100 Albums That Changed Music and 500 Songs You Need to Hear

by Egan, Sean

• ISBN13: 9780785821342
• ISBN10: 0785821341
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: Chartwell Books

Summary

Which hundred albums have had the biggest impact on music in their time? Which of them have really changed things? And what, if you haven't heard them already are the 500 songs that you simply have to hear? Immediately, a hundred lists will form in a hundred minds, but here you'll find incisive, expert commentary from an array of expert music writers on the stand-out albums by the bands and performers who really turned things on their head: from Bob Dylan to the Sex Pistols, and from Marvin Gaye to Dr Dre. What exactly was the alchemy that the Beatles produced which so profoundly altered popular music in the 60s? How should we understand the impact and lasting significance of albums like Grievous Angel, Never Mind the Bollocks, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars? Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 8
Acknowledgments	p. 11
Dust Bowl Ballads - Woody Guthrie	p. 12
Hank Williams Sings - Hank Williams	p. 14
Shake, Rattle & Roll - Bill Haley And His Comets	p. 17
Rock 'n' Roll is the New Rock 'n' Roll	p. 20
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley	p. 21
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley	p. 23
Leiber & Stoller	p. 26
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly	p. 27
Chuck Berry Is On Top - Chuck Berry	p. 29
Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters	p. 32
King Of The Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson	p. 34
Short for Brilliant?	p. 38
Showcase - Patsy Cline	p. 39
Howlin Wolf - Howlin Wolf	p. 41
The Freewheelin, Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan	p. 42
Night Beat - Sam Cooke	p. 45
The Wall of Sound	p. 48
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles	p. 49
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan	p. 52
The Big Beat	p. 55
Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles	p. 56
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones	p. 59
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan	p. 62
Pet Sounds -The Beach Boys	p. 65
Don't Forget the Motor City!	p. 68
Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention	p. 69
Fifth Dimension - The Byrds	p. 72
Revolver - The Beatles	p. 75
Do Ya Like Good Music?	p. 78
Parsley Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel	p. 79
66-67 - The Creation	p. 82
The Doors - The Doors	p. 84
More Of The Monkees - The Monkees	p. 88
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin	p. 91
Cosmic	p. 94
Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service	p. 95
The Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground And Nico	p. 97
Tim Hardin 2 - Tim Hardin	p. 100
Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience	p. 103
Hit Man	p. 106
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles	p. 107
Heavy Metal Thunder	p. 111
Something Else By The Kinks -The Kinks	p. 112
Forever Changes - Love	p. 115
Truth - Jeff Beck	p. 118
Cheap Thrills - Big Brother And The Holding Company	p. 121
Oh You Pretty Things!	p. 124
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	p. 125
Music From Big Pink - The Band	p. 127
The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan And The Band	p. 130
Wheels Of Fire - Cream	p. 133
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds	p. 136
Dancefloor Decadence	p. 139
The Beatles - The Beatles	p. 140
S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things	p. 143
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin	p. 146
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash	p. 148
Tommy - The Who	p. 151
Stand! - Sly And The Family Stone	p. 154
One-Two-Free-Four!	p. 157
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake	p. 158
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	p. 160
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones	p. 163
Fun House - The Stooges	p. 166
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath	p. 169
Back In The Usa - Mc5	p. 172
When the Spitting Had to Stop...	p. 175
Live At Leeds - The Who	p. 176
Tapestry - Carole King	p. 178
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones	p. 180
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye	p. 183
Blue - Joni Mitchell	p. 186
Bleep!	p. 189
Electric Warrior - T. Rex	p. 190
Brian Jones Presents The Pan Pipes At Joujouka - The Master Musicians Of Joujouka	p. 193
The Concert For Bangla Desh - Various Artists	p. 195
Tago Mago - Can	p. 198
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie	p. 201
Fuck Art!	p. 204
The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack Recording - Various Artists	p. 205
Nuggets - Various Artists	p. 207
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder	p. 211
The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd	p. 214
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music	p. 217
Yo!	p. 220
New York Dolls - New York Dolls	p. 221
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons	p. 223
Any More For Any More?	p. 226
Radio City - Big Star	p. 227
Natty Dread - Bob Marley & The Wallers	p. 229
Autobahn - Kraftwerk	p. 232
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan	p. 235
21st Century Boys and Girls	p. 238
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen	p. 239
Horses - Patti Smith	p. 242
Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer	p. 244
Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton	p. 247
"Coupled "With"	p. 250
Ramones - Ramones	p. 251
Arrival-Abba	p. 253
Damned Damned Damned - The Damned	p. 256
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac	p. 259
Just The One	p. 262
The Clash - The Clash	p. 263
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf	p. 266
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols	p. 269
We Can Do It Too!	p. 273
Dub Housing - Pere Ubu	p. 274
Setting Sons - The Jam	p. 276
London Calling - The Clash	p. 279
Closer - Joy Division	p. 281
Dare! - The Human League	p. 284
Thriller - Michael Jackson	p. 287
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.	p. 290
If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right	p. 293
Like A Virgin - Madonna	p. 294
Graceland - Paul Simon	p. 296
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy	p. 299
Wheat From Chaff	p. 303
Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.	p. 304
Metallica - Metallica	p. 305
Nevermind - Nirvana	p. 308
The Chronic - Dr Dre	p. 311
Spice - The Spice Girls	p. 314
And Lest We Forget...	p. 317
Contributors	p. 318
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