The Rolling Stones – Dirty Work

So yesterday’s entry was a little phoned-in, I feel. I knew this was going to happen, because I knew taking on this project that I wasn’t always going to give 100% in my writing, no matter how much I love the album (and I do love that album). Today, I am feeling not any more [...]

Buddy Guy – Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues

I mentioned in my previous entry about the Blues, the three bluesmen I am most fond of are Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, and B.B. King. Well, if I were to recommend any Buddy Guy album to someone that hasn’t heard him or even good electric blues before, this is the first album that comes to [...]

They Might Be Giants – Flood

Oftentimes, it’s not easy to call just one album an artist’s best, especially an artist as prolific as They Might Be Giants, it’s like trying to decide between Beatles’ albums. Having said that, of the many contenders for “best album”, Flood is the one I would say is the most likely for people who are [...]

Roy Orbison – Sings Lonely And Blue

Ahh, Roy Orbison, a name that surely everyone who has heard of music would be familiar with, a legend in his own time, a man for whom The Beatles were an opening act. I mentioned in a much earlier article that the grandpa in my head forced me to go out and purchase all three [...]

Fair – The Best Worst-Case Scenario

I was told yesterday that, for recompense for my entry about the awful Shaded Red album, I should “review” a much better band today. Well I had been meaning to give this up-and-coming band a good writeup, so in the interest of fairness, let’s talk about Fair! Some of yous may remember my post about [...]

Shaded Red – Shaded Red

Today’s album is a bit of a request, rather, a half-hearted suggestion by my sister who knows how much I enjoy making fun of bad Christian bands. So, while I wait for The Complete Hank Williams to download into my Zune, let’s take a trip back to a similar past, all the way back… …to [...]

Deep Purple – Machine Head

All right, it’s about time I talked about what I consider one of the best rock albums in existence, or is it just a really good rock album based around the best rock SONG in existence? I don’t really know, maybe I should just cut out the hyperbole and get to talking about a really [...]

U2 – Achtung Baby

Ok so here’s the thing. I love U2, adore them, and can’t wait for their new album to come out (well ok I can wait long enough to not download a leak, since we know the risks involved with THAT). On the other hand, I am painfully aware of the many ways that U2 make [...]

Johnny Cash – American Recordings

Hoo boy. Am I really ready to talk about this? Hope so, I’ve only got an hour to write this! If I had to select the best and most important body of music in the entire history of music, I’m sure there are some things I might mention that date back hundreds of years, or [...]

Hot Tuna – First Pull Up, Then Pull Down

Today is one of those days that should have been far too busy/inconvenient for me to write an Album Du Jour entry. I had to work at 6am and then band practice was immediately after, and I just got home, and oh yeah I didn’t sleep last night and tonight’s not looking so good either. [...]