My Overall Chart: 801-900
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1974-ASYLUM
Produced By BILL SZYMCZYK
1. Already Gone
2. You Never Cry Like A Lover
3. Midnight Flyer
4. My Man
5. On The Border
6. James Dean
7. Ol' 55
8. Is It True?
9. Good Day In Hell
10. The Best Of My Love
Two albums away from Hotel California, the Eagles released their most underrated and underappreciated album, On The Border. For their third album, the band wanted to move into a more rock sound, and they got it here. "Already Gone" is a great song, "The Best Of My Love" was a huge hit, but the songs in between speak volumes about what this band could really do. "Midnight Flyer" soars and shows that rockers really can pull off a bluegrass tune: "You Never Cry Like A Lover" is gorgeous, and the title track is easily the most overlooked song of their career...it's simply great. "Ol' 55" is a fine Tom Waits cover, and "My Man" is Bernie Leadon's tribute to Gram Parsons. On The Border is easily the very best of the pre-Hotel California albums. Criminally ignored.
During the recording, the band discovered Don Felder, who was brought in to play on a couple of songs and became a permanent member. Buy this, play the title track and "Midnight Flyer" loud, and see what you've been missing. [First added to this chart: 04/28/2024]
Produced By BILL SZYMCZYK
1. Already Gone
2. You Never Cry Like A Lover
3. Midnight Flyer
4. My Man
5. On The Border
6. James Dean
7. Ol' 55
8. Is It True?
9. Good Day In Hell
10. The Best Of My Love
Two albums away from Hotel California, the Eagles released their most underrated and underappreciated album, On The Border. For their third album, the band wanted to move into a more rock sound, and they got it here. "Already Gone" is a great song, "The Best Of My Love" was a huge hit, but the songs in between speak volumes about what this band could really do. "Midnight Flyer" soars and shows that rockers really can pull off a bluegrass tune: "You Never Cry Like A Lover" is gorgeous, and the title track is easily the most overlooked song of their career...it's simply great. "Ol' 55" is a fine Tom Waits cover, and "My Man" is Bernie Leadon's tribute to Gram Parsons. On The Border is easily the very best of the pre-Hotel California albums. Criminally ignored.
During the recording, the band discovered Don Felder, who was brought in to play on a couple of songs and became a permanent member. Buy this, play the title track and "Midnight Flyer" loud, and see what you've been missing. [First added to this chart: 04/28/2024]
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1974
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287
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1999 – REPRISE
Produced By WILCO
1. Can’t Stand It
2. She’s A Jar
3. A Shot In The Arm
4. We’re Just Friends
5. I’m Always In Love
6. Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway(again)
7. Pieholden Suite
8. How To Fight Loneliness
9. Via Chicago
10. ELT
11. My Darling
12. When You Wake Up Feeling Old
13. Summer Teeth
14. In A Future Age
15. Candyfloss
16. A Shot In The Arm (Alternate Version)
In 1999, with the release of their third album Summerteeth, Wilco was on the verge of greatness. They were moving steadily away from the alt-country roots of Uncle Tupelo and closer to the experimental excellence of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but what was really making Wilco a special band was the growing presence of Jay Bennett. Bennett had joined Wilco in 1994, and his abilities on a wide array of instruments were making Wilco into a very special band. Summerteeth has not only him as a strength, but also the continuing improvement of Jeff Tweedy as a songwriter. They weren’t quite there yet (that would be on their next album), but Summerteeth is definitely close to as good as Wilco would get. The sound is crisp and immediate, and the songs are very, very good. A definite step up from the second album, Being There.
