Out of Our Head

Rolling Stone Rank: 114

Great album, probably because it's got No Satisfaction on it. Ahhh, the riff. And depending on how you look at it, either a large step towards perfect rock and roll, or one step back for popular music. You decide. Loved every song on the album, except for Good Times which sounded too doowop for me. Night!

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Album:Out of Our Head
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Year: 1965
My Favorite Song: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Next Up: Derek and the Dominoes, awesome!

The Who Sell Out

Rolling Stone Rank: 113

The Who's first attempt at a concept album, and a pretty damn entertaining job. Not sure how I Can See For Miles fits in with the idea, but it works for me. Night!

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Album: The Who Sells Out
Artist: The Who
Year: 1967
My Favorite Song: I Can See For Miles
Next Up: Stones

Disraeli Gears

Rolling Stone Rank: 112

Cream was a little more pop-oriented in this album, while still holding on to their blues roots. I really liked Sunshine of Your Love, it made the album. On to another post.

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Album: Disraeli Gears
Artist: Cream
Year: 1967
My Favorite Song: Sunshine of Your Love
Next Up: The Who

Court and Spark

Rolling Stone Rank: 111

Good album, but the stripped down, bare-bones, raw emotion that she put forth in his first entry on this list. It was a smooth mix and jazz and rock, played with jazz fusion band backing her. A little more upbeat than her earlier album, although she was most likely in a better place in her life. Anyway, sorry I haven't written in awhile, what with school starting up and all. Things have been pretty hectic, oh plus the start of TV is always exciting. laterbye

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Album: Court and Spark
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Year: 1974
My Favorite Song: Help Me
Next Up: Cream

The Bends

Rolling Stone Rank: 110

Couldn't agree more with the RS review. For all the shaping that Nirvana did for the early 90s, Radiohead set the tone for the rest of the decade. I really like the album, it was a lot of fun to listen to, great music.

Just finished watching Cadillac records, loved it. Even Beyonce, for those who don't know I'm not her biggest fan, was bearable in her role of Etta James. They seemed to stay pretty accurate to history, and did a good job of portraying the personalities involved. No idea why they left out the other Chess brother, but maybe he wasn't as involved as I thought. Hated that the movie ended with a rap song, and that the credits rolled to a Beyonce song, but other than that I really enjoyed it. Well, It's about that time. Night!

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Album: The Bends
Artist: Radiohead
Year: 1995
My Favorite Song: Lame to pick the title track...but I am
Next Up: Joni Mitchell, it'll be tough to top Blue

Loaded

Rolling Stone Rank: 109

This has definitely been one of the more impressive bands and records that I've heard. I might say the highlight so far of the next 100. Before I started listening to these, I didn't quite understand why the message board posters were so adamant about this band. And to be honest, even though I liked the first album, This one was truly great. It was completely written by Lou Reed, although according to RS he left the band just before the record was completed. Neat fact, the album was called Loaded because record executives wanted them to make an album loaded with hits.

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Album: Loaded
Artist: Velvet Underground
Year: 1970
My Favorite Song: I Found a Reason
Next Up: Radiohead? How did they get here?

Aftermath

Rolling Stone Rank: 108

First Stones' album written entirely by Jagger/Richards, in the previous albums they covered quite a few songs. You can say the same for the Beatles' though so it's not a slight or anything like that. a good collections of songs, a good beginning for their experimentation and their development of their own sound. Hope you like it, I did it.

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Album: Aftermath
Artist: Rolling Stones
Year: 1966
My Favorite Song: Paint it Black
Next Up: Velvet Underground

Hunky Dory

Rolling Stone Rank: 107

A great look into the development of a star, lots of early signs to the genius that would emerge later. A definite must for Bowie fans, but for others its a really interesting listen. You can hear him experimenting, but at the same time trying to stay within the normal bounds of music. The first side of the album has the best songs, I think, with Changes Oh You Pretty Things and Life on Mars. The second side fades a little but, he does back to back tribute songs, one to Bob Dylan and the other to Andy Warhol. They are good, but not great. Anyways, I think you'd like it, happy labor day.

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Album: Hunky Dory
Artist: David Bowie
Year: 1970
My Favorite Song: Life on Mars?
Next Up: Rolling Stones

Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Rolling Stone Rank: 106

A fantastic collection, but not really an album. A great listen, I recommend this compilation to anyone and everyone.

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Album: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
Artist: Same Cooke
Year: 2003
My Favorite Song: Wonderful World
Next Up: David Bowie