reference material and suggested albums
(home)

One of the more complicated aspects of this course is attempting to make the tremendous amount of source material available to you. I don't expect you to buy every cd we listen to in class, nor do I assume that you already own much of this music. In an effort to make this available, I've tried to choose works that are either available in the school's music collection (next to the DVDs) or in the public library. But I'm also making more specific compliations cds that have many of the songs we listen to in class or deal with directly in the readings.

Compilation CDs are available at the reference desk in Randall Library.

COMPILATION CDs
Compliation #1
1 St. Louis Blues, Bessie Smith
2 I Ain't Got No Home, In This World Anymore Woody Guthrie
3 Car Song, Woody Guthrie
4 Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Cryin', Blind Willie Johnson
5 My Son Calls Another Man Daddy, Hank Williams
6 Rockin' Chair Money, Hank Williams
7 Rocket 88, Jackie Brenton & his Delta Cats
8 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley and the Comets
9 Mystery Train, Elvis Presley
10 Gee, The Crows
11 Leavin' on Your Mind, Patsy Cline
12 Domino, Roy Orbison
13 Pain in My Heart, Otis Redding
14 Desolation Row, Bob Dylan
15 Tangled up in Blue, Bob Dylan
16 Help Me Make it Through The Night, Sammi Smith
17 I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Stooges
18 Personality Crisis, New York Dolls
19 Punk is Dead, Crass
20 Motel Room in my Bed, X
21 The River, Bruce Springsteen
22 The River, Crooked Fingers
23 Heroes and Villains, The Beach Boys

LA Top 100 Selection CD
1 (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits
2 $1000 Wedding, Gram Parsons
3 Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye
4 Lover Man, Charlie Parker
5 Twelve Thirty, The Mamas and the Papas
6 Rise Above, Black Flag
7 Wild is the Wind, David Bowie
8 I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), The Electric Prunes
9 Roll With Me Henry, Etta James
10 Fade into You, Mazzy Star
11 Welcome to the Jungle, Guns N' Roses
12 Cry Me A River, Julie London
13 Moonlight in Vermont, Willie Nelson
14 Be my Baby, The Ronettes
15 Don't Worry Baby, Beach Boys
16 You Give Me Fever, Peggy Lee
17 Peter Gunn Theme, Henry Mancini
18 Route 66 Theme, Nelson Riddle
19 A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke
20 Family Affair, Sly and the Family Stone
21 Eight Miles High, The Byrds
22 This Town, The Go-Gos

Jazz Compilation
CD1
1 Chattanooga Stomp, King Olivers Jazz Band
2 Weather Bird Rag, King Oliver's Jazz Band (w/Louis Armstrong)
3 Gut Bucket Blues, Louis Armstrong
4 Heebie Jeebies, Louis Armstrong
5 Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Louis Armstrong
6 St. James Infirmary, Louis Armstrong
7 West End Blues, Louis Armstrong
8 Muggles, Louis Armstrong
9 I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Louis Armstrong
10 There Ain't No Sweet Man, Paul Whiteman & Orchestra w/ Bix Beiderbecke
11 Les Oignons, Sidney Bechet
12 Tiger Rag, Bix Beiderbecke
13 Georgia On My Mind, Bix Beiderbecke & Hoagy Carmichael
14 Royal Garden Blues, Bix Beiderbecke
15 Shine, Django Reinhardt
16 Satchel Mouth Baby, Fletcher Henderson
17 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The Boswell Sisters
18 Harlem Congo, Chick Webb
19 Sentimental Journey, Benny Goodman
20 Sing, Sing, Sing, Benny Goodman
21 Three Little Words, Art Tatum
22 The Moon Looks Down And Laughs, Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra
23 Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday

