50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0 (9)
Published January 1, 2016Oh, the snot has caked against my pants, so happy new year:
GvZ:
10. (4) Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
9. (*) The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (1969)
8. (23) Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
7. (5) Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde (1966)
6. (10) Genesis – Selling England by the Pound (1973)
5. (6) Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
4. (8) Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
3. (3) Love – Forever Changes (1967)
2. (1) The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
1. (2) The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
RKH:
10. (6) Genesis – Selling England by the Pound (1973)
9. (16) Talking Heads – Remain In Light (1980)
8. (5) DJ Shadow – Endtroducing… (1996)
7. (18) Prince – Purple Rain (1984)
6. (4) The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
5. (1) Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)
4. (39) Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde (1966)
3. (3) Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
2. (*) Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
1. (2) Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0 (8)
Published December 23, 2015I can’t tell you how I feel, but this wheel’s on fire:
GvZ:
15. (18) Panda Bear – Person Pitch (2007)
14. (19) Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
13. (17) Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975)
12. (41) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
11. (15) Santana – Abraxas (1970)
“The melodies just know what I need, but the rhythm knows what I want.”
RKH:
15. (9) Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
14. (11) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
13. (37) The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
12. (*) Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
11. (8) Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
“On 10 october 2007 we witnessed the end of an era.”
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0 (7)
Published December 17, 2015Be it sight, sound, smell or touch, still marching with the soldier boy behind:
GvZ:
20. (7) The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
19. (24) Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)
18. (13) Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
17. (14) Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
16. (9) Paul McCartney & Wings – Band on the Run (1973)
““I yelled for joy, we passed the bottle, the great blazing stars came out, the far receding hills got dim. I felt like an arrow that could shoot out all the way.”
RKH:
20. (*) Van Morrison – Veedon Fleece (1974)
19. (7) The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
18. (19) Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees (1972)
17. (21) The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
16. (22) Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II (1969)
“Read out loud: Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks. Heks.”
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0 (6)
Published December 13, 2015It is here, it is now, it is real:
GvZ:
25. (36) Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (1970)
24. (22) The Kinks – Face to Face (1966)
23. (40) Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
22. (*) The Beatles – The Beatles (‘White Album’) (1968)
21. (35) Talking Heads – Remain In Light (1980)
“You’re a train, man.”
RKH:
25. (38) Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982)
24. (20) The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
23. (17) Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (1970)
22. (13) Paul McCartney & Wings – Band on the Run (1973)
21. (31) Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
“To quote the ‘musical and spiritual advisor’ credited on this album: “Far out, man.”
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0 (5)
Published December 2, 2015Canvass the town and brush the backdrop, it’s hair pie:
GvZ:
30. (20) Jethro Tull – Aqualung (1971)
29. (12) The Moody Blues – In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
28. (32) The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come (1987)
27. (*) Killing Joke – Killing Joke (1980)
26. (16) Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
“Went Mental. Deny. Deny. Deny.”
RKH:
30. (26) The Moody Blues – In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
29. (12) Guided By Voices – Alien Lanes (1995)
28. (*) Steely Dan – Katy Lied (1975)
27. (44) Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen (1993)
26. (32) Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
“Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Go Mental.”
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0 (4)
Published November 25, 2015One morning, I woke up, riding the Gravy Train. Let’s go:
GvZ:
35. (*) John Cale – Fear (1974)
34. (28) The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
33. (*) The Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx (2000)
32. (27) XTC – Skylarking (1986)
31. (11) Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
“Perfect album to enitrely talk through while having an easy ride in the Welsh countryside.”
RKH:
35. (*) Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
34. (40) Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
33. (*) Weezer – Weezer (‘Blue Album’) (1994)
32. (10) The Band – The Band (1969)
31. (33) Santana – Abraxas (1970)
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