make this one. This is a landmark album in soul music. This will probably be a short review since Hayes’ album is extremely short. I noticed it is a […]

#165 The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods are another folk band. This is one way to see trends in music. At one point there was a lot of jazz on the list of 1001 Albums… that i reviewed and now there seems to be more folk music. The Youngbloods’ Elephant Mountain album mixes folk with psychedelic music. They had one hit […]

#163/#164 Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking & Liege & Lief

Unhalfbricking is the third album from Fairport Convention a British folk rock band. I am not the biggest fan of folk music, but i have come to appreciate some of it. Unfortunately, I hate Sandy Denny’s vocals. It is too much like Joan Baez’s voice. My head was hurting as I listened to her singing. […]

#162 Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Transit Authority self-titled debut album was an explosion of rock and jazz. The group would continue to grow throughout its career and finally peak in the 80s because of changing musical trends and losing its iconic singer Peter Cetera to a solo career. The band changed its name shortly after this to Chicago and […]

#161 Tim Buckley – Happy Sad

Tim Buckley is back with this third album Happy Sad. This album is more experimental than his previous albums. As with Bob Dylan, Buckley suffered a bit because of his changes in musical direction. He lost some of his folk fans. Those people are so prejudice. Darn hippies are supposed to be accepting of others. Isn’t […]

160 Sly and the Family Stone – Stand!

Sly and the Family Stone‘s Stand! is highly rated. I am not so sure it deserves it. Some of the songs rely on repetition of lyrics, especially provocative lyrics. Provocative is great, but it needs a leg to stand on to move the audience into a lasting movement. The album does not begin until the […]

#159 The Temptations – Cloud Nine

The Temptations was one of those groups that I heard my mother listen to when I was a child. I am not sure which album, but it was not Cloud Nine. I think it was the albums before this one when they had David Ruffin as the lead singer. This is different than the 60s […]

#158 MC5 – Kick Out the Jams

Kick Out the Jams was the live debut album from proto-punk band MC5. I will not waste your time on this one. If you want to listen to an early punk-type band, then check it out. I did not like it because it was too raw for me. I like my punk a bit more […]

#157 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II

In 1969, Led Zeppelin gave us a debut album and Led Zeppelin II. Isn’t that weird that today it takes years to get another album from all artist and in the 60s and 70s they were so prolific. Will this album be any good, since it was in the same year? Or will it be like […]