Revisited 1973 Briefly Revisited: AotY 1973 is yet another year the Grammys nominated 5 mediocre albums and ignored almost twice as many very good ones. If you only listen to one song: "Superwoman"
AotYWinners 1973 OMAs: Album of the Year 1973 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year Rule Zero "If zero albums are up to OMA standards in a given year, none of the albums get an award that
AotYNominees 1973 Nominees: Album of the Year --> Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify The 1973 nominees for Album of the Year American Pie, Don McLean The Concert for Bangladesh, George Harrison & Friends[1]
1972 1972 Briefly Revisited: AotY This is officially the year there's too much music to revisit. If you only listen to one song: "What's Going On (Live)", Marvin Gaye Too much music I've
AotYWinners 1972 OMAs: Album of the Year At this point, All Things Must Pass is my favorite album by a Beatle, including all of the Beatles' albums. 1972 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year All Things Must
AotYNominees 1972 Nominees: Album of the Year For the second straight year, I've heard of all the Album of the Year nominees. We'll see how long this streak lasts... Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify
Revisited 1971 Briefly Revisited: AotY The 1971 award cycle was a decent year for music. If you only listen to one song: "Pullin'", Aretha Franklin The Beatles Let It Be sounds very un-Beatles-ish
AotYWinners 1971 OMAs: Album of the Year 1971 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year Elton John, Elton John Worth a listen Sweet Baby James, James Taylor If you only listen to one song: "No Shoe Strings
AotYNominees 1971 Nominees: Album of the Year For the first time in this project, I'm actually familiar with all of the artists who were nominated for this year's Album of the Year award. (But will I like
One Man Academy 1970 Briefly Revisited: AotY OMG Zeppelin Yes. If you only listen to one song: "Prologue, August 29, 1968" and "Someday (August 29, 1968)", Chicago The history in the music The
AotYWinners 1970 OMAs: Album of the Year The Beatles keep on being The Beatles; I right a wrong and give Johnny Cash an Album of the Year award. 1970 One Man AcademyAlbum of the Year Abbey Road,
AotYNominees 1970 Nominees: Album of the Year Before hearing a single note, it's fairly obvious 1970's nominees are better than 1969's. This is a relief. Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify It's officially the 70s!
Revisited 1969 Briefly Revisited: AotY This project often becomes an exercise in wondering: Wow... how in the world did y'all get this So Wrong?? If you only listen to one song: "(You Make Me
AotYWinners 1969 OMAs: Album of the Year 1969 was a tough year for the Album of the Year nominees... 1969 One Man Academy: Album of the Year - Rule Zero "If zero albums are up to
AotYNominees 1969 Nominees: Album of the Year We're back! We've done all the revisiting we're going to do from the Grammy's first ten years[1], and now it's time to push forward into decade number two. Playlist(
One Man Academy 1959-68 Revisited: Ray Charles Featured songs[1] from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: "I Believe To My Soul", Ray Charles After deciding to revisit what I could[
AotY OMA Programing Note: 10 Years In Today, a friend pointed out to me how cool it was that I'd gone through 10 years of Album of the Year nominees and contemporary music. In the fog of listening and writing, it's easy to lose track of that sort of thing... but
1968 1968 Briefly Revisited: AotY Featured songs from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: Heroes and Villains, The Beach Boys All of the following albums are pretty good, for some reason or another, and were released during the 1968 Album of the Year award cycle.
1968 1968 OMAs: Album of the Year 1968 One Man Academy: Album of the Year - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles Albums from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: Frank
One Man Academy Nominees: 1968 Album of the Year Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify 1968's nominee list features three acts I've never heard of and two acts everybody's heard of. You'll have about ten days to listen to the nominees and make your own decisions before the official reveal. The
Revisited 1967 Briefly Revisited: AotY Featured songs from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: "Be My Husband", Nina Simone Rubber Soul, The Beatles Rubber Soul is the other album often-referenced-OMA-friend Jess recommended when she was schooling me on The Beatles. Live at the
1967 1967 OMAs: Album of the Year 1967 One Man Academy: Album of the Year - Revolver, The Beatles Worth a listen: Color Me Barbra, Barbra Streisand Featured songs from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: "She Said She Said" (Spotify) Sinatra: A Man and
One Man Academy Nominees: 1967 Album of the Year Playlist(s) of music in this post: Spotify This is the second straight year Sinatra, Streisand, and The Beatles were nominated for the Album of the Year Award, and something about that feels very right. You'll have about ten days to listen to the
1966 1966 Briefly Revisited: AotY Featured songs from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: "Part II, Resolution", John Coltrane The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The Beach Boys I know it's not Christmas anymore, but this albums is great. If all Christmas music sounded
AotYWinners 1966 OMAs: Album of the Year 1966 One Man Academy: Album of the Year - Help!, The Beatles - The Sound of Music Soundtrack, Various Artists (music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) Because obviously: September of My Years, Frank Sinatra Featured songs from this post: Spotify
