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The Ten Greatest Albums of the CenturyFirst, my strong caveat on "10 Greatest" anything; my musical exposure is not nearly universal enough to make my opinions anything but a matter of esoteric personal opinion. I was born in 1950 and my strong preference for classic rock and roll will be obvious. Meanwhile, while there are a few rap and hip-hop songs that I enjoy, I don't like the genre overall. Anyway, in no particular order...
The Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed (Abkco, 1969). The Stones at their most energetic and corrupt. Keith sounds like he's using a razor blade instead of a guitar pick. One of the albums that reinvented rock.
Order It At Amazon.ComWarren Zevon: Excitable Boy (Elektra, 1978). Zevon is the intellectual's favorite singer-songwriter. His earlier albums have some beautiful stuff ("Carmelita" is probably his best work), but this is his best album. He's also an ideal candidate for a big comeback in Century 21.
Order It At Amazon.ComBob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (Columbia, 1966). Another album that reinvented rock. Nobody ever has sounded quite like Dylan, or would have had the guts to record a guitar break as lame as "Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat", but with Zimmerman, it's all good. Highway 61 is as good, but Blonde is a double album and it's slightly more self-assured. Masterpiece.
Order It At Amazon.ComThe Beatles: The White Album (Apple/Capitol, 1968). If I have to explain to you why this album belongs here, then please go back to listening to your WWF theme song colections, okay?
Order It At Amazon.ComHank Williams: Greatest Hits (Mercury Nashville, 1978). His kid's a second rate knockoff, but pops was the real deal. This is all the country music I need.
Order It At Amazon.ComJacques Brel: Is Alive and Well & Living in Paris (from the Village Gate performance) (Columbia, 1968). This masterful translation of the best work of the legendary French composer ran as an ensemble piece at the Village Gate in New York in the late '60s and early '70s and remains the quintessential English-language sample of Brel's brilliance. Favorite song: "Amsterdam".
This version is out of printPaul Simon: 1964-1993 (Warner Brothers, 1993). Songs like "The Boy in the Bubble" and "Mother and Child Reunion" establish Simon as a more mature (if less sophisticated) reincarnation of Cole Porter for the late 20th Century.
Order It At Amazon.ComThe Clash: London Calling (Epic, 1979). The last album I heard that reinvented rock. The Clash were the real thing, and their music is like hearing the brilliant, white hot fucked up essence of the Punk/New Wave movement. Too bad I don't have room for a Elvis Costello album -- or even an Elvis Presley one...
Order It At Amazon.ComRy Cooder: Bop Till You Drop (Warner Brothers, 1978). The slickest cat to ever console a guitar, Cooder is at his best on this LP -- and at his best, there's nobody better. Cooder possesses the kind of effortless cool that the Jimmy Buffets of the world can only dream about (also note how much Keith Richards owes to Cooder as an axman -- no surprise since the Stones had him record in a studio for a week or two then ripped off his best riffs during the "Let It Bleed" era).
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