Truest statement of the week

 The corporate Democratic stranglehold on Black America results in Black voters electing officials to office who resist the demands put forward by Black protesters in the street. We cheer the Black Lives Matter activists that demand defunding, abolishing and community-controlling the cops, but then vote to make president a politician who “wrote the bill” that imprisoned millions of our people and who continues to oppose cuts in police budgets. Such political schizophrenia extends to notables in the “movement,” like Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. “I think we can call for Biden and [Kamala] Harris to be challenged for their past while also being the cheerleaders for them to win the election November 3.”

In fact, you can’t “challenge” Biden and Harris for their anti-Black behavior as elected officials by continuing to elect them. The vote is the reward.

Black folks and progressives are not to blame for Donald Trump, but do bear responsibility for the Democrats that are not much different from Trump on every issue that counts except race – and in Biden’s case, not even that.

 -- Glen Ford, "The Politics That Led to the 'Worst Debate'" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).

 

 

 

 

 

Truest statement of the week II

One year ago, during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demanded that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “take down lies” on the platform. As the World Socialist Web Site explained at the time: “The basic assumption of the first amendment is that the government does not know what is a ‘fact’ and what is a ‘lie.’ It is for the electorate to decide for themselves, and not the business of the government, or corporations acting on its behalf, to force-feed ideas to the public.”

Over the past year, Facebook and the other major social media giants such as Twitter and YouTube have been working directly with US intelligence agencies to censor online content, especially socialist publishers and websites, in order to defend the capitalist two-party system against a growing movement to the left by workers and young people. This process has been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic and the disastrous response of the entire ruling class to it.

 

-- Kevin Reed, "Biden-Harris campaign demands increased censorship by Facebook before 2020 election" (WSWS).

 

 

 

A note to our readers

 Hey -- 

Early Monday morning.  At last. 

Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:


The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,

Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen, 

Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.

And what did we come up with?

 

 

• Truest statement of the week

Glen Ford gets another truest.

• Truest statement of the week II

Kevin Reed gets a truest.

• Iraq

C.I. said, "Do what you want, I'm not in the mood to spend an hour working on an editorial."  Ava, Elaine, Betty and Marcia backed her up.  I said, "What about just an Iraq video?"  C.I. suggested this one.

• Media: The people holding back women -- including ...

Ava and C.I. continue to cover the media.

• 500 Greatest albums of the rock era

It took much longer than I (Jim) thought it would -- many, many hours longer.

• Artists with multiple albums on our 500

A list of the artists who landed multiple albums on our 500 chart.

• Tweet of the week

Ajuma Baraka nails it.

• Tweet of the week historical

Cynthia McKinney nails it also.

• Must read of the week

Ann Garrison wrote a very important article.

• Video of the week: Jimmy Dore

Noting more great work from Jimmy Dore.

• Presidential candidate Howie Hawkins (Green Party)

Political.

• Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian P...

Political

• Presidential candidate Gloria La Riva (PSL candidate)

Political.

• No more coverage of Joseph Kishore's campaign

Trina calls out pretense.

• This edition's playlist

What we listened to while working on this edition.

• Highlights

 Mike and the gang wrote this and we thank them for it.

 

 

Peace,


-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media: The people holding back women -- including other women

 FOX has a new show, FILTHY RICH.  If we told you the lead was a woman would you be surprised by the critical reaction?  That's right, longterm readers, the critics largely hate the show.

 

It's a soap opera -- some hiss, as though their BREAKING BAD, THE WIRE, et al aren't soap operas.  As we've pointed out dramas on TV learned they had to become soap operas starting with the critical hit HILL STREET BLUES.  No more FAMILY where one episode wasn't connected to the other except for the cast.  You need a story element that stretched over several episodes to keep the viewers paying attention.  MTM grasped this and began making it an element of their TV shows starting with HILL STREET BLUES (continuing through ST. ELSEWHERE, LA LAW, etc).  

The Water Cooler Set loves a soap opera . . . unless a woman heads the cast.

For FILTHY RICH, the woman is Kim Cattrall.  She is Margaret Monreaux who co-founded THE SUNSHINE NETWORK with her husband -- a religious TV network.  She co-hosts programs on the show and becomes the person running it when she thinks her husband has died.

 

He hasn't died.  His plane crashed but he survived.  He's played by Gerald McRaney in a strong performance but everyone's giving a strong performance -- Melia Kreiling, Corey Cott, Steve Harris, Aubrey Dollar, Mark L. Young, Aaron Lazar and Olivia Macklin. Cattrall heads the class and deserves applause for her performance as well as for her choices.

In the 90s, she was the big star of SEX AND THE CITY on HBO.  She then acted in two films based on the series -- the second one was a huge embarrassment what with the racist attitude in the script (regarding the Middle East) and the critical reaction.  It was best to leave the show alone at that point.

