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Don Moi
Jul 23, 20236 min read
Sui Generis, Vida (Life)
Subscribe to "An Album a Week" by clicking here Click here for Spanish version Foreword: I knew the icon of Argentine Rock, Charly...
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Don Moi
Jul 16, 20232 min read
Brain Salad Surgery, ELP
ELP has always been one of my favorite bands, I share that with Homer Simpson (if you want to know why read till the end). Last night, I...
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Don Moi
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Rabo de Nube, Silvio Rodriguez
How would you explain the wholeness of Bob Dylan to a non-English speaker? That is exactly the dilemma with Silvio Rodriguez, but I trust...
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Don Moi
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Fragile, Yes
Year: 1971 In the vast realm of progressive rock, few bands have left an indelible mark quite like Yes. And when it comes to their...
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Don Moi
Jun 18, 20232 min read
Arrival, ABBA
When the album Arrival was released in 1976, I was too young to have a defined "music identity" I was not a "rocker" yet. This allowed me...
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Don Moi
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Captain Fantastic, Elton John
Year:1975 My relationship with Elton John's music started with his greatest hits albums; there are 3 of them (maybe more by now), and all...
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Don Moi
Jun 4, 20232 min read
Shadow Kingdom, Bob Dylan
Yes, it is 2023, and I am writing about Bob Dylan's new album. I knew I'd write about him, but I hesitated because it was so hard to...
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Don Moi
May 29, 20232 min read
The White Stripes, Eponymous
Year: 1999 Influences: Son House, Robert Johnson, Stooges, Velvet Underground. Blues, Art Rock, Punk, Classic Rock Let’s finally talk...
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Don Moi
May 21, 20232 min read
Metallica, The Black Album
Year: 1991 Influences: New Wave British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motorhead, Def Leppard Guess what caught my attention this week?...
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Don Moi
May 14, 20231 min read
Learning to Crawl, The Pretenders
Year: 1984 Influences: 70s hippie movement, Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones This is another one of those albums that I treasured as a teenager...
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Don Moi
May 6, 20232 min read
Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
Year: 1969 Influences: American Blues, including Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Muddy Waters. Many songs are ubiquitous in our...
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Don Moi
Apr 30, 20232 min read
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky
I am taking a detour into the world of classical music today. It has taken me years to understand and appreciate it, so hopefully, this...
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Don Moi
Apr 23, 20232 min read
Revolver, The Beatles
Revolver: The record that changed it all. If you are a Beatles fan, as many of my friends... you may stop reading. But if you are a...
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Don Moi
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
This album would not be on my top 100 list, but I decided to write about it since I saw Bruce Springsteen live for the first time this...
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Don Moi
Apr 2, 20232 min read
Tommy, The Who
Since last week I wrote about "A Night at the Opera," this week's album is about an actual opera, the first of its kind. With the prior...
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Don Moi
Mar 26, 20232 min read
A Night at the Opera, Queen
After Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody movie, this album may feel like a "duh" recommendation, but I bet most people who know the song haven't...
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Don Moi
Mar 19, 20232 min read
Blackout, Scorpions
After last week's post, which was about a mellow and intellectual album by Leonard Cohen, I decided to take it to the other extreme and...
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Don Moi
Mar 12, 20232 min read
Songs from a Room, Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen is an artist I come back to every so often, usually in moments of melancholy, reflection, nostalgia, or simple...
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Don Moi
Mar 5, 20232 min read
The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
The Dark Side turns 50 this week, and this pillar of rock music deserves today's post. Pink Floyd is a band that had a "weird" following...
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Don Moi
Feb 26, 20232 min read
Tapestry, Carole King
As I considered what album this week's post would be, I realized that I had only written about British musicians who, in my humble...
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