#908 Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris again? Why? Red Dirt Girl was her resurgence into the charts after her kiss successful 90s era. This album was a departure for her as a songwriter. She wrote or co-wrote all the songs, except “One Big Love”. This album marks Harris’ final appearance on the 1001 Albums…. I have give all previous […]

#867 Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Who is Lucinda Williams? I swear if she sings country music, then I will scream. I am in 1998. Come on people! Country music is so ancient. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road is her fifth album. It has to be country, since I do not know of her. Oh boy. I did not like […]

#808 Screaming Trees – Dust

Screaming Trees were on a commercial rise in the beginning of the 90s with their album Sweet Oblivion, but they waited too long for their 1996 follow up album Dust. I vaguely remember the former, but I do not remember the latter at all. Out of sight is out of mind when it comes to […]

#282 John Martyn – Solid Air

John Martyn is not an artist I am familiar with at all. I guess it might be the fact that he was mostly a folk artist. Solid Air is one of two albums on this list. I guess I will get to know him. This is strange for folk music, but I guess it is […]

#237 John Prine – John Prine

I did not know anything about John Prine before listening to this album. He is a country folk singer. He is still alive. That seems to be a miracle and this is his first album. His songs tend to be filled with humour and politics. The first song “Illegal Smile” made me think of Bob […]

#236 Gene Clark – White Light

Sometimes I want to skip an album that I know without reservation I will hate it. White Light is one of those albums. How do I know that? Gene Clark is a country singer. The only country singer I sort of liked was Dolly Parton. Okay, I should have read more of the bio on […]

#191 Nick Drake – Bryter Layter

Bryter Layter is Nick Drake‘s second album. He left us with three. The album opens with the beautiful instrumental “Introduction“. It tells me that there is beauty, sadness, ashes, fire and a few twist and turns ahead. I am excited to hear what Drake has to offer us on the second album. His voice sounds […]

#190 Grateful Dead – American Beauty

American Beauty is the second album on the list from the Grateful Dead. I thought the previous album was a disaster. If you think Bob Dylan cannot sing, then you need to hear this band. They literally cannot sing. It was horrendous. I can attest that this is more of the same thing. I guess […]

#170 Leonard Cohen – Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen‘s Songs From A Room is his second album on this list. I was not impressed with his previous one and I have doubts about this one too. The problem with Cohen is that he cannot sing. Some may say that Bob Dylan cannot sing either, but I disagree. Dylan can carry a tune, […]

#150 Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left

I am more excited to listen to Nick Drake‘s Five Leaves Left than I have been to listen to any other album so far. I was introduced to his music a season ago and I loved it, but I never moved myself to search out the album. I had a couple songs that I knew, […]