Landmark Albums and Songs (band, blues, Beatles, 2009)

[jcpiv]

We've done overrated, and we've done underrated. Let's get neutral with undeniably influential albums and songs. Terrible or tremendous, they forged a path, even if it wasn't obvious at first.


from Graceland by Paul Simon. Both hugely popular and controversial.

from Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk.
Listen to


for reference/reverence.

[BigSwede]

Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (Full Album) - YouTube

[stevo6]

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( Full Album Remastered 2009) - The Beatles - YouTube

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King - ( Full Album ) - YouTube

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five featuing Melle Mel & Duke Bootee (1982) - YouTube

Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues - JazzAndBluesExperience - YouTube

[jbgusa]

[thriftylefty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9tEvfIsDyo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIHsHYaig0

Funky bass lines ruled Soul and R&B dance tracks until these two guys came out and minimalized the bass lines. Thin production with mostly voice, guitar and drums. I knew around this time that good studio production techniques was the same as having a good band in terms of making a hit record.