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158. MC5 — Kick Out The Jams (1969)

1. MC5 must be one of the all time “better to burn out than fade away” bands. Hailing from Lincoln…

157. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin II (1969)

1. You can tell Led Zeppelin wanted to make a splash with their second album from the…

156. The Band — The Band (1969)

1. The Band is like a warm blanket; as soon as the initial notes of “Across The Great Divide” play to open…

155. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin (1969)

With one chord strummed twice, Jimmy Page and the rest of Led…

154. Quicksilver Messenger Service — Happy Trails (1969)

1. Who’s got two thumbs and had no idea George Thoroughgood’s…

153. The Velvet Underground — The Velvet Underground (1969)

1. I recently watched Todd Haynes’s Velvet Underground…

152. Elvis Presley — From Elvis in Memphis (1969)

1. It’s 1969. America’s at war, with itself and with other countries it…

151. Dusty Springfield — Dusty in Memphis (1969)

1. Last time we heard from Dusty Springfield, way back in 1964, she was the…

150. Nick Drake — Five Leaves Left (1969)

1. Like many a millennial, I was introduced to Nick Drake via the movie Garden State, a…