But Sarah Jessica Parker, who starred in the film, has nothing but the past.  She tried to return to HBO and be a star again but no one watched DIVORCE and, after three low rated seasons, even HBO wouldn't indulge the show anymore and decided to axe it.  How far had SJP's star fallen?  By the end of DIVORCE, only 250,000 people were bothering to tune in -- this at the same time that as many as 13 million people were watching an episode of HBO's GAME OF THRONES.

SJP has nothing.  She's eager to let the world know she's number one at the box office this past weekend.  Of course, she's not number one.  First, TENET will be the number one film for the past weekend when all dollars added.  Second, HOCUS POCUS is not SJP's film.  It's Bette Midler's film and SJP has a supporting turn in it (as does Kathy Najimi).  The film was re-released due to the upcoming holiday (Halloween) and due to studios having little else to offer (both the new Wonder Woman film and the new James Bond film have been postponed) because so few are going to the theaters in these Covid days.  HOCUS POCUS will make less than two million dollars in ticket sales.  It's not going to help SJP's career but then what can?

While SJP white-knuckle grips the past, Kim Cattrall tries to go forward with new projects and new challenges.  Her decision to be done with SEX IN THE CITY has angered her co-stars which is possibly an argument for just how important she is to the success of the project.  But instead of condemning Kim, we should be applauding her for going after new challenges and her former co-stars should think about all the additional screen time they could have in another bad film that they might make without her.

The media doesn't want to applaud Kim or any strong women.  US media exists to render women invisible.  We were reminded of that again when we checked in on ALL SONGS CONSIDERED.  In August, we looked at the program and its gender imbalance in "Media: The hatred of women runs deep -- even at NPR."  We looked again this past week and the numbers had only gotten worse.

For those who don't know, ALL SONGS CONSIDERED looks at new music every Friday.  And they do this with a roundtable of guests.  It's a small circle of critics and the circle is predominately male.  The weekly program has now, since it started in January of this year, brought on men 119 times and women?  49 times.  Women have made up 29.17% of the guests on this weekly show.

Women can't discuss music?

And excuse us but preening Ann Powers has always been a bit of joke to people who know her actual writing -- a joke when you consider some great feminist -- but how can even Ann not notice that she's sitting down with three men or four men week after week?

NPR's aware of the problem.  They just don't think they have to address it.

Grasp that.  

NBC, ABC and CBS are all publicly working to address inclusion but NPR -- National Public Radio -- which receives tax dollars doesn't think it has to address its rank and institutionalized sexism which has led women to be left out as guests in every program they offer.  

Women, according to NPR, can't discuss music.  We lack some gene apparently.  Therefore, NPR's okay with women making up only 29.17% of the panelists on ALL SONGS CONSIDERED's new music Fridays.

That's the world we live in.

We were reminded of just how invisible women are when, last week, we were speaking to a college group and a drama teacher asked if we could grab one of her classes and speak to her students?  Sure.  Due to Covid we mainly do online encounters but we'd been asked to do a social distancing event and we'd gone to the campus for that one event.  We could certainly do another.

We were talking to theater majors.  About the wars, of course.  And we always try to shape things to the audience we're speaking too.  So, as we brought up the struggles that we face working for peace, we likened it to the struggle women have had in the theater and we noted Rachel Crothers and how she was followed by Lillian Hellman who in turn -- 

Rachel Crothers?

That's what our group asked us.

Who is Rachel Crothers?

Now if you're a poli sci major and ask us that, we wouldn't be surprised.  But how do female theater majors with female professors not know Rachel Crothers?

In the first part of the 20th century, she was the most acclaimed and most successful female playwright in the US.  She wrote her plays and frequently directed them.  She worked with people like Katharine Cornell and Tallulah Bankhead.  Twelve of her successful plays were turned into films.  Her achievements were major and helped pave the way for other women.

How do you not know that when you're a woman majoring in theatre and when you have female professors?

It left us confused -- a bit like 'rape babies.'

Did you miss that last week?  We had.  We call out Bill Maher repeatedly.  He'd used the term 'rape babies' and that's offensive and typical Bill Maher.  RBG died and that's the fault of Jill Stein, according to Bill, and rape babies should be named after Jill.

Krystal Ball called his nonsense out.

Then Katie Halper did.  And that's where our problems began.

Katie and a fat idiot male wanted to talk 'rape babies.'  Turns out, Katie's used the phrase before.  We hadn't heard her use it before.  We find the term appalling.  It's not a joke to be raped and it's certainly not a joke to become pregnant from a rape.  Katie self-presents as a feminist.  So we were appalled.

We were further appalled by the fat idiot on her show who wanted to use the term too and wanted to talk about what he'd name his 'rape baby.'

Katie missed this somehow so let's go slow.  Outside of THE BLACKLIST, men are not giving birth.

Is that confusing?

The only way her male guest could have a 'rape baby' would be if he fathered it -- that would mean, pay attention Katie, he raped the woman.

