#112 Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes first album is Os Mutantes which means “The Mutants” in Portuguese. I thought Brazil only had football, bad Samba music, beautiful people, and coffee. Oh Christ Redeemer statue is located there too. Can their music be redeemed with psychedelia? Lyrics are important to me. I write or wrote poetry before I moved to […]

#111 Ravi Shankar – The Sounds of India

The Sounds of India from Indian artist Ravi Shankar is not something I would ever want to listen to before I die. I am not really a fan of the sitar unless it is in a pop song and it is hidden beneath drums and a loud bass. From the beginning of the album I […]

#110 The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks are back again so soon! The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was a huge flop when it was released. I have noticed that albums ahead of their time flop often during their initial release, but are reevaluated later for their genius. I wonder if this is one of those albums. I […]

#109 The Incredible String Band – The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band is another band I have never heard of before toady. The title of the album The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter is interesting enough to make one notice it. I will keep this extremely short. It is Scottish psychedelic folk music. I hated it. It reminds me of the band that jumped into […]

#108 Traffic

Traffic is not a band I have heard, but its original members all had successful careers in music. After listening to the album I can see why they were not that successful as a band. I was erroneously listening to their first album, when I realised it I switched over to the self-titled album. I […]

#107 The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet

Beggars Banquet was the album everyone was waiting for from The Rolling Stones. They had returned to their roots and stopped following the psychedelia trend. It was their last full album with Brian Jones. He was too unreliable at this point and would join the “27 Club” in the following year. Another bright star burned […]

#106 Aretha Franklin – Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is way too long of a title. Aretha Franklin really likes to drag things out. Her tenth album is when she demands respect, but will she get it? I have never liked her version of “Respect“. I think I hate when she spells it. Is she […]

#105 Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold as Love

Axis: Bold as Love was the band’s second album in 1967. Time were different and band produced an album or two a year. Today, the artist usually wait about three years between albums. Some artists like Prince did not like to wait that long and he was extremely prolific. I have never heard this album […]

#104 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat

White Light/White Heat is The Velvet Underground‘s second entry in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Things have changed since their debut album. They dropped Nico and Andy Warhol. This will be their last album with bassist John Cale. He and Lou Reed were not in agreement on the direction of the […]

#103 Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra, and Shivkumar Sharma – Call of the Valley

Indian music made the list. That is interesting. I wonder if music from other countries will be represented. We have had some music from France, South America, and England, but I would like some from other European countries and maybe from other Asian countries. Call of the Valley is the first album containing Hindustani classical […]