167. The Kinks – Arthur (or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
OK, so we had the Beatles and the Stones doing it for us, but if there was ever a band in the sixties who deserve praise for flying the Union Jack, it’s The Kinks.
166. The Grateful Dead – Live/Dead
The Grateful Dead… why do I feel like I’m opening a Pandora’s box here?
Truth is, I know that the ‘Dead were big. I know that they had a massive following, that back in the day they were a proverbial Hajj for every stoner out there. But yeah, never really paid them any attention.
165. Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
The sixties were a golden age of soul, as Otis, Solomon and Marvin would happily testify, but with the decade…
164. The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain
“Come on people now… smile on your brother… everybody get together.” For most, The Youngbloods are remembered almost entirely for…
163. Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
I’ve never really got into folk music. Not that I think that there’s anything definitively bad about the genre you…
162. Chicago Transit Authority – Chicago Transit Authority
OK, so this is hardly the first time I’ve opened a post on this blog with a humble apology for…
161. Tim Buckley – Happy Sad
I’ll admit it – when I reviewed Tim Buckley’s “Goodbye and Hello” way back when, he was essentially just ‘Jeff’s…
160. Sly and the Family Stone – Stand!
If The Temptation’s “Cloud Nine” wasn’t enough to convince you that the seventies were well and truly knocking on the…
159. The Temptations – Cloud Nine
OK, so TECHNICALLY “Cloud Nine” hit the shelves in February 1969, but in terms of getting the seventies funk going, this…
158. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
True story – I worked for a while as a copywriter for a company that sold office supplies, and I…
157. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
Discovering these albums 25 years later, as I did, it’s easy to miss out on the timescales of how they…
156. The Band – The Band
If “Music from Big Pink” subtly shook things up in the music world, this eponymous follow-up from The Band was…
155. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin I
So long flower children… A new decade was coming and things were getting interesting. From the initial DUH-DUH of the…
154. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
It doesn’t take much to win me over, and a side-long psychedelic trip through Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?”…
153. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
For what was their third album, and their first with the absence of John Cale, The Velvet Underground took a…
152. Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
The sixties never really swung for Elvis. After his brief but totally kicking return from Army duty, he soon buggered…
151. Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
On a grim January morning*, where I’m filled with flu and a monster writers’ block with this blog, it was…
150. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
I’m sure I’m not the only one who originally came to discover Nick Drake in a desperate attempt to impress…
149. The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed
Sheryl Crow once said “This is the one I’d save from the fire”, and while you have to sympathise with…
148. The Pentangle – Basket of Light
It’s sad that I’m writing this review mere days after John Renbourn, the founder of the band passed away, just as…
147. The Bee Gees – Odessa
I’ve never liked The Bee Gees. I don’t know why – I don’t like tinsel and I can’t explain that…
146. Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
One of the things I’ve always liked about Miles Davis is, seeing as how I’m completely clueless when it comes…
145. The Who – Tommy
One thing I need to keep reminding myself about this book I keep working through is that it’s titled “1001…
144. The Beatles – Abbey Road
I’ll let you into a secret. As much as I’ve gushed about “Rubber Soul” and “The White Album”, this one’s…