#525 Echo & The Bunnymen – Porcupine

Echo & The Bunnymen have made it again on the list with Porcupine their third album. I hope this is one of their better albums. I was only mildly interested in them, especially their song “Bring on the Dancing Horses”. It was my favourite from them. I was not really into this album. It seems […]

#524 Paul Simon – Hearts and Bones

Paul Simon again? He seems overrated to me. Hearts and Bones is his sixth solo album. I guess somebody thinks he should be overly represented on the list of 1001 Albums… The first song “Allergies” was quite ridiculous. I wondered how did anyone think this was good. I often wonder when I listen to a great […]

#523 Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual

I knew Cyndi Lauper‘s debut album She’s So Unusual had to be on the list. I am surprised that Madonna’s debut album is not because it was something new at the time. I remember both albums coming out in 1983 and I thought Lauper would be around a lot longer, although I was a huge fan […]

#522 Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band and Back to Mystery City was their fourth album. This album is not on Spotify so I had to search for it on YouTube. I do not have confidence that I will like this because Axl Rose does. Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe has a connection to this band. […]

#521 The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile is a band that sounds familiar in name, but I could not name one song so it is possible that I have never heard their music. Their debut album A Walk Across The Rooftops was released in 1984 according to everything, except for the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. […]

#520 Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits has already been on the list two times so I really do not have much to say. I have never heard of his album Swordfishtrombones. I wonder if he will be good in the experimental rock genre. I accidentally listened to Waits’ album with Crystal Gayle One From the Heart. It is a […]

#519 The The – Soul Mining

Soul Mining from synth-pop/post-punk band The The is definitely something I have heard a lot. The only thing I wish I could change about them is their name. It is a bit weird. It is my least favourite English word. It sounds like baby or a moron talking: da da. I remember when I first […]

#518 R.E.M. – Murmur

R.E.M. is definitely a band I have heard of and listened to a lot. I was a big fan. Unfortunately, I never saw them in concert and since they disbanded I never will. I do not like seeing bands where the members are too old to sing anyway. If you are a singer and your voice has faded […]

#517 Def Leppard – Pyromania

Def Leppard is one rock band that I was a huge fan of in the 80s. It was a minor infatuation with their second album High ‘n’ Dry and it grew with the release of their third album Pyromania. This album had three hit songs for me: “Photograph“, “Foolin’“, and “Rock of Ages“. I can […]

#516 Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren is someone I have heard of from the 80s. I cannot name a song, but I am sure it will be on Duck Rock. I remember who, vaguely, played one of his songs for me. It was someone that I met in my neighbourhood. Definitely not someone important to my life. McLaren was […]