Day 3: April 27, 2005

Be-Bop Deluxe, RAIDING THE DIVINE ARCHIVE – For all everyone’s talk about what a guitar god Bil Nelson is, I don’t hear it.

Beach Boys, PET SOUNDS – Still a must-own almost 40 years on. Nobody had done anything like this in 1966, although the Beatles were working on it.

Beastie Boys, PAUL’S BOUTIQUE – The diamond in the BB’s rough. This set a new standard for sampling and established the Beasties as icons, in any genre.
unaired - HELLO NASTY, TO THE FIVE BOROUGHS

Beatles, SGT. PEPPER – You can’t even begin to understand 20th century pop music without listening to this album. Picked up the gauntlet from PET SOUNDS and ran with it. This set new standards for what a pop-group could do in the studio and made George Martin my personal hero.
unaired - PLEASE PLEASE ME, WITH THE BEATLES, HARD DAYS NIGHT, BEATLES FOR SALE, HELP, REVOLVER, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR, WHITE ALBUM, ABBEY ROAD, LET IT BE, PAST MASTERS 1 & 2, ANTHOLOGY 1,2 & 3

Beck, MUTATIONS – Beck mellows out in territory he would re-visit on the brilliant SEA CHANGE.
unaired - STEREOPATHIC SOUL MANURE, ODELAY, MIDNITE VULTURES, SEA CHANGE, GUERO

Becker, Walter, 11 TRACKS OF WHACK – Twelve actually. Becker steps out. Not bad.

Belew, Adrian, INNER REVOLUTION – I never had much patience for Belew’s solo work. He’s not a great songwriter. His guitar playing is unique and instantly recognizable.
unaired - YOUNG LIONS, SIDE ONE

Belly, STAR – Great album. Tanya Donnelly writes unique pop songs and this debut, while a few songs too many, set the stage for the amazing follow-up KING.
unaired - KING

Beta Band, THE THREE E.P.s – Remember when it was cool to like these guys? Sadly, their proper albums just can’t match the inventiveness of this collection.
unaired - HOT SHOTS II, HEROES TO ZEROES

Bettie Serveert, PALOMINE – Swedes rock out ala late-80’s college-rock.

Betts, Dickey, LIVE AT BIRDYS (BOOT) – I was at this show. It was Dickey’s first tour after getting the boot from the Allmans. He brought a seven-piece band onto a small stage and blew the roof off the place.
unaired - PATTERN DISRUPTIVE, LIVE AT BB KINGS (BOOT)

Bevis Frond, NEW RIVER HEAD – Good guitar freak out music. Smart and psychedelic.

Big Country, WHY THE LONG FACE – A bad but necessary choice. The worst album in the BC catalog.
unaired - THE CROSSING, STEELTOWN, THE BUFALLO SKINNERS

Big Star, #1 RECORD – Another band I just don’t get. The songs are ok, but people talk about these guys like they saved rock and roll. Alex Chilton is not a genius.
unaired - RADIO CITY

Bjork, MEDULLA – No instruments, just voices warped and manipulated into something that is uniquely Bjork. One of the few artists, in my opinion, that has yet to make a bad record.
unaired - DEBUT, POST, TELEGRAM, HOMOGENIC, SELMASONGS, VESPERTINE

Another big day. Beatles, Beach Boys, Beasties early in the morning. Only the Big Country cd really disappointed. The rest provided a good mix for the entire day. My son seemed to react to the Bevis Frond. I’m guessing it was the frequencies created by the guitar solos. Meanwhile, I just realized I completely forgot about classical/symphonic music, which we have filed separately from everything else. We’ll have to start inserting that into the daily listening and try to catch up.