Our Favorite Albums (231 – 240)
231. Keith Jarrett (with Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen) – Belonging [1974]
Nominated by Richard Kamins of River Valley Rhythms who says: Jarrett meets his Scandanavian rhythm section plus saxophonist Garbarek and sparks fly!
232. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses [1989]
Nominated by DJ TJ of Punkadelic.
The self-titled debut from the Manchester, UK based band was produced by John Leckie, who had produced Pink Floyd’s classic album Meddle.
233. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow [1967]
Nominated by Sir Jon of Pint O’ Comics who says: Psychedelic rock at its most.
234. Jerry Garcia – Garcia [1972]
Nominated by Psychedelic Rick of The Psychedelicatessen.
Warner Bros. Records offered the Grateful Dead the opportunity to cut their own solo records, and Garcia was released around the same time as Bob Weir’s Ace and Mickey Hart’s Rolling Thunder. Unlike Ace, which was practically a Grateful Dead album, Garcia was more of a solo effort, as Garcia played almost all the instrumental parts. Six tracks (specifically those coauthored by lyricist Robert Hunter) eventually became standards in the Grateful Dead concert repertoire. (wikipedia.org)
235. Hannah Cranna – Hannah Cranna [1997]
Nominated by Robbie of Homegrown.
236. Dar Williams – Mortal City [1996]
Nominated by DJ Livor Mortis of Word on the Street.
The second album from the Wesleyan alum features a wealth of fantastic songs, including “The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed”. All thanks to the muse which birthed the Wes-est of lyrics:
What kind of a name is
Students Against the Treacherous Use of Fur?
Fur is already dead, and besides,
A name like that doesn’t make a good acronym.
237. Brian Eno and David Byrne – My Life In The Bush of Ghosts [1981]
Nominated by Karen Stein of Imagine who says: Brian Eno brought production values to this album that opened up the floodgates to a different way of making music. Byrne and Eno sampled little bits of dialogue- an exorcism, a holy roller preacher, etc., and bathed it in futuristic electronic music. Heady, but still danceable. It was weirdly fresh 40 years ago and it remains so.
238. Procol Harum – Procol Harum [1967]
Nominated by Leith of The Light Fandango.
Procol Harum was released in September 1967 in the US, and three months later in the UK. Though the album was recorded on multitrack, it was issued as mono-only in the UK, and in mono and rechannelled stereo in the US. Despite extensive searching, the original multitrack tapes have not been located and thus a stereo mix of the original ten tracks may never be possible. Several alternate takes, however, have been mixed into stereo and are available on CD. As recently as 2004, the original single, mixed to stereo, has appeared on a “Dick Bartley Presents: Classic Oldies” compilation on Eric Records. (wikipedia.org)
239. Rostam – Half-Light [2017]
Nominated by DJ AmorOso of WTF: What the Funk & Storytime.
Half-Light is the debut solo studio album by American musician Rostam. Half-Light was released a year after his departure from his acclaimed indie-pop band, Vampire Weekend,[20] and his successful collaboration with the former The Walkmen singer, Hamilton Leithauser, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine. The album contains several tracks that were written many years before the release of Half-Light, with one song being written ten years prior to the album’s release. (wikipedia.org)
240. The Coup – Genocide & Juice [1994]
Nominated by Big Bent of Dub Revolution (and many more!) who says: Hard hitting conscious revolutionary rap from Oakland CA with humorous storytelling and a great impression of Donald Trump on “Pimps (freestyling at the fortune 500 club).
