Greetings music lovers,
Today’s blog is about 25 albums you should own and has the following parameters:
- Album must have been recorded/released prior to 1990
- No duplication of artist
- No live albums or greatest hits (kind of an all encompassing copout to include either)
- Listing of my favorite track from said album (This is not so much a parameter but a mere bonus for your reading pleasure)
Twenty Five albums you should own! (In no particular order):
| Artist |
Album |
Song |
| U2 |
The Joshua Tree (1987) |
With or Without You |
| Bob Dylan |
Oh Mercy (1989) |
Most of the Time |
| Bruce Springsteen |
Nebraska (1982) |
Nebraska |
| Paul Simon |
Graceland (1986) |
You Can Call Me Al |
| James McMurtry |
Too Long in the Wasteland (1989) |
Angeline |
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |
Hard Promises (1981) |
The Waiting |
| Guns N’ Roses |
Appetite for Destruction (1987) |
Mr. Brownstone |
| The Eagles |
Hotel California (1976) |
The Last Resort |
| Pink Floyd |
Wish You Were Here (1975) |
Have a Cigar |
| Robert Earl Keen |
No Kinda Dancer (1984) |
Rolling By |
| Eric Clapton |
Journeyman (1989) |
Running On Faith |
| The Who |
Quadrophenia (1973) |
Love Reign O’er Me |
| Elton John |
Madman Across the Water (1971) |
Tiny Dancer |
| Metallica |
And Justice For All (1988) |
Dyers Eve |
| R.E.M |
Document (1987) |
It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) |
| The Pixies |
Surfer Rosa (1988) |
Where Is My Mind |
| John Mellencamp |
Scarecrow (1985) |
Minutes To Memories |
| The Band |
Music from the Big Pink (1968) |
The Weight |
| Van Morrison |
Moondance (1970) |
And It Stoned Me |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd |
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin- Nerd (1973) |
Simple Man |
| Beastie Boys |
Paul’s Boutique (1989) |
Shake Your Rump |
| The Traveling Wilburys |
Vol. 1 (1988) |
Congratulations |
| Warren Zevon |
Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School (1980) |
Play It All Night Long |
| Townes Van Zandt |
Townes Van Zandt (1969) |
Lungs |
| The Rolling Stones |
Let It Bleed (1969) |
Gimme Shelter |
| Jackson Brown |
The Pretender (1976) |
The Pretender |
So, there you have it, another list of musical bliss. Take your time, check them out and let me know what you think.
Great music awaits!
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Spoon is an indie rock band that hails from the great city of Austin, Texas. Formed and co founded by Brit Daniels and Jim Eno in 1993. Early musical comparisons to The Pixies and Sonic Youth quickly subsided as they began to define their own sound, a blend of sophisticated, guitar driven pop/post-punk that rocks.
Spoon’s career can be likened to that of a slow boil. They have seven full length albums and an equal number of EP’s and received critical recognition for their work but have received little radio play along the way. This might, in part, be related to the label issues that plagued them in the early years. The irony of this is that there music has found it way on a smattering of television shows that include the following: The Simpsons Veronica Mars, Bones, The O.C., Scrubs, and How I Met Your Mother. Spoon also appears in the movies 17 Again, Cloverfield, and I Love You Man.
Their music is inventive and ambitious yet accessible. Their albums are consistently tight, usually containing ten or twelve well crafted tracks and clocking in around the forty minute mark.
Spoon Discography
| Albums |
EP |
- Telephono
- A Series of Sneaks
- Girls Can Tell
- Kill the Moonlight
- Gimme Fiction
- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Transference
|
- The Nefarious (EP)
- Soft Effects (EP)
- 30 Gallon Tank (EP)
- Love Ways (EP)
- Get Nice! (EP)
- Don’t You Evah (EP)
- Got Nuffin (EP)
|
Top 5 Spoon Songs according to Butler (Albums listed on right):
- I Turn My Camera On (Gimme Fiction)
- The Way We Get By (Kill the Moonlight)
- Don’t Make Me a Target (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed (Telephono)
- The Underdog (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
Check out Spoon and let me know what you think.
Spoon’s music is available is available on iTunes, record stores and www.spoontheband.com.
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