Album Countdown 500

I'm listening to each of the 500 best albums as rated by Rolling Stones Magazine during the year 2012. I will countdown 500 to 1 and blog about each album. Join me on this musical quest of the best. Click for Introduction

Friday, February 24, 2012

#473 Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

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I don't remember when I first heard Coldplay. Was it their breakthrough hit Yellow , was it Clocks ? I mean, when they came out ther...

Thursday, February 23, 2012

#474 Otis Redding- Otis Redding Live In Europe (1967)

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Otis Redding toured Europe with Booker T and the MG's (of Green Onions fame) in the spring of 1967. On March 21 in Paris, history was m...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

#475 Bruce Springsteen- Tunnel of Love (1987)

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My best friend and I go all the way back to the 5th grade. We're both married now (not to each other), and life has evolved where we ...

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

#476 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)

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Inspired by the Blues Brothers, I bought my first Blues Harp around the beginning of 1987. Soon thereafter and unbeknownst to me, one of th...

Monday, February 20, 2012

#477 Fugees- The Score (1996)

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It's not exactly fair listening to an entire album, after recently having played a gig. It's like presenting someone with a pizza, ...

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CTK: I'm a happily married guy living near Chicago who has spent the better part of 20 years playing in rock bands. I figured spending the smaller part of one year actually listening to rock bands wouldn't be such a bad idea.

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