MET A PIE MAN – Don McLean & AMERICAN PIE
AMERICAN PIE (1971): Not an anthem to the ’60s, the ‘American Pie’ title track is an allegory for the strange journey pop music took through the decade.
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ROSE TO THE TOP – Joni Mitchell & FOR THE ROSES
FOR THE ROSES (1972) finds Mitchell in questioning mood – the songs (and inner sleeve) revealing in more ways than one.
ART OF DARKNESS – Bob Dylan & BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (1975) is that rarest of albums where not a line goes to waste – every phrase continuation of the previous and prelude to the next.
FIRST IMPRESSIVE – the 1972 debut album of Jackson Browne
JACKSON BROWNE (1972) With barely a word or note that sounds inconsequential, Browne creates high standards for himself and resets the bar for the singer-songwriter album.
TAYLORED TO FIT: James Taylor – ‘MUD SLIDE SLIM and the BLUE HORIZON’
‘Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon’ (1971) provided refuge against the world rather than a reaction to it.
BLOODY MINDED – Twenty great albums of 1969…….
Twenty Great Albums of 1969: Chaos, copulation, conflict – the Rolling Stones cover it all on ‘LET IT BLEED’.
MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION – Twenty Great Albums of 1970
The Domino effect: Eric Clapton produces a spotless collection with Derek & the Dominoes.
ONLY TEENAGE WASTELAND? Twenty great albums of 1971……
TWENTY GREAT ALBUMS of 1971: Blues, boogie, folk and fantasy – all bases covered on ‘LED ZEPPELIN IV’
SECRET SERVICE – Carly Simon & ‘NO SECRETS’
Diane Keaton would become the cinematic embodiment of Carly Simon and her ‘No Secrets’ persona in ‘Annie Hall’……..
LADY SINGS THE BLUES – Joni Mitchell & ‘BLUE’ (1971):
Rock music has produced some genuine masterpieces – but beyond them all stands ‘BLUE’………..