“Elusive Butterfly” is a song written by Bob Lind, released as a single in December 1965, which reached No. 5 on both the Billboard and the adult contemporary chart in the spring of 1966. In the UK, despite a cover version by Val Doonican, it reached No. 5. In Australia, Lind’s “Elusive Butterfly” entered the […]
Forgotten Songs – 1950’s (2)
“You Send Me” Sam Cooke basically invented Soul music in the ’50s and paved the way for greats like Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye to follow in his footsteps. It all started with “You Send Me,” Cooke’s first single. “You Send Me” is a love song that introduced the public to Cooke’s almost impossibly smooth singing […]
Forgotten Songs – 1950’s (1)
There are some songs that will never disappear from the cultural zeitgeist. “Hey Jude” will be played forever, and “Shout” has become a cultural norm at most wedding receptions. Whether they’re undeniably fantastic or just have their perfect place and time, these songs will never be forgotten. Then there’s the other side of that coin. […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (Honourable Mentions 5)
Are You Experienced (30) is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album features Jimi Hendrix’s innovative approach to songwriting and electric guitar playing which soon […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (Honourable Mentions 4)
Kind of Blue (31) is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded in March and April 1959, at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in New York City, and released in August of that year by Columbia Records. For the recording, Davis led a sextet featuring saxophonists John Coltrane […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (Honourable Mentions 3)
Back to Black (33) is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released in October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (Honourable Mentions 2)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (40) (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released in June 1972 in the UK through RCA Records. It was co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott and features Bowie’s backing band the Spiders from Mars, […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (Honourable Mentions)
Graceland (46) is the seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was produced by Simon, engineered by Roy Halee and released in August 1986, by Warner Brothers Records. In the early 1980s, Simon’s relationship with his former musical partner Art Garfunkel had deteriorated, his marriage to actress Carrie Fisher had collapsed, and […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (1)
What’s Going On (1) is the eleventh studio album by American singer, songwriter, and producer Marvin Gaye. It was released in May 1971, by the Motown Records subsidiary label Tamla. Recorded between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at Hitsville USA, Golden World, and United Sound Studios in Detroit, and at The Sound Factory in West […]
Top 25 Albums of All Time (2)
Pet Sounds (2) is the 11th studio album by the American band the Beach Boys, released May 1966 on Capitol Records. It was initially met with a lukewarm critical and commercial response in the U.S., peaking at number 10 on the Billboard chart. In the UK, the album was lauded by critics and reached number […]