None of it was funny.  It was disgusting.

What does that have to do with the theatre women?  They'd never heard of Rachel Crothers, remember.  Somehow the women who taught them (as well as the men) had betrayed them.  Apparently, the women didn't feel their female students needed to be educated about women.

In other words, women themselves were eliminating women from the discussion -- kind of like NPR or, for that matter, Katie Halper.  In the last six days, she's done nine new segments online (we're not counting her co-hosting work, only her solo work).  In those nine segments, she's had 12 guests.  All were men.

There's no way she doesn't notice that.  And women can speak on any topic -- yes, NPR, even music.  But let's note that since Katie repeatedly wanted to talk about the Supreme Court -- RBG's death and nominee Amy Coney Barrett -- where were the women?

We're tired of people looking away.  We're supposedly all in this together.  If that's the case, why are we the first ones to note Katie Halper's gender discrimination?  Why are we always the first on this issue?  

It gets old real quick.  The only thing older than the refusal to call out gender discrimination?

Gender discrimination itself.

FILTHY RICH airs Monday nights on FOX.  Tonight's episode has some strong scenes for Kim as her character goes on camera with Ginger (her husband's daughter with another woman) and issues of control of your body as well as shaming are raised.  It's powerful stuff.  But when we get powerful scenes with two women, The Water Cooler Set just yawns.  Don't let their sexism influence your own judgment or enjoyment.

 

500 Greatest albums of the rock era

 As Kat always notes about lists of best ofs, the whole point is to inspire conversation.  You read it to like what made the list that you like and to be angry with what you like that didn't make the list or what you don't like that did make the list.

How did we compile our 500?  Dallas and the following:


The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,

Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen, 

Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.

were each assigned five readers of this site.  Ty picked the 100 readers who were assigned based on e-mails to this site regarding music -- past e-mails.  He actually invited 130 but we only heard back in time for 100.  Betty's "Music" noted, "From 6 pm Friday until 2 in the morning on Saturday, we worked on the list.  We did another two hours Saturday evening.  I'm now sick of the list and it's still not finished."  Our first list ended up being 3,021 albums.  After cutting that down to 1,500, we then went back to the phones (back to the phone in our individual groups).  From there we got more votes and then whittled that down eventually to 500.  So with 120 people selecting, this is the list we came up with.

 

 

1) Stevie Wonder's TALKING BOOK 

2) Joni Mitchell's BLUE
 

3) The Beatles' SGT. PEPPER'S LONELYHEARTS CLUB BAND 

4) Lauryn Hill's THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL
 

5) Prince's SIGN OF THE TIMES
 

 

 

6) Diana Ross' diana
 

7) Jefferson Airplane's VOLUNTEERS 

 

8) Tina Turner's PRIVATE DANCER
 

9) Bob Dylan's HIGHWAY 61 REVISTITED
 

10) The Mamas and the Papas' THE PAPAS AND THE MAMAS
 

11) Stevie Nicks' WILD HEART
 

12) Janet Jackson's VELVET ROPE
 

13) The Rolling Stones' TATTOO YOU
 

14) Pretenders' LEARNING TO CRAWL
 

15) The Beatles' ABBEY ROAD
 

16) Joni Mitchell's DOG EAT DOG
 

17) The Mamas and the Papas' DELIVER
 

18) Prince's 1999
 

19) Diana Ross' THE BOSS
 

20) Carole King's TAPESTRY
 

 

 

21) Aretha Franklin's A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE
 

22) Pretenders' PACKED
 

23) Carly Simon's COMING AROUND AGAIN
 

24) Joni Mitchell's FOR THE ROSES
 

25) Prince's CONTROVERSY
 

26) Laura Nyro's ELI AND THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION
 

27) Blondie's PARALLEL LINES
 

28) Sly and the Family Stone's THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON
 

29) Dinosaur Jr.'s WHERE YOU BEEN
 

30) The Mamas and the Papas' IF YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND EARS
 

 

31) Ben Harper's BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN
 

32) Nirviana's IN UTERO
 

33) Aretha Franklin's YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK
 

34) Tracy Chapman's TRACY CHAPMAN
 

35) Kanye West's YEEZUS
 

36) The Doors' MORRISON HOTEL
 

37) Eurythmics' BE YOURSELF TONIGHT
 

38) The Clash's LONDON CALLING
 

39) Bob Dylan's BRING IT ALL BACK HOME 

 

40) Fleetwood Mac's RUMOURS
 

41) Carly Simon's ANTICIPATION 

 

42) Joni Mitchell's SHINE
 

43) Pink Floyd's THE WALL
 

44) Crowded House's CROWDED HOUSE 

 

45) Ashford & Simpson's STREET OPERA
 

46) Jefferson Airplane's SURREALISTIC PILLOW
 

47) Dusty Springfield's DUSTY IN MEMPHIS
 

48) Prince's PARADE
 

49) George Michael's LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE VOL. 1
 

