My Overall Chart: 501-600
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1970-ISLAND
Produced By GUS DUDGEON
1. Your Song
2. I Need You To Turn To
3. Take Me To The Pilot
4. No Shoe Strings On Louise
5. First Episode At Hienton
6. Sixty Years On
7. Border Song
8. The Greatest Discovery
9. The Cage
10. The King Must Die
Bonus
11. Bad Side Of The Moon
12. Grey Seal
13. Rock N Roll Madonna
People didn’t realize that this was actually Elton John’s second album…his debut was European released only, and didn’t come to America until the height of John’s success in 1975. A complete unknown upon its release, John became a star with the single “Your Song”, an over orchestrated piece of fluff with a nice piano line buried somewhere that helped establish the world of singer songwriter. It’s still Elton’s most popular song, although it’s nowhere near his best. But it did make him a bonafide star. The rest of the album finds John trying to break out and find his true musical calling, and trying to break through as a piano man with true rock flair. He would accomplish these things quickly, as in later in 1970 on the album Tumbleweed Connection. But here, he was just not quite there yet.
Elton John has always had a lot of filler on his albums, and this one has more than usual. However, there are two other very worthwhile track. ”Take Me To The Pilot” is a soulful, aggressive rocker with a powerful shout and answer chorus, and is one of his more underrated songs. The other is the forgotten hit “Border Song”. This gospel ballad is one of Elton’s finest songs, and was his first chart success in the US, although it’s been mostly lost in the shuffle of his other hits. Too bad, because “Border Song” is actually the saving grace of this album. Other tracks show promise, but there’s nothing noteworthy about them. On this album, Elton was still developing: a couple of great songs, an accidental monster hit that maybe shouldn’t have been, and a lot of filler. Go for later stuff…this artist was on the upturn, and would only get better. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2021]
Produced By GUS DUDGEON
1. Your Song
2. I Need You To Turn To
3. Take Me To The Pilot
4. No Shoe Strings On Louise
5. First Episode At Hienton
6. Sixty Years On
7. Border Song
8. The Greatest Discovery
9. The Cage
10. The King Must Die
Bonus
11. Bad Side Of The Moon
12. Grey Seal
13. Rock N Roll Madonna
People didn’t realize that this was actually Elton John’s second album…his debut was European released only, and didn’t come to America until the height of John’s success in 1975. A complete unknown upon its release, John became a star with the single “Your Song”, an over orchestrated piece of fluff with a nice piano line buried somewhere that helped establish the world of singer songwriter. It’s still Elton’s most popular song, although it’s nowhere near his best. But it did make him a bonafide star. The rest of the album finds John trying to break out and find his true musical calling, and trying to break through as a piano man with true rock flair. He would accomplish these things quickly, as in later in 1970 on the album Tumbleweed Connection. But here, he was just not quite there yet.
Elton John has always had a lot of filler on his albums, and this one has more than usual. However, there are two other very worthwhile track. ”Take Me To The Pilot” is a soulful, aggressive rocker with a powerful shout and answer chorus, and is one of his more underrated songs. The other is the forgotten hit “Border Song”. This gospel ballad is one of Elton’s finest songs, and was his first chart success in the US, although it’s been mostly lost in the shuffle of his other hits. Too bad, because “Border Song” is actually the saving grace of this album. Other tracks show promise, but there’s nothing noteworthy about them. On this album, Elton was still developing: a couple of great songs, an accidental monster hit that maybe shouldn’t have been, and a lot of filler. Go for later stuff…this artist was on the upturn, and would only get better. [First added to this chart: 12/27/2021]
Year of Release:
1970
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346
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2026]
[First added to this chart: 11/18/2015]
Year of Release:
1969
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16,827
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1997-CAPITOL
Produced By TONY LASH & COURTNEY TAYLOR
1. Be-In
2. Boys Better
3. Minnesoter
4. Orange
5. I Love You
6. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
7. Every Day Should Be A Holiday
8. Good Morning
9. Whipping Tree
10. Green
11. Cool As Kim Deal
12. Hard On For Jesus
13. Pete International Airport
14. The Creep Out
Portland’s Dandy Warhols had a garage sound on their first album, Dandy’s Rule OK. That all changed with …The Dandy Warhols Come Down. After having had a second album rejected by their label for having “no songs” on it, the band shifted to a psychedelic sound mixed with power pop. The problem is, they didn’t quite know how to mix the two together, resulting in an album that is at time amazing, and at others frustratingly hazy and bad. Their next effort would be better, but this album has moments that are simply bad.
