#246 Neil Young – Harvest

Neil Young‘s Harvest is his third on the list of 1001 Albums… and he has about four more to come in the future. Is that overkill? I am not sure yet. Maybe after I listen to it I can say it is overkill or maybe I will want more. I am happy that I have […]

#245 Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill

Can’t Buy A Thrill has at least one Steely Dan song I have heard. I do not know much about their music. It does have a different sound than anything previously on the list. That seems to be the challenge in listening to 1001 Albums… you must be able to identify when an album is […]

#244 Black Sabbath – Vol. 4

I think this is Black Sabbath‘s third album in the list of 1001 Albums… Vol. 4 seems different than the previous albums to me. It is self produced and feels like it has some softer songs. Is this the beginning of heavy metal bands doing a love ballad or a power ballad? It starts heavy […]

#243 Big Star – #1 Record

Big Star is a band that I have never heard of at all. Their album #1 Record is their debut album of power pop music. Hopefully, it will be enjoyable. It is hard to write about a band that I have never even heard of. “The Ballad of El Goodo” is a soothing sounding song. […]

#242 Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?

Note from the Editor: Due to circumstances beyond my control this album is out of order. One band has two albums in the list from 1972 so I moved them together and it messed up the order, but only marginally. Todd Rundgren‘s album Something/Anything? is an album I have heard of because of one song, […]

#241 Randy Newman – Sail Away

One person I am not looking forward to hearing is Randy Newman. He ruins every film that his stupid songs are featured in. God, I hate his voice and his lyrics. I will listen to his crappy album Sail Away, but I will hate it. I cannot stand him. He thinks he knows people. His […]

#240 David Bowie – Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory is one of David Bowie‘s earlier albums that I have never heard all the way through. I think I heard the songs from this on Changesonebowie and Changestwobowie. I think my real knowledge of Bowie came from a girl I used to know named Laura. We were sort of boyfriend and girlfriend for a brief time. Laura […]

#239 T. Rex – Electric Warrior

Electric Warrior is the second album from T. Rex. The band changed their sound in 1970 and their name Tyrannosaurus Rex to T. Rex. I have heard a bit from this band. Every time I hear a song from them I think I will actively seek out more, but never do. Now, I have that opportunity. A […]

#238 Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson

Nilsson Schmilsson from American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson has at least one song I know. “Without You” is that song. Yes, the same one Mariah Carey covered and made her own. But. Before Mariah Carey there was Harry Nilsson’s version. Actually before that was the original Badfinger song and the extremely sad history of the songwriters. […]

#237 John Prine – John Prine

I did not know anything about John Prine before listening to this album. He is a country folk singer. He is still alive. That seems to be a miracle and this is his first album. His songs tend to be filled with humour and politics. The first song “Illegal Smile” made me think of Bob […]