50) Prince's PURPLE RAIN
 

51) The Fat Boys' CRUSHIN'
 

52) R.E.M.'s LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT
 

53) TLC's CRAZYSEXYCOOL
 

54) Billy Idol's REBEL YELL
 

55) Joni Mitchell's HEJIRA
 

56) Heart's HEART
 

 

57) Bob Dylan's DESIRE
 

58) Laura Nyro's LAURA: LIVE AT THE BOTTOM LINE
 

59) Dionne Warwick's MAKE WAY FOR DIONNE WARWICK
 

60) Joni Mitchell's COURT AND SPARK
 

61) Bob Dylan's ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS
 

62) Fleetwood Mac's FLEETWOOD MAC
 

 

63) Joanna Newsom's HAVE ONE ON ME
 

64) The Pointer Sisters' BREAK OUT 

 

 

 

65) The Cowboy Junkies' AT THE END OF PATHS TAKEN
 

66) Earth, Wind and Fire's I AM
 

 

 

 

67) Stevie Nicks' IN YOUR DREAMS
 

68) Santana's ABRAXAS
 

69) Van Morrison's MOONDANCE
 

70) Bob Dylan's KNOCKED OUT LOADED
 

71) Prince's CRYSTAL BALL
 

72) Smashing Pumpkins' DISARM
 

73) Stevie Wonder's HOTTER THAN JULY
 

74) Diana Ross' FORCE BEHIND THE POWER
 

75) Jody Watley's JODY WATLEY
 

76) Rickie Lee Jones' NAKED SONGS: LIVE AND ACOUSTiC
 

77) Rihanna's UNAPOLOGETIC 

 

 

78) Carly Simon's THE BEDROOM TAPES
 

79) Cris Williamson's THE CHANGER AND THE CHANGED
 

80) Police's SYNCRONICITY
 

81) Sade's LOVER'S ROCK
 

82) Tori Amos' UNDER THE PINK 

 

 

83) Jack Johnson's SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
 

84) Dolly Parton's BLUE SMOKE
 

85) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band's JOHN LENNON
 

86) Cat Power's THE GREATEST
 

87) Stevie Nicks' THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR 

88) Jess Glynne's I CRY WHEN I LAUGH 

89) The Beatie Boys' LICENSE TO ILL 

 

 

90) Mavis Staples' LIVE IN LONDON
 

91) Fiona Apple's WHEN THE PAWN . . .
 

92) Aimee Mann's THE FORGOTTEN ARM
 

93) Michael Jackson's OFF THE WALL 

 

 

94) Melanie Safka's EVER SINCE YOU NEVER HEARD OF ME
 

95) Janet Jackson's RHYTHM NATION
 

96) Nine Inch Nails' THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL
 

97) John Lennon's IMAGINE
 

98) Aretha Franklin's WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO?
 

99) The Beach Boys' PET SOUNDS
 

100) Simon & Garfunkel's BOOKENDS
 

101) Madonna's LIKE A PRAYER
 

 

102) George Michael's OLDER
 

103) Eurythmics' REVENGE
 

104) The Shangri-Las' LEADER OF THE PACK
 

105) Ani di Franco's LIVING IN CLIP
 

106) The Rolling Stones' LET IT BLEED
 

107) Joni Mitchell's NIGHT RIDE HOME
 

108) Pretenders' GET CLOSE
 

109) Elvis Costello's THIS YEAR'S MODEL
 

110) Neil Young's AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
 

111) Jack Johnson's TO THE SEA 

 

112) Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals' LIFELINE
 

113) Rihanna's TALK THAT TALK
 

114) Sade's DIAMOND LIFE
 

115) Bruce Springsteen's NEBRASKA
 

116) Diana Ross' EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY
 

117) Buffy Sainte-Marie's SHE USED TO WANNA BE A BALLERINA 

 

 

118) Aretha Franklin's ARETHA SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS
 

119) Carly Simon's HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY?
 

120) The Beatles' THE BEATLES aka THE WHITE ALBUM
 

121) Rick James' STREET SONGS
 

122) Roberta Flack's CHAPTER TWO
 

123) Blondie's AUTOAMERICAN 

 

 

124) Diana Ross' DIANA ROSS SINGS SONGS FROM THE WIZ
 

125) James Brown's IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD
 

126) Earth, Wind and Fire's THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD
 

127) The Beatles' REVOLVER
 

128) Chaka Khan's DESTINY
 

129) Aerosmith's TOYS IN THE ATTIC
 

130) George Michael's FAITH
 

131) Prince's AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
 

132) Kate Bush's THE KICK INSIDE 

 

 