“Can’t Stand It” was released as a single, and it fared poorly. But there are a bunch of songs that are big improvements for Tweedy lyrically (he was having marital problems and was reading a lot of American literature, both of which are clear in the songs), including “A Shot In The Arm” and “Via Chicago”. The real highlight, though, is the work of Bennett, whose instrumental prowess gives the band a depth they would otherwise never have. The partnership between Tweedy and Bennett would sour during the recording of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, with Bennett being fired as soon as that album was released (he then release a slew of solo albums before dying in his sleep in 2009). Summerteeth is the album where Wilco really grew up, a huge step from where they had been,, and a great foreshadow of where they were going. Not perfect, but more than worthwhile. [First added to this chart: 07/26/2017]
Produced By WILCO
1. Can’t Stand It
2. She’s A Jar
3. A Shot In The Arm
4. We’re Just Friends
5. I’m Always In Love
6. Nothing’severgonnastandinmyway(again)
7. Pieholden Suite
8. How To Fight Loneliness
9. Via Chicago
10. ELT
11. My Darling
12. When You Wake Up Feeling Old
13. Summer Teeth
14. In A Future Age
15. Candyfloss
16. A Shot In The Arm (Alternate Version)
In 1999, with the release of their third album Summerteeth, Wilco was on the verge of greatness. They were moving steadily away from the alt-country roots of Uncle Tupelo and closer to the experimental excellence of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but what was really making Wilco a special band was the growing presence of Jay Bennett. Bennett had joined Wilco in 1994, and his abilities on a wide array of instruments were making Wilco into a very special band. Summerteeth has not only him as a strength, but also the continuing improvement of Jeff Tweedy as a songwriter. They weren’t quite there yet (that would be on their next album), but Summerteeth is definitely close to as good as Wilco would get. The sound is crisp and immediate, and the songs are very, very good. A definite step up from the second album, Being There.
“Can’t Stand It” was released as a single, and it fared poorly. But there are a bunch of songs that are big improvements for Tweedy lyrically (he was having marital problems and was reading a lot of American literature, both of which are clear in the songs), including “A Shot In The Arm” and “Via Chicago”. The real highlight, though, is the work of Bennett, whose instrumental prowess gives the band a depth they would otherwise never have. The partnership between Tweedy and Bennett would sour during the recording of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, with Bennett being fired as soon as that album was released (he then release a slew of solo albums before dying in his sleep in 2009). Summerteeth is the album where Wilco really grew up, a huge step from where they had been,, and a great foreshadow of where they were going. Not perfect, but more than worthwhile. [First added to this chart: 07/26/2017]
Year of Release:
1999
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3,800
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1998 – RCA
Produced By PAUL FOX
1. Come On
2. Two Bucks In Cash
3. Miss America
4. Upspin
5. Miss Misbelieving
6. Shortchange
7. Smiling Up The Frown
8. Time Bomb
9. Hoping, Waiting, Longing
10. Hobby
11. Where’d You Get That Vibe?
12. I’ll Be Back
Agents Of Good Roots was an American band that built a good following playing the college circuit in the mid nineties. After a pair of self released albums, they were signed by RCA and released their major label debut, One By One, in 1998. They scored a pair of decent hits with “Come On” and “Smiling Up The Frown” before ending up on tour with the Dave Matthews Band, getting signed by Matthews label, and releasing the absolutely lifeless follow up album, Needle And Thread in 2000. But One By One is actually one heck of an album. Their energy is awesome, the songs are mostly very good, and even though they had a sax player, they never overused him. In 1998, this was an album worth hearing by a band worth watching. They could be heavy, artsy, and they had a groove that obviously attracted Matthews to them.
