Our Favorite Albums

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ZZ Top’s First Album (1971) May 16, 2020

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The roots of rock and roll run deep into the fabric of southern blues. Early power guitar pioneers such as Bo Diddley, Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, and of course, BB King, paved the way for the 60’s rock gods like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix. Ironically, it was the British rockers emulating American blues that inspired a totally new generation of power guitar shredders in the next generation of musicians. In the second substantial wave of American rock and roll, one little group from Texas blasted their way into the world by taking those simple blues concepts and turning them into pure electric sex and adrenaline with the dusty feel of a south Texas border bar where fights and broken glass were part of the culture as much as the music. Today we go El Loco thru into the Rio Grande Mud with the Tres Hombres from Tejas, and have a Fandango Afterburner on ZZ Top’s First Album.

The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America (2006) May 04, 2020

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The art of storytelling in American lore tends to follow a character who starts at the bottom and ends up making it all the way to the top. That’s the story of the America dream! Our society loves that fairy tale so much and was so prevalent throughout the early part of our history. However, during the 50s and 60s, the storytelling in America went thru a radical evolution and suddenly highlighted the tragic and the sad ending. What happens when the characters in the story find themselves withering away on a dead-end street going nowhere in a dead-end town? We are talking about a great American tale about the backside of barlife, where goodtimes and party anthems slowly devolve into emptiness and desperate single-serving relationships. This is the 2006 album Boys and Girls In America by The Hold Steady, one of our favorite albums.

Our 10 Favorite Songs Pt. 2 Side B Apr 27, 2020

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The conclusion of our top 10 songs with two songs by the same artist and we both get the bends in our bones.

Our 10 Favorite Songs Pt. 2 Side A Apr 25, 2020

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We conclude the countdown of our top 10 songs. Things are getting pretty heavy around here. Follow along with us as we continue running thru our ten favorite songs of all time. We include a power trio from Texas, a jazz giant, and even an entry from the catalog of yacht rock.

Our 10 Favorite Songs Pt. 1 Apr 18, 2020

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Albums drive this show, but songs still start plenty of arguments. In this episode, we step outside the normal format and start counting through ten songs that hit us hard for different reasons. Some made the list because of the writing. Some made it because of the performance. Some made it because they still work every time we hear them. This is less about ranking songs for everyone else and more about explaining the ones we keep coming back to.

Bonus Episode: Live – I Alone (1994) Apr 07, 2020

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As we wrap up the production on our first official episodes, take a nerdy teaser into one of the songs that barely missed the cut for one of our final favorite 10 songs list. While you are here, get a little bit of Dallas, Texas, radio history along the way. Grunge! 90s! Mayhem! Prozac! For more info, music reviews, and episodes, visit us at http://www.ourfavoritealbums.com/

Episode 0 – Intro to OFA Mar 31, 2020

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This is where we explain the whole idea before we start pulling records apart. Our Favorite Albums is not a hits show, and it is not a nostalgia show. We pick albums that stuck with us, albums we argue about, albums we think people missed, and albums that deserve more than background listening. In this intro, we lay out how the show works, why full records matter, and why we would rather talk about the whole album than pretend the singles tell the whole story.

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