On this Day in Music – 1st August

Previous Albums Of The Day

No.1427 01/08/2020

The debut studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, celebrates a 25th anniversary today! Always struck by the complex and masterly crafted lyrics, surely Raekwon’s greatest attribute.

No.1061 01/08/2019

The self-titled and only album by Blind Faith is 50 years old this month! The supergroup consisting of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech created a commercial and critically acclaimed masterpiece. Love Can’t Find My Way Home and Presence of the Lord.

No.695 01/08/2018

The 2nd Wire album Chairs Missing was released 40 years ago this month! Steve Huey of AllMusic described the album “a crucial landmark in the evolution of punk into post-punk and goth.Chairs Missing is more complex beast than their debut, but still on the essential listening list.

No.330 01/08/2017

The Beach Boys 1965 album Today! a precursor to Pet Sounds, released a year later! Includes Help Me, Ronda and When I Grow Up (To Be a Man), timeless!

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