The two minor hits are fine, but there’s more to this band than those songs. “Miss America” is a real rocker that even namedrops The Black Crowes. “Time Bomb”, “Where’d You Get That Vibe?” and especially “Two Bucks In Cash” are great, as is the mellower and soulful “Hoping, Waiting, Longing”. These guys seemed to be on the edge of a major breakthrough…instead, the next album sank like a rock and they were never heard from again. Too bad. One By One isn’t the greatest album in the world, but it showed a world of promise, and it still sounds pretty great today. You might have to look for it these days, but because of the interwebs, it won’t take you long to find it. A lot of great bands came from the nineties…but don’t forget the almost greats like Agents Of Good Roots. [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Produced By PAUL FOX
1. Come On
2. Two Bucks In Cash
3. Miss America
4. Upspin
5. Miss Misbelieving
6. Shortchange
7. Smiling Up The Frown
8. Time Bomb
9. Hoping, Waiting, Longing
10. Hobby
11. Where’d You Get That Vibe?
12. I’ll Be Back
Agents Of Good Roots was an American band that built a good following playing the college circuit in the mid nineties. After a pair of self released albums, they were signed by RCA and released their major label debut, One By One, in 1998. They scored a pair of decent hits with “Come On” and “Smiling Up The Frown” before ending up on tour with the Dave Matthews Band, getting signed by Matthews label, and releasing the absolutely lifeless follow up album, Needle And Thread in 2000. But One By One is actually one heck of an album. Their energy is awesome, the songs are mostly very good, and even though they had a sax player, they never overused him. In 1998, this was an album worth hearing by a band worth watching. They could be heavy, artsy, and they had a groove that obviously attracted Matthews to them.
The two minor hits are fine, but there’s more to this band than those songs. “Miss America” is a real rocker that even namedrops The Black Crowes. “Time Bomb”, “Where’d You Get That Vibe?” and especially “Two Bucks In Cash” are great, as is the mellower and soulful “Hoping, Waiting, Longing”. These guys seemed to be on the edge of a major breakthrough…instead, the next album sank like a rock and they were never heard from again. Too bad. One By One isn’t the greatest album in the world, but it showed a world of promise, and it still sounds pretty great today. You might have to look for it these days, but because of the interwebs, it won’t take you long to find it. A lot of great bands came from the nineties…but don’t forget the almost greats like Agents Of Good Roots. [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1985-A&M
Produced By STING & PETE SMITH
1. If You love Somebody Set Them Free
2. Love Is The Seventh Wave
3. Russians
4. Children's Crusade
5. Shadows In The Rain
6. We Work The Black Seam
7. Consider Me Gone
8. The Dream Of The Blue Turles
9. Moon Over Bourbon Street
10. Fortress Around Your Heart
Maybe the best way to describe what this album became was on February 14th, 1987. the legendary Los Angeles rock radio station KMET was changing their format, and they were playing as many rock songs as they could without interruption. When the time came, they announced that they were now a new age station, and they led off with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free".
And so has been the career of former Police frontman Sting. He's gone from a punk/new wave icon to a new age borefest, and he's never stopped. The good thing about Blue Turtles is that it's as close to his former work in rock as he's ever been, and it does contain some pretty good songs. but unless you're into the lite jazz music that he's now so well known for, you'll be disappointed. Even as good as this sounds, it's still a major step in the wrong direction. To be fair, it's his direction. But it can be a tough one to grasp. [First added to this chart: 04/01/2025]
Produced By STING & PETE SMITH
1. If You love Somebody Set Them Free
2. Love Is The Seventh Wave
3. Russians
4. Children's Crusade
5. Shadows In The Rain
6. We Work The Black Seam
7. Consider Me Gone
8. The Dream Of The Blue Turles
9. Moon Over Bourbon Street
10. Fortress Around Your Heart
Maybe the best way to describe what this album became was on February 14th, 1987. the legendary Los Angeles rock radio station KMET was changing their format, and they were playing as many rock songs as they could without interruption. When the time came, they announced that they were now a new age station, and they led off with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free".
