#317: Lady In Satin, Billie Holiday “Come on, Lisa! I’ve got a date with Billie Holiday!” — Bleeding Gums Murphy My knowledge of Billie Holiday didn’t extend too far beyond that Simpsons reference before listening to this record, which isn’t very much context at all, other than I guess “jazz.”…

#316: The Who Sell Out, The Who When I first got the idea to start listening to (and writing about) Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 500 Albums of All Time, I was about to go on a road trip. Makes sense, doesn’t it? No better time to expose yourself to new…

#315: El Mal Querer, Rosalia This is the first non-English language album on Rolling Stone’s 500 list. That made me realize something obvious that I’ve been missing, something that Rolling Stone also apparently missed: the non-English-speaking world. That’s a big chunk of it — like 75%. What an embarrassing oversight. …

#314: One in A Million, Aaliyah Rolling Stone’s blurb about this record doesn’t mention her relationship with R. Kelly, who is currently behind bars, so I have to fall on the sword. It’s hard not to think about Aaliyah without thinking about how she was propelled to fame with R…

#313: Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, PJ Harvey First of all, thank God for some 2000s Girl representation. (Adding Michelle Branch to my own personal Top 500 Albums of All Time list.) Harvey looks like a young Patti Smith on the cover of Seventeen Magazine, 2002–2012. Those…

Anthony Kiedis Did Nothing Wrong (At Woodstock ‘99) — My mom and I were on the phone, and she mentioned Flea. “Love Flea,” I said. “Is it because of Woodstock ‘99?” she asked. “What’s that?” I asked. Even though I think I knew that there was more than one Woodstock, I didn’t really realize that the last Woodstock festival…

#312: A Seat at the Table, Solange We’ve jumped 50 years into the future, but in some ways it feels like we’ve jumped 100 years into the future. Solange, otherwise known as the coolest person in every elevator, and also every one of Beyonce’s rare personal interviews. Also, I loved…

#311: On the Beach, Neil Young Some artists reappear and reappear and reappear again on Rolling Stone’s list of the Top 500 Albums of All Time. Neil Young is one of them. He shows up not once, not twice, but six times — here’s #72, #90, #296, and #302 for…

Review #310: Pink Flag, Wire Some things I come by honestly — Anglophelia is one of them. My dad is subscribed to BritBox, for crying out loud. It’s not that I think they’re so great and we’re so terrible, I just consistently love their music and media. For as long…