Another 100 Albums List
 

Yep. Just doin' what I do best; making lists. I present to you fine folk, my 100 favorite albums, as of right now. This is in it's third iteration in the past 6 years. Enjoy.

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100. Put the "O" Back in Country - Shooter Jennings

It's always nice to hear a current country album that sounds like, well, country music. You won't find any "southern pop" here, as you can tell right away from the name of the album. Also, his dad would have beat his ass if he put out garbage and called it country. Anyways, whenever I start to lose faith in modern country music, I just spin this and I see the light.

Favorite Track: Sweet Savannah


Spotify: Put The O Back In Country by Shooter Jennings on Spotify

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99. Person Pitch - Panda Bear

Not much to say here other than this album is great. I decided to give this album a shot when it came out based on the cover, for I had not heard of Animal Collective at the time. Wise choice..

Favorite Track: Bro's


Spotify: Person Pitch by Panda Bear on Spotify

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98. Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies

I love the percussion work on this LP.

Favorite Track: Fa Cé-La


Spotify: Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies on Spotify

To keep things interesting, let's see 51 albums that missed the last cut whilst I was narrowing down the list to 100.

Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions
Audioslave - Audioslave
Baduizm - Erykah Badu
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Be - Common
Beyond the Blue Neon - George Strait
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Brighter Than Creation's Dark - Drive-By Truckers
The Budos Band - The Budos Band
By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
Dummy - Portishead
Endtroducing.... - DJ Shadow
G.P. - Gram Parsons
Guero - Beck
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Imagine - John Lennon
In Pieces - Garth Brooks
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Jukebox - Cat Power
Let it Be - The Replacements
Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
Madvillainy - Madvillain
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
Moon Safari - Air
Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Permission to Land - The Darkness
Phrenology - The Roots
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
The Return of the Durutti Column - The Durutti Column
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Sea Change - Beck
Shame, Shame - Dr. Dog
The Shepherd's Dog - Iron & Wine
Silver Pistol - Brinsley Schwarz
Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
Sleepless - Peter Wolf
Stardust - Willie Nelson
Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
Wish I Had You - The Rounders
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
3rd Eye Vision - Hieroglyphics

Now...on to number 97...

Excellent, just excellent. Like you say, there are so many artistes these days claiming to be country, as if wearing a cowboy hat or having a steel guitar in their band qualifies them. Nice to hear some REAL country. Must check this guy out further.

Wondering what you think of Steve Earle, one of my favourite and most honest country acts, even if he does lean more than a few times into basic rock territory? This is one of his best, from the excellent "Transcendental blues" album, a song written for a guy on death row. Very touching and poignant, I feel, and most of all, real.

I LOVE me some Steve Earle! That whole clan of singer-songwriters, Crowell, Van Zandt, Clark, etc. are some of my favorite artists! Stay tuned for more on this...

Gee, uh, maybe he prefers the 100 that did make the cut? ;)

How did you know!!?