But the highs are truly great. “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” is one of the best songs of the 90’s, and “Cool As Kim Deal”, a tribute to the Pixies and Breeders singer, is what power pop is all about. When they get it right, it’s great. The front end is very good, with “Be-In”, “Boys Better”, and the strange rhyming of “Minnesoter”. The best of the hazy stuff is “I Love You”, which is as close to what the band probably meant to achieve as they get. The album is heavily weighed by the last three tracks, which are mainly unlistenable droning instrumentals. The good songs make it worthwhile…skip over the crap. [First added to this chart: 03/31/2026]
Produced By TONY LASH & COURTNEY TAYLOR
1. Be-In
2. Boys Better
3. Minnesoter
4. Orange
5. I Love You
6. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
7. Every Day Should Be A Holiday
8. Good Morning
9. Whipping Tree
10. Green
11. Cool As Kim Deal
12. Hard On For Jesus
13. Pete International Airport
14. The Creep Out
Portland’s Dandy Warhols had a garage sound on their first album, Dandy’s Rule OK. That all changed with …The Dandy Warhols Come Down. After having had a second album rejected by their label for having “no songs” on it, the band shifted to a psychedelic sound mixed with power pop. The problem is, they didn’t quite know how to mix the two together, resulting in an album that is at time amazing, and at others frustratingly hazy and bad. Their next effort would be better, but this album has moments that are simply bad.
But the highs are truly great. “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth” is one of the best songs of the 90’s, and “Cool As Kim Deal”, a tribute to the Pixies and Breeders singer, is what power pop is all about. When they get it right, it’s great. The front end is very good, with “Be-In”, “Boys Better”, and the strange rhyming of “Minnesoter”. The best of the hazy stuff is “I Love You”, which is as close to what the band probably meant to achieve as they get. The album is heavily weighed by the last three tracks, which are mainly unlistenable droning instrumentals. The good songs make it worthwhile…skip over the crap. [First added to this chart: 03/31/2026]
1995-CAPITOL
Produced By DON SMITH
1. Cry Love
2. You Must Go
3. Walk On
4. Good As She Could Be
5. The River Knows Your Name
6. Native Son
7. Dust Down A Country Road
8. Ethylene
9. I Can’t Wait
10. Shredding The Document
11. Wrote It Down And Burned It
12. Your Love Is My Rest
13. Friend Of Mine
14. Mile High
Waiting for John Hiatt to finally turn that corner and become the truly great artist you know he could be is like waiting for Paul McCartney to make that one great solo album. Folks, it just ain’t gonna happen. Hiatt spent the 70’s and 80’s on the verge of being truly great, but he could never quite turn that corner. He made a series of almost, but not quite, great albums…Slug Line, Riding With The King, and Slow Turning were almost, but not quite, those albums. And by the time the 90’s rolled around, Hiatt seemed resigned to being what his career had become: almost, but not quite. After Slow Turning, Hiatt slipped into somewhat of a musical coma, putting out marginal albums trading on the same sound over and over again. There were always great bits on his albums, as demonstrated by the impressive list of artists who have covered his material over the years. The best album of this later period is, by far, 1995’s Walk On. His thirteenth album, released 20 years after his debut, it finally garnered him a Grammy nomination, but it was still not that “over the hump” album that his fans had waited so long for.
