In this video, we take a look at Black Sabbath’s second album, Paranoid. This album is considered to be one of the first heavy metal albums ever made. It celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this year. I do not own any of the music or images. Please support the official releases.
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This month will be the 50th anniversary of the day we lost Jimi Hendrix. I wanted to reflect on his first album with this episode of Awesome Albums. We take a look at The Experience’s debut album, Are You Experienced, released in 1967. This video not only covers the songs released on the American […]
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Today we look at The Rolling Stones’ 1974 album It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll. While they feel they were just coasting on the sucess of their previous albums, you have to admit the songs are still pretty good. I do not own any of the music, images, or videos. Please support the official releases.
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Last time I said I would pick an album by an artist who got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. I decided to go with The Doobie Brothers and their 1976 album Takin’ It to the Streets. This album was significant to The Doobie Brothers’ history due to their […]
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We continue the Led Zeppelin story, and see what the band was up to in the second half of 1969. They not only released their first album in ’69, but their second album too. This album is significantly heavier than their first album but also with enough acoustic elements that foreshadow the sound of […]
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I have a couple more anniversary videos I want to do before the end of the year. Today, we take a look at Led Zeppelin’s first album, which turned 50 years old in January of 1969. This video goes through the end of the Yardbirds, the personnel changes leading up to the creation of […]
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Ordinarily I talk about albums that are nostalgic to an older generation. Today, I’m going to talk about an album nostalgic to MY generation, Green Day’s American Idiot. This album had recently turned 15 years old, and I just had to talk about it. I wanted to talk about the music of course but […]
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We are wrapping up The Summer of Pink Floyd with our final video in the trilogy of videos about Pink Floyd’s 1979 album, The Wall. This episode covers the second disc of the double album, and briefly mention a couple bonus tracks. I do not own any of the music, images, or videos […]
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We are continuing in The Summer of Pink Floyd, with our second episode talking about their 1979 album, The Wall. This episode covers the first disc of their double album, as well as a couple tracks from the live album Is There Anybody Out There? I do not own any of the music, images, […]
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We are continuing the Summer of Pink Floyd by taking a look at their 1979 Rock Opera, The Wall. The story of the making of this album begins back before the creation of the band, with the death of Roger Waters’ father. In this episode we will dive into this history of The Wall, […]
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