The Non-Jazz, Non-Blues Albums That Changed My Life, part one
So these are not desert island discs per se, unless of course I had a huge solar driven cell for my iPOD or a hut full of shelves for my vinyl...These records represent big slices of time and memory, connection and discovery. And yeah, I own them all and rarely listen to many of them but I know they are there and most importantly, I know how they make me feel, even just the recalling of the sounds within them...so in no particular order, off the top of my head. Inspired by Rob Grant.
Beatles – every Beatles album in order of release, American versions
David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name
Bob Dylan – Great White Wonder; Blonde on Blonde; Bringing It All Back Home; Blood on the Tracks; Desire; Time Out of Mind
Van Morrison – St. Dominic’s Preview; Common One; Moondance
Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Stephen Stills & Manassas - self-titled
Joni Mitchell – Hejira; Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter; Blue
Neil Young – On The Beach; Harvest; Time Fades Away; Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere; Comes A Time; Tonight’s The Night…for starters
Willie Nelson – Sings Kristofferson; Red Headed Stranger; Teatro
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Burnin’; Catch A Fire; Exodus; Natty Dread; Rastaman Vibrations
The Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show; The Days of Wine & Roses
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses; Easy Tiger; jacksonville City Nights; Gold
Graham Nash – Songs For Beginners; Wild Tales
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Blvd.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Sky Blue Sky
The Who – Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy; Live at Leeds; Tommy; Quadrophenia; Who’s Next
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True; King Of America; Imperial Bedroom
David Bowie – The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust; Station To Station; Aladdin Sane
The Grateful Dead - Skull and Roses; American Beauty; Workingman's Dead; Europe '72; One From the Vaults
Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Uncle Tupelo - Anondyne
Crosby, Stills & Nash – self-titled (1st album)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu; Four Way Street
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River; Born On the Bayou
Spiritualized -- Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
Lou Reed – The Blue Mask
Jerry Garcia - Garcia
Fear - The Record
Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends; Bridge Over Troubled Water
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass; Concert For Bangladesh; Living in the Material World
Patti Smith – Horses
Old & In The Way - self-titled
Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs – Pigus, Drunkus, Maximus
Peter Tosh – Equal Rights; Legalize It
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc
The Blasters -- The Blasters
Neville Bros - Nevillization, Fiyo On the Bayou
X – Los Angeles, Wild Gift
Aretha Franklin – that there isnt a boxed set is a sin..so Young, Gifted & Black; At Fillmore West; I Never Loved A Man...
Velvet Underground & Nico
Rock n Roll Gumbo – Professor Longhair
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
Al Green – Call Me, I’m Still In Love With You
John Mayall – Turning Point
The Kinks – Schoolboys In Disgrace
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions, Anthology, Songs in the Key of Life
Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On, Let’s Get It On, Anthology
Massive Attack -- Mezzanine
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Born to Run, Nebraska
Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything
Violent Femmes - selt-titled
R.E.M. -- Reckoning
Talking Heads – Fear of Music
Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic
Prince - 1999
Jefferson Airplane – Crown of Creation, Surrealistic Pillow, Volunteers
The Pretenders – The Pretenders, Learning To Crawl
Public Enemy -- Fear of a Black Planet
Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis
Brian Eno – Apollo sdtk
Jimi Hendrix – Axis Bold As Love, Band of Gypsys, Electric Ladyland
Elton John – Madman Across The Water, Honky Chateau
The Clash – Sandinista
My Bloody Valentine -- Loveless
Los Lobos -- How Will The Wolf Survive; La Pistola y El Corozon; The Neighborhood; and basically all of the rest
Carole King – Tapestry
Dr. Dre -- The Chronic
Merle Haggard – That’s The Way Love Goes
Roxy Music – Avalon
Santana – Caravansari, Abraxas
The Byrds – Greatests Hits, Untitled
Buffalo Springfield – Retrospective
The Pogues -- Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here
Cream - Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire
Derek & The Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
The Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Led Zeppelin - II, IV, Houses of the Holy
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East, Eat A Peach
Duane Allman -- Anthology
James Brown - Love Power Peace
John Lennon – Imagine, Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy
King Crimson - Discipline
Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner, Foreign Affair, Small Change
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – Anthology
The Band - Big Pink, The Band, Northern lights Southern Cross
The Doors – The Doors. L.A. Woman
Frank Zappa - Overnight Sensation
Nilsson -- Nilsson Schmilsson
John David Souther – Black Rose
Ramone – Ramones
Buddy Holly – 20 Golden Greats
Dr. John – Gumbo
King Sunny Ade -- Juju Music
Jane's Addiction -- Nothing's Shocking
The Eagles – The Eagles, Hotel California
Richard Thompson – Hand of Kindness
Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights
Spacemen 3 -- Playing With Fire
Meat Puppets -- Up On The Sun
Red Hot Chili Peppers – BloodSugarSexMagik
The Temptations – Anthology
The Police – Synchronicity
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music..Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Steve Earle -- Guitar Town
Sam Cooke – The Best of…
Linda Ronstadt – A Heart Like A Wheel
John Prine – Common Sense
T-Bone Burnett – self-titled
Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Graceland
Chuck Berry – Chess Box
Big Star -- #1 Record
Green On Red -- Gas Food Lodging
ELO -- Eldorado
Various Artists -- Phil Spector: Back To Mono 1958-1969
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers, Let It Bleed, Exile On Main St, Beggar’s Banquet..etc.
Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
Johnny Winter – Still Alive & Well
Television - Marquee Moon
Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70 -- Expensive Shit
Nirvana – Nevermind
Yes - Close To The Edge; The Yes Album
Sly and the Family Stone – Greatest Hits
Jackson Browne – Late For the Sky, For Everyman
Parliament - One Nation Under A Groove, Mothership Connection
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner; Elite Hotel
Guy Clark - Old No. 1; Old Friends; Keepers
Townes Van Zandt - Live at The Old Quarter, Boston; The Late, Great Townes Van Zandt
Joe Ely - Live Shots; Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
Elvis Presley - Sun Sessions; The Memphis Record
please stop me before I lose my mind...
coming soon...the jazz and blues list..