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DOUG'S MUSIC BLOG
Top Rock Music 1981
Top 20 Rock Albums 1981 Moving Pictures - Rush East Side Story - Squeeze Fire Of Love - The Gun Club October - U2 The Blasters - The Blasters Don't Say No - Billy Squier Escape Artist - Garland Jeffreys The Completion Backward Principle - The Tubes Allied Forces - Triumph Give The People What They Want - The Kinks Stands For Decibels - The dBs Rockihnroll - Greg Kihn Band Hang on for your Life - Shooting Star Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones You Are What You Is - Frank Zappa Paradi
Doug
Dec 31, 19815 min read
Top Rock Music 1980
Top 20 Rock Albums 1980 Back In Black - AC/DC The River - Bruce Springsteen Blizzard Of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police Permanent Waves - Rush Los Angeles - X Sandinista! - The Clash Boy - U2 Sound Affects - The Jam Against The Wind - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Argybargy - Squeeze Duke - Genesis Black Sea - XTC Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello & The Attractions Making Movies - Dire Straits I Just Can't Stop It - The (English) Beat Glass Houses - Billy
Doug
Dec 31, 19805 min read
Top Rock Music 1979
Top 20 Rock Albums 1979 London Calling - The Clash The Wall - Pink Floyd Armed Forces - Elvis Costello & The Attractions Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson Pretenders - Pretenders The Long Run - The Eagles Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones Damn The Torpedos - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young Entertainment - Gang Of Four Regatta de Blanc - The Police Highway To Hell - AC/DC Sheik Yurbouti - Frank Zappa I'm The Man - Joe Jackson Squeezing out Sparks - Graha
Doug
Dec 31, 19795 min read
Top Rock Music 1978
Top 20 Rock Albums 1978 Van Halen - Van Halen Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Bruce Springsteen This Year's Model - Elvis Costello Stranger In Town - Bob Seger The Cars - The Cars Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon Outlandos d'Amour - The Police Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet Give 'Em Enough Rope - The Clash 52nd Street - Billy Joel Parallel Lines - Blondie All Mod Cons - The Jam Dire Straits - Dire Straits Infinity - Journey Some Girls - The Rolling Stones Comes A Time - Neil Young
Doug
Dec 31, 19785 min read
Top Rock Music 1977
Top 20 Rock Albums 1977 My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Clash - The Clash Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Exodus - Bob Marley The Stranger - Billy Joel Rocket To Russia - The Ramones Aja - Steely Dan Book of Dreams - Steve Miller Band Running On Empty - Jackson Browne Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd Ghost Writer - Garland Jeffreys Let There Be Rock - AC/DC Hard Again - Muddy Waters In The C
Doug
Dec 31, 19775 min read
Top Rock Music 1976
Top 20 Rock Albums 1976 Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker Hotel California - The Eagles Boston - Boston 2112 - Rush Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder Ramones - Ramones Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band Night Moves - Bob Seger Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy Dreamboat Annie - Heart Heat Treatment - Graham Parker Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon Blondie - Blondie The Royal Scam - Steely Dan I Don't Want To Go Home - Southsid
Doug
Dec 31, 19765 min read
Top Rock Music 1975
Top 20 Rock Albums 1975 Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan/The Band Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Tonight's The Night - Neil Young High Voltage - AC/DC Nils Lofgren - Nile Lofgren One Of These Nights - The Eagles A Night At The Opera - Queen Young Americans - David Bowie Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck
Doug
Dec 31, 19755 min read
Top Rock Music 1974
Top 20 Rock Albums 1974 Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd Radio City - Big Star The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton Bad Company - Bad Company Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne Kiss - Kiss Good Old Boys - Randy Newman Apostrophe(') - Frank Zappa On The Beach - Neil Young Crime Of The Century - Supertramp On The Border - The Eagles Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower Diamond Dogs - David Bowie The Heart Of S
Doug
Dec 31, 19745 min read
Top Rock Music 1973
Top 20 Rock Albums 1973 Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd - Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie Chicken - Little Feat Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd Quadrophenia - The Who Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen Aladdin Sane - David Bowie Tres Hombres - ZZ Top Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings Sweet Revenge - John Prine Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street S
Doug
Dec 31, 19736 min read
Top Rock Music 1972
Top 20 Rock Albums 1972 Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie Sailin' Shoes - Little Feat Talking Book - Stevie Wonder #1 Record - Big Star Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren Sail Away - Randy Newman Harvest - Neil Young Transformer - Lou Reed Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan Toulouse Street - The Doobie Brothers Machine H
Doug
Dec 31, 19726 min read
Top Rock Music 1971
Top 20 Rock Albums 1971 Who's Next - The Who Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones Little Feat - Little Feat John Prine - John Prine Tapestry - Carole King What's Going On - Marvin Gaye L.A. Woman - The Doors At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band Hunky Dory - David Bowie The Yes Album - Yes Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison Aqualung - Jethro Tull Muswell Hillbillies - The Kinks There's A Riot Goin' On - Sl
Doug
Dec 31, 19715 min read
Top Rock Music 1970
Top 20 Rock Albums 1970 Moondance - Van Morrison Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos Loaded - The Velvet Underground Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Let It Be - The Beatles After The Gold Rush - Neil Young Paranoid - Black Sabbath Lola versus Powerman and The Moneygoround, Part One - The Kinks Abraxas - Santana John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit Idlewild South
