A Facebook friend once challenged me to post “10 albums that had an impact on me in 10 days, no explanations.” I put the task off for weeks for several reasons. First of all, I’m a music obsessive with hundreds upon hundreds of cds, records, cassettes, and mp3s to choose from. Any attempt to distill this lifetime of collecting down to ten “most impactful” albums makes my brain hurt. Second, my OCD defensive mechanisms render me incapable of not justifying my selections. I simply must talk about it. Third, I’m indecisive as hell. I second guess my second, third, and tenth guesses. Picking “the” ten is an impossibility.
So, in the interest of not making my head explode, I’ve made the executive decision to write about albums that impacted me in no particular order until I run out. See, catastrophe avoided (smile).
mother’s milk Part II
Reviewing side 1. Look, I wore out my original Mother’s Milk cassette… But, immersing myself in this music again for the first time in decades, I’m more astounded than ever by the impact it had on my sensibilities as I grew my collection. It’s depths of influence are too great to not do a full-on review.
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mother’s milk Part I
A key precursor of the ’90s alt rock explosion – Mother’s Milk is a gloriously invigorated heavymightynaughtyspazzy collection of funkaedelicjazzyrapmetalsoulpunk certainly unlike anything I’d ever heard before.
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A Show of Hands
Canadian prog institution Rush are part of the triad of personal favorite rock acts that largely dominated my listening habits for the past thirty-five years. My fandom simmered slowly throughout the ’80s; finally coming to a frothy head in ’89 with A Show of Hands.
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RUBBER SOUL
Without a doubt, no artist/group has had a more profound long-term influence on my musical sensibilities than the Beatles. That said, Rubber Soul probably played a bigger role than any other solitary LP in hooking me on British rock/’60s rock for life.
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Aaah yes. The first truly great Beatles album that was a turning point for the band. Fun fact: Michelle’s dad was inspired by the song “Michelle” for her “American Name”.
Anyway, I enjoyed this closer look into the album. I am also glad that I get your notifications by email now that I have moved it from my spam folder! Whoooooo!
WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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D’OH! Forgot to add a “read more” link… This is actually just a splash page. The full review is another click beyond…