Jun 17 2021
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
1978. 6 songs, most over 5 minutes. It's a very even and smooth album. Obviously a bit groundbreaking and influential for the time. The Model has lyrics.
I consider this to be an essential album, but not sure how often I would put this on.
5
Jun 18 2021
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Bought this at age 13 when it came out. Gets compared to Nebraska or The River all the time as they were contemporaries but this is not those albums. This is "mainstream" Bruce reaching out to his widest audience ever and nailing it. "Bobby Jean" is a lamentation of a girl he used to know that still hits that yearning feeling all these years later. A favorite.
5
Jun 21 2021
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Great album. Features "Golden Age" which is covered regularly by Phish.
4
Jun 22 2021
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
3
Jun 23 2021
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
I never considered these guys southern rock though they clearly play southern rock. Just, decades after the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Jason Isbell was in DBT for a few years but was not on this particular record
Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley are the primary DBT guys. Patterson's father is David Hood who was the bass player in the famous Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section who played on countless albums recorded there in the 60s to the 80s. Also known as The Swampers. Here's a great playlist of songs the Swampers played on https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3fJ30XwyRO5kPAvvKzgkWT?si=0b1f4e56766a46cb
4
Jun 24 2021
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
Great African music from the early 90s. My naive comparison would be the Paul Simon's Graceland but without Paul Simon.
4
Jun 25 2021
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Stankonia
OutKast
Killer Mike!
5
Jun 28 2021
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
1959's Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
from Marty Robbins, a seminal C&W album with a one foot firmly in the Western half as it bridges the decades into the 1960's. These are like mini Western movie stories, with all the tropes, heroes, fair damsels in distress, love lost and gained, and guns a'blazin. If you're like me and spent a fair amount of time listening to the Grateful Dead, then you know the song El Paso, which the band performed nearly 400 times in their long touring career.
5
Jun 29 2021
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
The King of the Blues and the most important Blues album of all time. I can't quantify that and the Blues had been around for decades at this point, but to breathe a heavy gust back into the genre in 1977 can not be understated.
5
Jun 30 2021
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Follow The Leader
Korn
1
Jul 01 2021
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Such a great album. Saw this band in 1994 at Lollapalooza in Toronto. Quite the antidote to the grunge crap that was everywhere in 1994.
5
Jul 02 2021
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
4
Jul 05 2021
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
It's Motorhead at their finest.
4
Jul 06 2021
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
5
Jul 08 2021
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
This felt "milder" than The Man-Machine album that came up from Kraftwerk already. Maybe more song/melody oriented? Fairly laid back.
4
Jul 09 2021
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
5
Jul 12 2021
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
4
Jul 13 2021
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
4