Like most people who know of Gram Parsons at all, I first heard of Parsons from his one-album tenure in the Byrds for Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Gram Parsons is…
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And what about the albums that didn't make my Year in Review playlist? I normally cap the length at just about 8.5 hours, the amount of music that in the...
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The Next 6 Albumsfor my Top 12 Albums of 1967 This batch of six albums seems particularly strong; certainly the albums by the Byrds, Kinks, and Jefferson Airplane are brilliant,...
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The Next 6 Albums,for My Top 12 Albums of 1966 Note: Some of this commentary is adapted from that in No Hype No Trends Music’s 200 Best Albums of the 1960s. As...
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There are plenty more worthy albums past my top 30 of the year, to round out my Year in Review playlist. More Albums from my 1965 Year in Review As...
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The Byrds were a band I didn’t know much before embarking on this rock-retro project, but they are more than worthy of getting to know—from their jangle-pop beginnings through their…
The Next 100 Albums, for My Top 200 of the '60s (Part 3, 1967-1968) Jump to the playlist at the bottom of each post to listen while you read. Within...
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My next fifty best albums of the sixties feature thirty-five artists who did not appear in the top fifty albums. I've split this into two posts to make it more...
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My next 30 best albums of the sixties feature 29 different artists (although three of them repeat from the top 20 albums). Plenty more artists to get to know! The...
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It’s much easier, in a way, to make a top ten, twenty, or two-hundred albums list than it is to make a list of the most overrated albums. With your...
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