The highlights of Walk On are the rocking “Good As She Could Be”, the beautiful “You Must Go” (which features Gary Louris and Mark Olson from The Jayhawks), and one of his best pop songs, “Shredding The Document”. But as good as the album can sound, it also suffers from what plagues most of Hiatt’s albums: as good as it sounds while you’re listening, it’s also pretty much forgettable. It sounds comfortable, pleasant and nice, but when you’re done, you won’t remember much of it. The problem with Walk On is the same thing that has kept his career from being what it could have been: inconsistency. Hiatt weaves together a small handful of great songs with the thread of a lot of forgettable ones to make albums that are never bad, but that are also never close to great. He’s also never strung good albums together, which makes him a little more frustrating: Walk On was preceded by the forgettable Perfectly Good Guitar, and followed by the even worse Living A Little, Laughing A Little. It’s been 40 years now…this is what you are going to get with John Hiatt. Enjoyable, but not memorable. [First added to this chart: 10/24/2023]
Produced By DON SMITH
1. Cry Love
2. You Must Go
3. Walk On
4. Good As She Could Be
5. The River Knows Your Name
6. Native Son
7. Dust Down A Country Road
8. Ethylene
9. I Can’t Wait
10. Shredding The Document
11. Wrote It Down And Burned It
12. Your Love Is My Rest
13. Friend Of Mine
14. Mile High
Waiting for John Hiatt to finally turn that corner and become the truly great artist you know he could be is like waiting for Paul McCartney to make that one great solo album. Folks, it just ain’t gonna happen. Hiatt spent the 70’s and 80’s on the verge of being truly great, but he could never quite turn that corner. He made a series of almost, but not quite, great albums…Slug Line, Riding With The King, and Slow Turning were almost, but not quite, those albums. And by the time the 90’s rolled around, Hiatt seemed resigned to being what his career had become: almost, but not quite. After Slow Turning, Hiatt slipped into somewhat of a musical coma, putting out marginal albums trading on the same sound over and over again. There were always great bits on his albums, as demonstrated by the impressive list of artists who have covered his material over the years. The best album of this later period is, by far, 1995’s Walk On. His thirteenth album, released 20 years after his debut, it finally garnered him a Grammy nomination, but it was still not that “over the hump” album that his fans had waited so long for.
The highlights of Walk On are the rocking “Good As She Could Be”, the beautiful “You Must Go” (which features Gary Louris and Mark Olson from The Jayhawks), and one of his best pop songs, “Shredding The Document”. But as good as the album can sound, it also suffers from what plagues most of Hiatt’s albums: as good as it sounds while you’re listening, it’s also pretty much forgettable. It sounds comfortable, pleasant and nice, but when you’re done, you won’t remember much of it. The problem with Walk On is the same thing that has kept his career from being what it could have been: inconsistency. Hiatt weaves together a small handful of great songs with the thread of a lot of forgettable ones to make albums that are never bad, but that are also never close to great. He’s also never strung good albums together, which makes him a little more frustrating: Walk On was preceded by the forgettable Perfectly Good Guitar, and followed by the even worse Living A Little, Laughing A Little. It’s been 40 years now…this is what you are going to get with John Hiatt. Enjoyable, but not memorable. [First added to this chart: 10/24/2023]
[First added to this chart: 01/31/2018]
Year of Release:
2003
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5,992
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[First added to this chart: 06/18/2021]
1994-COLUMBIA
Produced By DIONNE FARRIS, RANDY JACKSON & MICHAEL SIMANGA
1. I Know
2. Reality
3. Stop To Think
4. Passion
5. Food For Thought
6. Now Or Later
7. Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)
8. 11th Hour
9. Water
10. Blackbird
11. Old Ladies
12. Human
13. Find your Way
14. The Audition
15. I Know (NY Reprise Mix)
Dionne Farris was a backup singer for Arrested Development. After the group broke up, she made a surprise splash with this album and its top 10 single, "I Know". The album is a surprise mix of soul, funk and rock. Aided by future American Idol judge Randy Jackson (who also plays bass), it's refreshing, risk taking, and adventurous. "Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)" and "Water" are standouts, as well as a nice acoustic guitar and vocal version of The Beatles "Blackbird". One of the sleepers of the 90's, it's a fine album.
Farris did a couple of soundtrack recordings, but didn't release another album until 2007. [First added to this chart: 03/03/2013]
Produced By DIONNE FARRIS, RANDY JACKSON & MICHAEL SIMANGA
1. I Know
2. Reality
3. Stop To Think
4. Passion
5. Food For Thought
6. Now Or Later
7. Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)
8. 11th Hour
9. Water
10. Blackbird
11. Old Ladies
12. Human
13. Find your Way
14. The Audition
15. I Know (NY Reprise Mix)
Dionne Farris was a backup singer for Arrested Development. After the group broke up, she made a surprise splash with this album and its top 10 single, "I Know". The album is a surprise mix of soul, funk and rock. Aided by future American Idol judge Randy Jackson (who also plays bass), it's refreshing, risk taking, and adventurous. "Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)" and "Water" are standouts, as well as a nice acoustic guitar and vocal version of The Beatles "Blackbird". One of the sleepers of the 90's, it's a fine album.
Farris did a couple of soundtrack recordings, but didn't release another album until 2007. [First added to this chart: 03/03/2013]
[First added to this chart: 10/03/2024]
[First added to this chart: 12/02/2013]
Year of Release:
1975
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11,624
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| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 35 | 35% | |
| 2000s | 16 | 16% | |
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William Shatner next to Bob Dylan and the Stones: wonderful !
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