1001 Album Club

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329 NEU! - Neu! '75 Mar 29, 2021

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Spelled Neu! but pronounced Neu!, in 1974 Neu! found themselves at a creative impasse.
Michael Rother wanted to explore ambient soundscapes while Klaus Dinger was interested in writing rock anthems.

With the help of their long time producer, Conny Plank, the two pulled the original Speaker Box/Love Below and released this timeless classic before disbanding for ten years.

Let’s talk Neu!, Neu! ’75!

328 The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! Mar 25, 2021

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With their vast financial holdings, they could have been basking in the sun in Florida.

Lucky for us, The Dictators’ hobby bestowed upon us this 1975 underselling power trash classic!

Let’s talk The Dictators, Go Girl Crazy!

327 Brian Eno - Another Green World Mar 22, 2021

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… and now dear listener, we have arrived in our present.

Recorded in the Spring of 2020, this is the first of our quarantine episodes.

Do bear with us as we learned how to interact remotely…

With that out of the way:

Painter of soundscapes and captain of our hearts, Brian Eno, begins his transition from glam rocker to ambient composer.

Using the oblique strategies cards and assembling a who’s who of instrumentalists, Eno produced a landmark album that’s influence is still being felt 45 years hence.

Let’s talk Brian Eno, Another Green World!

326 Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel Mar 18, 2021

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Known trust fund baby and drug enthusiast, Gram Parsons’, final outing may not be his best but its a helluva send off.

Let’s talk Gram Parsons (with Emmylou Harris?), Grievous Angel!

325 Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Mar 15, 2021

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Former ambulatory former drummer of Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt, found grace in his fall from a four story window which left him paralyzed from the waist down. By his own estimation, had it not been for the accident, his hard partying ways would have been the death of him

During the long recovery period that followed, Wyatt thought out all the new arrangements for the tracks that would be used on his first solo record.

Let’s talk Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom!

324 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natty Dread Mar 11, 2021

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Bob Marley and the Wailers’ seventh album contains their best know song but probably not the version you’ve heard.

Upon it’s release, Natty Dread received rave reviews form critics, praising Marley for his writing prowess.

The album is notably thinner sounding that it’s predecessors, due in no small part to the departure of both Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh from the group.

That said, let’s yell at some cops for not knowing who our dad is and talk Bob Marley and the Wailers, Natty Dread!

323 Randy Newman - Good Old Boys Mar 09, 2021

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Randy Newman’s best album is as astounding and challenging today as when it dropped 47 years ago.

The opening track (Rednecks) pushes buttons harder now than when it was released not because we are a more sensitive generation of listeners, but because change of it’s subject matter has been glacial if any at all.

That said, let’s talk Randy Newman, Good Old Boys!

322 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic Mar 04, 2021

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Steely Dan went into the studio in 1973 as a quintet and by 1974 were two piece.

The subsequent album produced their highest charting single and received unanimous praise from critics.

Let’s talk Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic!

321 Gene Clark - No Other Mar 01, 2021

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“I guess you guys aren’t ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it.”

– M. Mcfly

Gene Clark went into the studio with some big ideas and a brand new cocaine habit.
8 songs and one hundred thousand dollars later, he left;
scorned by his label, estranged from his family, lambasted by critics, and dejected.

It wouldn’t be until well after his death in 1991 that No Other would receive the posthumous praise is justly deserves.

And on that somber note, let’s talk Gene Clark, No Other!

320 George Jones - The Grand Tour Feb 25, 2021

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I dunno, some cutsie rhyming couplets involving opossum and awesome?

Let’s talk George Jones, The Grand Tour!