My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)

George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974)

Penguin Café Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Café (1976)

Metallica - Metallica (1991)

It's been a while since I've done a Metallica album. I want to clear out a queue of albums I've got backlogged, one of which is Metallica's S&M which I previously decided being a live, orchestra-backed album would be wrong to listen to without hearing some studio-based Metallica first. So I'm jumping ahead to hear the third and last Metallica studio album to appear in 1,001 Albums to Hear Before You Die, their eponymous album often referred to as "the black album".

U2 - War (1983)

Thank goodness. If I have to review another U2 album I'm glad it's from their young and naive days as opposed to their up-their-own-asses days. This one is even earlier than The Joshua Tree, the album that made me realize that U2 really isn't so bad if you can just get past all the pretentiousness. They're even better if you look past all the people who say they're the greatest band in the world and realize that yeah, they can write a pretty solid tune.

David Bowie - David Bowie (1967)

In honor of the death of all-around music god David Bowie I've decided I need to listen to a completely non-classic and forgotten album from Bowie's catalog. Because let's face it, everyone on the day after the death of a legend wants to listen to their equivalent of Ziggy Stardust or Heros. Hell my initial reaction to Bowie's death was to listen to Station To Station as many times as possible. Instead I really feel I must listen to Bowie's equivalent of The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, which I would call Pink Floyd's slightly embarrassing debut they'd rather everyone were ignorant of.

Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Mmmm... early 70s funk-pop. This is the kind of music that gives you a warm feeling in your chest, unless you are some kind of demon spawn from hell. I've only listened to half a song and I already want to love Al Green. I'll stay together with you Al, as long as you keep playing this music for the rest of our lives.

Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (1975)

Keith Jarrett is a piano player. And The Köln Concert is a recording of a concert he put on in 1975. Where he plays piano. For about 1 hour.