1001 Albums: 270 - 284

Welcome back my less then 10 readers! Hope all is well! So having a week off last week meant I didn't get much listening in since I mostly do this while traveling to and from places. that said, I did listen to enough music since the last post to have yet another goof number of quick reviews. At list it's to the power of 5!

Here it is, for you to do what you want with.


0270 The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St - Mine, and everyone else on the planet, favorite Stones album. A ramshackle mess that comes off as honest and pure rock n' roll. Buy it.


0271 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd - It has Free Bird and Simple Man on it, so this is the only Skynyrd album you need because that Southern Man song is retarded.


0272 The Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock - I was expecting to hate this because both the band and album have horrendously awful names. Which is a shame since this was some pretty kick ass instrumental rock, with yes, prominent bongos!


0273 David Bowie – Aladdin Sane - The last of the awesome Bowie trifecta of Hunky Dory, Ziggy. Except this ones not so awesome. It's not bad, it's just not as good. I would of skipped this one on the list and subbed in "The Man Who Sold The World".


0274 King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic - Another King Crimson album to sleep through.


0275 Bob Marley & the Wailers – Catch a Fire - It's reggae, and Bob Marley. And because I typed that sentence, you know EXACTLY what to expect on this.


0276 Hawkwind – Space Ritual - I was a little leery of this one since I knew Lemmy was on it, so I wanted to love this. I didn't love it, but it was pretty damned good. A live record that sounds like one giant kick ass metal riff broken up by terrible poetry. Sounds terrible, but I liked it.


0277 John Cale – Paris 1919 - The other guy from the Velvet Underground shows up with a shitty record. He's better at collaboration.


0278 Can – Future Days - Another Can album to that goes nowhere. I find it hard to believe that this band was popular enough to appear on this list numerous times since the albums are so forgettable.


0279 Lou Reed – Berlin - Many consider this one of the most depressing albums of all time. It just might be. That said, I've always liked it. Lou is in top notch form, and "The Kids" is still pretty harrowing to listen to.


0280 Genesis – Selling England by the Pound - Genesis = Phil Collins which means this is a joke right? Plus, it's early prog rock Genesis. So why did I happen to like this as much as I did?


0281 Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it On - The truth behind all social and political commentary as seen in his previous album "What's Going On" comes out here. Guys want to get laid, and will do anything to impress the ladies. This audio ear fuck masterpiece of cooing is almost at the assault level of sexual.


0282 John Martyn – Solid Air - The asshole on this album is so laid back I couldn't understand a word he was singing half the time. The he rocked out and I wanted him killed. This shouldn't appear on any list, it should be scrubbed From the earth and forgotten like the small pox of audio it is.


0283 Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure - Bryan Ferry sings songs that sound like the stuff Bowie would do later on. How odd. And oddly enjoyable other then the title track which is the shits.


0284 Faust – IV - Sounds like early German techno, despite not being German or techno. I think maybe.

So there it is! Another list of music none of you have heard of. Nothing really earth shattering, except I'm getting deeply troubled by #0278, and the band "Can". They've appeared on here before, and they just really are a boring, droning prog rock, not Rush type of band. I've never really heard of them. Where they ever popular with their albums of 4 20 minute songs that go nowhere? do I have to break my life pledge and take a recreational drug to "get it". Is the name Can as in "You CAN do it!" or "A CAN of soup"? I'm going to have to investigate this further...

Thanks for reading my fives of fans!