1001 Album Club

Deep Purple entering their classic Mark 2 lineup has decided to go full on Rock in this fun album.

We agree that the Louvin Brothers have some very dark and disturbing songs as reflected by their own tragic lives .

Marty Robbins brings the American West to life in some of the best cowboy songs we’ve ever heard.

The album and the group made their own impact, influencing a movement toward roots styles and country elements in rock. ... Read more

The Bill Evans Trio live at the Village Vanguard is considered a classic but we consider it terrible mainly because of b... Read more

The Band, the group’s second album, was a more deliberate and even more accomplished effort, partially because the playe... Read more

Geoff Emerick is quoted saying: “I know for a fact that, from the day it came out, Revolver changed the way that everyon... Read more

Caetano Veloso’s first album as a solo artist marked the birth of the culturally revolutionary tropicalia movement, of w... Read more

Midnight Ride marked just about the pinnacle of Paul Revere & the Raiders’ and most of the music on Midnight Ride wa... Read more

Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the... Read more

The last Beatles album to be recorded (although Let It Be was the last to be released), Abbey Road was a fitting swan so... Read more

The originators of the Southern/Memphis soul movement come up with one of the greatest riffs in music history while on a... Read more

Rather than try to capture their legendary on-stage energy in a studio, MC5 opted to record their first album during a l... Read more

A wild Jerry Lee Lewis comes out of the blackness of the German wilderness full of adrenaline and amphetamines to absolu... Read more

The album that lead Dylan to folk fame and being named,  “Spokesman of a Generation”. A title the singer hated .

Ray Charles landmark album covering country and western music during the civil right moment is incredible .

Prog is here. “Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s 1970 eponymous LP was only a rehearsal. It hit hard because of the novelty o... Read more

After difficulty finding the right chemistry in the New York Columbia Studio A , Dylan took the advice of Bob Johnston a... Read more

Dr. John’s Gris-Gris is among the most enduring recordings of the psychedelic era; it sounds as mysterious and spooky in... Read more

Bob Dylan goes electric as he sheds the acoustic troubadour for the street-wise rock and roller and once again inspires ... Read more