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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 Albums, Revisited Here are 26 albums I like, that also could have been nominated for 1976's Album of the Year award. The Lamb Lies Down on

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1976 OMAs: Album of the Year

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

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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 album, so

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1975 OMAs: Album of the Year

1975 One Man AcademyAlbum 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

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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 Albums, Revisited Here are 14 albums I like, that also could have been nominated for 1974's Album of the Year.

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1974 OMAs: Album of the Year

1974 One Man AcademyAlbum 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

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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 Albums, Revisited Here are 9 albums I like that could have been nominated for the 1973 Album of

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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 year." OMA Rules of the Road Okay, but what was sort of decent? Based on my memory of listening

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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 Pass, George Harrison Also totally good and I'm sorry for the things I say in this post Tapestry, Carole King

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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 to me. At the very least, the songs sound unfinished. This may be one of the first Beatles albums that

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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 on Louise", Elton John Deal Breakers It's been a while since we've had a deal breaker and 1971 has

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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 The history in the music The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago One of the things I continue to love about this project are the moments when the

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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, The Beatles At San Quentin, Johnny Cash I genuinely wish this album was slightly better so I could also make

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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[1] The Grammys got 1969 very wrong Quick review... here are the

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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

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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

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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. In the 1959-68 Revisited series, we relisten

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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

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1959-68 Revisited: Nina Simone

While writing about Ray Charles and how nobody sounds like him, 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 hopes that, in becoming

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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[1:1] of Ray Charles' work through the first ten years of the Grammys, one of my first goals was

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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 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. Je m'appelle Barbra, Barbra Streisand Adam's

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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 Albums from this post: Spotify If you only listen to one song: Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

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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 Regal, B.B. King B.B.

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 His Music You should check this