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#122 - Pearl (Janis Joplin)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Janis Joplin's album art for 'Pearl' (released January 11, 1971)"][/caption] Janis Joplin's posthumous album, entitled 'Pearl' was actually not completed because of her unexpected death, which is supposedly from heroin overdose when she was only 27 years old. In fact one...
#123 - Catch A Fire (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="302" caption="Catch A Fire (released April 13, 1973)"][/caption] I feel confident saying that this is one of the most well-known, if not the most well-known reggae album of all time. After years of playing together and several other albums, Bob Marley & The Wailers released...
#124 - Younger Than Yesterday (The Byrds)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Younger Than Yesterday, the fourth album from The Byrds (released February 6, 1967)"][/caption] "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star", the opening track on the album, sounds to me like a mock or a comment on the rising number of commercialized, "money-maker" bands that...
#125 - Raw Power (Iggy & The Stooges)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="220" caption="Raw Power (May 1973)"][/caption] Geez, I really don't know what to make of this album. I did a lot of research on this album and the fact that's its been recently remixed, and also that Iggy Pop didn't really like the sound of the original album. But I...
#126 - Remain in Light (Talking Heads)
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Album Art (October 8, 1980)"][/caption] I instantly loved this unique, funk and Afrobeat-inspired album. Talking Heads worked with renowned producer Brian Eno and wanted to get rid of the idea of a single frontman for this album. They wanted to explore new rhythms and beats for this...