First Album, First Song
If you’ve read my blog, you already know that I am a HUGE fan of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. So I won’t bore yo...
Author: Alex
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Before I was a fully formed individual with my own music tastes, I loved the Beatles. It seems less obvious now, because my taste in music has expanded in many ...
Alice Cooper – Love It to Death
(Album ©1971, Warner Bros. Records) Alice Cooper was a band out of Phoenix that evolved slowly through the mid to late-’60’s, finally settling ...
The Most Impressive Debut Albums
I’ve written about great Third Albums already, but in doing so, I glossed over acts that hit a home run right out of the gates. Given how hard it has been...
The Most Influential Albums of My Life
In 2018, a “challenge” went around Facebook that I was able to get behind and participate in – the first (and only) one ever. No Ice Bucket Ch...
Yes – The Yes Album
(Album ©1971, Atlantic Records) Yes helped to define the prog rock genre in the early ’70’s, and that started with their third album, 1971&rsqu...
Third Albums
I grew up finding bands and performers that I liked from the radio, and then in my teens, via MTV as well. Once I found a band I liked, I would work backwards t...
Guns-N-Roses – Appetite for Destruction
(Album ©1987, Geffen Records) 1987 was a weird year in popular music. The top selling album for the calendar year was Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet (r...
The Black Crowes – Amorica
(Album ©1994, American Recordings) This album cover was such a turn-on when I first saw it. The not-so-subversive sexiness was off the charts. Only recentl...
Fishbone – Truth & Soul
(Album ©1988, Columbia Records) As I have already written, after I had my senses rattled awake by Guns-N-Roses in college, I got my soul funked u...