My Overall Chart: 501-600 by
Romanelli 
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Produced By BLAKE CHANCEY & PAUL WORLEY
1. I Can Love You Better
2. Wide Open Spaces
3. Loving Arms
4. There’s Your Trouble
5. You Were Mine
6. Never Say Die
7. Tonight The Heartache’s On Me
8. Let ‘Er Rip
9. Once You’ve Loved Somebody
10. I’ll Take Care Of You
11. Am I The Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way)
12. Give It Up Or Let Me Go
Before they were cancelled by the good folks who love to complain about cancelling…The (then) Dixie Chicks replaced lead singer Laura Lynch with Natalie Maines and hit paydirt with their fourth album, Wide Open Spaces. The talent of instrumentalists (and backup singers) Emily Strayler and Martie Seidel had never been in question, but it was the addition of Maines that made the difference. With a powerful and perfect country voice in the fold, The Chicks were suddenly a force to be reckoned with. This rollicking set of songs is mostly well chosen, and without exception well played and sung. The Chicks became stars here, and they became one hell of a fun group to listen to. And Natalie Maines became the star of the show without it going to her head.
Wide Open Spaces boasts five hit singles, and a whole lot more. “I Can Love You Better”, “Wide Open Spaces” and “There’s Your Trouble” are all great, but don’t sleep on the rest here. Particularly the last three songs, none of which were hits, but which were written by the likes of J.D. Souther, Maria McKee and Bonnie Raitt. Raitt's closing track, “Give It Up Or Let Me Go” finds the group, but especially Maines, cutting as loose as one can cut, and it’s a perfect way to end the album. They serve notice that the Chicks were setting course for a voyage of hits and great albums, and they did not disappoint. This is where the momentum started, where the Chicks found their footing, and where they finally found their leading voice. A great and fun album. [First added to this chart: 03/26/2025]
Produced By EARTHTONE III, ORGANIZED NOIZE & CARL MO
1. Intro
2. Gasoline Dreams (Feat. Khujo)
3. I’m Cool (Interlude)
4. So Fresh, So Clean
5. Ms. Jackson
6. Snappin’ & Trappin’ (Feat. Killer Mike & J-Sweet)
7. D.F. (Interlude)
8. Spaghetti Junction
9. Kim & Cookie (Interlude)
10. I’ll Call B4 I Cum (Feat. Gangsta Boo & Eco)
11. B.O.B.
12. Xplosion (Feat. B-Real)
13. Good Hair (Interlude)
14. We Luv Deez Hoez (Feat. Backbone & Big Gipp)
15. Humble Mumble (Feat. Erykah badu)
16. Drinkin’ Again (Interlude)
17. ?
18. Red Velvet
19. Cruisin’ In The ATL (Interlude)
20. Gangsta Shit (Feat. Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone & T-Mo)
21. Toilet Tisha
22. Slum Beautiful (Feat. Cee-Lo)
23. Pre-Nump (Interlude)
24. Stankonia (Stanklove) (Feat. Big Rube & Sleepy Brown)
For me, the best albums of hip hop are the ones that take chances. Not just beats and raps, but real musical excursions that challenge the listener and that contain lots of sonic rewards. This is the main reason why I am such a fan of Outkast. Big Boi and Andre 3000 aren’t afraid to make music that not only blurs the lines of traditional genres, but also the lines that listeners tend to draw when listening to music. This is a hip hop album. It’s also a very interesting journey. It’s like a psychedelic prog album from the seventies, with a pop sensibility from the nineties and hip hop beats rolled into one neat little package. Stankonia is downright fun to listen to…you never know what you’re getting next.
Also, unlike a lot of hip hop artists who become one hit wonders, Outkast proves here that they can have multiple hits and an entire album to hold your attention. “B.O.B.” and “Ms. Jackson” were hits for this duo, but it’s on “So Fresh, So Clean” that their ability to craft a catchy track really blossoms…consider it the father of “Hey Ya”. What makes Stankonia and Outkast so refreshing and enduring is that they have ideas…lots of them…and they aren’t afraid to put them on record. This is a trippy excursion…kind of like the Dark Side Of The Moon of hip-hop. Not perfect, but wildly entertaining and fun. Which counts for a hell of a lot. [First added to this chart: 10/06/2024]
Produced By JIMMY HAYNES & STEEL PULSE
1. Steppin’ Out
2. Tightrope
3. Throne Of Gold
4. Roller Skates
5. Earth Crisis
6. Bodyguard
7. Grab Education
8. Wild Goose Chase
British reggae inspired by Bob Marley. Steel Pulse came together in 1975, and have been playing ever since. They hold the distinction of being the first non-Jamaican reggae band to win a Best Reggae Album Grammy Award. Earth Crisis is their fifth album, and marks their first decade together. And as pleasant and danceable as it sounds, it covers some serious ground. The album cover gives you ample warning about that…Reagan and Andropov are shown as leaders of the cold war. It also includes images of the Pope, the Ku-Klux Klan, Vietnam refugees and starving African children. Quite the picture. The music is not that depressing, even with the subject matter not being all about love and roses.
