Critically Praised Albums That I'm Curious to Hear
Submitted by JohnnyW on Sun, 03/18/2001 - 03:26
Tags:
- Ray Charles/Modern Sounds in Country and Western
- George Harrison/All Things Must Pass
- The Band/Music from the Big Pink, The Band
- Captain Beefheart/Trout Mask Replica
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
- Isaac Hayes/Shaft Soundtrack
- David Bowie/Aladdin Sane
- Stevie Wonder/Songs in the Key of Life
- Brian Eno/Ambient 1: Music for Airports
- Eno and Byrne/My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
- Prince/1999, Sign O' the Times
Author Comments:
Many more additions have been overlooked at the moment, I'm sure...
I highly recommend The Band selection, I actually just listened to the Captain Beefheart selection-20 years after purchasing it, I still cant tell you if I like it. You should listen to it though. Songs in the key of Life would have been one of the best albums of all time if it was single disc instead of a 2 record set. Pretty much Ditto for Prince's 1999 though I like that one a little bit more. I think the Harrison disc is very overrated. Now the Ray Charles selection is an acquired taste but If you like country music than by all means give it a listen.
All Things Must Pass is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Good comments. I still haven't heard any of these, but I've gotten the idea that a lot of people just don't know what to make of Trout Mask Replica. As far as the Prince and Wonder albums, the "two should become one" argument can certainly be used for a lot of doubles, so it wouldn't surprise me if it applied to these as well. You guys split on your opinion of Harrison, so I suppose there's only one way to find out on that...
Johnny Waco