An Album (or Two) a Day

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...

Retrospective Review Bayou Country , Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969, :34 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CCR's double-platinum second album is another mas...

Can't Sit Down , C.J. Chenier, 2011, :45 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ This Chenier cat is the son of the late Clifton Chenier, who was known as the King of...

Dust On the Bible , Kitty Wells, 1959, :29 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ I can honestly say that this is the best country-gospel record I have ever heard.  Yes,...

Excitable Boy , Warren Zevon, :31 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is almost  a Retrospective Review, but I have never heard this album in its entirely.  And ...

Hot Pants , James Brown, 1971, :30 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Maybe not one of JB's greatest albums — it feels rushed out and desultory — but somehow, it...

Grace Under Pressure , Rush, 1984, :39 ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Kurt Loder said it best: if you're a Rush fan, you'll like this, and if you don...

The Fame Monster , Lady Gaga, 2009, :34 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ A dance-pop album with a rough overall concept of the dark side of fame.  (Apparently as a...

Encore , Eminem, 2004, 1:17 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Another big ol' Eminem album, all overloaded with dumb skits and heaping helpings of misogyny!  As...

Dónde Están los Ladrones? , Shakira, 1998, :41 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ An all-Spanish album before Shakira made it big in the States. "Ciega, Sordomu...