CD2
1 Sweet Georgia Brown, Anita O'Day
2 Let Me off Uptown, Anita O'Day, Gene Krupa Big Band & Roy Eldridge
3 Tea for Two (Live), Anita O'Day
4 Honeysuckle Rose, Anita O'Day
5 Harlem Air Shaft, Duke Ellington
6 Boo-dah, Duke Ellington
7 Take the "A" Train, Duke Ellington
8 Isfahan, Duke Ellington
9 I Cover The Waterfront, Billie Holiday
10 Lady Sings The Blues, Billie Holiday
11 The Kid From Red Bank, Count Basie
12 One O'Clock Jump, Count Basie
13 Blue in Green, Miles Davis
14 Giant Steps, John Coltrane
15 Profile of Jackie, Charles Mingus
16 Consecutive Seconds, Thelonious Sphere Monk
17 Opp-Pop-A-Da, Dizzy Gillespie
18 A Night In Tunisia, Charlie Parker
19 Politely, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
20 We Now Interrupt For A Commercial, Ornette Coleman

OTHER OPTIONS
The following list is completely arbitrary. It is nothing more than a selection of albums which I believe to be worth discussion/listening/analyzing. You may or may not agree. But if you are looking for something new to listen to, have a go at one of these. (Some artists have no album attached as I was either a. too tired to come up with one b. incapable of picking just one thing as I find everything to be wonderful or c. I'm not familiar with any specific album as such, only certain songs.)

Rock
Indy, Emo, Alt-ish
Oh, Inverted World, The Shins
Sea Change, Beck
Spiderland, Slint
Dry, PJ Harvey
Nassau, The Sea and Cake
Futureworld, Trans Am
Repeater, Fugazi (Egghunt, Rites of Spring, Minor Threat, etc)
Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim, The Pixies
Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
The Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips
Zen Arcade, Husker Du
Tim, The Replacements
S/T, The B -52's
Life's Rich Pagaent, REM
69 Love Songs, The Magnetic Fields
Dusk at Cubist Castle, Olivia Tremor Control
In the Aeroplane over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
Is a Woman, Lambchop
Either/Or, Elliot Smith
LP2, Sunny Day Real Estate
How Memory Works, Joan of Arc
Power of Falling, Mineral
A Lull in Traffic, The Gloria Record
Nothing Feels Good, The Promise Ring
Unfun, Jawbreaker
Four-Cornered Night, Jets To Brazil
Identitikit, Burning Airlines
Novlety, Jawbox
Soar, Samiam
The Hot Rock, Sleater-Kinney
Blanket Warm, Lullaby for the Working Class
This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, Modest Mouse

Space, Dreamy, Drone, Post
Handwriting, The Rachels
Ágætis Byrjun, Sigur Ros
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, Godspeed you Black Emperor!
Beat, Bowery Electric
Pure Phase, Spiritualized
Young Team, Mogwai
Space Needle
Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
Yerself is Steam, Mercury Rev

Classic, Arena, Proto-Metal
Sell Out, The Who
Exile on Main Street, Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Deep Purple

Garage, Mod, Surf, Sunshine/Psychedelic... you know, that sound..
Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Pink Floyd
Present Tense, Saggitarius
Kites are Fun, The Free Design
Wendy and Bonnie
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, Mamas and the Papas
White Blood Cells, The White Stripes
Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, 13th Floor Elevators
Count Five
Forever Changes, Love
The Trashmen
The Monks
The Kinks
The Mummies
The Phantom Surfers
Dick Dale
The Surfaries
Walk, Don't Run, The Ventures
The Turtles
Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane
Madcap Laughs, Syd Barrett
Disraeli Gears, Cream

Punk, Hardcore, and Such
This is the Modern World, The Jam
The Feeding of the Five Thousand, Crass
Nevermind the Bollocks, Sex Pistols
London Calling, The Clash
X-Ray Spex
Buzzcocks
The Damned
Siouxie and the Banshees
Wire
Stiff Little Fingers
The Ramones
Johnny Thunders

