461. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968) by The Kinks
462. Kollaps (1981) by Einstruzende Neubauten
463. The Koln Concert (1975) by Keith Jarrett
464. The La’s (1990) by The La’s
465. Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space (1997) by Spiritualized
First five at a glance: The highlights here are The Kinks and The La’s for the same reason. Both albums are pure pop and embrace that label. You may know The La’s from hit song “There She Goes.” Otherwise, this first five is lacking. Spiritualized makes two appearances this week. There music is referred to as drone rock, which seems appropriate.
466. Lady in Satin (1958) by Billie Holiday
467. The Lamb Lies Down On Broardway (1974) by Genesis
468. Lam Toro (1992) by Baaba Maal
469. Lark’s Tongues in Aspic (1973) by King Crimson
470. The Last Broadcast (2002) by Doves
Second five at a glance: Billie Holiday is on the decline as a heroin addict at this point, although this is her most acclaimed album. The Lamb Lies Down… is Peter Gabriel’s swansong with Genesis and along with King Crimson, both at staples of prog rock. Doves may be a decent band to check out.
471. The Last of the True Believers (1986) by Nanci Griffith
472. L.A. Woman (1971) by The Doors
473. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) by Derek And the Dominos
474. Lazer Guided Melodies (1992) by Spiritualized
475. Led Zeppelin (1969) by Led Zeppelin
Third five at a glance: Definitely saved the best for last. I may have to check out the Derek and the Dominoes album at some point. Everyone knows Layla, but there’s some other pretty strong stuff on there, on what essentially is Clapton’s first solo album. L.A. Woman, the song is one of my favorite Doors’ tunes, and this album is essentially the end of the band’s run. I won’t spend a long time on Led Zeppelin, because I am guessing that Snake will have a lot to say. “Good Times, Bad Times” is one my fave’s from the band and there is just sound from this whole album that just lets you know that the world was never going to be the same. There’s a lot more from this group coming next week.
The Goods: Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Derek and the Dominoes, Genesis, The Kinks
Something to check out: Doves, Kollaps (which was a big influence on Nine Inch Nails, if you like that sort of music)
Verdict: I’d say that last five is one of the best we’ve had with the Spiritualized really not fitting in. The Nanci Griffith stuff is folk, country that is passable. Overall some really important albums popped up this week.
462. Kollaps (1981) by Einstruzende Neubauten
463. The Koln Concert (1975) by Keith Jarrett
464. The La’s (1990) by The La’s
465. Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space (1997) by Spiritualized
First five at a glance: The highlights here are The Kinks and The La’s for the same reason. Both albums are pure pop and embrace that label. You may know The La’s from hit song “There She Goes.” Otherwise, this first five is lacking. Spiritualized makes two appearances this week. There music is referred to as drone rock, which seems appropriate.
466. Lady in Satin (1958) by Billie Holiday
467. The Lamb Lies Down On Broardway (1974) by Genesis
468. Lam Toro (1992) by Baaba Maal
469. Lark’s Tongues in Aspic (1973) by King Crimson
470. The Last Broadcast (2002) by Doves
Second five at a glance: Billie Holiday is on the decline as a heroin addict at this point, although this is her most acclaimed album. The Lamb Lies Down… is Peter Gabriel’s swansong with Genesis and along with King Crimson, both at staples of prog rock. Doves may be a decent band to check out.
471. The Last of the True Believers (1986) by Nanci Griffith
472. L.A. Woman (1971) by The Doors
473. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) by Derek And the Dominos
474. Lazer Guided Melodies (1992) by Spiritualized
475. Led Zeppelin (1969) by Led Zeppelin
Third five at a glance: Definitely saved the best for last. I may have to check out the Derek and the Dominoes album at some point. Everyone knows Layla, but there’s some other pretty strong stuff on there, on what essentially is Clapton’s first solo album. L.A. Woman, the song is one of my favorite Doors’ tunes, and this album is essentially the end of the band’s run. I won’t spend a long time on Led Zeppelin, because I am guessing that Snake will have a lot to say. “Good Times, Bad Times” is one my fave’s from the band and there is just sound from this whole album that just lets you know that the world was never going to be the same. There’s a lot more from this group coming next week.
The Goods: Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Derek and the Dominoes, Genesis, The Kinks
Something to check out: Doves, Kollaps (which was a big influence on Nine Inch Nails, if you like that sort of music)
Verdict: I’d say that last five is one of the best we’ve had with the Spiritualized really not fitting in. The Nanci Griffith stuff is folk, country that is passable. Overall some really important albums popped up this week.
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2 comments:
I am strangely drawing a blank on all these albums. The only ones I have are LZ1 & Lamb Lies Down. Lamb was pretty good but i never listened to it much after college and our prog rock class. Definately the end of Gensis being a good band when Peter left.
LZ1 was the first Zep album I bought. It is dark, ominous and eternally bluesy. The cover of 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' always gets me going when Bonzo starts pounding those drums. I love that! The sound isn't quite the sound that would make them truly famous. They just proved first time out that they were masters of the blues. Then they were poised to take it to the next level and grandfather a whole new genre of music.
I was hoping for some in depth discussion on the two Spirtualized albums on the list. I definitely think Lazer Guided Missiles was their last great album. After that they sold out, you could so here the elevator music chiming through by "Ladies and Gentlemen..."
Ha Za.
Did we talk about that King Crimson album in class. I don't remember that name at all.
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