Our Favorite Albums (301 – 310)
301. Cornelius – Fantasma [1997]
Nominated by DJ TJ of Punkadelic.
Fantasma is the third studio album by Japanese musician Cornelius, released on August 6, 1997 on his label Trattoria. Oyamada envisioned the album as “a one-on-one experience between the music and the listener. … It starts with you entering into the journey and ends with you returning back to reality. (wikipedia.org)
302. Pentangle – Sweet Child [1968]
Nominated by Bill Revill of Acoustic Blender who says: British folk/jazz from the late 60s.
303. Chuck Mangione – Live at the Village Gate [1989]
Nominated by DJ MTSPEN of Storytime & Motivation Nation who says: Chuck Mangione leads a band like I think many have. Much respect to this fellow Western New Yorker for his joy through music.
304. Swans – Filth [1983]
Nominated by Rick Reaction.
Filth is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. Though it did not receive much contemporary attention, Filth has since been recognized as ahead of its time and significant to heavy genres of music. Musically, the album is bleak, grinding, and deliberately repetitive, defined by two bassists persistently doubling over the same chord. The two drummers, Jonathan Kane and Roli Mosimann, play chaotically and angularly, occasionally mixing in percussion from metal straps striking tables, and the distorted guitar of Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption, rape, and abuse of power. (wikipedia.org)
305. Linda & Richard Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights [1982]
Nominated by Richard Kamins of River Valley Rhythms who says: One of the most amazing “divorce albums” ever made features the stunning “Shoot Out The Lights.”
306. Joan Shelley – Over and Even [2015]
Nominated by DJ Livor Mortis of Word on the Street.
307. The National – High Violet [2010]
Nominated by DJ Jagged Little Thrill of What the Funk & Word on the Street.
The band produced the album themselves, assisted by Peter Katis with whom they worked on their previous albums Alligator and Boxer at their own studio in Brooklyn, New York, and at Katis’ Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. (wikipedia.org)
308. The Dead Milkmen – Beelzebubba [1988]
Nominated by Big Bent of Dub Revolution (and many more) who says: kind of the epitome of college radio – another big part of my high school soundtrack
309. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Io Sono Nato Libero [1973]
Nominated by Francesco Fiumara of Caffè Italia who says: Some covers are as worthy as the music.
310. John Lennon – Imagine [1971]
Nominated by DJ McKenzie of Splitting Hairs & The Beatles: A Week in the Life who says: John Lennon’s second post-Beatles album has become his most iconic, spawning one of the best songs of all time. But it’s not just the title track that this album has to offer; songs from “Jealous Guy” to “How?” solidify this album as a staple of the Beatles’ solo careers.
