What we’re about
Are you a nuisance to your friends and family because you constantly annoy them with useless music trivia? Do you reference song lyrics incessantly in conversation? Here's your chance to bond with like-minded individuals. This group operates like a book club - except we discuss classic albums instead of books.
What determines a classic album? I aggregated multiple best-of lists along with chart data, sales figures, awards, and ratings and published the results in the book The Top 100 Albums of All Time in 2014. I revised it in 2024 as The Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century. Any albums featured in either book are eligible for discussion, as are a few others. Click here to see those albums we've already discussed and the ones that are still on the table.
Each time this group gathers, we dissect one of these albums. Do you like it or dislike it? How much familiarity did you already have with this album? What significance has it had (or not had) on music? Is this album overrated or undervalued? You get the idea.
Please note that there is a waiting list for this group at times.
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The Who - Tommy
Johnson County Library - Merriam Plaza, 6120 Slater St, Merriam, KS, USJoin us in discussing The Who's Tommy. It ranks #82 in the book The Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century (see the list here). This album from 1969 is celebrated as one of the earliest and best rock operas of all time. Read more about the album here.
Note that we are back at the Merriam Plaza Library for this one.
You can see what albums we've already discussed and what albums are still up for discussion by checking out this page here.
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Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th St, Overland Park, KS, USJoin us in discussing Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. It ranks #4 in the book The Top 100 Albums of the 21st Century (see the list here). This 2006 album was one of only two albums she released before her tragic death at the age of 27. An Amazon review called her "a cross between Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill" and The New York Daily News said the album "would do Etta James proud." Read more about the album here.
Note: we are at a different library than usual for this one.
You can see what albums we've already discussed and what albums are still up for discussion by checking out this page here.
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