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🎼 Albums that inspired me #

As part of a Facebook “challenge”, I was tagged to post 10 album covers, one per day, that greatly influenced my taste in music. I had so much fun with it that I actually posted for 21 days. I have reproduced the entire list here, including a couple of additional selections.

The list is in a random order, and obviously leaves out lots of music I listened to regularly, including great stuff from Kansas, Journey, Shooting Star, etc. The choices here represent albums/bands which had a profound affect on my musical interests. In many ways, they fostered my cross-genre tastes and led me to new discoveries.

Queen – News of the World
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile
Deep Purple – Machine Head
Head East – Flat As A Pancake
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Black Sabbath – We Sold Our Soul For Rock’N’Roll
Jackson Browne – Hold Out
Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Sass Jordan – Racine
Tool – Lateralus
Rush – Caress Of Steel
Rush – 2112
Styx – The Grand Illusion
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
Yes – Fragile
Robert Cray – Strong Persuader
Delbert McClinton – Never Been Rocked Enough
UFO – Lights Out
Triumph – Just A Game
Triumph – Allied Forces
The Who – Who’s Next
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
Bad Company – Bad Co
Bad Company – Straight Shooter
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
3 Doors Down – Away From The Sun
10 Years – Division

The last album on my list set the bar & my expectations for what a LIVE album should sound like. Not to mention, it provided hours of late-night, post-party fun as Tom, Jim and I honed our “air” instrument skills on 157 Riverside Avenue, and Ridin’ The Storm Out.

REO Speedwagon – You Get What You Play For

Rock On!!! …Bob