Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (90)
Elton John’s ninth studio album, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, was the first album ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in May 1975. This album is different than many because it’s a concept album based on a single story line and all the tracks…
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (100)
In the summer of 1965, just after Bob Dylan and his band had finished recording the first track off of what was to become the album Highway 61 Revisited, an iconic protest song called “Like A Rolling Stone,” Dylan took the stage at The Newport Folk Festival to raucous applause. He was the headliner that…
Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic (95)
The sweet sound of 70s rock and roll. Before the spandex and hairspray of the Sunset Strip had a strong grip, there was straight down and dirty hard rock. It’s sexy, it’s grungy and even groovy. When Aerosmith appeared on the rock and roll circuit in 1973, it was apparent that they embodied all of…
Depeche Mode – Violator (85)
With the start of the nineties, alternative rock was beginning to take the place of synthpop in the heart of the mainstream. With Violator, however, Depeche Mode managed to reconcile the two and incidentally capitalize on their timing, popularizing (and arguably helping to invent) a new genre: new wave. Like a large majority of dance…
U2 – The Joshua Tree (100)
Coming off of the recent success of their hard rock-anthem album, War, and the experimental, The Unforgettable Fire, the Irish rock band U2 took yet another step in a different direction with The Joshua Tree; producing an edgy rock album while purposely confining themselves to conventional song structures. U2 began with heavy influences from post-punk…
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