#589 Def Leppard – Hysteria

Def Leppard was one of my favourite bands of the 80s. In 1987 they released Hysteria, one of the best albums of the 80s. This album had so many hits singles that I lost count of them. This is the product of a great band, hard work and the talented producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange. The […]

#588 Trio – Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt

Trio was a country album from three artist Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. I have heard and really like Ronstadt and Parton. I only know who Harris is because she has an album on this list. My mother listened to to Ronstadt when I was little and I liked her songs. I am […]

#587 Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr. is band that I more than likely heard from Eric who was my best friend in the early 90s. I cannot be sure which album he would have played for me to hear, but it probably was not 1987’s You’re Living All Over Me. I have a feeling it was Green Mind and […]

#586 Anthrax – Among the Living

Anthrax is the last of the influential thrash metal bands from the 80s. Yippee!! I mentioned in a previous blog post that there were four of those bands and one more was on the way. Among the Living is Anthrax’s third album. I will keep this one short since it has been a long day. I […]

#585 Peter Gabriel – So

Peter Gabriel‘s So is an album I have heard of, but I only know the couple of hit songs from it. This is Gabriel’s third and final album on the list. I thought his other ones were good, but not great. I think I like the songs on this album better than when I heard […]

#584 The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths return with their third studio album The Queen Is Dead. I had this album on CD when I first started buying them. I know I will love it. I had trouble getting through this album because I was already dealing with a deep depression. It is one of those where I am not […]

#583 Anita Baker – Rapture

Anita Baker made the list. I was a bit surprised. Diana Ross is not on it. Patti LaBelle is not on the list. I remember listening to Baker’s album Rapture in 1987, a year after its release, because I had a new job in a restaurant and I was a bar back. The bartender had […]

#582 Bad Brains – I Against I

Bad Brains is a band I have definitely never heard. I Against I is their third album of hardcore punk music. A piece of interesting trivia is that their second album was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. He died this past weekend at the time I am writing this post and not the time […]

#581 Steve Earle – Guitar Town

Steve Earle sounds like he would sing country music. That is my first thought. I hate country is my second one. And I would be correct. His debut album Guitar Town is even listed on the 500 greatest albums of all time in Rolling Stone magazine. I am not convinced it will be good. Did I […]

#580 XTC – Skylarking

I have been a fan of XTC for a long time, mostly due to my best friend at the time who introduced them to me in the beginning of the 90s. I had heard them before that, but they became a bigger part of my life. The band had released NONSVCH. in 1992. It became one […]