Our Favorite Albums (321 – 330)
321. Doja Cat – Hot Pink [2019]
Nominated by DJ Livor Mortis of Word on the Street.
Hot Pink is the second studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat. A departure from the dancehall and psychedelic style of her debut album Amala (2018), it is a pop, R&B and funk record containing elements of soul. Doja Cat wrote all of the tracks alongside its songwriters and producers. It features production from Doja Cat, Yeti Beats and Dr. Luke under the pseudonym Tyson Trax, among others. (wikipedia.org)
322. John Denver and the Muppets – A Christmas Together [1979]
Nominated by Big Bent of Dub Revolution (and many more) who says: Perhaps, my favorite album of ALL TIME – my sentimental sweet spot.
323. Lou Reed – Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal [1974]
Nominated by Francesco Fiumara of Caffè Italia who says: And you are **** off when gatefold covers are irreparably marred in your country.
324. Can – Tago Mago [1971]
Nominated by Fluccs Capacitor of Time Moves Slow who says: Can has an immense catalogue, this was the first album of theirs I heard and still my favorite. I can’t understand a word Damo Suzuki is singing however that doesn’t mean his contribution is not completely integrated with the fuzz pounding of the band.
325. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup [2007]
Nominated by DJ TJ of Punkadelic.
Condon said about the name and inspiration for the album: “Back in the early 1900s…there used to be this hot air balloon festival in Paris—[the album’s] titled after that and after this very bizarre 1910 photo I found [by Léon Gimpel]. It’s one of the first color photos ever made, at the World’s Fair, and it…shows all these ancient hot air balloons about to take off in the middle of Paris. I just thought it was the most surreal image I’d seen in a long time.” He also said about the album sound: “I was listening to a lot of Jacques Brel and French chanson music—pop songs shrouded in big, glorious, over-the-top arrangements and all this drama—and that was in some sense unfamiliar territory to me. So I started buying new instruments and relying on things I wasn’t necessarily comfortable with, like French horns and euphoniums, carrying these big, epic big brass parts that I used to do all on trumpets, and working with accordion and organ instead of all ukulele—very much throwing myself in the world of classical pop music, I guess you could say.” (wikipedia.org)
326. Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief [1969]
Nominated by Bill Revill of Acoustic Blender who says: Brit folk/rock … in the Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny years.
327. California – Mr. Bungle [1999]
Nominated by Johnny Ganache of Pint ‘O Comics who says: Just weird and awesome. All of their albums are starkly different, this is my fave.
328. Grand Funk Railroad – E Pluribus Funk [1971]
Nominated by Sir Jon of Pint O’ Comics who says: To quote Homer Simpson: “The wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drum work of Don Brewer? Oh, man!”
329. Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way of The World [1975]
Nominated by DJ Rob of Chocolate Cake and Michael Benson of 75% Folk.
DJ Rob says: You can’t feel bad while this record is playing. You just can’t.
Michael Benson says: Still a unique sound.
330. Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky [1974]
Nominated by Karen Stein of Imagine who says: Moody, poetic songs. Sparse production that brings out the power of the lyrics. Sad, personal tales, ending in apocalypse (“Before the Deluge”). What’s not to like?