And so has been the career of former Police frontman Sting. He's gone from a punk/new wave icon to a new age borefest, and he's never stopped. The good thing about Blue Turtles is that it's as close to his former work in rock as he's ever been, and it does contain some pretty good songs. but unless you're into the lite jazz music that he's now so well known for, you'll be disappointed. Even as good as this sounds, it's still a major step in the wrong direction. To be fair, it's his direction. But it can be a tough one to grasp. [First added to this chart: 04/01/2025]
Year of Release:
1985
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1,010
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2000 – UNIVERSAL
Produced By RALPH SALL & RICHIE ZITO
1. Change Your Mind
2. Back Porch
3. Thank You
4. Champagne High
5. Beautiful Thing
6. Surreal
7. Shame On Me
8. Your Winter
9. Strange Cup Of Tea
10. Save Me
11. Give In
12. Out There
13. Elvis
14. Fortress
Sister Hazel is a southern rock band based on geographical origin only. Hailing from Tom Petty’s hometown of Gainesville, Florida, this band owes its success more to taking on the sound of the California band Counting Crows than anything else. In 1997, they had their biggest hit from their second album …Somewhere More Familiar with “All For You”, which marked the band’s early peak. Fortress is the follow up to that album, and it’s more of the same. It’s pop alt rock, no more and no less. The songs are upbeat, the harmonies are fine, the writing is average, and singer Ken Block does his best to not be annoying. Since “All For You”, Sister Hazel has settled into being average at best, a status they have parlayed into enough of a career to survive.
“All For You” got them a soundtrack song in “Change Your Mind” from Bedazzled. It’s as good as Fortress gets. “Beautiful Thing” and “Champagne High” were failed singles, and they were soon relegated to the “also rans” bin. They have since released seven more albums, each with not a lot to recommend them and no hits to speak of. Fortress was their one chance to back up a big hit with a winner of an album, but this is not that winner. They will always be known as that band that sounded like Counting Crows, were a bit better than Deep Blue Something, and were never quite as good as you think they were. Sister Hazel’s music falls into the same category, song to song, album to album…average and nothing more than that. [First added to this chart: 05/29/2025]
Produced By RALPH SALL & RICHIE ZITO
1. Change Your Mind
2. Back Porch
3. Thank You
4. Champagne High
5. Beautiful Thing
6. Surreal
7. Shame On Me
8. Your Winter
9. Strange Cup Of Tea
10. Save Me
11. Give In
12. Out There
13. Elvis
14. Fortress
Sister Hazel is a southern rock band based on geographical origin only. Hailing from Tom Petty’s hometown of Gainesville, Florida, this band owes its success more to taking on the sound of the California band Counting Crows than anything else. In 1997, they had their biggest hit from their second album …Somewhere More Familiar with “All For You”, which marked the band’s early peak. Fortress is the follow up to that album, and it’s more of the same. It’s pop alt rock, no more and no less. The songs are upbeat, the harmonies are fine, the writing is average, and singer Ken Block does his best to not be annoying. Since “All For You”, Sister Hazel has settled into being average at best, a status they have parlayed into enough of a career to survive.
“All For You” got them a soundtrack song in “Change Your Mind” from Bedazzled. It’s as good as Fortress gets. “Beautiful Thing” and “Champagne High” were failed singles, and they were soon relegated to the “also rans” bin. They have since released seven more albums, each with not a lot to recommend them and no hits to speak of. Fortress was their one chance to back up a big hit with a winner of an album, but this is not that winner. They will always be known as that band that sounded like Counting Crows, were a bit better than Deep Blue Something, and were never quite as good as you think they were. Sister Hazel’s music falls into the same category, song to song, album to album…average and nothing more than that. [First added to this chart: 05/29/2025]
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2009 – WARP
Produced By STEPHEN WILKINSON
1. Ambivalence Avenue
2. Jealous Of Roses
3. All The Flowers
4. Fire Ant
5. Haikuesque (When She Laughs)
6. Sugarette
7. Lover’s Carvings
8. Abrasion
9. S’Vive
10. The Palm Of Your Wave
11. Cry! Baby!
12. Dwrcan
Bibio is Stephen Wilkinson, a British DIY musician who makes lo fi electronic folk music. Sound intriguing? It is. Ambivalence Avenue is his fourth album, and his first on Warp Records. His first three releases had been mostly acoustic guitar albums with a few electronics and a bit of singing. But with Ambivalence Avenue, Bibio made big changes. He started incorporating all of the music that he had been ingesting his entire life…hip hop, rock, ambient, house…you name it, it was all a part of his kitchen sink. Which made him very interesting, indeed. And he was able top do so without becoming too loud or too busy. His music continued to be understated and warm, and this direction still serves him well to this day. It’s a pretty cool ride, for sure.
