There are a few reasons that I’ve begun this maniacal project that nobody asked for, but the main one is this: Last December, I suddenly had to take two 25 hour solo road trips.
It’s not important why I took these road trips; just suffice it to say that 2020…
Review #228: De La Soul Is Dead, De La Soul
One of the things I appreciated about our last album, Here’s Little Richard (#227) was its compactness. …
#227: Here’s Little Richard, Little Richard
Of the 227 albums we’ve reviewed thus far, this one has the earliest release date. Richard Penniman debuted with Here’s Little Richard in 1957, which continues to prove its remarkable staying power in 2022. There’s not a chance you haven’t heard “Tutti Frutti,” or…
#226: Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, Derek & The Dominos
Derek & The Dominos, or as they’re also popularly known, “Eric Clapton’s Other Band,” was a group that I initially struggled to relate to. I’ve never been a Clapton fan, per se, especially in light of his penchant for…
#225: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
Believe it or not, I actually downloaded this and burned it to a CD in high school. That may make me sound very cool if you know anything about this album (their label wouldn’t release it, so they released it themselves, and it blew up)…
#224: Fly, Dixie Chicks
I first encountered the Dixie Chicks on an episode of The Simpsons, when they make a brief but delightful appearance in Season 19. “I’m gonna buy me a clock radio!”
Nowadays, they go by the Chicks, which I fully respect. That said, they were the D…
In September of 2020, Rolling Stone Magazine published their list of the The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. (In fact, it was an updated version of a list they originally released in 2003.)
It is my lot in life, my personal burden to bear, to review each one of…
#223: Imagine, John Lennon
There was a time in my life that the Beatles became very important to me. (How many people in the history of time have said that?) …
#222: Ray of Light, Madonna
Happy New Year. I’m a little late on the ball here, but my last review marked the first anniversary of the publication of the article where I announce the series where I review Rolling Stone Magazine’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
I’ve always been…
#221: Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
The first time I heard Rage, I was 14 and at a Lady Gaga concert. One of the opening acts was Lady Starlight, and she played a bunch of hard rock songs from the ’90s, including “Killing In the Name.” Wow…
