Four Decades, Four Hundred Albums I've been thinking about this list now for quite some time. I compiled the list from top album lists I had compiled going back years. I have listened to all of these albums and own most of them in either record, CD or MP3 format. When this decade is done in 11 months I will update it and rename it Five Decades, Five Hundred Albums. The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street (1972) The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (1986) David Murray: Shakill's Warrior (1991) The Grateful Dead: Live / Dead (1969) Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971) The Clash: London Calling (1980) The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984) Derek & the Dominos: Layla (1970) Bob Dylan/The Band: The Basement Tapes (1975) Al Green: Call Me (1973) Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998) Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (1979) Freedy Johnston: Can You Fly (1992) Bob Dy...
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The Day The Music Died
He was only 22 years old when he stepped onto a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane that was going to take him and his fellow performers, J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens , to Fargo, North Dakota, to play their next gig on the Winter Dance Party Tour of 1959. Despite reports of a snow storm, all believed that the flight would be uneventful. The flight took off at 12:05 A.M., February 3. Several hours later, the wreckage was discovered by the plane’s owner some eight miles from the airport. All on board had perished in the crash, including the 22 year old whose name was Charles Hardin Holley – AKA Buddy Holly. While relatively short in its length – just under two years - the career of Buddy Holly was exceptional. He was among the most gifted and influential singer/songwriters, not only of the 1950s, but of all time. Between March 1957 and August 1958 Holly and his band the Crickets charted seven top 40 hits, including “That’ll Be The Day,” “Maybe Baby,” “Oh Boy,” and “Peggy Sue.” Holl...
Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century Well, the 20th century only if you conclude the first six decades didn't count. From an old list I had compiled about seven years ago. Enjoy! The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones ‘72) "The Indestructible Beat of Soweto" (Shanachie ‘86) The Grateful Dead: Live/Dead (Warner Bros. '69) David Murray Quartet: Shakill’s Warrior (DIW/Columbia ‘91) Joe Cocker: Joe Cocker! (A&M ‘69) Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps (Reprise ‘79) The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol ‘67) The Clash: London Calling (Epic ‘80) Randy Newman: 12 Songs (Reprise ‘70) "Lucinda Williams" (Rough Trade ‘88) Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA (Columbia ‘84) Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (Columbia ‘66) Al Green: Call Me (Hi ‘73) Fugees: The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia ‘96) Derek & The Dominos: Layla (Atco ‘70) Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Columbia ‘71) Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel ...
OK, as promised: 2007’s Top Albums 1. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge) 2. M.I.A.: Kala (Interscope) 3. Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy) 4. The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc) 5. Lil Wayne: Da Drought 3 (Purloined Datadisc) 6. Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather (Virgin) 7. Balkan Beat Box: Nu Med (JDub) 8. Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss) 9. African Pearls 1: Rumba on the River (Syllart) 10. Authenticité: The Sylliphone Years (Stern's Africa) 11. Rilo Kiley: Under the Backlight (Warner Bros.) 12. Wussy: Left for Dead (Shake It) 13. Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rakka (Give and Take) (Nonesuch) 14. Lily Allen: Alright, Still (Capitol) 15. Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (Arts & Crafts) 16. Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Ever Sank (Epic) 17. Bright Eyes: Cassadaga (Saddle Creek) 18. White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner Bros.) 19. Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony/BMG Nashville) 20...
2008’s Top Albums. Yes, I realize I never got around to fininshing 2007's list; I'll get to it some day. For now, call this the first of my very own Dean's Lists (as it were). 1. TV on the Radio: Dear Science (Interscope) 2. Orchestra Baobab: Made in Dakar (Nonesuch) 3. Drive-By Truckers: Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West) 4. Coner Oberst: Coner Oberst (Merge) 5. K’naan: The Dusty Foot Philosopher (iM Culture) 6. Les Amazones de Guinee: Wamato (Stern’s Africa) 7. The Roots: Rising Down (Def Jam) 8. Girl Talk: Feed the Animals (Illegal Art) 9. Robert Forster: The Evangelist (Yep Roc) 10. Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It (Columbia) 11. Randy Newman: Harps and Angels (Nonesuch) 12. Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster… (Arts & Crafts) 13. Hayes Carll: Trouble in Mind (Lost Highway) 14. The Magnetic Fields: Distortion (Nonesuch) 15. LiL Wayne: Tha Carter III (Cash Money) 16. Love Is All: A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (What’s Your Rupture) 17....