133) Tracy Chapman's OUR BRIGHT FUTURE
 

134) The Smiths' THE QUEEN IS DEAD
 

135) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' GOING TO A GO-GO
 

136) The Beatles' MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
 

137) Kurtis Blow's EGO TRIP
 

138) The Rolling Stones' UNDERCOVER
 

139) Talking Heads' REMAIN THE LIGHT
 

140) Chance the Rapper's ACID RAP
 

141) Rickie Lee Jones' RICKIE LEE JONES
 

 

142) Tina Turner's TINA LIVE IN EUROPE
 

143) Amy Winehouse's BACK TO BLACK
 

144)  David Bowie's LET'S DANCE

 
145) Artic Monkeys' WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT
 

146) Chris Brown's EXCLUSIVE
 

147) Judy Henske and Jerry Yester's FAREWELL ALDEBARAN
 

148) Ashford & Simpson LOVE OR PHYSICAL
 

149)  Johnny Cash's AMERICAN IV: THE MAN COMES AROUND
 

150) Queen's A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 

 

 

 

151) Janet Jackson's UNBREAKABLE
 

152) INXS' KICK

153) The Byrds' SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO
 

154) The Rolling Stones' SOME GIRLS
 

155) OutKast's STANKONIA
 

156) The White Stripes' ELEPHANT
 

157) 10,000 Maniacs' OUR TIME IN EDEN
 

158) The Isley Brothers' THE HEAT IS ON
 

159) Nina Simone's HERE COMES THE SUN
 

 

160) R.E.M.'s DOCUMENT
 

 161) Stevie Wonder's INNERVISIONS
 

162) The Replacements' LET IT BE
 

163) The 5th Dimension's THE AGE OF AQUARIAS
 

164) Billy Joel's 52ND STREET
 

165) Rod Stewart's FOOT LOOSE & FANCY FREE
 

166) Luther Vandross' DANCE WITH MY FATHER
 

167) The Supremes' THE SUPREMES SING HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND
 

168) The Black Keys' TURN BLUE
 

169) The Weekend's STARBOY
 

170) Blink-182's ENEMA OF THE STATE
 

171) Diana Ross' SWEPT AWAY 

 

 

172) John Mellencamp's SCARECROW
 

173) The Eagles' HOTEL CALIFORNIA
 

174) Laura Nyro's CHRISTMAS AND THE BEADS OF SWEAT
 

175) The Byrds' YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY
 

176) Tom Rush's THE CIRCLE GAME
 

177) The Kinks' SOMETHING ELSE
 

178) Brian Eno's ANOTHER GREEN WORLD 

 

179) James Brown's THE PAYBACK
 

180) The Modern Lovers' THE MODERN LOVERS
 

181) The Beach Boys' TODAY 

182) Herbie Hancock's HEAD HUNTERS
 

183) Big Brother and The Holding Company's CHEAP THRILLS
 

184) Dave Van Ronk's DAVE VAN RONK AND THE HUDSON DUSTERS
 

185) Peter Allen's I COULD HAVE BEEN A SAILOR
 

186) Joni Mitchell's MILES OF AISLES 

 

 

187) Haim's WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III 

188) Stevie Wonder's SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE

189) Tool's FEAR INOCULUM
 

190) The Doobie Brothers' MINUTE BY MINUTE
 

191) Ringo Starr's RINGO
 

192) Cass Elliot's BUBBLEGUM, LEMONADE, AND . . . SOMETHING FOR MAMA
 

193) Phil Collins' FACE VALUE
 

194) Ray Charles' CRYING TIME
 

195) Pointer Sister's CONTACT
 

196) En Vogue's FUNKY DIVAS
 

197) Rita Coolidge's ANYTIME . . . ANYWHERE
 

198) Morrissey's CALIFORNIA SON 

 

199) Harry Styles' FINE LINE
 

200) Mary J. Blige's LOVE & LIFE
 

201) The Weekend's MY DEAR MELANCHOLY
 

202) Bob Dylan's JOHN WESLEY HARDING
 

203) Parliament's MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION
 

204) Buffy Sainte-Marie's LITTLE WHEEL SPIN AND SPIN
 

205) Soul Asylum's GRAVE DANCERS UNION
 

206) Rufus Wainwright's RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 

 

 

207) Joss Stone's LP1

 

208) Teddy Pendergrass' LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING
 

209) Bobby Womack's ACROSS 110TH STREET
 

210) Diana Ross' SURRENDER
 

211) Peter Gabriel's SO
 

212) Erykah Badu's LIVE
 

213) Pulp's THIS IS HARDCORE
 

214) The Replacement's TIM
 

215) Chaka Khan's CHAKA
 

216) Bobby Womack's THE POET
 

217) Carly Simon's HOTCAKES
 

218) Tom Waits' RAIN DOGS
 

219) Mobb Deep's THE INFLUENCE
 

220) Herbie Hancock's RIVER:THE JONI LETTERS
 

 

 

