#270 The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street

The Rolling Stones‘ Exile on Main Street his the last album from them on this list. I find that shocking. This album is very different than their previous works. Gone is the Andy Warhol art, the hot singles and they are swinging it free range. “Rocks Off” opens the album with a good beat, but […]

#216 The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers is the fifth album from The Rolling Stones on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. Overall, their albums have been good with the exception of Let It Bleed; it was not as great. This is their first album without guitarist and founder Brian Jones. This album kicks off their number one […]

#149 The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones’s Let It Bleed has one song that I know very well. This album will be exciting to listen to since it will all be new to me. I read that it is in line with their more bluesy sound. I believe that has to do with Brian Jones being kicked out during […]

#128 Jeff Beck – Truth

Jeff Beck? How did he make it on the list I wondered. He is known for his guitar work. I hope this is not a guitar album. I do not want to listen to someone just playing the guitar for one hour. That is my truth, but I hope Beck’s first solo album Truth is similar. […]

#107 The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet

Beggars Banquet was the album everyone was waiting for from The Rolling Stones. They had returned to their roots and stopped following the psychedelia trend. It was their last full album with Brian Jones. He was too unreliable at this point and would join the “27 Club” in the following year. Another bright star burned […]

1001 Albums #73

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers’ Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton is not the only Mayall album to feature a future artist who would go onto greater fame. Clapton would leave to form Cream, Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie would leave to form Fleetwood Mac and Mick Taylor would join The Rolling Stones. Yet, I have never heard of John Mayall. From the minute the music starts you can hear […]

1001 Albums #70

The Rolling Stones‘ Aftermath finds the boys experimenting with many different instruments such as the sitar and the Japanese koto. Actually, let us be honest, Brian Jones was experimenting and he was the genius of the band, but Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were the songwriters. Jones could play any instrument. Does the change work? I think the music Jones created is great. He introduced some instruments that were not known in the rock music. The problem I have with the album is the lyrics and Jagger’s shouting […]

1001 Albums #59

The Who’s My Generation is one of the most overrated albums ever. My prior knowledge of The Who is from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, an American television series. Their opening song is “Who Are You“. I had a hard time listening to this album. I thought they were trying to sound like different bands. In one song, I thought it was The Rolling […]

1001 Albums #51

I could safely say that I do not have any good memories of my mother except one. She listened to a lot of music. She would listen to songs over and over. If the lyrics were not included on the album, then she would try to write them out. I am not sure why she […]

1001 Albums #46

The Rolling Stones cleverly titled their first album The Rolling Stones. They have been together since 1962. Almost all of the original members are still alive and touring. The Beatles were framed in history as the good guys in white and the Rolling Stones were the bad guys in black. I think that should only go for the music, but not […]