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229 Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate Apr 13, 2020

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Songs of Love and Hate captured Cohen in one of his finest hours as a songwriter, and the best selections rank with the most satisfying work of his career. If Songs of Love and Hate isn’t Cohen’s best album, it comes close enough to be essential to anyone interested in his work. Brilliant.

228 Emerson Lake Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition Apr 09, 2020

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One of the seminal documents of the progressive rock era, a record that made its way into the collections of millions of high-school kids who never heard of Modest Mussorgsky and knew nothing of Russia’s Nationalist “Five.” It does some violence to Mussorgsky, but Pictures at an Exhibition is also the most energetic and well-realized live release in Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s catalog, and it makes a fairly compelling case for adapting classical pieces in this way.

– AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder

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227 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story Apr 06, 2020

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Rod Stewart perfected his blend of hard rock, folk, and blues on his masterpiece, Every Picture Tells a Story and it’s hard to deny the easy going rocker Maggie May.

226 Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson Apr 02, 2020

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Histoire de Melody Nelson is arguably Serge Gainsbourg’s most coherent and perfectly realized studio album, with the lush arrangements which characterize the majority of his work often mixed here with funky rhythm lines which underscore the musky allure of the music.

225 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Mar 30, 2020

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This album is sheer perfection. The album was a commercial and critical success and is Led Zeppelin’s best-selling, shipping over 37 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling albums in the US, while critics have regularly placed it highly on lists of the greatest albums of all time.

224 Emerson Lake Palmer - Tarkus Mar 26, 2020

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Prog is here. “Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s 1970 eponymous LP was only a rehearsal. It hit hard because of the novelty of the act (allegedly the first supergroup in rock history), but felt more like a collection of individual efforts and ideas than a collective work. All doubts were dissipated by the release of Tarkus in 1971. Side one of the original LP is occupied by the 21-minute title epic track, beating both Genesis’ “Supper’s Ready” and Yes’ “Close to the Edge” by a year.” -AllMusic Review by François Couture

Prog nerds come alive

223 Don Mclean - American Pie Mar 23, 2020

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“Don McLean’s second album, American Pie is dominated by its title track, a lengthy, allegorical history of rock & roll that topped the singles chart putting the LP at number one. “American Pie” has remained as much a cultural touchstone as a song, sung by everyone from Garth Brooks to Madonna while the record itself has earned a registered three-million plays on U.S. radio stations.” – AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

We know it’s a song you must here but the entire album?

222 Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors Mar 19, 2020

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The title song, “Coat of many colors” about Dolly growing up poor is good enough to make this record part of the 1001 albums you must hear, but then she proceeds to craft smart and insightful collection of songs that has all the making of a classic album. Rob and Ben talk about the time they went to Dollywood in the middle of the night.

221 Elton John - Madman Across the Water Mar 16, 2020

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Trading the cinematic aspirations of Tumbleweed Connection for a tentative stab at prog rock, Elton John and Bernie Taupin delivered another excellent collection of songs with Madman Across the Water. Like its two predecessors, Madman Across the Water is driven by the sweeping string arrangements of Paul Buckmaster, who gives the songs here a richly dark and haunting edge.

-AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

220 Can - Tago Mago Mar 12, 2020

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We get some first time listeners of this album and they are very very happy. Can might be the most underrated band from the 70’s and this album is not merely one of the best Krautrock albums of all time, but is probably one of the best albums ever, period.

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