“Steppin’ Out” was a hit, and everything else follows suit. Earth Crisis is labeled as a serious protest album, but it’s really not much more than some danceable reggae. Nothing really stands out, making it basically background music. This was a step back from their previous album, True Democracy, and a step behind their next, which would be the Grammy winning Babylon The Bandit. Their label, at the time of Earth Crisis, was trying to move the band into a more mainstream direction, which may be why this seems a bit tentative. Even though they are still together, Steel Pulse has slowed way down. Since 2004, they have released just a pair of records (although the last was nominated for another Grammy). Unfortunately, Earth Crisis is simply not remarkable enough to hold much interest. [First added to this chart: 03/27/2025]
Produced By STYX
1. The Grand Illusion
2. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
3. Superstars
4. Come Sail Away
5. Miss America
6. Man In The Wilderness
7. Castle Walls
8. The Grand Finale
Wanna have some fun? Take out that old, dusty copy of The Grand Illusion that you haven’t listened to for the last ten years or so, put it on, and turn it way up. You will swear that this is the single greatest album in the history of mankind, and wonder why you haven’t played it in the last ten years or so. Then…play it again. You will understand why you haven’t played it in the last ten years or so. Then put it away and take it out again in ten years or so. Repeat. Styx is a strange band…they had a small string of prog-lite hits in the seventies, and were semi-energized by the addition of the oh so dreamy Tommy Shaw in mid 1975. Their third album, The Serpent Is Rising, has been called by members of Styx the worst recording in the history of rock.
So, in 1977, The Grand Illusion made them “Superstars”. It is, by far, their most consistent and best album. With Shaw settled in as a full member, his main contribution to the album, “Fooling Yourself”, made them big…but it was Dennis DeYoung, he of the annoying voice and most bombastic keyboard sound this side of Keith Emerson, who hit huge with “Come Sail Away”, the big anthem that finally, after 7 dreary albums, put Styx on the map to stay. The album also contains what may be their best song, James Young’s rocker “Miss America”. It’s true…if you listen to this album once in a great while, you will be amazed…but then put it away. Because that repeat listen will show just how thin and not great it really is. It’s fun…just on rare occasions. [First added to this chart: 03/31/2025]
Produced By ROBERT JOHN “MUTT” LANGE
1. Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
2. I’m Holdin’ On To Love (To Save My Life)
3. Love Gets Me Every Time
4. Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
5. From This Moment On
6. Come On Over
7. When
8. Whatever You Do! Don’t!
9. If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!
10. You’re Still The One
11. Honey, I’m Home
12. That Don’t Impress Me Much
13. Black Eyes, Blue Tears
14. I Won’t Leave You Lonely
15. Rock This Country!
16. You’ve Got A Way
The collaboration between Shania Twain and Robert John “Mutt” Lange reached its peak in 1997 with the album Come On Over. Her third album wasn’t just a hit…it destroyed like very few albums in history ever had. Coming off of the huge success of The Woman In Me, no one expected this much more in the way of sales. 40 million worldwide. Twelve of the sixteen tracks were released as singles, with eight in the top ten. Three went to number one. Just in America. Twain and Lange had found a formula, alright. And it was, at least for a few years, a winner. But more than that. This is the album where the line was crossed into the dark world of pop country. And unfortunately, Nashville has never been the same since. So there’s that.
Come On Over has some great moments. “When” and “From This Moment On” are more country than pop, and are great. But those aren’t the songs that made this a smash. “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”, “That Don’t Impress Me Much”, and the awful “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)” formed the unholy trilogy of pop country excess. Fiddles and twangy guitars can’t hide the fact that this record is less country than pop, the keyboards are awful and out of place, and Twain’s trademark “whoo” is more than tired by this time. But none of that matters. Because Come On Over made Twain a massive star, it made pop country a thing that is chased to this day, and it defined Twain as less of a country artist and more of a pop star. All of which is too bad, because the majority of this album is not bad. Not great, but not as terrible as its legacy suggests. [First added to this chart: 03/31/2025]
Produced By OASIS & MARK COYLE
1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
2. Shakermaker
3. Live Forever
4. Up In The Sky
5. Columbia
6. Supersonic
7. Bring It On Down
8. Cigarettes & Alcohol
9. Digsy’s Diner
10. Slide Away
11. Married With Children
Hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Oasis became the biggest band in Britain, and one of the biggest bands in the world. On the strength of three advance singles, “Supersonic”, “Shakermaker” and “Live Forever”, their debut album Definitely Maybe was released to the largest hoopla in England since the Beatles, coming straight out of the gates at number one. It’s not thet Oasis was really THAT great, but that they came along at a time when the British music scene needed a shot in the arm…and Oasis (along with bands like Blur) delivered. The ride for Oasis was incredible, short, and very rocky, but over their first two albums, they were at the top of their craft. Guitarist Noel Gallagher wrote the songs, which were sung and sneered by his brother Liam, and the formula created a storm of hits.
The three advance singles are excellent, particularly “Live Forever”. “Cigarettes & Alcohol” and “Rock ‘N’ Roll Star” are also great singles, but the album as a whole is very good. The only drawback is that the band didn’t really have much in the way of original ideas…you can hear bits of many popular songs on the album. But they knew how to make the recycled riffs work, and work very well. Definitely Maybe could be seen as a near perfect storm (the follow up, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory is somehow even better), a band on the verge of total greatness before the excesses of rock & roll took over and ruined them. But in the mid 90’s, there was no one like Oasis, and their first two albums are among the most exciting works of the decade. Definitely a moment to not be missed from the 90’s. [First added to this chart: 07/13/2013]
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1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 2 | 2% | |
1960s | 5 | 5% | |
1970s | 19 | 19% | |
1980s | 23 | 23% | |
1990s | 36 | 36% | |
2000s | 13 | 13% | |
2010s | 2 | 2% | |
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Nanci Griffith | 2 | 2% | |
John Lennon | 2 | 2% | |
Eagles | 2 | 2% | |
Radiohead | 1 | 1% | |
Heart | 1 | 1% | |
Elton John | 1 | 1% | |
Steel Pulse | 1 | 1% | |
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