The title track is maybe the most important track of Bibio’s career. He plays everything himself…Bibio is a true solo project. There’s so much that he touches here. Brazilian guitar. Hiphop beats. Bibio’s true talent, it seems, is his ability to blend so many different cultures into a single set of songs. He’s still figuring it out here, but you can tell just from this beginning of his musical odyssey that he’s onto something special. The ability to not just play, but to fuse all of these styles together is truly artful. Sometimes, this can be more background music than it should be, but it’s mostly a statement of how to be brilliant without bringing the house down. And he’s prolific as well…ten albums in and still going strong. This is well worth taking a listen to. [First added to this chart: 06/02/2025]
Produced By STEPHEN WILKINSON
1. Ambivalence Avenue
2. Jealous Of Roses
3. All The Flowers
4. Fire Ant
5. Haikuesque (When She Laughs)
6. Sugarette
7. Lover’s Carvings
8. Abrasion
9. S’Vive
10. The Palm Of Your Wave
11. Cry! Baby!
12. Dwrcan
Bibio is Stephen Wilkinson, a British DIY musician who makes lo fi electronic folk music. Sound intriguing? It is. Ambivalence Avenue is his fourth album, and his first on Warp Records. His first three releases had been mostly acoustic guitar albums with a few electronics and a bit of singing. But with Ambivalence Avenue, Bibio made big changes. He started incorporating all of the music that he had been ingesting his entire life…hip hop, rock, ambient, house…you name it, it was all a part of his kitchen sink. Which made him very interesting, indeed. And he was able top do so without becoming too loud or too busy. His music continued to be understated and warm, and this direction still serves him well to this day. It’s a pretty cool ride, for sure.
The title track is maybe the most important track of Bibio’s career. He plays everything himself…Bibio is a true solo project. There’s so much that he touches here. Brazilian guitar. Hiphop beats. Bibio’s true talent, it seems, is his ability to blend so many different cultures into a single set of songs. He’s still figuring it out here, but you can tell just from this beginning of his musical odyssey that he’s onto something special. The ability to not just play, but to fuse all of these styles together is truly artful. Sometimes, this can be more background music than it should be, but it’s mostly a statement of how to be brilliant without bringing the house down. And he’s prolific as well…ten albums in and still going strong. This is well worth taking a listen to. [First added to this chart: 06/02/2025]
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1978 – HIGH NOTE
Produced By S.E. POTTINGER
1. Behold
2. Holy Mount Zion
3. Stop The Fussing And Fighting
4. Iron Sharpening Iron
5. Vacancy
6. Tell Me Where You Get It
7. Free Again
8. Work On Natty
9. Love Shine Bright
10. Play Skillfully
Always remember that Jamaican music has always been so much more than Bob Marley & The Wailers. One of the memorable Jamaican bands has always been Culture, which has survived for nearly fifty years now. They have always been a trio, with now only Albert Walker as the only original member. They made a huge noise in Jamaica with their song and album Two Sevens Clash from 1977, which famously predicted that the apocalypse would happen on July 7, 1977. The album was exceptional, and the original trio would remain intact until 1981. Their third album was Harder Than The Rest from 1978, and it shows the original lineup starting to run out of steam. Their second of three albums from the year (the third, Africa Stand Alone, remains unreleased to this day), it shows that while they may have been prolific and hard working, they were also already starting to run short of ideas.
