143. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before on here, but one of my favourite films is “Almost Famous”. It’s whimsical, sure,…
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142. Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
“Every man knows he’s a sissy compared to Johnny Cash” – Bono “San Quentin, may you rot and burn in…
141. The Flying Burrito Bros – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Now I’m not saying I’ve got a grudge against country rock or anything. I’m down for some Eagles or Harry…
140. Blood, Sweat and Tears – Blood, Sweat and Tears
There’s a bit at the beginning of the new Captain America movie where a fellow vet tells Steve Rogers, who’s…
139. Crosby, Stills and Nash – Crosby, Stills and Nash
Crosby, Stills and Nash, arguably the first ‘supergroup’, made up of the best bits of The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and…
138. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival were cool. 1969 was a time for a lot of country and roots rock to raise its…
137. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
“Oh it sounds like a ball of rusty barbed wire. It sounds like a piece of the Somme, lifted up…
136. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
I grew up knowing about Neil Young more by reputation than by actually hearing any of his stuff. In my…
135. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for The Money
Who listens to Frank Zappa? Seriously? Who is it that decides to set the mood for a quiet night in…
134. The Beatles – The White Album – Side D
Arguably, side D is where it all unravels. It certainly feels shorter than the other sides, and more disparate, disobedient…
134. The Beatles – The White Album – Side C
Like I said in my last review, each side of “The White Album” has a unique character, and for me,…
134. The Beatles – The White Album – Side B
The adventure continues on side B with the charming “Martha my Dear”, another one of Macca’s ditties to Jane Asher,…
134. The Beatles – The Beatles (aka The White Album) – Side A
NOTE: This is a behemoth of an album, and as such I’ve broken my review into four pieces to save…
133. The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
I’m not going to do it this time. Honest I’m not. Last time I reviewed a Byrds album I went…
132. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
“What Astral Weeks deals in are not facts but truths. Astral Weeks, insofar as it can be pinned down, is…
131. The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
There’s something romantic about the idea of a band that’s already decided to implode putting an album together. No commercial…
130. Scott Walker – Scott 2
I discovered Scott Walker through a random Our Price bargain bin purchase of “Scott Walker sings Jacques Brel” back when…
129. Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso
Discussing with a colleague the other day, we thought of the idea of music as a revolutionary force with pretty…
128. Jeff Beck – Truth
Quarkmonkey starts gearing up for the 1970s with this under appreciated blues gem from the similarly underrated Jeff Beck (with Rod Stewart on vocals too).
127. The Band – Music from Big Pink
“That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it’s the most influential record in the history of rock…
126. The Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
I love being British sometimes. I’m not really the flag-waving type, but after listening to a lot of west coast…
125. Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends
It sort of faded as they got more confident, and thankfully it’s pretty much absent by “Bridge Over Troubled Water”,…
124. The Pretty Things – SF Sorrow
The Pretty Things would seem at first glance to be an epitome of 60s also-rans. Coming from a background of…
123. Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda Da Vida
Even the review in the book skips past Side A, and given the fact that it’s Iron Butterfly and the…