#462: The Gilded Palace of Sin [The Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969]
A landmark album of country rock, The Gilded Palace of Sin is characterised by…
#463: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession [Laura Nyro, 1968]
Rolling Stone has really taken a pickaxe to reggae over the past couple…
#464: 3+3 [The Isley Brothers, 1973]
Nyro was more popular as a songwriter than an artist. Musicians like Blood…
#465: The Best of the Classic Years [2003]
Rolling Stone has really taken a pickaxe to reggae over the past couple…
#466: Red [Black Uhuru, 1981]
Rolling Stone has really taken a pickaxe to reggae over the past couple…
#467: BLACKsummers’night [Maxwell, 2009]
I’m not sure how to feel about this album. Maxwell is a perfectly…
#468: Some Girls [The Rolling Stones, 1978]
They were one of the biggest commercial forces of the '60s, achieved their…
#469: Clandestino [Manu Chao, 1998]
For an American music publication, this seems like a European pick. Chao was…
#470: 400 Degreez [Juvenile, 1998]
I really like the beats on this album. Mannie Fresh had a knack…
#471: Surrealistic Pillow [Jefferson Airplane, 1967]
What makes an album fall 325 ranks on the Rolling Stone Greatest Albums…
#472: Ctrl [SZA, 2017]
Weird album name. On her debut album, SZA just needs to vent about…
#473: Barrio Fino [Daddy Yankee, 2004]
There was never a chance I would like this album. Daddy Yankee’s third…
#474: #1 Record [Big Star, 1972]
Why would you tempt fate like that? The moment that the pop rock…
#475: Cheryl Crow [Cheryl Crow, 1996]
The first impression of Sheryl Crow was not good. All I Wanna Do…
#476: Kimono House [Sparks, 1976]
How can I describe this record? It’s like being taken to a demented…
#477: Moanin’ in the Moonlight [Howlin’ Wolf, 1959]
This is the birth of rock and roll. Ike Turner, Tina Turner’s abusive…
#478: Something Else by the Kinks [The Kinks, 1967]
Among the internationalist Beatles and American-obsessed Rolling Stones, the third best band of…
#479: Amor Prohibido [Selena, 1994]
Mexico has long impacted American popular music. It was a Mexican folk song…
#480: The Weight of These Wings [Miranda Lambert, 2016]
Are country musicians the new rockstars? No one is quite sure when…
#481: If You’re Feeling Sinister [Belle and Sebastian, 1996]
On this breakthrough album of Scottish indie rock band Belle and Sebastian, lead…