Joseph Hill is the lead singer here, backed by Walker and Kenneth Paley. The famous Jamaican duo of Sly & Robbie are here on bass and drums. The grooves are all air tight, and the playing is great. But the melodies sound tired more often than not. The album was a hit in the UK, riding on the heels of the success of Two Sevens Clash. But there are no singles from Harder Than The Rest…the album simply doesn’t have a hit on it. And truthfully, for thirty albums and 48 years, Culture has been chasing the impact of their debut. Hill died in 2006 and was replaced by his son, and they haven’t had any album releases since. Harder Than The Rest is far from great, but it’s still not a bad album from one of the brighter lights of reggae from the seventies. [First added to this chart: 06/06/2025]
Produced By S.E. POTTINGER
1. Behold
2. Holy Mount Zion
3. Stop The Fussing And Fighting
4. Iron Sharpening Iron
5. Vacancy
6. Tell Me Where You Get It
7. Free Again
8. Work On Natty
9. Love Shine Bright
10. Play Skillfully
Always remember that Jamaican music has always been so much more than Bob Marley & The Wailers. One of the memorable Jamaican bands has always been Culture, which has survived for nearly fifty years now. They have always been a trio, with now only Albert Walker as the only original member. They made a huge noise in Jamaica with their song and album Two Sevens Clash from 1977, which famously predicted that the apocalypse would happen on July 7, 1977. The album was exceptional, and the original trio would remain intact until 1981. Their third album was Harder Than The Rest from 1978, and it shows the original lineup starting to run out of steam. Their second of three albums from the year (the third, Africa Stand Alone, remains unreleased to this day), it shows that while they may have been prolific and hard working, they were also already starting to run short of ideas.
Joseph Hill is the lead singer here, backed by Walker and Kenneth Paley. The famous Jamaican duo of Sly & Robbie are here on bass and drums. The grooves are all air tight, and the playing is great. But the melodies sound tired more often than not. The album was a hit in the UK, riding on the heels of the success of Two Sevens Clash. But there are no singles from Harder Than The Rest…the album simply doesn’t have a hit on it. And truthfully, for thirty albums and 48 years, Culture has been chasing the impact of their debut. Hill died in 2006 and was replaced by his son, and they haven’t had any album releases since. Harder Than The Rest is far from great, but it’s still not a bad album from one of the brighter lights of reggae from the seventies. [First added to this chart: 06/06/2025]
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1992-SLASH
Produced By BUTCH VIG & L7
1. Wargasm
2. Scrap
3. Pretend We're Dead
4. Diet Pill
5. Everglade
6. Slide
7. One More Thing
8. Mr. Integrity
9. Monster
10. Shitlist
11. This Ain't Pleasure
In which the girls, who had been silent in rock for years, get their grunge on. Their 3rd album, Bricks Are Heavy rode the wave of Nirvana with the single "Pretend We're Dead" to stardom. These aren't girls you'd necessarily want to date...they are deadpan and scathing, giving pretty much everyone and everything hell for the hell of it. The album does rock, and it's very listenable. It's just not very...nice. "Pretend We're Dead" still sounds great, and songs like "Diet Pill" (a complaint that it's wearing off) and "Shitlist" are very good. L7 ended a long hiatus in 2014. [First added to this chart: 11/07/2024]
Produced By BUTCH VIG & L7
1. Wargasm
2. Scrap
3. Pretend We're Dead
4. Diet Pill
5. Everglade
6. Slide
7. One More Thing
8. Mr. Integrity
9. Monster
10. Shitlist
11. This Ain't Pleasure
In which the girls, who had been silent in rock for years, get their grunge on. Their 3rd album, Bricks Are Heavy rode the wave of Nirvana with the single "Pretend We're Dead" to stardom. These aren't girls you'd necessarily want to date...they are deadpan and scathing, giving pretty much everyone and everything hell for the hell of it. The album does rock, and it's very listenable. It's just not very...nice. "Pretend We're Dead" still sounds great, and songs like "Diet Pill" (a complaint that it's wearing off) and "Shitlist" are very good. L7 ended a long hiatus in 2014. [First added to this chart: 11/07/2024]
Year of Release:
1992
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442
