101 Songs

Elvis Costello: I own about 90 of his songs, five over full albums, 'My Aim is True', 'Imperial Bedroom', 'Blood and C...

It took a lot of jiggling about to put this list together, to fill one slightly desolate year while choosing the most suitable from a full...

I love the Americana, of course, whatever that is. That's my favourite. Alt-country, Beyond Nashville, whatever you call it, the guita...

Listening to 'Aladdin Sane' now, I'm struck by how glam it is. It's a real glam stomp of an album. In that sense it's ...

They weren't the first supergroup, CSNY, but they're probably the definitive American supergroup. Massively successful over there...

Here's an interesting thing about 'London Calling' - it was a 70s album in Britain and an 80s album in the USA, indeed it was ...

Perhaps I allow myself too many "seminal moments" in my musical life, too many awakenings and turning points. But here's ano...

I always come up with an End of Year list of my favourite songs and albums, and always think it gets harder by the year, which may or may no...

Talkin' New Bob Dylan Blues. Must be hard being a new Bob Dylan. There used to be loads, from Loudon Wainwright to Bruce Springsteen...

Regular readers of the blog could almost certainly have guessed both the album and the artist to follow Blur (and not just because I actua...

This is another wonderful album cover, and the album that is seen in some ways as the "start" of the Blur we know and love and t...

1978, the year I was born, and a classic album cover. What a tremendous concept Blondie was, a punk band, a pop band, a rock band, a disco...

1983's a bit of a funny year, isn't it? Thatcher got re-elected, Thriller had just come out but Madonna hadn't hit yet, the J...

I'm not going to lie to you, I don't own this album. I wanted to put together a Beyonce/Destiny's Child compilation, so needed...

Right, no fucking about with this one. 1966 - Revolver, The Beatles. If you were to collate all the lists ever of Best Album ever, this w...