1001 Album Project
Because I must hear these 1001 albums before I die
143. Creedence Clearwater Revival — Green River (1969)
143. Creedence Clearwater Revival — Green River (1969)
The second CCR album of 1969, and a very strong companion piece to Bayou Country. Song for song, this is another brilliant, sharp, compact…
142. Johnny Cash — At San Quentin (1969)
142. Johnny Cash — At San Quentin (1969)
I guess when you hit pay-dirt the way Cash did with At Folsom Prison, you’d be crazy not to go back to the well for more. But one gets the…
141. The Flying Burrito Brothers — The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
141. The Flying Burrito Brothers — The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
After hearing Gram Parsons take The Byrds in regrettable directions, I was wary of hearing this project of his. I shouldn’t have been —…
140. Blood, Sweat, and Tears — Blood, Sweat, and Tears (1969)
140. Blood, Sweat, and Tears — Blood, Sweat, and Tears (1969)
This album is a blast, a jazzy rock and roll album that surprises at every turn. The second album by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and the first…
139. Crosby, Stills and Nash — Crosby, Stills and Nash (1969)
139. Crosby, Stills and Nash — Crosby, Stills and Nash (1969)
By the time David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash got together, they’d already spent the prior five years dropping enough classic…
138. Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bayou Country (1969)
138. Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bayou Country (1969)
John Fogerty has entered the chat! What a sharp left turn from Captain Beefheart; here we have quintessential southern rock, back to basics…
136. Neil Young with Crazy Horse — Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
136. Neil Young with Crazy Horse — Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
Finally, we escape 1968. 1968 saw 29 albums make the list, a hair shy of 1967’s 31 albums, but for my money it was a much weaker year. 1969…
137. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Trout Mask Replica (1969)
137. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Trout Mask Replica (1969)
I am renowned for insisting to people that certain works of art — music and movies in particular — require multiple listens/viewing to…
135. The Mothers of Invention — We’re Only In This For The Money (1968)
135. The Mothers of Invention — We’re Only In This For The Money (1968)
Frank Zappa is, clearly, a clown. I don’t mean that in an inherently negative way; it’s just that he often seems more interested in comedy…
134. The Beatles — The Beatles (aka The White Album)
134. The Beatles — The Beatles (aka The White Album)
It’s almost like the book saw that The Byrds had as many albums as The Beatles and immediately had to correct that error. Thank goodness. I…
133. The Byrds — Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
133. The Byrds — Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
More Byrds? More Byrds. This is the fifth of their six albums to this point to land on this list, and…I’m a little tired of it. We’re 133…
132. Van Morrison — Astral Weeks (1968)
132. Van Morrison — Astral Weeks (1968)
I was looking forward to this one, uncertain what to expect. Van Morrison is one of those artists I always knew I should respect without…
131. The Zombies — Odessey and Oracle (1968)
131. The Zombies — Odessey and Oracle (1968)
Patience is a virtue, one the Zombies embody. Like a number of other albums and artists featured in this list, they never found the…
130. Scott Walker — Scott 2 (1968)
130. Scott Walker — Scott 2 (1968)
I thought we’d gone and left Jacques Brel back in 1964. Much to my surprise — Scott Walker is here to bring the melodrama BACK. Opening…
129. Caetano Veloso — Caetano Veloso (1968)
129. Caetano Veloso — Caetano Veloso (1968)
We return here to Tropicalia, the genre firmly established by acts like Veloso and Os Mutantes. This album, however, feels a bit less…
128. Jeff Beck — Truth (1968)
128. Jeff Beck — Truth (1968)
Hearing this album was a journey of sorts. I knew Jeff Beck as an all-time classic guitarist, and was aware he was one of the trinity of…