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1991 – OH BOY
Produced By HOWIE EPSTEIN
1. Picture Show
2. All The Best
3. The Sins Of Memphisto
4. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You
5. It’s A Big Old Goofy World
6. I Want To Be With You Always
7. Daddy’s Little Pumpkin
8. Take A Look At My Heart
9. Great Rain
10. Way Back Then
11. Unlonely
12. You Got Gold
13. Everything Is Cool
14. Jesus The Missing Years
You really can’t beat John Prine’s self titled debut album, but The Missing Years comes mighty close. The title is often mistaken as a reference to the five year break Prine was coming off of, but it’s actually from the song “Jesus The Missing Years”, which is about what the 18 missing years of the life of Jesus may have been like. The album was produced by Howie Epstein, the former bassist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and features more than half of that band (including Petty), along with appearances from Phil Everly, Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Springsteen. It’s quite a comeback for Prine, whose previous album, 1986’s German Afternoons, was not quite up to standards previously set by him. But here, the songwriting is razor sharp, the music is exceptional, and Prine sounds like he’s having a really great time doing it.
“Picture Show” features Petty on vocals. “All The Best” and “The Sins Of Memphisto” are among his best songs, as is “It’s A Big Old Goofy World”. “Take A Look At My Heart” was written by Prine and John Mellencamp. “Great Rain” has tasty guitar work by Mike Campbell, and…well, heck. Take your pick on this one. Each song is different, and the long list of guests is impressive and a testament to how much people love his work. Prine has made some might fine albums in his long and awesome career, and this is one that, while sometimes overlooked, is a real joy to listen to, and a big reason why he has remained such a respected artist and songwriter for so many years…even to this day, Prine is still releasing music that we can all smile with, laugh at and learn from. This is a really good one from one of the all time greats. [First added to this chart: 07/10/2023]
Produced By HOWIE EPSTEIN
1. Picture Show
2. All The Best
3. The Sins Of Memphisto
4. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You
5. It’s A Big Old Goofy World
6. I Want To Be With You Always
7. Daddy’s Little Pumpkin
8. Take A Look At My Heart
9. Great Rain
10. Way Back Then
11. Unlonely
12. You Got Gold
13. Everything Is Cool
14. Jesus The Missing Years
You really can’t beat John Prine’s self titled debut album, but The Missing Years comes mighty close. The title is often mistaken as a reference to the five year break Prine was coming off of, but it’s actually from the song “Jesus The Missing Years”, which is about what the 18 missing years of the life of Jesus may have been like. The album was produced by Howie Epstein, the former bassist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and features more than half of that band (including Petty), along with appearances from Phil Everly, Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Springsteen. It’s quite a comeback for Prine, whose previous album, 1986’s German Afternoons, was not quite up to standards previously set by him. But here, the songwriting is razor sharp, the music is exceptional, and Prine sounds like he’s having a really great time doing it.
“Picture Show” features Petty on vocals. “All The Best” and “The Sins Of Memphisto” are among his best songs, as is “It’s A Big Old Goofy World”. “Take A Look At My Heart” was written by Prine and John Mellencamp. “Great Rain” has tasty guitar work by Mike Campbell, and…well, heck. Take your pick on this one. Each song is different, and the long list of guests is impressive and a testament to how much people love his work. Prine has made some might fine albums in his long and awesome career, and this is one that, while sometimes overlooked, is a real joy to listen to, and a big reason why he has remained such a respected artist and songwriter for so many years…even to this day, Prine is still releasing music that we can all smile with, laugh at and learn from. This is a really good one from one of the all time greats. [First added to this chart: 07/10/2023]
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1991 – WARNER BROTHERS
Produced By SCOTT LITT & R.E.M.
