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THE GREAT ALBUMS
As the never-ending parade of pantheonic lists by
MTV, VH1, and Rolling Stone magazine attests, the five-decade history of rock
’n’ roll has produced a canon of classics just like any other art form, from
literature, to theater, to film.
Inspired by my Chicago Sun-Times colleague
and critical hero Roger Ebert, I launched this bi-weekly column in Sunday
Showcase (and hope to return to it soon) as an in-depth forum for delving deep into the grooves of rock’s bonafide masterpieces, as well as for shedding light on some lesser-known
efforts that deserve to be acknowledged for their genius.
In introducing his Great Movies column, Roger wrote,
"One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful
film they have not yet discovered." The same is true of music and the Great
Albums--so tune in, turn it up, and read on.
2006
March 19: Queen, Jazz
Feb. 5: Common, Like Water for
Chocolate
2003
June 13: PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love
Jan. 25: Arrested Development, 3 Years, 5
Months...
Oct. 19: Simon and Garfunkel, Bookends
Oct. 5: John Cale and Brian Eno, Wrong Way Up
Sept. 21: Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes
July 13: Barry White, The Ultimate Collection
June 29: Tone-Loc, Loc-ed After Dark
June 15: Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
June 1: Love, Forever Changes
May
18: Wire, Pink Flag
May 4: Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Apr. 6: De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising
Mar. 9:
Ride, Carnival of Light
Feb. 9:
Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque
2002
Dec. 1: Two by
Queen
Oct. 20: Liz
Phair, Exile in Guyville
Oct.
6: Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow
Sept.
8: Jane's Addiction: Ritual de lo Habitual
Aug. 25:
Public Enemy, Fear of A Black Planet
Aug. 11: The
MC5, Kick Out the Jams
July
14: Bob Marley, Confrontation
June
30, 2002: Supertramp, Breakfast in America
June 16,
2002: X-Ray Spex, Germfree Adolescents
June 2,
2002: "Heroes"
April 21,
2002: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
Mar.
24, 2002: The Velvet Underground & Nico
Feb.
24, 2002: R.E.M., Murmur
Feb.
10, 2002: The Ramones, Ramonesmania
Jan. 27,
2002: Rush, 2112
Jan. 13. 2002: The Patti Smith Group, Easter
2001
Dec.16, 2001: The Beatles,
Revolver
Dec. 2, 2001:
My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
Nov. 18,
2001: Jethro Tull, Aqualung
Nov. 4,
2001: The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed
Oct. 21,
2001: Nirvana, In Utero
Oct. 7,
2001: James Brown: Live at the Apollo
Sept. 23,
2001: Derek and the Dominos, Layla
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