221) Diana Ross' DIANA ROSS
 

222) Otis Redding's OTIS BLUE
 

223) Veruca Salt's EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU
 

224) Brenda Russell's GET HERE
 

225) Jenny Wilson's LOVE AND YOUTH
 

226) k.d. lang's INGENUE
 

227) Mary J. Blige's MY LIFE
 

 

228) Billy Joel's GLASS HOUSES
 

229) Rickie Lee Jones' FLYING COWBOYS
 

230) Phil Ochs' I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE
 

231) Alica Keys' THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS
 

232) The Pixies' TROMPE LE MONDE
 

233) Pretenders' THE PRETENDERS
 

234) Sheila E.'s THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
 

235) Joni Mitchell's THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
 

236) Aretha Franklin's I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU 

 

 

237) Sting and Shaggy's 44/867

238) Kate Bush's HOUNDS OF LOVE

239) Radiohead's THE BENDS

 

240) Queens of the Stone Age's SONGS FOR THE DEAF

 

241) Graham Nash's SONGS FOR BEGINNERS

 

242) Florence and the Machine's LUNGS

 

243) Roberta Flack's KILLING ME SOFTLY

 

244)  Yeah Yeah Yeah's FEVER TO TELL

 

 

245) Kanye West's THE COLLEGE DROPOUT
 

246) My Chemical Romance's THE BLACK PARADE
 

247)  Willie Nelson's ALWAYS ON MY MIND
 

248) Ryan Adams' 1989

 

249)  Kings of Leon's ONLY BY THE NIGHT

 

 

 

 250) Chaka Khan's HELLO HAPPINESS 

 

 

251) PJ Harvey's LET ENGLAND SHAKE
 

252) The Rolling Stones' A BIGGER BANG
 

253) Janis Ian's FOLK IS THE NEW BLACK
 

254) Mavis Staples' WE GET BY
 

255) Doug E. Fresh's OH, MY GOD!
 

256) Cher's HEART OF STONE
 

257) Aretha Franklin's SPARKLE
 

258) Phil Ochs' ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SING
 

259) John Mellencamp's LONESOME JUBILEE
 

260) Don Henley's BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST
 

261) Rod Stewart's EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY 

 

262) The Bangles' EVERYTHING
 

263) Soundgarden's SUPERUNKNOWN
 

264) Tina Turner's BREAK EVERY RULE
 

265) Brian Setzer's THE KNIFE FEELS LIKE JUSTICE
 

266) Nirvana's NEVERMIND
 

267) Sting's NOTHING LIKE THE SUN
 

268) Rod Stewart's EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
 

269) The Supremes' THE SUPREMES A' GO-GO
 

 

270) Terence Trent D'Arby's INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE
 

271) Diana Ross and the Supremes' REFLECTIONS
 

272) Dory Previn's BEWARE OF YOUNG GIRLS
 

273) The Motels' ALL FOUR ONE
 

274) Tim Buckley's GOODBYE AND HELLO 

 

 

275) Sam Smith's THE THRILL OF IT ALL
 

276) Jody Watley's INTIMACY
 

277) The Rolling Stones' HOT ROCKS
 

278) Neil Young's EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
 

279) Isaach Hayes' HOT BUTTERED SOUL
 

280) The Cruzados' AFTER DARK
 

281) Janet Jackson's janet
 

 

282) 'Til Tuesday's WELCOME HOME
 

283) Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY
 

284) Bright Eyes' I'M WIDE AWAKE, IT'S MORNING
 

285) Carly Simon's NO SECRETS
 

286) Tracy Chapman's CROSSROADS
 

287) Smokey Robinson's BEING WITH YOU
 

288) Jackson Browne's LATE FOR THE SKY
 

289) Stevie Nicks' ROCK A LITTLE
 

290) Cher's CLOSER TO THE TRUTH
 

291) Fleetwood Mac's THE DANCE 

292) Roberta Flack's LET IT BE ROBERTA: ROBERTA FLACK SINGS THE BEATLES
 

293) Alice In Chains' DIRT
 

 

294) The Cowboy Junkies' Early 21ST CENTURY BLUES
 

 

 

 

 

 

295) Jimi Hendrix's ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
 

296) Hole's LIVE THROUGH THIS
 

297) Heart's BAD ANIMALS
 

298) Donna Summer's BAD GIRLS
 

299) John Mellencamp's UH-HUH
 

 

300) Diana Ross' EATEN ALIVE
 

301) The Police's ZENYATTA MONDATTA
 

302) Nanci Griffith's ONCE IN A VERY BLUE MOON
 

303) Adele's 21 

 

 

304) Jackie DeShannon's LAUREL CANYON 

 

 

305) Alicia Keys' HERE 

 

 

306) Pretenders' THE AISLE OF THE VIEW
 

307) Roberta Flack's OASIS
 

308) Robbie Williams' ESCAPOLOGY
 

309) Depeche Mode's SOME GREAT REWARD
 

310) The Doors' WAITING FOR THE SUN 

311) Neil Young's HARVEST
 

312) Roberta Flack's FIRST TAKE
 

313) Vampire Weekend's FATHER OF THE BRIDE
 

 

314) Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations' TCB 

 

 

315) Nick Jonas' LAST YEAR WAS COMPLICATED 

 

 

316) Sade's SOLDIER OF LOVE
 

317) The Beatles' RUBBER SOUL
 

318) Tears for Fears' SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
 

319) The Temptations' GETTIN' READY
 

320) Erykah Badu's MAMA'S GUN
 

321) Dolly Parton's JOLENE
 

322) Solange's A SEAT AT THE TABLE
 

323) The Church's STARFISH
 

324) D'Angelo's BLACK MESSIAH
 

325) Animal Collective's FALL BEHIND
 

326) Elvis Costello's BRUTAL YOUTH
 

327) The Cars' SHAKE IT UP
 

 

328) Blondie's EAT TO THE BEAT
 

329) Sleater-Kinney's DIG ME OUT
 

330) Joy Division's UNKNOWN PLEASURES
 

331) Joni Mitchell's COURT AND SPARK
 

332) Love's FOREVER CHANGES
 

333) Bon Iver's FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO
 

334) Fairport Convention's UNHALFBRICKING
 

335) Wild Rivers' SONGS TO BREAK-UP TO
 

336) John Mellencamp's HUMAN WHEELS
 

337) Roxy Music's SIREN
 

338) Nona Hendryx's FEMALE TROUBLE
 

339) Nico's CHELSEA GIRLS

 

340) Maxwell's EMBRYA
 

341) Animal Collective's STRAWBERRY JAM
 

342) Panda Bear's PANDA BEAR MEETS THE GRIM REAPER
 

343) Odetta's AT THE GATE OF HORN
 

344) The Beatles' HELP
 

345) Bob Dylan's ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN
 

346) Judy Collins' IN MY LIFE
 

347) Alicia Keys' ALICIA
 

348) Anderson Paak's MALIBU

349) Modern English's AFTER THE SNOW
 

350) Bright Eyes' DOWN IN THE WEEDS WHERE THE WORLD ONCE WAS
 

351) PJ Harvey's STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA
 

352) Heart's DREAMBOAT ANNIE
 

353) Stevie Nicks' BELLA DONNA
 

354) The Eagles' DESPERADO
 

355) The Strokes' IS THIS IT
 

356) Melanie Safka's BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE: THE GREATEST HITS OF MELANIE 

 

 

 

357) Fiona Apple's FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS
 

358) Maria McKee's YOU'VE GOTTA SIN TO GET SAVED
 

359) Cher's 3614 JACKSON HIGHWAY
 

360) U2's WAR
 

361) Greenday's DOOKIE
 

362) The Commodores' COMMODORES
 

363) Josh Ritter's THE ANIMAL YEARS
 

364) Stone Temple Pilots' CORE
 

365) Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
 

366) The Bangles' ALL OVER THE PLACE
 

367) Vanessa Williams' THE RIGHT STUFF
 

368) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's DEJA VU
 

369) Millie Jackson's FEELIN' BITCHY

 
 

370) Depeche Mode's VIOLATOR
 

371) Anita Baker's GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT
 

372) Van Halen's 5150
 

373) Sam Smith's IN THE LONELY HOUR
 

374) Counting Crows' AUGUST AND EVERYTHING
 

375) TLC's FANMAIL
 

376) Jill Scott's THE LIGHT OF THE SUN
 

377) George Harrison's ALL THINGS MUST PASS
 

378) Santana's SANTANA III
 

379) Radiohead's IN RAINBOWS 

 

 

380)  Prince's PLECTRUNEMLECTRUM
 

381) The Temptations' CLOUD NINE
 

382) Joni Mitchell's LADIES OF THE CANYON
 

383) UB40's BAGGARIDDIM
 

384) Etta James' TELL MAMA
 

385) The 5th Dimension's STONED SOUL PICNIC
 

386) PP Arnold's THE FIRST LADY OF IMMEDIATE
 

387) Grace Jones' NIGHTCLUBBING
 

388) Carly Simon's HELLO BIG MAN
 

389) Wilson Pickett's THE SOUND OF WILSON PICKETT
 

390) The Impressions' PEOPLE GET READY
 

391) Alicia Keys' VH1 STORYTELLER
 

392) Pretenders' THE SINGLES 

 

393) Prince's ART OFFICIAL AGE
 

394) Carly Simon's PLAYING POSSUM
 

395) Wham's MUSIC FROM THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
 

396) Rod Stewart's A NIGHT ON THE TOWN
 

397) Jody Watley's LARGER THAN LIFE
 

 