1. Radio Song (Feat. KRS-One)
2. Losing My Religion
3. Low
4. Near Wild Heaven
5. Endgame
6. Shiny Happy People
7. Belong
8. Half A World Away
9. Texarkana
10. Country Feedback
11. Me In Honey
Fist of all, I have to say that when people ask me what my favorite song is, I never answer. But if I did, the most likely answer would be “Losing My Religion”. This is one of those simply perfect songs, a flawless moment in music. When this song comes on, I will suspend conversation and turn it way up, and embarrassingly rock the hell out for four and a half minutes of pure joy. With that said, the album which houses this exceptional musical delight is Out Of Time, the seventh album from R.E.M.. It’s a strange album, even by R.E.M. standards. There are experiments, including a melding of the band’s sound with rapper KRS-One on “Radio Song”. There is a lot of changing instruments, and a pair of duets with Kate Pearson of The B-52’s. An awful lot of orchestration, and even a pair of songs (“Near Wild Heaven” and “Texarkana”) with Mike Mills on lead vocals. Nice thinking, but unfortunately, it doesn’t all work.
In the spots where Out Of Time does not work, they sound almost bored. In particular, “Low”, “Endgame” and “Half A World Away” sound completely uninspired. When Out Of Time is on point, as on “Losing My Religion”, “Belong”, and even “Shiny Happy People”, it’s great, but the album lacks the consistency of their best records. The follow up, Automatic For The People, would have none of these problems, but this one is often a mess. Even with its flaws, this is still better than most bands will ever do. And it’s completely worth having, even if it’s only for that four and a half minutes of musical perfection that is “Losing My Religion”. Just don’t expect anything nearly as good on the album. Not one of R.E.M.’s best overall albums, but good nonetheless. They don’t make terrible albums, though…so you can’t really lose with any of their works. Especially if it has that song on it. [First added to this chart: 05/18/2020]
Produced By SCOTT LITT & R.E.M.
1. Radio Song (Feat. KRS-One)
2. Losing My Religion
3. Low
4. Near Wild Heaven
5. Endgame
6. Shiny Happy People
7. Belong
8. Half A World Away
9. Texarkana
10. Country Feedback
11. Me In Honey
Fist of all, I have to say that when people ask me what my favorite song is, I never answer. But if I did, the most likely answer would be “Losing My Religion”. This is one of those simply perfect songs, a flawless moment in music. When this song comes on, I will suspend conversation and turn it way up, and embarrassingly rock the hell out for four and a half minutes of pure joy. With that said, the album which houses this exceptional musical delight is Out Of Time, the seventh album from R.E.M.. It’s a strange album, even by R.E.M. standards. There are experiments, including a melding of the band’s sound with rapper KRS-One on “Radio Song”. There is a lot of changing instruments, and a pair of duets with Kate Pearson of The B-52’s. An awful lot of orchestration, and even a pair of songs (“Near Wild Heaven” and “Texarkana”) with Mike Mills on lead vocals. Nice thinking, but unfortunately, it doesn’t all work.
In the spots where Out Of Time does not work, they sound almost bored. In particular, “Low”, “Endgame” and “Half A World Away” sound completely uninspired. When Out Of Time is on point, as on “Losing My Religion”, “Belong”, and even “Shiny Happy People”, it’s great, but the album lacks the consistency of their best records. The follow up, Automatic For The People, would have none of these problems, but this one is often a mess. Even with its flaws, this is still better than most bands will ever do. And it’s completely worth having, even if it’s only for that four and a half minutes of musical perfection that is “Losing My Religion”. Just don’t expect anything nearly as good on the album. Not one of R.E.M.’s best overall albums, but good nonetheless. They don’t make terrible albums, though…so you can’t really lose with any of their works. Especially if it has that song on it. [First added to this chart: 05/18/2020]
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801 - 900! I've only got as far as the mid 300's. Got a long way to go to catch up with you.
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