Noise, Experimental, other Hardcoresishness
Goat, The Jesus Lizard
Work Ethic EP, Deadguy
Melvins, Melvins
Enemy of the Sun, Neurosis
Whitehouse, The Dead C
Mirrorwork, Alistair Galbraith

Country, Folk, Rockabilly, Alt
Mermaid Avenue Vol. 1 and 2, Billy Bragg and Wilco
Oar, Alexander Spence
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
Trace, Son Volt
Anodyne, Uncle Tupelo (anything, really)
The Jayhawks
Flying Burrito Brothers
Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds
Stranger's Almanac, Whiskeytown
Massachusetts, Scud Mountain Boys
Revival, Gillian Welch
There is No One What Will Take Care of You, Palace Brothers
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Roger Miller
Emmylou Harris
Iris Dement
Ray Price
Glenn Campbell
Feels Like the Third Time, Freakwater
Your Favorite Fool, Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys



Blues
Delta Blues, Son House
Blues, Blind Willie Johnson
Charley Patton
Muddy Waters
Robert Johnson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Bessie Smith
Ida Cox
Leadbelly
Mississippi John Hurt
Lightnin' Hopkins

Singers/Songwriters/(new and old)
Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
Mercury, American Music Club
Home, Josh Rouse
Murder Ballads, Nick Cave
III, Peter Gabriel
Bookends, Simon and Garfunkel
Overcome by Happiness, The Pernice Brothers
Scott 2, Scott Walker
Elvis Costello
The Creek Drank the Cradle, Iron and Wine

Crooners
My Way, Frank Sinatra
Dino Latino, Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Rosemary Clooney
Louis Prima
Keeley Smith

R&B, Soul
Call Me, Al Green
Let's Get it On, Marvin Gaye
Soul '69, Aretha Franklin
Teddy Pendergrass
Otis Blue, Otis Redding
Night Beat, Sam Cooke
It Tears Me Up, Percy Sledge
The Sound of Wilson Pickett, Wilson Pickett
Hold On, I'm Comin', Sam & Dave
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles
Gee Whiz, Carla Thomas
Damnifiknow!, The Mar-Keys
Hot Buttered Soul, Issac Hayes

Ska, Reggae
I Just Can't Stop It, The English Beat
The Specials, The Specials
Birth of a Legend, Bob Marley
Funky Kingston, Toots and the Maytals
The Harder they Come, Jimmy Cliff
Foundation Ska, The Skatalites
Too Much Pressure, The Selector
Don't Let the Bastards Grind you Down, The Toasters

Jazz
Love Supreme, John Coletrane
Hot Fives and Sevens, Louis Armstrong
Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
Maiden Voyage, Herbie Hancock
Songs for Distingue Lovers, Billy Holiday
King Oliver
Art of the Trio Vol. 1 and 2, Brad Meldhau
The Sidewinder, Lee Morgan
Bix Beiderback
Sidney Bechet
Fletcher Henderson
Lee Morgan
Freddie Hubbard

Classical (various forms and functions)
The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1957 and 1981 recordings)
Verdi's Requiem and Operatic Choruses, Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Pop (Synth, Electro, J, Bubblegum, etc..)
Pleasure Principle, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army
Reproduction, The Human League
Moon Safari, Air
Dance Macabre, The Faint
Le Tigre
Light and Magic, Ladytron
Freezepop Forever, Freezepop
Frontier, Lifestyle

Hip Hop/Rap (DJs, rappers, etc)
Endtroducing, DJ Shadow
Original Pirate Material, The Streets
USSR, DJ Vadim
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enenmy
The Eminem Show, Eminem
Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Ice Cube
Deltron 3030
S/T, Gorillaz
Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys

Soundtracks
Amelie, Yann Tiersen
Twin Peaks, Angelo Badalamenti
Fistful of Film Music, Ennio Morricone
Legendary, Henry Mancini

Experimental and otherwise
Lamont Young
Tony Conrad
Faust