How is a "Classic" album defined?
My blog - my rules, so:
Every track should be fantastic, no fillers and
certainly no points at which the flow begins to
meander or lose impetus.
Everything is perfect from the artwork
to the order the tracks are in.
The album will never lose its place in your
musical heart - you may not play it for a year
or so but when you do, it is like a friend who
will never let you down ..... how unlike life!
And most importantly, it should be able to transport
your emotions to a different place - as soon as the 1st
track starts, it will calm you down, get you ready to go
out, prepare you for a fight, make you drive like a lunatic,
help you to take off the electronic tag and go stalking again -
whatever you need to do, the classic album is there in times
of need.
In the mid seventies, Bob Erzin produced three albums, that
for me, I consider to be classics.
They are:
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Lou Reed - Berlin
and todays offering - "Destroyer" by Kiss.
