0337 Dion – Born to Be With You - It's Dion! Doo wop in the seventies! Except it's not doo wop. It's over produced seventies mush with none of either Dion or Phil Spector's charm on display. So it's a pass.
0338 Joni Mitchell – Hissing of Summer Lawns - A few blogs ago I said I'd put money down that Joni would never appear on this list again... AND NO ONE TOOK ME UP ON IT! You fools! You could of had some foldin' money lining your pockets! Serves you all right for not reading each and every word of these brilliant reviews! Anyways, this album was boring as boring things in action. Joni WILL NOT APPEAR AGAIN ON THIS LIST!
0339 Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner - I love Tom Waits! I discovered him later in his career though, with his Bone Machine weird-o stuff. So this jazzy night club affair sounds really bizarre, BUT AWESOME! Tom Waits pretty much can't do any wrong. My only thing with this one that could be a negative is that it's mostly talking stories as opposed to songs. So if you don't like that, then this might not be the Tom Waits album for you.
0340 Rahul Dev Burman – Shalimar (Soundtrack) - The first 3 tracks on this are so insanely good, that you forget that the rest of the album isn't as good. CHA CHA CHA! Anyways, it's a Bollywood soundtrack that is all over the place, and well worth a listen so that you can fall in love with the Cha Cha Cha song.
0341 Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night - I've known and loved this one for a long time since I blind bought it on cassette in junior high. It's considered to be one of the most depressing albums ever made. Young and his band get wasted mourning the loss of the guitar player and their roadie, and bang out some songs. It's sloppy, lyrics are botched, and it's so human that it's hard to resist. Recommend!
0342 Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks - Another personal favorite! This is the best pack ever! Dylan gets a divorce, and deals with it on this album. Not a bad song on here. "Tangled Up In Blue" is probably the best known one, but my fave is "Idiot Wind". This album has actually helped me in life, so it gets a recommend.
0343 Patti Smith – Horses - Seriously? My favourite Patti Smith album is next? UNBELIEVABLE! This really is the greatest pack of music in a blog yet! Anyways, this is pretty great. It has two of her best known songs. It starts with "Gloria" and ends with the amazing "Land" that features the title track. In between its all good with more poetry type songs that don't sound snooty. It all rocks rather hard, this has to be one of the greatest debuts of all time. So it's another recommend!
0344 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here - In my mind "Dark Side Of The Moon" is as good as Pink Floyd gets. This album on the outside looks like a miss. It's largely taken up by one song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and it's a spacey affair. But in the middle of all that diamond stuff, you get the brilliant "Have A Cigar" rocking out, and the title track which has to be one of the greatest songs of the seventies, if not ever. since the spacey Diamond stuff actually comes off as a song instead of dicking around, this album is pretty great...SO IT TOO IS A RECOMMEND!!
0345 Queen – A Night at the Opera - It has Bohemian Rhapsody on it. So holy shit RECOMMEND! not enough of a review? OK, the previous two albums were pretty great, this one adds in a timeless sound that goes from rock to music hall with genius production. Seriously, Queen in the span of two years put out 3 deadly solid albums! I'm not sure if even The Beatles can claim that! RECOMM- sorry I already said that.
0346 Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger - You would think that this would be a bit of a let down after all the awesome that came before it... WRONG! Willie scraps the traditional Nashville style of country and puts out a sincere affair that pretty much changed the face of country music for the better. For a while anyways. Not a bad track on here, he will make you a country fan. RECOMMEND!!
0347 Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World - It's soulful and funky. Soulfunky! Not a bad album, but kind of a wash after the non-stop awesome that proceeded it. I wonder what that sideways lying down guy is up to on the cover?
0348 Curtis Mayfield – There’s No Place Like America Today - Sadly, this one was flat out disappointing. The previously listed "Superfly" was so god damned good, and this one just wasn't. Completely forgettable, way to leave a bad taste Curtis Mayfield!
See? Truly, 1975 is the strongest year in popular music. This of course can only be attributed to me. Yes, with my birth in 1974, the globe was inspired, and the must listen to albums show that here! Come on 1976, keep the good going!
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