#1971 albums
1971 COUNTDOWN: #2—#1
2 MARVIN GAYE — What’s Going On
Soul gets serious with Marvin Gaye’s ground breaking album. In a year full of turbulence and change, the golden voiced hit-parader found a new groove, eschewing fantasy to write about what was really going on. The result was one of the great albums of its era, one that—amazingly, stunningly—manages to transcend time in a way that Dr Who could only envy.
When I…
1971 COUNTDOWN: #4 — #3
1971 COUNTDOWN: #4 — #3
4 ROLLING STONES — Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers is the most consistent collection of quality songs and most satisfying overall album by the Rolling Stones.
Discuss.
Well, it was certainly no tossed off blues-rock pastiche. The songs on the Stones ninth (UK) studio album were laboured over across a two year period and show clear evidence of thoughtful craft. And their drug obsessions.
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