All the 40 Bob Dylan Albums Ranked: The Midwestern Shakespeare
January 30, 2025
There’s Bob Dylan, Shakespeare and Michelangelo as far as many Western art fans are concerned. And, making my job of ranking the songwriter’s albums is the fact that he’s produced more material than his William and Mickey combined.
But Dylan’s…
Uncredited musicians, or ghost musicians, make the music industry go round. Or, at the very least, they make the job of the producer’s life a whole lot easier. Recording iconic albums seems to involve plenty of requirements – talents, inspiration, showing up.
Top 150 Greatest Alternative Albums of All-Time
August 6, 2024
The greatest alternative albums of all time have staying power. They have great. They were innovative, daring audiences to broaden their horizons. And, more often than not, they were made by bands and artists who sponsored seriously bizarre fashion choices.
Yes, the…
The Rolling Stones are rock n’ roll royalty. The band is responsible for advancing the rock album format, popularizing blues-rock, and turning stadium tours into a corporate-sponsored art form. Yes, the band and its albums are ranked very highly indeed.
But, having…
Elton John is a skillful singer-songwriter and piano player who fashioned himself as a pop superstar. His 1970s releases are ranked as some of the best albums of that decade. John’s later work was a fine display of his maturing talent. And his work has had a surprising…
Best Paul McCartney & Wings Albums
April 26, 2023
Paul McCartney has had the most impressive solo career of all four members of The Beatles. While critical recognition for his work rarely came easy, McCartney’s solo albums and those made with Wings are ranked highly by those willing to give it a fair shake.
Those…
George Harrison never intended to be a solo star. He just had a lot of songs that wouldn’t get on The Beatles’ albums. A lot of really good songs, as it turns out, making for some terrific, highly-ranked albums by both the public and critics.
His interest in…
Nirvana is, to many music fans, the definitive rock band of the 1990s. Its rise was meteoric and stunning, the band’s life span was tragically short, and Nirvana managed to cut some of the most influential albums of that period.
Kurt Cobain was a great songwriter.
David Bowie was one of the great musical innovators of the past century, an avant-garde-obsessed pop star. On the sixth anniversary of his passing, I look back at his marvelous body of work.
I’ve ranked David Bowie’s albums in order of brilliance, from worst…