Doug
Dec 31, 19706 min read
Top Jazz Music 1960-1969
Jazz Best 1960-64 Playlist Jazz Best 1965-69 Playlist
Doug
Jan 1, 19701 min read
Top Music 1969
Top Albums 1969 The Band - The Band Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones Abbey Road - Beatles Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin Tommy - The Who Stand! - Sly and the Family Stone Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young / Neil Young & Crazy Horse Blood,
Doug
Dec 31, 19698 min read
Top Music 1968
Top Albums 1968 White Album - Beatles Music from the Big pink - The Band Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix Astral Weeks - Van Morrison Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds Truth - Jeff Beck Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones Safe at Home - The International Submarine Band Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro The Dock of the Bay -
Doug
Dec 31, 19688 min read
Top Music 1967
Top Albums 1967 (not ranked) Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles Sgt Peppers - Beatles Big Brother & the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Big Brother & the Holding Company Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & the MG's Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield Disraeli Gears - Cream Just for You - Neil Diamond The Doors - The Doors Strange Days - The Doors John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan Younger Than Yesterday - Byrds I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin Ode
Doug
Dec 31, 19678 min read
Top Music 1966
Top Albums 1966 (not ranked) Pet Sounds - Beach Boys Revolver - Beatles Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Fresh Cream - Cream Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan Face to Face - The Kinks The Wicked Pickett - Wilson Pickett Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul - Otis Redding Aftermath - The Rolling Stones Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds Black Monk Time - The Monks Up-Tight Everything's Alright - Stevie Wonder A Six Pack to Go - Hank Thompson 'Carneg
Doug
Dec 31, 19666 min read
Top Music 1965
Top Albums 1965 (not ranked) Today! - Beach Boys Help - Beatles Rubber Soul - Beatles Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan Second Album - The Four Tops The Kink Kontroversy - The Kinks The Exciting Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding Out of our Heads - The Rolling Stones Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers More Hits by the Supremes - Th
Doug
Dec 31, 19657 min read
Top Music 1964
Top Albums 1964 (not ranked) All Summer Long - Beach Boys A Hard Days Night - Beatles Beatles for Sale - Beatles Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five Ain't That Good News - Sam Cooke The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan The Five Faces of Manfred Mann - Manfred Mann 12 X 5 - The Rolling Stones Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas Five Live Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Folk Singer - Muddy Waters Roger and Out
Doug
Dec 31, 19646 min read
Top Music 1963
Top Albums 1963 (not ranked) Surfer Girl - Beach Boys Please Please Me - Beatles With the Beatles - The Beatles Live at the Apollo - James Brown & His Famous Flames / James Brown Night Beat - Sam Cooke The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Sing Great Country Hits - The Everly Brothers The Barbra Streisand Album - Barbra Streisand The Wham of that Memphis Man - Lonnie Mack That Stubborn Kinda Fellow - Marvin Gaye Bobby Bare - 500 Miles Away From Home Buck Owens Sings Tommy Co
Doug
Dec 31, 19635 min read
Top Music 1962
Top Albums 1962 (not ranked) Surfin USA - Beach Boys Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's Big Bluegrass Special - Glen Campbell Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2 - Ray Charles Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan The Big Blues - Albert King Crying - Roy Orbison Burnin' - John Lee Hooker Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins San Antonio Rose - Ray Price And Then I Wrote - Willie Nelson Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf Odetta and th
Doug
Dec 31, 19624 min read
Top Music 1961
Top Albums 1961 (not ranked) Runaround Sue - Dion Two Steps From The Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland The Shadows - The Shadows Let's Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddy King - Freddy King Hi! We're The Miracles - The Miracles The Genius Sings The Blues - Ray Charles The Genius After Hours - Ray Charles The Soul Of Ike & Tina Turner - Ike & Tina Turner Freddy King Sings - Freddy King Showcase - Patsy Cline Surfers Choice - Dick Dale & his Del-Tones Foggy Mountain Banjo - Flatt & S
Doug
Dec 31, 19614 min read
Top Music 1960
Top Albums 1960 (not ranked) At Last - Etta James A Date With The Everly Brothers - Everly Brothers The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album - Eddie Cochran Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee Tonight's The Night - Shirelles Rooster Blues - Lightnin' Slim Found Love - Jimmy Reed Mr. Rhythm & Blues / Fingerpoppin' Time - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill” – Muddy Waters Save The Last Dance For Me – The Drifters Mr. Dynamo - Ronnie Hawkins Genius + Soul = Jazz - Ray Charl
Doug
Dec 31, 19606 min read
Chicago Blues
A.C. Reed - I'm In The Wrong Business A.C. Reed - She's Fine A.C. Reed, Maurice John Vaughn - Everything I Do Got to Be Funky Albert Collins - Brick Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk Albert Collins - If You Love Me Like You Say Albert Collins - Blue Monday Hangover Albert Collins - Too Tired Albert Collins - Cold Cuts (Live) Albert Collins - Iceman Albert Collins - Frosty (Single Version) Albert Collins - Frostbite Baby Face Leroy Trio - Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1 Big Daddy Kin
Doug
Jan 31, 19017 min read
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