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One Man Academy

Currently re-choosing winners for the Grammy's Album of the Year award. Since I'm acting as a One Man Academy, I decided to call my awards the OMAs.

1977 OMAs: Album of the Year

1977 OMAs: Album of the Year

Pretty good, but either too much or not enough.

1976 Briefly Revisited: AotY

1976 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Some of these albums should have been nominated, probably. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you only listen to one song: "Toys In The Attic" [live], Aerosmith [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9suQV31jTI] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albums, Revisited Here are 26 albums I like, that also could have been nominated for 1976's Album of the

1976 OMAs: Album of the Year

1976 OMAs: Album of the Year

1976 One Man Academy Album 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 year." OMA Rules of the Road Okay, but what's at least interesting? * Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt

OMAs: 1975 Revisited

OMAs: 1975 Revisited

I'm offended no one ever told me how much KIϟϟ rocks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albums, Revisited Here are 7 albums I like, that also could have been nominated for 1975's Album of the Year award. Kiss, Kiss I had no idea this is what Kiss sounds like. (It's only their debut

1975 OMAs: Album of the Year

1975 OMAs: Album of the Year

1975 One Man Academy Album of the Year Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder If you only listen to one song: "It Ain't No Use" (Live), Stevie Wonder Joni x Stevie I've been familiar with both of these albums for years and they're both very solid.

1974 Briefly Revisited: AotY

1974 Briefly Revisited: AotY

There was a ridiculous amount of really good music released during this award cycle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you only listen to one song: "Distant Lover" Live In Amsterdam, Marvin Gaye [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQSzgDOz7sg] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albums, Revisited Here are 14 albums I like, that also could have been

1974 OMAs: Album of the Year

1974 OMAs: Album of the Year

1974 One Man Academy Album of the Year Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich Innervisions, Stevie Wonder Better than I expected * The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler If you only listen to one song: "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder (live) The Divine Miss M To be honest, the only

1973 Briefly Revisited: AotY

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", Stevie Wonder [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ohttPIqco] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albums, Revisited Here are 9 albums I like that could have

1973 OMAs: Album of the Year

1973 OMAs: Album of the Year

1973 One Man Academy Album 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 year." OMA Rules of the Road Okay, but what was sort of decent? Based on my memory of listening to

1972 OMAs: Album of the Year

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 Academy Album of the Year All Things Must Pass, George Harrison Also totally good and I'm sorry for the things I say in this post * Tapestry, Carole

1971 Briefly Revisited: AotY

1971 Briefly Revisited: AotY

The 1971 award cycle was a decent year for music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you only listen to one song: "Pullin'", Aretha Franklin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp_HW-sTMzM] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Beatles Let It Be sounds very un-Beatles-ish to me. At the very least, the songs sound unfinished. This may

1971 OMAs: Album of the Year

1971 OMAs: Album of the Year

1971 One Man Academy Album 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 on Louise", Elton John Deal Breakers It's been a while since we've had a deal breaker and 1971 has two.

1970 Briefly Revisited: AotY

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1970 Briefly Revisited: AotY

OMG Zeppelin Yes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you only listen to one song: "Prologue, August 29, 1968" and "Someday (August 29, 1968)", Chicago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR6BeerSSWw] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The history in the music The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago One of the things I continue to love about this project

1970 OMAs: Album of the Year

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 Academy Album of the Year Abbey Road, The Beatles At San Quentin, Johnny Cash I genuinely wish this album was slightly better so I could also

1969 Briefly Revisited: AotY

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 Feel Like) A Natural Woman", Aretha Franklin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cF0tf35Mbo][1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Grammys got 1969

1969 OMAs: Album of the Year

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 OMA standards in a given year, none of the albums get an award that year." OMA Rules of the Road ...but these

1959-68 Revisited: Richard, Berry, Diddley, Domino

1959-68 Revisited: Richard, Berry, Diddley, Domino

There's a lot to say about rock and roll -- obviously. Originally, this post was going to revisit British Invasion rock and roll. Then it was going to revisit "all" of rock and roll, whatever that means. In the end, the post is fairly short and the playlist focuses on

1959-68 Revisited: Christmas Tunes

1959-68 Revisited: Christmas Tunes

> "Not a single Christmas song? Otherwise I approve of the list." Some wrongs must be set right. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The current One Man Academy (OMA) project is listening to the Grammy's Album of the Year nominees and re-choosing winners, absent of historical context [https://www.ckdsn.com/about-the-omas-rules-of-the-road/#themusicspeaksforitself]. In the

1959-68 Revisited: Elvis

1959-68 Revisited: Elvis

Elvis is really good. Although, for the record, if one of his movie characters sings to you "Cross my heart, I hope to die, well I wouldn't tell you no lie", that character is probably lying to you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The current One Man Academy (OMA) project is listening to the

1959-68 Revisited: Nina Simone

1959-68 Revisited: Nina Simone

While writing about Ray Charles and how nobody sounds like him [http://ckdsn.com/1959-68-revisited-ray-charles/], I knew I wanted to listen to Nina Simone, next. While Nina doesn't sound like Ray, she created music in a decently broad range of genre and sound, much like Mr. Charles. I had vague

1959-68 Revisited: Ray Charles

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1959-68 Revisited: Ray Charles

Featured songs[1] from this post: Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/0DsDlemndLIj0jfHdeyRVp] If you only listen to one song: "I Believe To My Soul", Ray Charles [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evcraJSoJ5Y] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After deciding to revisit what I could[1:1] of Ray Charles' work

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 it is cool and it's flown

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1968 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Featured songs from this post: Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/7EvlGRwR2HL445EKbdALqe] If you only listen to one song: Heroes and Villains [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gu-hzfhv10], The Beach Boys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All of the following albums are pretty good, for some reason or another, and were

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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 If you only listen to one song: Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967) - Bossa Nova Medley Sgt. Pepper I don't have much

1967 Briefly Revisited: AotY

Featured songs from this post: Spotify [https://play.spotify.com/user/ckdsnx/playlist/546PCZcAuNuEQ5BUFJkCW1] If you only listen to one song: "Be My Husband", Nina Simone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXVylD-_eQ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rubber Soul, The Beatles Rubber Soul is the other album [http://ckdsn.com/1967-omas-album-of-the-year/] often-referenced-OMA-friend