From the classics to those rare gems you forgot about, each week music blogger Sam Smith reviews an album celebrating an anniversary. Offering a mix of history, quirky facts, and of course tunes, catch anniversary albums every Monday on Morning Glory with Geneva for your fix of music history.
For the last anniversary albums of the year, Sam takes a look at the debut album from former NWA member Dr. Dre. Released in 1992, "The Chronic" is considered the album that helped popularize G-funk in the 90s and is now seen as one of the defining hip-hop albums of the decade.
This week, Sam takes a look at the second studio album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience "Axis: Bold As Love" from 1967. This album saw Hendrix take more control of production in the studio, while he branched out more in terms of songwriting and experimentation. It is now considered one of the best psychedelic rock albums of all time.
This week Sam takes a look at the debut album from rapper Missy Elliott "Supa Dupa Fly." Released in 1997, this album was the highest debut entry in the US charts by a female rapper at the time and showcased the brilliant flow and lyricism of Elliott in partnership with producer Timbaland, a sound which would come to define hip-hop in the late 90s and early 2000s.
This week Sam takes a look at the Kinks 5th studio album, 1967's "Something Else By The Kinks." Released during the height of psychedelic rock, this album marked a massive change of direction for the band towards British themes in their music of which they would not retreat back from.
This week Sam takes a look at one of the all-time classic rock albums, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" by the Sex Pistols. Released in 1977, this album is considered to be the foremost punk rock album and an album that changed the direction rock music would take in the 80s and 90s.
This week Sam takes a look at an all-time classic album from the New Zealand hip hop canon, "Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted" by Dam Native. Released in 1997, this album is considered one of the best hip hop albums by a New Zealand artist and was well ahead of its time when rap was still an underground style in New Zealand music.
This week Sam takes a look at Nina Simone's 15th studio album "Nina Simone Sings The Blues" Released in 1967, this album marked a slight change of direction musically for Nina as she went down the blues route more so than her last albums.
This week Sam takes a look at the second album from Sheffield indie band Arctic Monkeys "Favoruite Worst Nightmare." Released in 2007, this album was seen as a progression for the group from their debut album and cemented the band as one of the best in the UK at the time.
This week Sam takes a look at the second album from New York jazz rap duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Mecca and the Soul Brother." Released in 1992, this album is considered to be a seminal album from the New York jazz rap scene of the early 90s and one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
This week Sam takes a look at the debut album from New York new wave band Talking Heads "Talking Heads:77." Released in 1977, this album is considered to be one of the best albums to come out of the new wave scene in America and is recognized by many to be one of the great debut albums in popular music.
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