#173 Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence – Oar

Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence is one of those artist I have never heard of before today. Yet, he had a great career in the music business prior to his single solo effort Oar. He played the drums on the first Jefferson Airplane album, the guitarist in Quicksilver Messenger Service, and he was the co-founder of Moby […]

#172 The Stooges

The Stooges exploded on the scene in 1969 with their landmark proto-punk album The Stooges. Lead singer Iggy Stooge aka Iggy Pop would become known for his unpredictable stage antics. He is the “Godfather of Punk“. I do think I even need to review this album. If you like punk, then you should have listened to […]

#171 Scott Walker

Scott Walker is back again. And with another album that is numbered. Walker originally released Scott 4 under his real name Noel Scott Engel. It failed to chart so it was deleted. Some critics believe this is his best work. I hope it is better than Scott 2. Baroque singing style is unique and requires one to love […]

#170 Leonard Cohen – Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen‘s Songs From A Room is his second album on this list. I was not impressed with his previous one and I have doubts about this one too. The problem with Cohen is that he cannot sing. Some may say that Bob Dylan cannot sing either, but I disagree. Dylan can carry a tune, […]

#169 King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King (An Observation by King Crimson)

I have never heard of King Crimson or if I did they did not make an impression on me. More than likely I have not heard of them because they were not around long and they were a progressive rock band. They became a band in 1968 and split up in 1974. There were many reunions […]

#168 The Kinks – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) is The Kinks return to the list. I did not think they would appear again after their last album’s failure to chart. Frontman Ray Davies created a concept soundtrack album for a British play, but it was cancelled before it was produced. This album was another […]

#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. […]