398) Diana Ross' TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING
 

399) Kendrick Lamar's TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
 

400) The Eagles' THE LONG RUN
 

401) Jackson Browne's HOLD OUT
 

402) Laura Nyro's MOTHER'S SPIRITUAL
 

403) John Lennon and Yoko Ono's DOUBLE FANTASY
 

404) Labelle's NIGHTBIRDS 

 

 

405) Stevie Nicks' 24 KARAT GOLD
 

406) Sting's THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES 

 

 

407) Ben Harper and Ellen Harper's CHILDHOOD HOME
 

408) Laura Nyro's NEW YORK TENDABERRY
 

409) Bangles' DIFFERENT LIGHT
 

410) Eurythmics' LIVE 1983-1989
 

411) Melanie Safka's LEFTOVER WINE
 

412) Diana Ross' GREATEST HITS LIVE 

 

 

413) Chrissie Hynde's STOCKHOLM
 

414) Van Morrison's TUPELO HONEY
 

415) Donovan's A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN
 

416) AC/DC's BACK IN BLACK
 

417) The Kinks' FACE TO FACE
 

418) Super Furry Animals' RINGS AROUND THE WORLD
 

419) Rickie Lee Jones' PIRATES 

 

 

420) Steve Grand's ALL AMERICAN BOY
 

421) Joan Armatrading's THE KEY
 

422) Husker Du's WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES
 

423) Prince's EMANCIPATION
 

424) R.E.M.'s AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
 

425) The Clash's COMBAT ROCK
 

426) Lou Reed's NEW YORK 

 

 

427) Animal Collective's CENTIPEDE HZ
 

428) Jon Butcher's WISHES 

 

 

429) Tanya Tucker's WHILE I'M LIVING 

 

 

430) Carole King's TOUCH THE SKY
 

431) The Rolling Stones' STICKY FINGERS
 

432) Stevie Wonder's IN SQUARE CIRCLE
 

433) Sly and the Family Stone's STAND!
 

434) Wilco's YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT
 

435) Melanie Safka's GATHER ME
 

436) Interpol's TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS 

 

 

437) Pretenders' HATE FOR SALE
 

 

438) Bruce Springsteen's THE RISING
 

439) The Rolling Stones' AFTERMATH
 

440) Natalie Cole's DANGEROUS
 

441) Joan Baez' WHERE ARE YOU NOW, MY SON?
 

442) Paul McCartney and Wings' BAND ON THE RUN 

 

 

443) Cat Power's WANDERER
 

 

 

444) Dionne Warwick's SHE'S BACK
 

445) Heart's DOG AND BUTTERFLY
 

446) Fleetwood Mac's TUSK
 

447) The Artic Monkeys' AM 

 

 

448) Melanie Safka's CRAZY LOVE
 

449) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's ORANGE
 

450) Lana Del Ray's BORN TO DIE
 

451) Janis Joplin's PEARL
 

452) Cher's STARS
 

453) Chic's C'EST CHIC
 

454) David Bowie's YOUNG AMERICANS
 

455) Elton John's GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
 

456) Corey Hart's YOUNG MAN RUNNING 

 

457) Solange's WHEN I GET HOME
 

458) Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE
 

459) Tori Amos' SCARLET'S WALK
 

460) Bruno Mars' UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX
 

461) The Afghan Whigs' GENTLEMEN
 

462) U2's THE JOSHUA TREE
 

463) The Who's MY GENERATION
 

464) Cat Stevens' TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN

 

465) Heart's RED VELVET CAR
 

466) Neil Young's LIVING WITH WAR
 

467) Jane's Addiction's NOTHING'S SHOCKING
 

468) Tori Amos' LITTLE EARTHQUAKES
 

469) Cherrelle's AFFAIR
 

470) Paul McCartney's FLOWERS IN THE DIRT
 

471) 'Til Tuesday's EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT NOW

 
 

472) Lenny Kravitz' ARE YOU GONNA TO GO MY WAY
 

473) The Thompson Twins' INTO THE GAP
 

474) Led Zeppelin's LED ZEPPELIN IV
 

475) The Beatles' LET IT BE
 

476) Stevie Wonder's FULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE
 

477) Van Halen's 1984
 

 

478) Norah Jones' COME AWAY WITH ME
 

479) The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley's BODY KISS
 

480) Common's FINDING FOREVER
 

487) Jill Scott's WOMAN
 

488) Culture Club's COLOUR BY NUMBERS
 

489) Jimi Hendrix's AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE
 

490) Rickie Lee Jones' FLYING COWBOYS
 

491) Patti Smith's HORSES 

 

492) Wilco's STAR WARS
 

493) Radiohead's OK COMPUTER 

 

 

494) The Afghan Whigs' DO THE BEAST
 

495) Coldplay's A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
 

496) Cam'ron's PURPLE HAZE
 

 

497) Sonny & Cher's LOOK AT US
 

498) Joan Baez' JOAN
 

499) Dionne Warwick's THE WINDOWS OF THE WORLD
 

500) Donovan's FAIRY TALE