Continuing the series I started with the 1960s, this is the top 10 pop/rock albums of the 1970s according to the ratings of the users of the RateYourMusic.com website (one of my favorite music related sites.) For the 1970s edition I’m adding the current ranking of each album on Amazon’s best selling music list. It’s [...]

The Beatles in Stereo and The Beatles in Mono box sets are the two most obvious choices for anyone who doesn’t have them yet. They are a “must own” for any serious music fan. There are a number of new John Lennon releases this year that may be a good choice for a Lennon/Beatles fan. [...]

***Due to my obsessive nature I am editing this article with Amazon.com sales rankings included because I’m obsessed with them right now for some sick reason.*** According to the users of the website RateYourMusic.com, these are the top 10 pop/rock albums of the 1960s: #01 The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) – #82 on Amazon [...]

If you’re looking for Christmas gifts (or just for a great deal for something for yourself) then you should definitely check out Amazon’s “Cyber Monday” deals today. There’s a lot of great deals on all kinds of stuff, including music. For example you can get the Bob Dylan mono box set (his first 8 albums [...]

Today I’m continuing my series for “three great albums” for each year beginning in 2007 and working backwards (I’m planning on keeping at this until I reach 1964.) I’m at 1997 today and this is a year I’ve been looking forward to as I think it’s my personal favorite year for music for the last [...]

I figure a lot of folks are looking for Christmas albums at the moment (safe bet, isn’t it?) so I’ve compiled this list of the 10 current bestsellers in the Christmas album niche (basically I’ve picked out, in order, all of the Christmas albums on Amazon’s bestselling music list to come up with these ten [...]

I was thinking: “I wonder how many of the 200 albums on the Billboard 200 are by artists I dig?” This may seem like a rather thin concept for a blog post, but compared to a lot of the crap I post here, this is brilliant! #002 Twilight Soundtrack No, I’m not a fan of [...]

I didn’t bother last week, and I may not bother again next week! But this week I’m back at it. What follows are four albums being released tomorrow that you may (or may not) want to check out. The Flaming Lips – Embyronic On my shortlist for album of the year. This is the most [...]

1966 – Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde At 71 minutes, Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde fits on one CD. Of course with CD’s becoming increasingly irrelevant, what does that really matter? Which leads me to a bit of a meditation on what constitutes a double album in the digital era? How long does an album [...]

With an artist of Bob Dylan’s stature (and who has released as many albums as he has, 33 studio albums thus far) it can sometimes be difficult for new listeners to know where to start. Often times people start with greatest hits albums and I suppose that can be a decent way to dip your [...]