Graceland – Paul Simon – 1986 First listen?: Yes One of those ‘classic’ albums that made me want to restart this blog series, Graceland is one of those ‘Albums to hear before you die’ that I just never got around to. Even after listening to his other top selling album Bridge Over Troubled Water as Simon & Garfunkel … Continue reading
The Sound of Music – Various Artists – 1965 First listen?: No I LOVED The Sound of Music as a kid. My very earliest memories are of me and my mum watching the film every single day. At the age of 4 or 5 I would make us sit down and watch it every single afternoon, where … Continue reading
Tango In The Night – Fleetwood Mac – 1987 First listen?: Yes One of the best albums I covered in last year’s portion of The UK’s Greatest Hits was Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. Released a decade after that breakthrough album, Tango In The Night was both the band’s most commercially successful record since, but also sounds like … Continue reading
The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem – 2000 First listen?: Yes Disturbed, revolutionary, sickening, groundbreaking, controversial, iconic; The Marshall Mathers LP is all of these things. It’s the only Hip-Hop record to even come close to the top 60 biggest selling albums of all time and it’s unlike anything else on this list. I love rap … Continue reading
Automatic For The People – R.E.M. – 1992 First listen?: Yes It’s no surprise that R.E.M. have managed to score one of the biggest selling albums of all time, their huge career in the 90s have made them a staple of radio ever since. Automatic For The People is the obvious favourite of their albums, given … Continue reading
40 albums is a lot of songs to listen to and I got the feeling that lots of said albums were surprising first listens for me. These sort of albums were the reason I wanted to do the list in the first place. Continue reading
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