#863 Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg & Wilco‘s album Mermaid Avenue is what happens when a British artist and American band combine their talents to produce an album of unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. They took it even further by doing the music in a contemporary folk style. As you can imagine, I didn’t really […]

#862 Manu Chao – Clandestino

Manu Chao debut album Clandestino has little chance of my liking it. I am not a fan of Spanish music. It doesn’t do anything for me. As soon as I heard “Bongo Bong” I recognised the music. It is in English. Then I heard “Je ne t’aime plus” and I realised that I knew the […]

#861 Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert

Whenever I see Bob Dylan‘s name I wonder if I should even listen to it. I can skip listening to it now and score it over a 9 out of 10. It would save time. Of course, I will not skip it. There is a minor probably with Dylan’s album The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: […]

#860 The Dandy Warhols – …The Dandy Warhols Come Down

…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is The Dandy Warhol’s second album of songs to party to. Lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor described the band’s beginning as a group of friends who “needed music to drink to”. I think this is good music for a drink. I do not remember this album. I was a fan in […]

#859 Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Spiritualized seems really familiar to me. I almost think I owned a copy of it. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space was their third album. It has a small connection to the album I posted from The Verve yesterday. Richard Ashcroft secretly married Spiritualized keyboard player Kate Radley shortly after she broke up […]

#858 The Verve – Urban Hymns

The Verve hit is big with their third album Urban Hymns. It is one of the best-selling album in U.K. chart history. One of the most iconic songs “Bitter Sweet Symphony” is on it it. Even I know this album extremely well. If you remember from previous entries I was not listening to much music […]

#857 Elliott Smith – Either/Or

I have heard of Elliott Smith, but I could not place any of his songs. I am sure that I have heard some of them, especially since some were featured in Good Will Hunting. It is strange to read about someone I am about to listen to and I find out they are dead. He […]

#856 Roni Size / Reprazent – New Forms

Drum and Bass group Roni Size / Reprazent debut album New Forms was released in 1997. I did not like the songs with singing on them. I liked “Brown Paper Bag“, but I wish it had been a bit shorter. That is my wish for almost all of the songs. Side One had too many […]

#855 Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind

And the biggest surprise was seeing that Bob Dylan is on the list in the 90s. He actually has two albums in the 90s. The other one will be here shortly. Time Out of Mind is Dylan’s 30th studio album. That is quite an amazing feat to produce an album that was a critical and […]

#854 Supergrass – In It For The Money

I do not have much hope for Supergrass. I thought their debut album was mediocre so I doubt their second album In It For The Money will be any better. I am bored of Britpop now. I am not sure if I like this album or if I hate it. I guess I do not […]