#948 Norah Jones – Come Away with Me

Norah Jones is one of the artist that even I heard of in Hungary. I knew someone who liked her, but I cannot remember who. Her debut album Come Away with Me is one of the best selling albums of all time. I am not a huge fan of her voice. It sounds the same […]

#843 Robert Wyatt – Shleep

Another artist I have never heard of is English musician Robert Wyatt. He was highly praised for his seventh album Shleep from 1997. One of the genres on the album is Canterbury scene, which I have never heard of either. It is from the city of Canterbury in England. It is associated with progressive rock. The […]

#819 Fiona Apple – Tidal

Fiona Apple is someone I have never listened to before today. The women singers of the 90s were mostly irritating to me. I thought that Tori Amos was enough for me. It became a whole moment of angry women touring together. I am not sure why they were angry. I did not care. I was […]

#763 Nas – Illmatic

Nas? What is a Nas? I hope it is not rap. Why does it sound like a rapper’s name or group? Oh crap! It is hardcore hip-hop. His debut album Illmatic was released in 1994. What I discovered is that he uses multisyllabic internal rhymes. This is just another album filled with obscenities. If Nas had […]

#548 Abdullah Ibrahim – Water From An Ancient Well

Water From An Ancient Well is a jazz album from South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim. I am not excited to hear another jazz album. I grew up with jazz all around me. I have always preferred it live over recorded. As the first song started I was not impressed. It sounded like what […]

#429 The Crusaders – Street Life

I thought jazz was over in the list of 1001 Albums…, but I was wrong. The Crusaders‘ Street Life made the list, but I have never heard of them at all. I wonder if anyone has heard of them. I looked at their bio for this album and it seems that they have been used […]

#339 Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner

I have heard of Tom Waits, but I have not heard his album Nighthawks at the Diner. My knowledge of Waits comes from my friend Eric. We used to listen to Primus and waits sings with them on one of their songs. Eric listened to a lot of new music for me. He was more […]

#253 Hugh Masekela – Home is Where the Music Is

Home Is Where the Music Is is a jazz album with afrobeats influence. I kind of thought jazz was done now, even Miles Davis does not have anymore albums on the list. I guess I will see how I feel after listening to it. I can say that the songs are way too long. I […]

#177 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew

Miles Davis is back with Bitches Brew. Some of these artist are overly represented. This is Davis’ fourth album on the list. They have progressively gotten better, but I want to hear other artist. I think this book of 1001 Albums… should move people to check out new music and honour great artists over the […]

1001 Albums #53

John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme is avant-garde jazz, free jazz, modal jazz and more jazz. It has been classified as one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Is it? Or were those critics taking drugs with The Beach Boys? I do not get it. I like some of the jazz, but some of it I […]